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iColor Display 3.7
Intelli Proof Displays
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Contents
• Introduction       Page 06
• Colormanagement Basics    Page 07
• Software/Driver Installation  Page 14
• Hardware-Installation    Page 18
  Connection Layout    Page 22
 
  OSD        Page 26
• Support        Page 32
• Technische Daten      Page 36
• Software-Installation (iColor)  Page 60
• iColor Display 3 Software    Page 48
  Basics       Page 48
  Calibration      Page 52
  Saving the Prole    Page 56
  Test        Page 57
  UDACT Certication    Page 57
  SWOP Certication    Page 58
  Gamut Viewer     Page 59
  Prole Selection    Page 60
  Whitepoint Editor    Page 60
  Spotcolor      Page 61
  Lightbox      Page 61





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Dear Customer
In the past years, colormanagement made a big leap 
forwards. In the day to day work in graphic arts and 
industry, color is a central issue. More and more 
tasks, previously performed by specialists, are now
performed by creative professionals. The prepress 
area on the other hand is confronted with the rising 
demands in case of speed and quality. The solution 
for both parties is to harmonize color performance 
and reproduction between all parts of the workflow.
That is the only way to ensure a consistent color 
transformation from the creative professionals to 
the nal print or product. The heart of this workow 
is - of course - the monitor that acts as a creative 
tool on the one hand and as a precise judgement 
instance on the other hand. Photographers need an 
exact color control in real-time, prepress professio-
nals demand a precise reproduction and simulation 
of CMYK data while graphic designers want to judge 
their spot colors on the screen.
Consequently, Quato offers solutions that match the 
requirements of all the different users.
Introduction





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Why colormanagement?
Every input or output device interprets colors in a 
different way. This can be compared with the diffe-
rences in color perception between human beings, 
as everyone has a different color perception and 
„thinks“ colors different. This is because we all differ 
in respect of social, cultural and even physical deve-
lopment. 
In contrast to the human being, we are able to adjust 
any device to behave exactly like or at least close to 
a standard. Colormanagement and calibration are 
the key technologies to achieve a streamlined color 
reproduction.
The display is a vital part in this workflow as it is 
used for both, the artist´s work and the color judge-
ment. In an ideal world, the display should be able 
to simulate what is later printed by the printer and 
shows the colors of the digital camera or scanner 
the same way as these devices have recognized the 
color. All this is only possible if a description of every 
device is available - the color profile or ICC-profile. 
Working spaces (standardized color environments) 
make sure that colors can be transformed from one 
device to another.
Environmental light
The human eye is heavily influenced by environ-
mental issues in the way that the surrounding light 
changes the perception of colors. Thus, wrong
or insufficient environmental lighting is one of the 
most problematic issues upon comparing softproofs 
on a display with prints. The tonal response of a 
print always depends on the light that is used to illu-
minate the viewing area. As lighting is crucial, meta-
meric effects will occur. The color rendering (and our 
perception) will be different from the original. A red 
could easily tend to be orange, or a blue looks much 
less saturated just because of different light sources.
To ease the color communication, ISO 12647, ISO 
12646 and 3664 define D50 as the standard lighting 
for judging colors and proofs. 
Companies like Just, GTI or VeriWide supply D50 
light sources for proofing and press environments. 
However, other 5.000K tubes (designed for plants for 
example) or full-spectrum bulbs will most likely not 
match the D50 standard and should not be used. 
Introduction
INFO
ISO 3664 defines the requirement for the environmental light-
ing in the graphic industry:
The light source must match the D50 standard and needs a 
rendering index (precision) of at least 90%. The light inten-
sity should match 2000 Lux (+/- 500) for press rooms and 
450 Lux (approx. 140cd/m2) for prepress.
For a display for proof/print comparison, ISO 3664 and 12646 
(Proofing Displays) define a working luminance for the display 
of 120cd/m2 to 160cd/m2. A viewing booth therefore needs a 
light intensity of 377 Lux to 503 Lux. 
Four times the same image, but four times with a different color 
interpretation, because four different devices are used with 
colormanagement and calibration.
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Color Difference
The human eye has a quite different sensitivity for 
color difference between colors and grays. Plus, the 
eye is a different sensitivity in different color regions. 
In general, one can say, that color deviations can be 
recognized from 3 ∆E on. With some colors, it will be 
below ∆E 3, with some colors above this treshold. 
Deviations in a gray balance or between grays are 
already observed from 1 ∆E on. Deviations above 3-5 
∆E (colors) and 1∆E (grays) are visible for the trained 
eye. 
Measurement Devices for Displays
There are two types of colour measuring instrument. 
Colorimeters, as the name implies, see colors. A 
colorimeter has sensors that, in much the same way 
as the human eye, break the wavelengths of light 
down into red, green and blue areas. Colorimeters 
are most often used to measure the colour emitted 
by displays. The second way to measure color is with 
a spectrophotometer. A spectrophotometer can mea-
sure the wavelengths of light emitted from a light 
source or reflected by an object. They are the best 
way to measure colour. However, on displays, spec-
trophotometers suffer from poor precision in dark 
areas. Here colorimeters are much better suited. On 
the other hand, a colorimeter need to be trained on 
a certain display type to be accurate. Therefore, a 
device correction is needed for displays that differ 
from the standard (like Wide Gamut or White-LED/
RGB-LED). A spectrophotometer does not need any 
kind of training.
Display Basics 
A display uses an additive color system where the 
addition of red, green and blue results in white. So 
far the theory. Unfortunately, the real world is diffe-
rent. With printers and the used subtractive system, 
cyan, magenta and yellow should result in black. 
However, the result is not a pure black, but some-
thing olive. That´s why we use blank ink in addition. 
For displays, red, green and blue may result in some 
kind of white, but at different luminance levels, their 
behaviour is quite non-linear. Plus, a display is not a 
pure additive system; it´s a bit more like a transmis-
sive system. The light from the back (either CCFL or 
LED) passes the color filters and the TFT itself. In the-
ories, the secondary additive colors cyan, magenta 
INFO
The deviation between two colors is expressed in Delta Error, 
short DeltaE or ∆E. In most cases, a pure ∆E is based on the 
1976 color difference formula based on the L*a*b* system. 
The Quato software uses this standard DeltaE Lab or DeltaE 
1976 formula. If other formulas (like ∆E 94 or ∆E 00) are used, 
the Quato software expressively informs about this. 
Additive colors (left) and subtractive colors (right). The primary  
colors always mix to the secondary. And the secondaries of one 
system are the primaries of the other one (and vice versa).





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and yellow are the primary colors of the subtractive 
system. So far the theory (again). In practice, a sub-
tractive cyan looks much different than an additive 
cyan. And an additive red looks even more different 
than a subtractive red.
However, to make sure that a display shows the right 
white and the behaviour of all three channels at any 
luminance is correct, a display needs to be adjusted. 
Ways of Calibration
The color depth of a graphic signal from the compu-
ter to the display is 8bit - means 16.7 million colors 
or 245 shades per channel. If this signal is changed, 
the number of colors will be lower the bigger the 
change will be. Therefore the best way is to avoid any 
corrections of the signal. But as we have learned, a 
display needs to be adjusted to show colors correct-
ly. That means the corrections have to be either done 
in the displays or on the computer. 
If the signal is corrected on the computer (in the 
Look Up Table [LUT] of the graphics card), the signal 
to the display does no longer contain the full 8bit 
bandwidth. This will result in a loss of detail and 
choppy gradiants. Up to 20% per channel or 50% of 
all colors will be lost.
A better way is to correct as much as possible inside 
the display and let only the remaining deviations be 
corrected by the graphic card LUT. The loss can be 
reduced to 10% per channel or 25% of all the colors. 
However, the best way is to do all corrections inside 
the display and also correct the non-linear behaviour 
there. This will help to keep the full bandwidth. To do 
so, a dedicated interface is needed to communicate 
with the display. This approach is called hardware 
calibration, while the first two ways are called soft-
ware calibration.
The hardware-calibrated Quato displays either use 
USB or DDCI to communicate with the software on 
the computer and adjust the displays internally with 
up to 16bit precision. The high-precision LUT inside 
the display is then used to correct all the deviations, 
and the signal is downscaled to 10bit when it passes 
the internal display driver circuits. The scaling can 
be compared with high-end photography where 
images are kept in 16bit mode until all corrections 
have been done. Then, a scaling to 8bit shows no 
Subtractive system (white) and  additive system (black)
LUT correction on the graphic card (left) versus correction inside 
the display LUT (right)

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Schematics of the process of a hardware calibration.





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losses in comparison to make all adjustments in an 
8bit image and having a lot of losses later.
Calibration Basics
Apart from the calibration technology, the calibration 
setup is also quite important. The right values for 
Luminance, Gamma (or Gradation or Tonal response)
and Whitepoint are not always easy to find. 
Whitepoint
Of course, according to ISO 3664 and others, D50 
is the right whitepoint. But this does not match for 
screens. A display, calibrated to D50, will always 
looks to warm compared to a D50 viewing booth. 
Research has found that for paper type 1 (gloss or 
matte coated offset), a whitepoint between 5.600 K 
to 6.000 K should be used to simulate the D50 ap-
pearance on a screen. Other paper types may need 
different whitepoints - pretty much depending on the 
paper color. 
As the display no longer uses D50, we have to apply 
a chromatic adaption to comply to the ICC-standard 
of D50.In fact, iColor Display automatically uses a 
chromatic adaption if a whitepoint other than D50 
is used for the calibration. The default adaption is 
„Bradford“ as most image editing software makes 
use of this adaption, too.
iColor Display offers some more adaptions like 
vonKries, XYZ-scaling or Cat02/LMS. These adaption 
should only be used if you need to comply to special 
environments.
Gradation
The gradation or tonal response curce (TRC) is ano-
ther important part that needs to be adjusted cor-
rectly. Sometimes, one can find statements like „PC 
uses Gamma 2.2 and Mac uses Gamma 1.8, and the-
refore the display has to calibrated to these values“. 
This is wrong because the gradation (gamma is one 
possible gradation) is not defined by the computer 
platform but by the working space that is used in 
Photoshop and Co. Only if you do basic colorma-
nagement task on operating system level, the stan-
dard gradation of the operating system counts. Here, 
Windows XP/Vista/7 and Mac OS X 10.6 make use of 
Gamma 2.2 while Mac OS X 10.5 or older use 1.8.
8bit signal after 16bit correction (left) versus the 8bit signal 
after corrections in 8bit (right).

