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Hi "edzio",
Contact me off-list and I'll send it to you.
You know that you COULD simply download the free X-Rite ColorPort utility and use that to create your charts. Besides the usual testcharts, you can create a testchart of the IT8.7/4 in both visual and random layouts for virtually any instrument, any X-Rite/Gretagbmacbeth instrument that is. And of course you can use ColorPort to measure the chart as well and export the data in a number of formats, including ProfileMaker 5 format (spectral+XYZ+LAB).
Only a couple of minor shortcomings with ColorPort vs. Measure Tool:
* Doesn't offer a "Compare" tool.
* No data "Averaging" tool either.
* While you can peek at the spectral/colorimetry/density information of the measured target, it's only on a per-patch basis...you can't open previous measurement data and you can't view dot gain or gradation curves. (None of this is a big deal if you have Measure Tool since you can export the ColorPort PM5 format file and open it in Measure Tool for a look-see at this data).
* One NICE thing about Measure Tool vs. ColorPort if you own an iSis spectro is that you can capture both UVcut and No Filter measurements in a single pass through the iSis....with ColorPort you must measure the chart twice, choosing the other filter for the second pass. Minor maybe to some but it's a feature I use often with Measure Tool and the iSis.
So ColorPort isn't nearly as complete a tool as Measure Tool....but it's free and provides more than enough functionality for creating charts (custom charts also) and measuring them....and ColorPort is infinitely more "hackable" compared to Measure Tool. With ColorPort you can get under the hood and change some of it's defaults for patche sizes, chart/page lengths, etc. I've already created charts for my DTP70 and iSis that were upwards of 24" long.
Anyway, if you need the Measure Tool reference file for the IT8.7/4, feel free to contact me and I'll get it to you.
Regards,
Terry Wyse