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ChargingtheInstrument
PleasemakesurethattheDatacolor45instrumentisfullychargedbeforeusing.Theinstrumentdoes
notchargethroughtheUSBconnection,soitisnecessarytousetheACAdaptortochargethe
instrument.
EachACAdaptorcomeswithacollectionofplugsforconnectingtopowersuppliesindifferentregions.
Selecttheappropriateplugforyourregionandplaceitintothechargerheadbysnappingthe
appropriatepluginplace.MakesurethattheplugissecurebeforepluggingintoyourPowerOutlet.
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!NOTE:ThePowerSwitchatthebackoftheinstrumentmustbeintheONpositiontoacceptacharge.
TheinstrumentwillnotchargewhenturnedOFF.
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StandAloneOperation
StartingtheInstrument
Tostarttheinstrument,movetheswitchatthebackoftheinstrumentfromthe“0”positiontothe“|”
position.Theinstrumentwillbootupandthefollowingscreenwillbedisplayed:
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ThisisthemainQCscreen.Thetopsectionisthewhereyou
canselectstandards,outputdisplaysandthe
illuminant/observer.
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Themiddlesectioniswheretheoutputisdisplayed.Inthis
start‐upscreen,theabsoluteCIEL*a*b*dataforallmodels
andglossvalueforthe45GCTor45Gforthestandardis
displayed.Theinstrumentwillhaveonestandardnamed
“DemoStandard”stored.Thisdisplaywillchange
dependingonwhetheryouareinstandardmodeorbatch
mode.Instandardmode,youwillseeabsolutedataandin
batchmodeyouwillseedeltaordifferencedata.
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Thebottomsectioncontainsthe“livebar”whichcontainsa
horizontallistoficonswhichcontrolandstartvarious
programoptions.Youcantraversethelivebarbyusingthe
leftandrightarrowsontheinstrument.
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StandardModeandBatchMode
Tosimplifymeasurementtheinstrumenthas2basicmodesformeasurement.Thesearestandardmode
andbatchmode.
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StandardMode–Thetargeticonrepresentsstandardmode.Whenthismodeisselectedon
thelivebar,allmeasurementstakenwillbeconsideredtobestandards.
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BatchMode–Thedarticonrepresentsbatchmode.Whenthismodeisselectedonthelive
bar,allmeasurementstakenwillbeconsideredbatchestothecurrentstandard.
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InstrumentCalibration
Theinstrumentmustbecalibratedbeforetakingmeasurements.Calibrationinvolvesmeasuringablack
trap,awhitetileandforglossunits,ablacktile.Eachinstrumentalsocomeswithcalibrationstand.
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Selectthecalibrationoptionbyselectingthecalibrationicon
inthelivebar.
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Thecalibrationscreenisdisplayed.Noticethatthecalibration
indicatorinthetitlebarisredindicatingthattheinstrument
isnotcalibrated.
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Thelastcalibrationtimeisshownaswellasthetimeforthe
nextcalibration.
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Tobeginthecalibration,eitherplacetheinstrumentonthe
blacktraponthetrayorpositiontheinstrumentandblack
traponthestand.
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Presseitherofthemeasurementbuttonsontheinstrument
totakethemeasurement.
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Aftertheblacktrapismeasured,theprogramwillaskforthe
whitetiletobemeasured.
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Tomeasurethewhitetile,eitherplacetheinstrumentonthe
whitetileonthetrayorpositiontheinstrumentandwhite
tileonthestand.
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Presseitherofthemeasurementbuttonsontheinstrument
totakethemeasurement.
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Iftheglossoptionisincluded(45GCTor45G),theprogram
willaskfortheglosstiletobemeasured.Iftheglossoptionis
notincluded(45S),thisscreenwillnotdisplay.
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Tomeasuretheglosstile,positiontheinstrumentandgloss
tileonthestand.
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Presseitherofthemeasurementbuttonsontheinstrumentto
takethemeasurement.
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Ifcalibrationissuccessful,thescreenshownherewillbe
displayed.Noticethatthecalibrationindicatorinthetitlebar
isnowgreenindicatingthattheinstrumentiscalibrated.
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Thelastcalibrationdate/timeisthecurrentdate/time.The
nextcalibrationdate/timeisnowshown.Thisisbasedona
calibrationintervalof8hours.
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MeasuringaStandardandaBatch
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Tomeasureanewstandard,selectthestandardiconfromthe
instrumentlivebar.
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Thescreenwilldisplaythedataforthecurrentstandard.Ifthis
isanewinstrument,thecurrentstandardwillbenamed
“DemoStandard”.
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ThedatadisplayedistheabsoluteL*a*b*dataforthe
standard.
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Tomeasureanewstandard,placetheinstrumentonthe
standardandpresseitheroftheinstrumentmeasurement
buttons.
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Afterthemeasurementistaken,thedisplaywillupdatewith
thenewstandard’sabsoluteL*a*b*data.
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Thenameofthenewstandardis“Std2013‐06‐1910‐39‐10”
whichisanautonamebasedonthecurrentdateandtime.
ThestandardnamingmethodcanbeselectedintheOptions
screen.
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Ifyouwanttomeasureanotherstandard,placetheinstrument
onthestandardandpressthemeasurementbutton.Aslongas
youremaininstandardmode,eachpressofthemeasurement
buttonwillmeasureandcreateanewstandard.
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Ifyouwanttomeasureabatchtothecurrentstandard,you
mustselectthebatchiconinthelivebar.

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Afterselectingthebatchicon,thebatchmeasurementscreen
willdisplay.Tomeasureabatchtothecurrentstandard,place
theinstrumentonthebatchsampleandpressthe
measurementbutton.
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Afterthebatchhasbeenmeasured,theoutputscreenwillbe
displayed.
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Thisdisplayscreenshowstheabsolutecolorimetricdatafor
thestandardandbatchandalsothedeltaorcolordifference
databetweenthestandardandthebatch.Iftheunithasthe
glossoptions,theglossdatawillalsobeshown.
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Thebatchnameis“Bat2013‐06‐1910‐40‐59”whichisanauto
namebasedonthecurrentdateandtime.Thebatchnaming
methodcanbeselectedintheOptionsscreen.
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Tomeasureasecondbatch,placetheinstrumentonthebatch
sampleandpressthemeasurementbutton.Aslongasyou
remaininbatchmode,eachpressofthemeasurementbutton
willmeasureandcreateanewbatch.
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Formorecompleteinformation,andforoperationwithDatacolorTools,pleaserefertotheDatacolor
45UserGuideCDincludedwiththispackage,orrefertoourwebsiteatwww.datacolor.com
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