D50
D65

Tolerances for the whitepoint for paper type 1. The majority of 
the probes is within the range of 5.600 to 6.000 K.
Without chromatic adaption, the display would render colors 
much too cold (right). With adaption, the appearance (left) 
looks like the original (top).
Comparison (from top to bottom) between L* , Gamma 2.2, 
Gamma 1.8 and the TVI from ISOcoatedv2 shows that L* and 
Gamma 1.8 match Offset printing quite well.





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If you work with sRGB, then your gradation in the 
calibration setup should be sRGB or at least Gamma 
2.2 (right, sRGB is not exactly Gamma 2.2). If you 
are using Adobe-RGB, then it should be Gamma 2.2; 
with ECI-RGB 1.0 it is Gamma 1.8 and with ECI-RGB 
2.0 it is L* gradation.
Note: Keep in mind that sRGB is not a very good idea 
as a working space as it limits the input from larger 
spaces (and the print to larger gamuts, too). 
If there is a mismatch between the display´s gradati-
on and the one used in applications like Photoshop, 
smooth gradiants will look choppy and many details 
will be lost.
Luminance
ISO 12646 (minimum requirements for softproofing 
displays) defines a luminance range of 120cd/m2 to 
160cd/m2. The darker the environment, the lower 
the brightness has to be within the defined range.
Keep in mind that driving a display at higher lumi-
nances than 160cd/m2 will result in a fast aging of 
the backlight. The backligth decay is not covered by 
any warranty. Therefore, please use the display at 
the recommended luminance level.
Profile locations
Color profiles can be stored in many different loca-
tions on your harddrive. iColor Display always uses 
the system´s native profile location. 
Mac OS X stores profiles in the „ColorSync“ folder in-
side the system and the user library. To gain access 
to these profiles for every user, the iColor Display 
stores profiles always in the system library.
    Macintosh HD -> Library -> ColorSync -> Profile
Windows stores color profiles in a subfolder inside 
„System32“:
    C:WINDOWSsystem32spooldriverscolor





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More Info
More info about calibration and how to set up the 
applications can be found in the Softproofing Hand-
book, available on the website of the FOGRA.
http://forschung.fogra.org/index.php?getlang=en





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Software installation for Intelli Proof Displays for 
Windows  XP 32 / Vista 32/64 / Windows 7 32/64
Insert the Quato-CD, start the Installer and select 
your language. 
The Installer copies the software and drivers onto 
your harddisk.
C:ProgramsQuatoiColorDisplay
It also links the application to your start menu and 
places a link on the desktop on request. 
You can now connect the Quato display´s USB-port 
and the measurement device to your computer.  Win-
dows will note that new hardware was found. Please 
follow the steps for your Windows version below.
Notice: Please make sure that you have administra-
tor rights for both, installation and iColor Display (to 
successfully save profiles).
Installation for Windows XP 32
If Windows prompts with a question about automa-
tic driver search in the internet, just ignore this and 
follow the steps below.
Now select that you would like to install the software 
from another source.
Search the directory (see above) of the iColor Display 
application, and select the „driver“ folder.
Windows possibly reports about a missing signature 
of the driver. Just ignore this message.
Now Windows will tell you that the driver has been 
installed correctly, and that your device is now ready 
to use.
You can check the status of the device by using the 
hardware manager. The display´s interface is called 
„..Cp210x....“.
Please perform the installation of the measurement 
device drivers in the same way as described above.
Notice: Windows XP 64 bit is not supported by the 
driver or iColor Display application.
Software Installation for Calibra-
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Devices





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Installation for Windows Vista 32/64
If Windows prompts with a question about automa-
tic driver search in the internet, just ignore this and 
follow the steps below.
Now select that you would like to install the software 
from another source.
Search the directory (see above) of the iColor Display 
application and select the „driver“ folder.
Windows possibly reports about a missing signature 
of the driver. Just ignore this message.
Now Windows will tell you that the driver has been 
installed correctly and that your device is now ready 
to use.
You can check the status of the device by using the 
hardware manager. The display´s interface is called 
„..Cp210x....“.
Please perform the installation of the measurement 
device drivers in the same way as described above.
Installation for Windows 7 32/64
If Windows prompts with a question about automa-
tic driver search in the internet, just ignore this and 
follow the steps below.
Now select that you would like to install the software 
from another source.
Search the directory (see above) of the iColor Display 
application, and select the „driver“ folder.
Windows possibly reports about a missing signature 
of the driver. Just ignore this message.
Now Windows will tell you that the driver has been 
installed correctly, and that your device is now ready 
to use.
You can check the status of the device by using the 
hardware manager. The display´s interface is called 
„..Cp210x....“.
Please perform the installation of the measurement 
device drivers in the same way as described above.





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Software installation for Intelli Proof displays for 
Mac OS X
Please insert the CD and open the Disk Image 
(.dmg). Copy the iColor Display folder to your hard-
disk. 
The Version 3.8.x.x or newer of iColor Display does 
not need a driver for the Intelli Proof calibration 
interface.
If a driver from an earlier  version is installed please 
unistall this driver as below:
please remove the following entries from directory 
MacintoshHD:SystemLibaryExtensions
SilabsUSBDriver.kext
SilabsUSBDriver64.kext
After removing a restart of your system is requiered.
You can check the status of the device with the Apple 
System Profiler (About...-> more Info). The USB-Inter-
face shows up as „CP210x“ (Calibration Processor).
The measurement devices can be connected to your 
Mac without installing a driver. iColor Display inclu-
des all necessary device frameworks. 
Only for the Basiccolor Discus measurement device 
a driver is necessary. It could be found in the iColor 
Display.dmg, folder Drivers.
Notice: You need administrator rights to install the 
driver. Saving profile in the ColorSync folder also 
needs administrator rights.
Notice: If you have only obtained the iColor Display 
Software without Display, skip the installation of the 
hardware and just proceed to the introduction of the 
software. 





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Unpacking Notice
Do not pull the display out of the box by pulling the 
display itself. Always pull the cushion. Pulling the 
display can result in pressure marks on the display 
and would result in voiding any warranty claims.
Safety Notice
Before you lift or reposition your display, you may 
need to disconnect cables and power cord. Use cor-
rect lifting techniques when positioning the display. 
When lifting or carrying the display, hold it at the 
edges. Don’t lift the display by the stand, the cord or 
the display frame.
Disconnect the power cord to clean the screen on 
your display. Use a soft, dry cloth to wipe dust from 
the screen. Do not clean the screen with a cleaner 
containing alcohol or acetone. Use a cleaner inten-
ded for use with a screen or display. Never spray 
cleaner directly onto the screen. It might drip inside 
the display and cause damage.
Even though the display has a power switch on the 
back, the only way to completely disconnect power is 
to unplug the power cord. 
Disconnect power immediately if the power cord is 
frayed or damaged, if something spilled on the dis-
play, or if the display has fallen down or is damaged 
in some other way.
Use only the power cord that came with your display. 
The power cord has a three-wire grounding plug (a 
plug that has a third grounding pin) that fits only a
grounded AC outlet. 
Ergonomics
Here are some guidelines for adjusting your display 
to reduce glare and to accommodate your physical 
size and shape.
Arrange the display so that the top of the screen is 
slightly below your eye level when you are sitting at 
Hardware Installation





