Monaco/XRite/PowerPC/Calibration Frustration

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I just got an Epson 750 Pro. The software I received from Epson includes Silverfast, which I already own and love. It also includes XRite EZColor, which apparently cannot be installed on my non-PowerPC Power Mac. I'd like to use the XRite-provided targets to do the calibration from within Silverfast, but apparently XRite doesn't provide the text versions of their profiles which SilverFast requires.

Do I have this right? (It took me a couple of hours to figure things out to this point.)

If so, is my only solution to purchase new targets?

Carolyn

[LSI_Ketelhohn]

Dear Carolyn,

SilverFast requires a cleartext (.txt) reference file for calibration.

Unfortunately some targets by other manufacturers are shipped with a proprietary file only usable with their own software.

In case you can not acquire a cleartext reference file purchasing a compatible IT8 target will be the only way to calibrate using SilverFast.
Our own targets are available here in our online store.

kind regards,
Arne Ketelhohn.

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Thank you for your clarification.

Sure is annoying to have to pay ~$200 for duplicates of something that is included with the purchase.

Carolyn

[LSI_Ketelhohn]

Dear Carolyn,

Unfortunately we have no influence over the materials within the packages EPSON sells.
They decide which targets and software they sell with their scanners.

kind regards,
Arne Ketelhohn.