@pharmacist
From Claude:
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FOR PHARMACIST — .pxwf reference files we need
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Hi! To add .pxwf (i1Profiler workflow) export to the ChromIQ TI2 editor,
I need a few real workflow files from your i1Profiler installation as
reference. The format isn't publicly documented, so I'll look at
it from your samples — exactly the way the existing .pxf export was built.
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WHAT I NEED
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3 – 5 .pxwf files that together cover the configurations you use day-to-day.
Each one should be saved while i1Profiler is set up for a REAL job (don't
strip anything out — keep instrument, paper, layout, all of it). Variety
matters more than count; ideal coverage:
1. Your most-used scanner workflow — whatever you reach for first
(i1iSis / i1iSis 2 / i1iSis XL). RGB target, A4 portrait.
2. The same as #1, but landscape paper or a different paper size you
commonly print.
3. A -h (double-density) or otherwise unusual layout — anything where
you've changed the patch scale, spacer scale, or margins from
defaults.
4. CMYK target (if you do CMYK profiling) — same i1iSis, but CMYK
patch set.
5. Spot-mode workflow (i1Pro / ColorMunki, manual strip reading) if
you ever use one — the schema may differ vs. the scanner cases.
Skip duplicates — if #1 and #2 are basically identical, send #2 only.
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HOW TO EXPORT EACH ONE IN i1Profiler
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1. Open i1Profiler.
2. Set up the workflow exactly as you'd run it (instrument, paper,
patches, spacers, scale, margins — the whole thing).
3. File → Save Workflow As… (or Workflow → Export… depending on
i1Profiler version).
4. Save with a descriptive name like
pharmacist-i1isis-a4-rgb.pxwf
so I know what each one represents.
5. Repeat for each row above.
If i1Profiler doesn't offer a Save-Workflow command in your version, the
workflows are also stored on disk:
macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/X-Rite/i1Profiler/Workflows/
Windows: C
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ProgramData\X-Rite\i1Profiler\Workflows\
Copy the .pxwf files from there.
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WHAT TO SEND BACK
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Zip the .pxwf files together with a short note saying which config each
one corresponds to. Example:
pharmacist-i1isis-a4-rgb.pxwf — daily driver, i1iSis 2, A4 portrait,
RGB OFPS 1617 patches
pharmacist-i1isis-a3-cmyk.pxwf — CMYK profile target, A3, 2033 patches
Send to Bastian. Once I see the XML structure across 3 – 5 real configs,
the export feature is straightforward (the patch-set side is already
done in workflow/i1profiler_export.py).
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ONE QUESTION FOR YOU
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Would you want the editor's Save As to offer the workflow file alongside
the existing TI2 output in the TI2 layout editor
Save As → i1Profiler workflow (.pxwf)
Or would you prefer a separate
Tools → TI2 → i1Profiler workflow
entry that takes a saved TI2 + page TIFFs and bundles them into a .pxwf
after the fact?
Either is straightforward — I'd recommend the first (Save-As path)
because the editor already has the layout context in memory. Of course
it would be possible to add both.