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the desk. The best distance from your eyes to the 
screen is up to you, although most people prefer 45 
to 70 cm.
Position the display by tilting it up or down to mini-
mize glare and reflections from overhead lights and 
nearby windows.
Installation of the Hood
Assemble the three parts of the hood and place the 
hood on the velcro strips of the screen. Please make 
sure that the hood and the velcro on the screen are 
properly aligned. You can bend the hood slightly to 
make the mounting procedure a bit easier.
Mounting of the Sensor
To mount the optional measurement sensor (Silver 
Haze Pro), use the velcro sling that is located on the 
inner top of the hood. Make a sling and guide the 
USB-cable through the sling. Then, fasten the sling 
and mount it on the velcro in the inner top of the 
hood as shown on the right side.
If you use other devices like the EyeOne Display or 
the Datacolor Spyder 2/3, the velcro sling can also 
be used.
If you want to use the EyeOne Pro spectrophotome-
ter, please also use the velcro sling but do not use 
it as a sling. Simply guide the counter weight strip 
of the EyeOne Pro between the two velcro parts and 
mount the flattened sling on the velcro as shown on 
the right side.
Always remove your sensor after calibration as the 
units warm up significantly and this can reduce the 
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Connecting the Display to your Mac or PC
21.3“, 19“, 20.1“ units
Open the port-cover on the back and connect the vi-
deo cable, power supply cable and USB cable to the 
display. Route the cables through the cable cabinet 
in the display stand and connect them to your Mac 
or PC. 
Make sure that the USB cable or any measurement 
device is connected directly to the computer to avoid 
USB problems.
22“-26“ units
Connect the USB cable and video cable with your 
Mac or PC and plug in the power cord. 
Make sure that the USB cable or any measurment 
device is connected directly to the computer to avoid 
USB-issues. 
Notice: Connect the USB cable or any measurement 
device only after the software installation.
Notice: Only a digital connection (DCI, HDMI or Dis-
playPort) will allow a hardware calibration. If the dis-
play is connected via VGA (or the VGA part of DVI-I), 
no hardware calibration will be performed.   
Basics
TFTs need a warmup period. Do not calibrate or use 
the display for color critical work in the first 60 minu-
tes. During this warmup period, gamma, whitepoint 
and luminance shift and the internal stability circuit 
will take command after 30 minutes.
Avoid activating the power saving as after waking 
up, the display again needs at least 30 minutes to 
return to working temperature and color stability. To 
avoid image retention, make use of screen savers. 
Connecting the display to a switched power outlet 
Connection layout for 21.3”/20.1” (top), 19” (mid) and 22” to 
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may (however unlikely) result in a loss of the inter-
nal calibration table as the display always needs a 
minimal voltage to keep the internal flash alive. The 
internal capacitors will normally bridge at least 24 
hours. 
User controls
Some units (22“-26“) have a power switch on the 
back. This needs to be switched on at first.
On the right side of the display, you will find the only 
user control. 
- a short click on this button opens the OSD
- a long click on the button switches the unit on/off
- turning the button up/down lets you move through 
   the OSD. Clicking the button lets you select a
   function and again, turning will change values
Notice: The OSD is not often used as control and 
setup is performed by the iColor Display software
Notice: When adjusting color values for a manual ca-
libration, do not increase the values above the level 
of 70. Higher values would create channel clipping 
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Intelli Color 190
Intelli Color 201 and 213
Connection Layout





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Intelli Proof 190 and 201
Intelli Proof 213 and 213 excellence





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Intelli Proof 220/240/242 le
Intelli Proof 230/240
Intelli Proof 220/230/240/242/260/262/264 excellence

Out
In
SDI -HD
CVB S
S-V i d eo
XS
Y/G Pb/B Pr/R
Com ponen t
DVI -D DVI -I
USB

Out
In
SDI-HD
CVBS
S-Video
XS
Y/G Pb/B Pr/R
Component
DVI-D DVI-I
USB

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C al ib r at io n /  Hub
D VI -D D VI -I
U SB
P ow er
D is pl a y  Po r t

Calibration/ Hub
DVI-D DVI-I
USB
Power
Display Port

Intelli Proof 242 excellence and 240 excellence LED
Rückseitige Anschlüsse des Proof View 700-42 und 
des Intelli Proof 420 excellence





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Rückseitige Anschlüsse des Intelli Proof 270 excellence
Rückseitige Anschlüsse des Intelli Proof 300 excellence
USB-Downstream
USB-Upstream 1
USB-Upstream 2
DisplayPort
DVI-1 DVI-2
USB-Downstream
USB-Upstream 1
USB-Upstream 2
DisplayPort 1 DisplayPort 2
DVI-1 DVI-2





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The OSD for the Intelli Proof/Color 190, 201, 213 , 
213 excellence and Proof View 700 offers the follo-
wing functions:
  - Input
  - Auto Setup (analogue)
  - Brightness (luminance)
  - Contrast (analogue)
  - Image (analogue)
  - Calibration (only used for Intelli Color)
  - Frequency/Phase (analogue)
  - Management
To select the connection, choose Input. 
Auto Setup performs an automatic adjustment when 
a VGA signal is used. 
Brightness controls the backlight brightness.
Contrast is only available if the display is used in 
VGA-mode.
Image adjusts position and size of the image in ana-
logue mode.
The Calibration Menu is used to adjust the manual 
calibration values of the Intelli Color 190, 201 and 
213. Select the preset that matches your setup clo-
sest, and adjust the RGB values. 
  - HW calibration (Hardware Calibration)
  - RGB 1.8 (RGB adjustment with Gamma 1.8)
  - RGB 2.2 (RGB adjustment with Gamma 2.2)
  - RGB L* (RGB adjustment with L* Gradation)
  - D55-1.8 (5.500K with Gamma 1.8)
Notice: Some older displays do not allow separate 
RGB adjustments. If  an Intelli Proof 190/201/213 is 
used, the calibration software will switch the display 
to hardware calibration mode.
Frequency and phase can be used to finetune an 
image if the Auto Setup results in a suboptimum 
image performance.
Management is used to select languages, to change 
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The OSD for the Intelli Proof 230/240/230 excel-
lence, 220/240/242 le offers the following func-
tions:
  - Input (only LE units)
  - Auto Setup (analogue)
  - Brightness (luminance)
  - Contrast (analogue)
  - Image (analogue)
  - Color Setup
  - Frequency/Phase (analogue)
  - Management
To select the connection, choose Input. 
Auto-Setup performs an automatic adjustment when 
a VGA signal is used. 
Brightness controls the backlight brightness.
Contrast is only available if the display is used in 
VGA mode.
Image adjusts position and size of the image in ana-
logue mode.
The Color Setup is used to switch between the two 
calibration modes: 
  - Hardware Calibration 
  - RGB (RGB adjustment with Gamma 2.2)
For a manual calibration, just select RGB and adjust 
the RGB values accordingly.
Frequency and phase can be used to finetune an 
image if the Auto Setup results in a suboptimum 
image performance.
Management is used to select languages, to change 
the OSD position, to reset the whole unit and to 
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The OSD for the  Intelli Proof 220/240/260/262 
excellence offers the following functions:
  - Input
  - Auto Setup (analogue)
  - Brightness (luminance)
  - Contrast (analogue)
  - Image (analogue)
  - Color Setup
  - Frequency/Phase (analogue)
  - Management
  - Stabilisation 
To select the connection, choose Input. 
Auto Setup performs an automatic adjustment when 
a VGA signal is used. 
Brightness controls the backlight brightness.
Contrast is only available if the display is used in 
VGA mode.
Image adjusts the position and size of the image in 
analogue mode.
The Color Setup is used to switch between the two 
calibration modes: 
  - Hardware Calibration 
  - RGB (RGB adjustment with Gamma 2.2)
For a manual calibration, just select RGB and adjust 
the RGB-values accordingly.
Frequency and phase can be used to finetune an 
image if the Auto Setup results in a suboptimum 
image performance.
Management is used to select languages, to change 
the OSD position and to reset the whole unit.
The Stabilisation feature is used to toggle between a  
stabilized mode or unstabilized mode (whitepoint/
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The OSD for the Intelli Proof 242 excellence und 
240 excellence LED offers the following functions:
  - Input Source Settings
    - Exit
    - Digital DVI-I
    - Analog DVI-I
    - Digital DVI-D
    - Display Port
  - Video
    - Exit
    - Auto Setup (analogue)
    - Brightness (luminance)
    - Contrast
    - Saturation
    - Hue
    - Display
  - Color Mode Setting
    - Exit
    - H.W. (hardware) Calibration
    - RGB  (RGB adjustment)
    - Color Gamut
    - RBGYCM (6 axis Color adjustment)
  - Management Setting
    - Exit
    - Scaling
    - OSD Position
    - Recall (Reset)
    - UART Switch (for service only) 
    - Language 
Upon the first use, the display will show an “Out 
of Sync” warning because the unit does not search 
for a signal automatically. Therefore, please press 
the button, on the right and select an input. 
Auto Setup performs an automatic adjustment 
when a VGA signal is used. 
Brightness controls the backlight brightness.
The Color Mode is used to switch between the 
two calibration modes, to simulate smaller gamut 
(max. gamut setting is neutral).
Management is used to select languages, to 
change the OSD position, the scaling and to reset 
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The OSD for the Intelli Proof 240 motion und 260 
motion excellence offers the following functions:
  - Auto Setup (analogue)
  - Brightness (luminance)
  - Image
  - Color Mode
  - Input
  - Management
  - Lux Stable (Stabilisation)
  - Hours
  - PIP
Upon the first use, the display will show an “Out 
of Sync” warning because the unt does not search 
for a signal automatically. Therefore, please press 
the button on the right, and select an input. 
Auto Setup performs an automatic adjustment 
when a VGA signal is used. 
Brightness controls the backlight brightness.
Image adjusts the position and size of the image 
in analogue mode.
The Image adjustment supports some advanced 
video related features:
  - Contrast (default: 50)
  - Black Level (default: 50)
  - Position
  - Clock/Phase (analogue)
  - Reversal (180° rotation)
  - Blue Channel (displays only the blue 
    channel to check about noise)
  - Range Switch (toggles between 15-237 
    levels - aka Video Mode - and 0-255 levels 
             aka PC mode)
The Color Mode is used to switch between the 
three calibration modes.
  - Normal (manual RGB adjustment)
  - Gamma
  - Hardware Calibration
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for PC signals. For Video signals either the Gamma or 
the Normal mode should be used. The display uses 
only one LUT for all input sources.
Management is used to select languages, to change 
the OSD position, the scaling, and to reset the whole 
unit
The Stabilisation feature is used to toggle between a  
stabilized mode or unstabilized mode (whitepoint/
luminance).
The PIP feature allows you to display a second video 
source in a moveable and sizeable window. Only one 
data and video connection can be active during PIP. 
It is not possible to mix two data or two video con-
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Bedienelemente
Um auf das OSD-Menü zuzugreifen, drücken Sie die 
Taste MENU.
Zum Wechseln des Signaleingangs drücken Sie die 
Taste SELECT.
HINWEIS
Zum Wechseln des Signaleingangs muss das OSD-
Menü geschlossen werden.
1  Sensor für Umgebungshelligkeit
Ermittelt die Umgebungshelligkeit und bewirkt so eine automa-
tische Anpassung verschiedener Monitoreinstellungen. Stan-
dardmäßig ist die Funktion deaktiviert.
2  Netzschalter
Schaltet den Monitor ein und aus.
3  LED
Zeigt an, dass der Monitor eingeschaltet ist.
4  INPUT/SELECT
Öffnet das OSD-Steuerungsmenü. Öffnet die OSD-Untermenüs. 
Ändert die Eingangsquelle, wenn das OSD-Steuerungsmenü 
nicht aktiv ist.* Halten Sie die Taste gedrückt, um das USB-
Auswahlmenü anzuzeigen, wenn das OSD-Steuerungsmenü 
nicht aktiv ist.
5  MENU/EXIT
Zugriff auf das OSD-Menü. Schließt das OSD-Untermenü. 
Schließt das OSD-Steuerungsmenü.
6  LINKS/RECHTS
Navigiert im OSD-Steuerungsmenü nach LINKS bzw. RECHTS.
Sie können die Helligkeit direkt anpassen, während das OSD-
Menü aus ist.*
7  AUF/AB
Navigiert im OSD-Steuerungsmenü nach oben bzw. unten.
Zeigt das Menü „Bildmodus“ an, wenn das OSD-Steuerungsme-
nü nicht aktiv ist.*  *¹
8  RESET/PIP
Setzt das OSD-Steuerungsmenü zurück auf die Werkseinstel-
lungen. Der BiB-Modus kann ausgewählt werden, wenn das 
OSD ausgeblendet ist.*² Halten Sie die Taste gedrückt, um das 
Menü ECO-MODUS zu öffnen, während das OSD-Menü ausge-
blendet ist.*
9  TASTENBESCHREIBUNG
Die Tastenbeschreibung wird beim Zugriff auf das OSD-Steue-
rungsmenü automatisch auf dem Bildschirm angezeigt.
Sie wird beim Drehen des OSD-Steuerungsmenüs ebenfalls 
gedreht.*³
Funktionen der OSD-Bedienelemente (On-Screen-
Display) auf der Vorderseite des Monitors

