Script for Printer Calibration on MacOS (free to use and modify)

knowing

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Hi everyone,

I recently got me a new and unused Colormunki Photo, as SpyderPrint was too much hazzle.

I found a farily simple script on github AutomatedArgyllPrinter, by Jintak Han. I used this as basis for creating a much more advanced version, see link below. My new script is for macOS and Linux, and aimed at Colormunki.

However, menu choice 2 to 5 can be used by other instruments supported by Argyll. Menu choice 1 in my script presents a set of pre-defined targets to generate, with Colormunki in mind, but choosing other than Colormunki as intrument allows to make target from custom arguments and a default setting. Many settings can be configured, and anyone is free to modify the script to their liking, but it would be cool if that work is shared on the forum, if anyone does.

Hope someone will test it and give feedback. Sorry, I do not have windows, so this is not for you that only have that.

The script works well for me now, but I am sure bugs exist (log file content is not ideal I noticed). There is a index.md file for installation help and user guidance, but a lot is self explanatory.

The project has now been published on github.com and can be downloaded from:
https://soul-traveller.github.io/Argyll_Printer_Profiler/

Cheers,
K
 
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knowing

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I have now updated the script to support Linux. That was doable, but I doubt I can support Windows without rewriting the whole script or porting to python, which I cannot do.

Updated the first post also.

Hope this allows more people to try it out. I have not teste on Linux, only verified quality, logic and syntax using AI.

https://soul-traveller.github.io/Argyll_Printer_Profiler/

Cheers,
K
 

knowing

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I have now updated the script to support Linux. That was doable, but I doubt I can support Windows without rewriting the whole script or porting to python, which I cannot do.

Updated the first post also.

Hope this allows more people to try it out. I have not teste on Linux, only verified quality, logic and syntax using AI.

https://soul-traveller.github.io/Argyll_Printer_Profiler/

Cheers,
K

Hi,
I made another significant modification and release of the script, as the menu system was very rigid and with bugs. Now both Colormunki users and those with other instruments should be able to use it. I added support for defining some more arguments in the ini file, and there is now a choice under menu item 1 to chose custom target, thus parameters can also be specified freely (with help from a specified default value). I hope this is now working.

I also changed the targen and printarg values I had in the ini file (for colormunki choices), as I was experimenting with multi cube steps, and that seemed to make some bad profiles (I guess there is a reason few seems to use that option).

https://soul-traveller.github.io/Argyll_Printer_Profiler/

Cheers,
K
 
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