INPUT MENU
PIP
INPUT MENU
PIP
SELECT
EXIT LEFT RIGHT
DOWN
UP
RESET
INPUT MENU
PIP
SELECT
EXIT LEFT RIGHT
DOWN
UP
RESET

INPUT MENU
PIP
INPUT MENU
PIP
SELECT
EXIT LEFT RIGHT
DOWN
UP
RESET
INPUT MENU
PIP
SELECT
EXIT LEFT RIGHT
DOWN
UP
RESET

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*   Bei ausgeschalteter HotKey-Funktion ist diese Funktion deaktiviert.
*¹  Menü BILDMODUS
     Drücken Sie die Tasten AUF/AB, um den BILDMODUS auszuwählen. Im BIB- 
     oder PARALLELMODUS kann der Bildmodus für das Haupt- und das Sekun- 
     därbild durch Drücken der Tasten LINKS/RECHTS unabhängig voneinander
     ausgewählt werden.
*²  Menü BIB-MODUS
     Drücken Sie die Tasten AUF/AB, um das Sekundärbild zu aktivieren/deaktiv-
     ieren. Drücken Sie die Tasten LINKS/RECHTS, um das Haupt- und das Sekun-  
     därbild zu tauschen.
*³  Die Funktionalität der Tasten LINKS/RECHTS und AUF/AB ist je nach Darstel-
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Troubleshooting
Before performing any of these steps, make sure 
your computer is turned on, the display is plugged 
into an outlet, all the cables are connected properly 
to your computer and display, and your computer is 
not in sleep mode.
If the screen does not display an image:
  - Check the cables and connectors again to 
    make sure they are connected properly to
    your computer and the display.
  - Make sure your computer is turned on and is 
    not in sleep mode. 
  - Make sure that the computer supports the 
    native resolution and frequency of the
    screen.
If the screen is dim or discolored:
  - Make sure the display´s color profile is active.
  - Reset the screen by using the OSD and 
    upload the profile again with the iColor 
    Display Software.
  - After years of usage, the backlight will age. 
    This is typical for TFT displays and not 
    covered by the warranty.
If the screen is non-uniform:
  - Perform a UDACT uniformity measurement. If
    the values are within 10% and 4 ∆C, the 
    display is within the specs for a ISO 12646-
    compliant display.
  - For ADC-equipped Intelli Proof excellence
    and LE displays, Quato offers an ADC-update
    service to re-uniform your unit. Call your 
    local dealer for details.
If the software does not show „Hardware Calibration“:
  - Make sure the USB-cable is connected and
       the driver is installed properly.
  - Make sure you use a Quato Intelli Proof 
    display. Third party displays cannot be 
    hardware-calibrated.
If the screen produces an audible noise:
  - A litte noise from the backlight inverter does  
    typically occur and is not an indication of 
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WARNING: Your display is a high-voltage component 
and should not be opened for any reason (the back-
light inverter uses up to 3.000V), even when it is un-
plugged. There are no user-serviceable parts inside. 
Opening the unit will void the warranty.
TFT Pixel failure criteria
Although TFT technologies have been constantly 
improved in the past few years, single pixel defects 
can still not be completely avoided in the production 
process of TFT panels. 
There are typically millions of these subpixels on an 
LCD display. For example, the LCD panel used in the 
Intelli Proof 240 is made up of 2.3 million pixels and 
6.9 million red, green, and blue subpixels. Occasi-
onally, a transistor does not work perfectly, which 
may result in the affected subpixel being turned 
on (bright) or turned off (dark). With the millions of 
subpixels on a display, it is quite possible to have 
a low number of faulty transistors on an LCD. The-
refore, a certain number of subpixel anomalies is 
considered acceptable. Rejecting all but perfect LCD 
panels would significantly increase the retail price 
for products using LCD displays. These factors apply 
to all manufacturers using LCD technology.
ISO standard 13406 defines pixel defect classes I to 
IV, whereas only devices of the defect classes I,II and 
III are sold to the „public“. Class I devices are distri-
buted for military and clinical purposes only. Accor-
ding ISO 13406-II, a 24“ display with 1.920x1.200 
pixel resolution is allowed to have up to 12 defective 
pixels.
However, QUATO has defined special acceptance 
criteria which go far beyond the demands of the ISO 
standard 13406-2.
Pixel failure criteria for Intelli Proof/Color monitors:
  - Zero defective pixels in the center area (DIN 
    A6 landscape)
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Pixel failure criteria for Intelli Proof LE monitors:
  - max. 3 defective pixels 
The above-mentioned pixel failure criteria apply only 
for the state of delivery. Pixel failures occurring later-
are not covered by the warranty.
Notice: Older Intelli Proof/Intelli Color and all other 
Quato general purpose TFTs comply to the ISO 13406.
Image retention (persistence)
If you leave an unchanging image (like a login screen 
or the same desktop picture) on the screen for a 
long period of time, you may see a faint remnant of 
the image even after a new image replaces it. This is 
called „persistence“.
You can prevent image persistence by using the 
Screen Saver to make sure that a static image isn ot 
on the display for long periods of time. Do not use 
the Energy Saver sleep feature because you need to 
warm up the display after sleep again for at least 60 
minutes.
Service and Hotline
Quato displays are manufactured at very high stan-
dards. If in any event, the display should neverthe-
less show a problem that cannot be solved by the 
user and is not mentioned in the FAQ on Quato´s 
website, you can reach the Quato support team via 
phone or email under the following number and 
address:
Phone    +49 (0)531 – 281-3840  
    Monday to Friday   
    9:00 am to 5 pm (CET)
Fax     +49 (0)531 – 281-3899
eMail    [email protected]
Please fill the service form on Quato´s website (eit-
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Upon a qualified defect, you will get a RMA number 
that must be noted on package and shipping docum-
ments.
Notice: The local Quato partner is responsible for 
collecting and returning unit to Quato. Please get in 
touch with the local Quato partner first. You can also 
send the unit on your behalf (and cost) to Quato. 
Quato will return the unit after repair or replace it. 
The decision regarding repair or replacement is up to 
Quato, and the end user has no legal rights to expect 
or demand a new unit in exchange of a used unit. 
The warranty period is not extended by any kind of 
repair.
Notice: Quato services displays only in the country 
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Specifications
Silver Haze Pro Colorimeter
Monitor type      LCD (TFT) und CRT
Measurement System   C I E - X Y Z
          CIE 1931
Optimized to      72% NTSC*
Sensor type      Colorimeter
Spectral range    400-700nm
Dynamic range     0.05-500 cd/m
2
 (CRT)
          0.05-1.000 cd/m
2
  (LCD)
Aperture   
  4.4 mm diameter
Precision (Luminance)  4% +/- (typical)
Precision (Chroma)     0.003 (CRT) (typical)
          0.005 (LCD) (typical)
Speed        4 seconds/patch 
Inter-Instrument Agreement  0.003 (CRT)
          0.005 (LCD)
Linearity      1.5% +/- 
Interface      USB 1.1
Power        via USB
Size          64 x 89 x 41mm
Weight    120gr
Temperature range    +10° to +35° C 
Storage      +0° to +45° C
Environment      30% to 60% 
          relative humidity
          non-condensing
* To measure larger gamuts or different spectra correctly, a 
correction for the device is necessary. iColor Display offers 
corrections for all Quato wide gamut displays, generic PVA/
IPS wide gamut displays and displays with White-LED-
Backlight.
Notice:  Do not let the device rest too long on the 
display as it will heat up and the precision will drop. 
Always perform certifications right after the measure-
ments to avoid heat issues. 





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Specifications
Intelli Color / Proof 190
Size    48cm diagonal (19“) 
Screen Size  horizontal 378mm x vertikal 304mm
Panel    S-IPS with antireflective coating, 
    16ms
Resolution   sXGA 1.280 x 1.024 pixels
Pixel Pitch  0,29 (H) x 0,29 (V) mm 
Bit Depth  internal 10bit, external 10bit
Luminance  270cd/m
2
 (typical)
Contrast  700:1 (typical)
Viewing Angle 178° (1:10)
Video Signal  Analogue: RGB (0,7 Vp-p), [75 Ohm]
    Digital: Based on DVI-Standard v1.0
Sync Signal  Separate Sync (TTL-Level: +/-), 
    Sync on Green, Composite 
    Sync (TTL-Level: +/-),
Scaling  1:1 or full screen
  
The display always needs the native resolution dur-
ing start up.
Plug & Play  VESA DDC2B-compatible
    Energy management
    VGA: based on DPMS
    DVI: based on DMPM 
Connections  1x 19 pol. DVI-D (digital DVI), 
    1x 15 pol. VGA
    USB 1.1 calibration port with Intelli 
    Proof 190, bus-powered USB 1.1 2-port 
    hub (Intelli Color) 
Ergonomics  Height adjustment: 60mm
    Tilt: -5° to +35°
    Rotation: 90° left/right 
Power    60W, 3W standby
Voltage  100 - 240VAC, 50/60Hz
Environment  5 - 35°C 
Dimensions  approx. 430 x 490 x 220mm
Weight   approx. 9kg
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Intelli Color / Proof 201
Size    51cm diagonal (20.1“) 
Screen Size  horizontal 408mm x vertikal 306mm
Panel    S-IPS with antireflex coating, 
    16ms
Resolution   UXGA 1.600 x 1.200 pixels
Pixel Pitch  0,25 (H) x 0,25 (V) mm 
Bit Depth  internal 10bit, external 10bit
Luminance  300cd/m
2
 (typical)
Contrast  800:1 (typical)
Viewing Angle 178° (1:10)
Video Signal  Analogue: RGB (0,7 Vp-p), [75 Ohm]
    Digital: Based on DVI-Standard v1.0
Sync Signal  Separate Sync (TTL-Level: +/-), 
    Sync on Green, Composite 
    Sync (TTL-Level: +/-)
Scaling  1:1 or full screen
  
The display always needs the native resolution dur-
ing start up.
Plug & Play  VESA DDC2B-compatible
    Energy management
    VGA: based on DPMS
    DVI: based on DMPM 
Connections  1x 19 pol. DVI-D (digital DVI), 
    1x 15 pol. VGA
    USB 1.1 calibration port with Intelli 
    Proof 201, bus-powered USB 1.1 2-port 
    hub (Intelli Color)
Ergonomics  Height adjustment 60mm
    Neigung: -5° to +35°
    Rotation: 90° left/right   
Power    60W, 3W standby
Voltage  100 - 240VAC, 50/60Hz
Environment  5 - 35°C 
Dimensions  approx. 430 x 490 x 220mm
Weight   approx. 9kg
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Intelli Color / Proof 213 / Proof 213 excellence
Size    54 cm diagonal (21.3“) 
Screen Size  horizontal 435mm x vertical 326mm
Panel    Dual-Domain S-IPS with 
    antireflex coating, 25ms
Resolution   UXGA 1.600 x 1.200 pixels
Pixel Pitch  0,27 (H) x 0,27 (V) mm 
Bit Depth  internal 10bit, external 10bit
Luminance  250cd/m
2
 (typical)
    200cd/m
2
 (typical) (excellence)
Contrast  550:1 (typical)
Viewing Angle 178° (1:10)
Video Signal  Analogue: RGB (0,7 Vp-p), [75 Ohm]
    Digital: Based on DVI-Standard v1.0
Sync Signal  Separate Sync (TTL-Level: +/-), 
    Sync on Green, Composite 
    Sync (TTL-Level: +/-)
Scaling  1:1 or full screen
  
The display always needs the native resolution dur-
ing start up.
Plug & Play  VESA DDC2B-compatible
    Energy management
    VGA: based on DPMS
    DVI: based on DMPM 
Connections  1x 19 pol. DVI-D (digital DVI), 
    1x 15 pol. VGA
    USB 1.1 calibration port (IP only)
    USB 1.1 2-port hub (bus powered)
Ergonomics  Height adjustment: 60mm
    Tilt: -5° to +35°
    Rotation: 90° left/right
Power    60W, 3W standby
Voltage  100 - 240VAC, 50/60Hz
Environment  5 - 35°C
Dimensions  approx. 480 x 520 x 220mm
Weight   approx. 11kg
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Proof View 700/21
Size    54cm diagonal (21.3“) 
Screen Size  horizontal 435mm x vertical 326mm
Panel    IPS-Pro with antireflex coating, 16ms
Resolution   UXGA 1.600 x 1.200 pixels
Pixel Pitch  0,27 (H) x 0,27 (V) mm 
Bit Depth  internal 10bit, external 10bit
Luminance  700cd/m
2
 (max.) 
    550cd/m
2
 (calibrated) = 1.730 Lux
Contrast  1000:1 (typical)
Viewing Angle 178° (1:10)
Video Signal  Analogue: RGB (0,7 Vp-p), [75 Ohm]
    Digital: Based on DVI-Standard v1.0
Sync Signal  Separate Sync (TTL-Level: +/-), 
    Sync on Green, Composite 
    Sync (TTL-Level: +/-)
Scaling  1:1 or full screen
  
The display always needs the native resolution dur-
ing start up.
Plug & Play  VESA DDC2B-compatible
    Energy management
    VGA: based on DPMS
    DVI: based on DMPM 
Connections  1x 19 pol. DVI-D (digital DVI), 
    1x 15 pol. VGA
    2-port hub  (self powered)
    calibration via USB
Ergonomics  Height adjustment: 60 mm
    Tilt: -5° to +35°
    Rotation: 90° left/right
Power    85W, 3W standby
Voltage  100 - 240VAC, 50/60Hz
Environment  5 - 35°C
Dimensions  approx. 480 x 520 x 220mm
Weight   approx. 11kg
VESA     100mm





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Intelli Proof 230, 230 excellence
Size    58,5cm diagonal (23“) 
Screen Size  horizontal 495mm x vertical 310mm
Panel    S-IPS with antireflex coating, 12ms
Resolution   WUXGA 1.920 x 1.200 pixels
Pixel Pitch  0,26 (H) x 0,26 (V) mm 
Bit Depth  internal 10bit, external 10bit
Luminance  300cd/m
2
 (typical)
Contrast  800:1 (typical)
Viewing Angle 178° (1:10)
Video-Signal  Analogue: RGB (0,7 Vp-p), [75 Ohm]
    Digital: Based on DVI-Standard v1.0
Sync Signal  Separate Sync (TTL-Level: +/-), 
    Sync on Green, Composite 
    Sync (TTL-Level: +/-)
Scaling  1:1 or full screen
  
The display always needs the native resolution dur-
ing start up.
Plug & Play  VESA DDC2B-compatible
    Energy management
    VGA: based on DPMS
    DVI: based on DMPM 
Connections  1x 19 pol. DVI-D (digital DVI) 
    1x 15 pol. VGA
    USB 2.0 calibration port with 2-port 
    hub  (self powered)
Ergonomics  Height adjustment: 60mm
    Tilt: -5° to +35°
    Rotation: 90° left/right 
Power    80W, 3W standby
Voltage  100 - 240VAC, 50/60Hz
Environment  5 - 35°C 
Dimensions  approx. 535 x 520 x 220mm
Weight   approx. 15kg
VESA     100mm





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Intelli Proof 240, 242 LE
Size    60,9cm (24”) 
Screen Size  horizontal 518mm x vertical 324 mm  
Panel    A-MVA with 12ms und
    antireflex coating (240 LE) 
    S-PVA with 12ms und
    antireflex coating (242 LE) 
Resolution   WUXGA 1.920 x 1.200 pixels
Pixel Pitch  0,27 (H) x 0,27 (V) mm 
Bit Depth  internal 10bit, external 10bit
Luminance  400 cd/m
2
 (typical)
Contrast  1.000:1 (typical)
Viewing Angle 178° (1:10)
Video-Signal  Analogue: RGB (0,7 Vp-p), [75 Ohm]
    Digital: Based on DVI-Standard v1.0
Sync Signal  Separate Sync (TTL-Level: +/-), 
    Sync on Green, Composite 
    Sync (TTL-Level: +/-)
Scaling  1:1 or full screen
  
The display always needs the native resolution dur-
ing start up.
Plug & Play  VESA DDC2B-compatible
    Energy management
    VGA: based on DPMS
    DVI: based on DMPM 
Connections  1x 19 pol. DVI-D
    1x 15 pol. VGA
    USB 2.0 calibration port with 2-port 
    hub  (self powered)
Ergonomics  Height adjustment: 60mm
    Tilt: -5° to +35°
    Rotation: 90° left/right 
Power    80W, 3W standby
Voltage  100 - 240VAC, 50/60Hz
Environment  5 - 35°C 
Dimensions  approx. 602 x 520 x 220mm
Weight   approx. 15kg
VESA     100mm





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Intelli Proof 220 LE, 220 excellence
Size    55,9cm (22”)
Screen Size  horizontal 474mm x vertical296 mm  
Panel    S-IPS (e-IPS) with 12ms und
    antireflex coating (222 ex) 
    S-PVA with 12ms und
    antireflex coating (220 LE) 
Resolution   WSXGA+ 1.680x1.050 pixels
Pixel Pitch  0,28 (H) x 0,28 (V) mm 
Bit Depth  internal 10bit, external 10bit
Luminance  300cd/m
2
 (typical)
Contrast  1.000:1 (typical)
Viewing Angle 178° (1:10)
Video Signal  Analogue: RGB (0,7 Vp-p), [75 Ohm]
    Digital: Based on DVI-Standard v1.0
Sync Signal  Separate Sync (TTL-Level: +/-), 
    Sync on Green, Composite 
    Sync (TTL-Level: +/-)
Scaling  1:1 or full screen
  
The display always needs the native resolution dur-
ing start up.
Plug & Play  VESA DDC2B-compatible
    Energy management
    VGA: based on DPMS
    DVI: based on DMPM 
Connections  1x 19 pol. DVI-D
    1x 15 pol. VGA
    USB 2.0 calibration port with 2-port 
    hub  (self powered)
Ergonomics  Height adjustment: 60 mm
    Tilt: -5° to +35°
    Rotation: 90° left/right 
Power    80W, 3W standby
Voltage  100 - 240VAC, 50/60Hz
Environment  5 - 35°C 
Dimensions  approx. 602 x 520 x 220mm
Weight   approx. 15kg
VESA     100mm





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Intelli Proof 240 / 260 / 262 excellence
Size    60,9cm (24”) diagonal
    64,7cm (26”) diagonal
Screen Size  horizontal 518mm x vertical 324mm (24”)
    horizontal 550mm x vertical 343mm (26”)
Panel    S-IPS (H-IPS) with antireflex coating, 
    12ms
Resolution   WUXGA 1.920 x 1.200 pixels
Pixel Pitch  0,27 mm (24”), 0,29 mm (26”)
Bit Depth  internal 10bit, external 10bit
Luminance  400cd/m
2
 (24”) (typical)
    400cd/m
2 
(26” - 262) (typical)
    500cd/m
2
 (26” - 260) (typical)
Contrast  1.000:1 (typical) 
Viewing Angle 178° (1:10)
Video Signal  Analogue: RGB (0,7 Vp-p), [75 Ohm]
    Digital: Based on DVI-Standard v1.0
Sync Signal  Separate Sync (TTL-Level: +/-), 
    Sync on Green, Composite 
    Sync (TTL-Level: +/-)
Scaling  1:1 or full screen 
 
The display always needs the native resolution dur-
ing start up.
Plug & Play  VESA DDC2B-compatible
    Energy management
    VGA: based on DPMS
    DVI: based on DMPM  
Connections  1x 19 pol. DVI-D
    1x 15 pol. VGA
    USB 2.0 calibration port with 2-port 
    hub  (self powered)
Ergonomics  Height adjustment: 60 mm
    Tilt: -5° to +35°
    Rotation: 90° left/right 
Power    80 W, 3 W standby
Voltage  100 - 240VAC, 50/60Hz
Environment  5 - 35°C 
Dimensions  approx. 602 x 520 x 220mm
Weight   approx. 15kg
VESA     100mm





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Intelli Proof 240 LED excellence / 242 excellence
Size    60,9cm diagonal
Screen Size  horizontal 518mm x vertical 324mm 
Panel    S-IPS (H-IPS) with 
    antireflex coating, 12ms
Resolution   WUXGA 1.920 x 1.200 Pixels
Pixel Pitch  0,27mm
Bit Depth  internal 10bit, external 10bit nativ
Luminance  400cd/m
2
 (24” ex) (typical)
    250cd/m
2 
(24” LED) (typical)
Contrast  1.000:1 (typical) 
Viewing Angle 178° (1:10)
Video-Signal  Analogue: RGB (0,7 Vp-p), [75 Ohm]
    Digital: Based on DVI-Standard v1.0
Sync Signal  Separate Sync (TTL-Level: +/-), 
    Sync on Green, Composite 
    Sync (TTL-Level: +/-)
Scaling  1:1 or full screen
  
The display always needs the native resolution dur-
ing start up.
Plug & Play  VESA DDC2B-compatible
    Energy management
    VGA: based on DPMS
    DVI: based on DMPM  
Connections  1x 19 pol. DVI-D
    1x 23 pol. DVI-I
    DisplayPort 10bit
    USB 2.0 calibration port with 2-port 
    hub  (self powered)
Ergonomics  Height adjustment: 140 mm
    Tilt: -5° to +35°
    Rotation: 90° left/right
    Rotation: 90° 
Power    60W, <2W standby
Voltage  100 - 240VAC, 50/60Hz
Environment  5 - 35°C 
Dimensions  approx. 602 x 520 x 220mm
Weight   approx. 15kg
VESA     100mm 





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Intelli Proof 240 motion / 260 motion excellence
Size    60,9cm (24”) diagonal
    64,7cm (26”) diagonal
Screen Size  horizontal 518mm x vertical 324mm (24”)
    horizontal 550mm x vertical 343mm (26”)
Panel    S-IPS with antireflex coating, 12ms
Resolution   WUXGA 1.920 x 1.200 pixels
Pixel Pitch  0,27mm (24”), 0,29mm (26”)
Bit Depth  internal 10bit, external 10bit
Luminance  400cd/m
2
 (24”) (typical)
    500cd/m
2
 (26”) (typical)
Contrast  700:1 (24”) (typical)
    1.000:1 (26”) (typical)
Viewing Angle 178° (1:10)
Video-Signal  Analogue: RGB (0,7 Vp-p), [75 Ohm]
    Digital: Based on DVI-Standard v1.0
    SDI: Single Link HD-SDI
Sync Signal  Separate Sync (TTL-Level: +/-), 
    Sync on Green, Composite 
    Sync (TTL-Level: +/-), 
Scaling  1:1 or full screen
  
The display always needs the native resolution dur-
ing start up.
Plug & Play  VESA DDC2B-compatible
    Energy management
    VGA: based on DPMS
    DVI: based on DMPM 
Connections  1x 19 pol. DVI-D
    1x 23 pol. DVI-I       
    USB calibration port 
Video-In/Out  SDI-HD, Component, S-Video, Fbas
Ergonomics  Height adjustment: 60 mm
    Tilt: -5° to +35°
    Rotation: 90° left/right 
Power    80W, 3W standby
Voltage  100 - 240VAC, 50/60Hz
Environment  5 - 35°C 
Dimensions  approx. 602 x 520 x 220mm
Weight   approx. 15kg
VESA     100mm





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iColor Display Software
Overview
Quato‘s iColor Display offers a clean and well orga-
nized interface that is split into the calibration part 
on the left and the tools part on the right. To naviga-
te within the software, just click the buttons on the 
left/right side. iColor Display provides a selection of 
calibration setups. 
- Hardware calibration for Intelli Proof/Intelli Proof LE
- Factory calibration for Intelli Color
- Software calibration CRT
- Software calibration TFT
- Profiling only (for notebooks)
Each option offers a different feature set that is 
optimized for the specific task. Aside from Quato 
monitors, all other monitors can be calibrated with 
iColor Display by using the manual software calibra-
tion option. In manual mode, the software supports 
the adjustment of gamma if the monitor can control 
its gamma, and whitepoint (RGB) and luminance. 
This offers a high precision and match to the target. 
Nevertheless, only the hardware calibration offers 
optimum results with Quato Intelli Proof Displays.
Notice: iColor Display needs administrator rights to 
save and load the profiles. It is also possible to 
enable admin rights on the profiles folder only.
Licensing
Upon the startup of iColor Display, the software sear-
ches for a connected Quato Display, and enables the 
features in accordance to the detected display. 
If no Quato display is used, you have to manually 
load the license file. The license file is called „Quato 
iColor Display.lic“ and can be found on the CD (ex-
cept LE). On a Mac, open the „About iColor Display“ 
and press the „Register“ button. Now load the licen-
se file. On a PC, open the „Help Menu“ and select 
„Register“. Then load the license file.
 
Calibration interval
As all Quato displays support at least a basic stabi-
lisation feature, a re-calibration is only needed on a 
monthly basis. If the environmental situation chan-
ges a lot or a third party display without stabilisation 
is used, a shorter interval might be necessary.
Activate your license by clicking “Load License” and select the   
“Quato iColor Display.lic” file from the CD.
Intelli Proof
Intelli Color
TFT calibration
CRT calibration
Profiling only
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Setup
iColor Display´s main window offers six calibration 
setup for the different display types and calibration 
technologies.
Please select the calibration setup that matches your 
system and display. If no Quato displays are connec-
ted, the first two entries will be grayed out.
Afterwards, select your measurement device. iColor 
Display supports the following devices:
  - Xrite Eye One Pro Spectrophotometer
  - Xrite Color Munki Spectrophotometer 
  - Xrite Eye One Display Colorimeter
  - Xrite DTP94
  - Datacolor Spyder 2/3
  - Quato Silver Haze Pro
Notice: As colorimeters need to be trained to specific 
display types and spectra, it is absolutely necessary 
to enable the wide gamut correction if a Quato wide 
gamut display, a third party wide gamut display or 
a display with white-LED backlight (like the Apple 
Cinema 24 Display or the iMac 21.5“/27“) is used in 
conjunction with a colorimeter (not used with spectro-
photometers).
 
Calibration Settings
To meet the demands of novice users as well as 
professional or corporate users, iColor Display offers 
three setup options. 
Easy Mode
The “Easy Mode“ is targeted to novice users or cor-
porate users that use specific corporate-wide pre-
sets. Simply select the working color space suitable 
for the workflow, and double check it in your prefer-
red image-editing application. To match the most 
common working spaces and environments, iColor 
Display offers a wide range of presets:
  - Adobe-RGB  6.500K, Gamma 2.2, 120cd/m2
  - sRGB   6.500K, sRGB, 120cd/m2
  - ECI-RGB 1.0  5.000K, Gamma 1.8, 120cd/m2
  - ECI-RGB 2.0  5.000K, L*, 120cd/m2
  - UGRA   5.800K, Gamma 1.8, 120cd/m2
  - DCI    6.300K, Gamma 2.6, 150cd/m2
  - HDTV   6.500K, HDTV, 150cd/m2
iColor Display´s startup window with the different calibration 
setup, the device selection and the wide gamut correction.
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It is possible to add more user-defined presets by 
saving a setup from the advanced mode (see there).
Notice: Keep in mind that the gradation of the 
calibration and the gradation of the used working 
space in Photoshop (for example) must match each 
other to avoid visible deviations.
LE Mode
The „LE Mode“ offers a basic setup of Whitepoint, 
Gamma and Luminance or the selection of one of the 
presets. 
  - Adobe-RGB  6.500K, Gamma 2.2, 120cd/m2
  - sRGB   6.500K, sRGB, 120cd/m2
  - ECI-RGB 1.0  5.000K, Gamma 1.8, 120cd/m2
  - ECI-RGB 2.0  5.000K, L*, 120cd/m2
  - UGRA   5.800K, Gamma 1.8, 120cd/m2
  - DCI    6.300K, Gamma 2.6, 150cd/m2
  - HDTV   6.500K, HDTV, 150cd/m2
Notice: This mode is only activated by the software if 
an Intelli Proof LE display is detected.
Notice: Keep in mind that the gradation of the 
calibration and the gradation of the used working 
space in Photoshop (for example) must match each 
other to avoid visible deviations.
If you want to gain full access to all features of the 
software, the LE-version can easily be upgraded to a 
full version.
Advanced Mode
In the “Advanced Mode“, the user has access to all 
advanced parameters for the calibration. Here, the 
whitepoint can be defined in Kelvin, in CIExy, in CIE-
XYZ or with a measured paper white in CIELAB D50. 
Both the white and the black point are individually 
configurable. The „Lowest Black“ setting will force 
tha calibration to use the darkest black of the used 
display - no matter if this black level migt have a 
color cast. The „Custom“ setting at 0.0 (the default) 
will always try to adjust the black level to a value as 
low as possible, but still chromatically neutral. If you 
want to set up a display to a specific blackpoint (for 
example to match different displays), then fill in the 
desired value in cd/m2.
iColor Display offers traditional Gamma-, L*-, HD-,  
Working space / calibration gradation match (top) vs. 
mismatch (bottom)
The advanced mode offers a variety of parameters to define 
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The Reference Mode makes life easier for remote users.
real sRGB- and auto-gradation as tonal response 
curves. The latter is used if a display has a specific 
gradation that does not match the offered tona res-
ponses.
Notice: Keep in mind that the gradation of the 
calibration and the gradation of the used working 
space in Photoshop (for example) must match each 
other to avoid visible deviations.
The luminance should be within the defined range of 
ISO12646 (120cd/m2 to 160cd/m2). The maximum 
setting is not suited for day-to-day work.
A user setup can be saved and later be selected in 
the „Easy Mode“. Thus, setups can be made easily, 
and the users only need to select the preset for the 
subsequent calibrations. This is especially useful in 
companies where one standard is defined and every-
one has to comply to this standard.
Reference Mode
With the “Reference Mode“, several Quato monitors 
can be matched exactly to each other - even remote. 
Just define one display as reference and publish the 
profile so that all the other users will have access to 
it. 
All users simply select the published profile by ope-
ning it and the exact setting of the reference display 
will be used for calibration. This includes the white 
point´s xy-values (not Kelvin), the luminance and 
gradation characteristics. 
Notice: Keep in mind that a real match is only pos-
sible if the displays and measurement devices are 
all of the same type, and the used measurement 
devices only differ within a tight range. Mixing types 
and brands would result in only a basic match to the 
reference. 
However, if the „Reference Mode“ is used with Quato 
displays of the same type and the measurement 
devices have a good inter-instrument agreement, a 
user display will show almost exactly the colors as 
the reference display.
The environmental light plays a prominent role when 
trying to communicate colors remotely. Therefore, it 
is absolutely necessary to have a consistent light in 
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Hardware Calibration
When pressing the „Calibration“ button on the left, 
the software might request you to place the device 
on an opaque surface for the the black calibration. 
Follow the instructions on the screen and place the 
sensor on the measurement window.
Notice: Make sure that during calibration power sa-
ving and screen saver are switched off.
After pressing the „Start“ button, the hardware is ca-
librated automatically. Next to the measurement win-
dow, iColor Display shows the target values for your 
information. All measured values are also displayed 
in the color calculator widget on the right bottom of 
the iColor Display window. The software adjusts the 
internal color tables (LUT) of the monitor with up to 
16-bit precision per channel via USB- or USB/DDC/ci-
communication. An emphasis is put on the calibrati-
on of the gray balance in order to guarantee smooth 
gradients, precise color rendering and an accurate 
representation of the monitor’s color behavior. 
The calibration itself lasts between 12-15 minutes - 
depending on how many iterations the software has 
to perform to match the target.
Software Calibration
For a software calibration, white point, gamma, 
contrast and luminance must be manually adjusted 
prior to the calibration to adjust the screen as much 
as possible to the calibration target.
Intelli Color factory calibration
At first, adjust the „Whitepoint“. The software might 
ask you to place the device on an opaque surface 
for the black calibration. Follow the instructions and 
place the sensor on the measurement window.
iColor Display supports the user with quality indi-
cators that show if the adjusted level of RGB and 
luminance match the target. Open the OSD of the 
Intelli Color Display and adjust Red, Green, Blue and 
the luminance until the quality indicator will closely 
match the center and gets illuminated. If the RGB-in-
dicators remain right of the center position, the color 
channels show clipping. Reduce the RGB-values in 
the OSD until the clipping will be gone, and the indi-
cators will have moved to the center.
The hardware calibration is performed automatically.
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As soon as all values are adjusted close to the tar-
get, the software will automatically stop the mea-
surement. If it is not possible to get the indicators 
close to the center position, the measurement has to 
be terminated by the user.
Next, press the „Calibration“ button on the left. 
After pressing the „Start“ button, the measurement 
will start. Next to the measurement window, iColor 
Display shows the target values for your information. 
All measured values are also displayed in the color 
calculator widget on the right bottom of the iColor 
Display window. During calibration, the remaining 
deviations will be corrected in the Video Card Gam-
ma Table (VCGT) of the graphics card. The stronger 
the correction, the more loss in dynamic range will 
occur, which can result in visible banding. An em-
phasis is put on the calibration of the gray balance in 
order to guarantee smooth gradients, precise color 
rendering and an accurate representation of the 
monitor’s color behavior. The calibration itself lasts 
between 8-10 minutes - depending on how many 
iterations the software has to perform to match the 
target.
The „Finetuning“ feature allows you to check the 
correction curves that are stored in the Videocard 
Gamma Table (VCGT) - often called graphic card LUT. 
It is possible to finetune the curves by either adust-
ing them all together or one by one. However, this is 
only a finetuning function. Greater deviations bet-
ween display and expectation should be corrected 
by adjusting the settings. Next, went on to save the 
profile.
Software calibration on TFT displays
Notice: If your display does not support a gamma 
adjustment, start the process with the whitepoint 
adjustment. 
At first, adjust the „Gamma“ if your display supports 
a gamma adjustment. The software might request 
you to place the device on an opaque surface for 
the black calibration. Follow the instructions on the 
screen and place the sensor on the measurement 
window. Open the OSD of your display and adjust 
the gamma until the quality indicator matches the 
center position or is close to the center.
Adjusting the gamma close to your target helps to re-
duce the amount of correction that is needed inside 
The Gamma adjustment is only usefull on TFTs that support it.
The software calibration adjusts the remaining deviations.
Finetuning helps to optimize
 slight 
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the color profile. However, this only makes sense if 
your target is also a gamma value. If you want to use 
L* or sRGB, the gamma feature should be skipped.
Next, adjust the „Whitepoint“. The software might 
ask you to place the device on an opaque surface for 
the black calibration. Follow the instructions on the 
screen and then, place the sensor on the measure-
ment window.
iColor Display supports the user with quality indi-
cators that show if the adjusted level of RGB and 
luminance match the target. Open the OSD of your 
display and adjust Red, Green, Blue and the lu-
minance (backlight) until the quality indicator will 
closely match the center and gets illuminated. If the 
RGB-indicators remain right of the center position, 
the color channels show clipping. Reduce the RGB-
values in the OSD until the clipping will be gone and 
the indicators will have moved to the center.
As soon as all values are adjusted close to the tar-
get, the software will automatically stop the mea-
surement. If it is not possible to get the indicators 
close to the center position, the measurement has to 
be terminated by the user.
Next, press the „Calibration“ button on the left. After 
pressing the „Start“ button, the measurement will 
start. Next to the measurement window, iColor Dis-
play shows the target values for your information. All 
measured values are also displayed in the color cal-
culator widget on the right bottom of the iColor Dis-
play window. During calibration, the remaining de-
viations will be corrected in the Video Card Gamma 
Table (VCGT) of the graphics card. The stronger the 
correction, the more loss in dynamic range will occur, 
which can result in visible banding. An emphasis is 
put on the calibration of the gray balance in order to 
guarantee smooth gradients, precise color rendering 
and an accurate representation of the monitor’s color 
behavior. The calibration itself lasts between 8-10 
minutes - depending on how many iterations the soft-
ware has to perform to match the target.
The „Finetuning“ feature allows you to check the cor-
rection curves that are stored in the Videocard Gam-
ma Table (VCGT) - coften alled graphic card LUT. It is 
possible to finetune the curves by either adusting 
them all together or one by one. However, this is only 
a finetuning function. Deviations between display 
and expectation should be corrected by adjusting 
the settings. Now, went on to save the profile.
Quality indicators help adjusting the display close to the target.
Finetuning helps optimizing
 slight 
devlations.
The software calibration adjusts the remaining deviations.





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Software calibration on CRT displays
At first, adjust the „Brightness / Contrast“. The 
software might request you to place the device on an 
opaque surface for the the black calibration. Follow 
the instructions on the screen and place the sensor 
on the measurement window. Open the OSD of your 
display and adjust brightness and contrast until the 
quality indicator matches the center position or is 
close to the center.
Next, adjust the „Whitepoint“. Follow the instruc-
tions on the screen and place the sensor on the 
measurement window.
iColor Display supports the user with quality indi-
cators that show if the adjusted level of RGB and 
luminance match the target. Open the OSD of the 
Intelli Color Display and adjust Red, Green, Blue 
(gains) until the quality indicator will closely match 
the center and gets illuminated. If the RGB-indicators 
remain right of the center position, the color chan-
nels show clipping. Reduce the RGB-values in the 
OSD until the clipping is gone and the indicators 
move to the center.
As soon as all values are adjusted close to the tar-
get, the software will automatically stop the mea-
surement. If it is not possible to get the indicators 
close to the center position, the measurement has to 
be terminated by the user.
Next, press the „Calibration“ button on the left. 
After pressing the „Start“ button, the measurement 
will start. Next to the measurement window, iColor 
Display shows the target values for your information. 
All measured values are also displayed in the color 
calculator widget on the right bottom of the iColor 
Display window. During the calibration, the remai-
ning deviations will be corrected in the Video Card 
Gamma Table (VCGT) of the graphics card. The stron-
ger the correction, the more loss in dynamic range 
will occur, which can result in visible banding.
An emphasis is put on the calibration of the gray 
balance in order to guarantee smooth gradients, pre-
cise color rendering and an accurate representation 
of the monitor’s color behavior. 
The calibration itself lasts between 8-10 minutes - 
depending on how many iterations the software has 
to perform to match the target.
Quality indicators help to adjust the display close to the target.
The software calibration adjusts the remaining deviations.
Quality indicators help to adjust the display close to the target.





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The „Finetuning“ feature allows you to check the 
correction curves that are stored in the Videocard 
Gamma Table (VCGT) - often called graphic card LUT. 
It is possible to finetune the curves by either adust-
ing them all together or one by one. However, this is 
only a finetuning function. Greater deviations bet-
ween display and expectation should be corrected 
by adjusting the settings. Next, went on to save the 
profile.
Profiling only
This calibration setup is useful for displays that do 
not allow any kind of hardware adjustment (like 
notebooks) and have a small gamut and bit depth. 
Keep in mind, that if there is a VCGT loaded on your 
graphic card, the profiling feature will not skip it, 
but use it as the basis of the profiling. If you want to 
have a linear VCGT, set up a profile for the display 
with a linear VCGT prior to the profiling process.
The software might ask you to place the device on an 
opaque surface for the the black calibration. Follow 
the instructions on the screen and then, place the 
sensor on the measurement window. 
During profiling, only the color characteristics will me 
measured. No correction or adjustment to a speci-
fic target whitepoint or luminance will take place. 
However, as the display is now precisely described, 
colormanagement applications are able to transform 
color correctly. 
Next, went on to save the profile.
Saving the prole
After the adjustment and calibration process, the 
profile can be saved in three different ways. 
  - optimized matrix profile with a mixture of
    primary/secondary colors (on by default)
  - 16-bit XYZ LUT profile incl. XYZ matrix 
  - primary color matrix profile
 
A display with a linear behaviour is best suited by 
the default opti mized matrix. To gain more precis-
ion, a LUT profile can be used for applications that 
support LUT based display profiles - like Photoshop 
CS3 or newer. Older Photoshop releases do not sup-
port display LUT profiles. 
Saving the profile is the last step of the calibration process.
Finetuning helps to optimize
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For a whitepoint other than D50, a Bradford chroma-
tic adaptation is activated by default. Additionally, 
XYZ-scaling (reverse vonKries), vonKries, CAT02 and 
LMS are also available.
Prole Test
To evaluate the precision of the calibration and profi-
le, iColor Display offers a set of test features.
Notice: Necessarily perform the evaluation right after 
saving the profile to make sure that the instrument 
has neither changed its position on the screen nor 
remains on the screen for too long and got warmed 
up (temperature influences precision).
Profile Test
Place the measurement device on the measurement 
window (if not already placed there), and press the 
„Start“ button. iColor measures the primary and 
secondary colors plus a short gray balance and dis-
plays the results for both, ∆E1976 (Lab) and ∆E94. 
Values lower than 5∆E are generally acceptable. You 
can save the results in an extensive report as a PDF.
UDACT
The ugra Display Analysis and Certification Tool  
(UDACT) allows - for the first time ever - the
individual and objective certification of
softproofing and color displays. Backed up by the 
reputation of the Swiss Center of Competence for 
Media and Printing Technology, the UDACT is the first
institutional approach for the certification of
soft proofing displays. 
In today´s media landscape, an objective certifica-
tion of the calibration precision - like the ugra/fogra 
MediaWedge for contract proofing - is one of the 
most demanded developments. There is a lot of con-
fusion on the user´s side regarding the precision and 
usage of softproof displays. This is also due to the 
different color deviation methods and specifications 
used in the validation routines of today´s
calibration software. 
As a result, it is impossible to compare the validati-
on results of product A with product B. There are too 
many unknown variables in use. Therefore, the user 
has some fundamental questions:
The UDACT certification evaluates displays and includes 
recommendations for the use. 
If a display passed the tests, the “certified” or “passed” logo-
type will be displayed.
If a display fails in only one of the UDACT criteria, then the 
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  · Which settings should be used?
  · How precise is the calibration?
  · Is the monitor suited for calibration?
  · Which printing technology can be 
    reproduced on the screen?
A good answer to these questions could be an ISO 
regulation. Fortunately, the ISO 12646 and ISO 14861 
will help to get things sorted, but both are not inten-
ded for a desktop certification.
Thus, these regulations do not enable users to cer-
tify their individual display, but give some guidelines 
for testing and certification and define minimum 
requirements only.
The aim of ugra Display Analysis and Certification 
Tool is to implement a foundation for the objective, 
quality-oriented and comparable evaluation for an 
individual soft proofing display. In addition to the 
certification process, a recommendation for a speci-
fic printing is also given.
Notice: UDACT is only available for hardware-calibra-
ted Quato displays and the Intelli Color series. 
SWOP certification and Media Wedge measurement
The SWOP certification can be used to check whe-
ther a Quato display and the color reproduction in 
Adobe Photoshop match by using a special SWOP 
testimage and ICC-profile.
To perform the certification, the Quato SWOP ADS 
(application data sheet) has to be followed. The 
complete ADS and necessary files can be found on 
the Quato website and on the Quato CD. 
At first, calibrate the display by using the following 
parameters:
  - Gamma 2.3
  - Whitepoint 5.000K
  - LUT-profile
It is also possible to use a different setup, but the 
certification will not be based on the ADS.
Then, you can measure the SWOP control wedge wi-
thin the software. The report on the left will tell if the 
unit has passed or not.
Next, copy the „Quato_SWOP_2006_0320.ICC“ profi-
UDACT´s ISO 12646-compliant uniformity check.
The UDACT report can be saved as a PDF.

UGRA
Display Analysis & Certification Tool
Report
Basics
Date: 2009-1-12 10:08:28
Report-Version: v1.3.1
Monitor-Name: QUATO 230 
EDID-Name: QUATO 230 
EDID-Serial: DTCG23A0046
Profile: /Library/ColorSync/Profiles/12.01.09-5800K-18-120cd-trc.icc
Created: 2009-1-12 9:59
Measurement device:  eye-one pro
Summary
The monitor has passed the certification according to the UGRA DACT specifications.
Calibration
White Point yes
Gray balance yes
Profile quality yes
Softproofing
MultiColor, HighBody no
Offset/Gravure Paper Type 1/2 yes
Offset on uncoated paper yes
Newspaper Printing yes
sRGB yes
AdobeRGB no
ECI-RGB no
Diagram
Softproof Quality
Profile Quality
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le to your operating system´s profile folder.
To check the color rendering in Photoshop, open the 
supplied „Quato_SWOP_controlbar.tif“ image and 
follow the instruction below:
Open the file: “Quato_SWOP_controlbar.tif” in Pho-
toshop and set the viewing size of the file to 200%.
Choose: Proof Setup from the View Menu in Pho-
toshop, then „Custom“. In the dialog, choose the 
“Quato_SWOP_2006_0320.ICC” profile and make 
sure that both „Preserve CMYK Numbers“ and „Si-
mulate Paper Color“ are selected. This will ensure 
that you are properly viewing a SWOP proof in Photo-
shop.
Validate the Quato display by following the instruc-
tion in the SWOP validation tool. First measure the 
white patch in the Quato application before moving 
the iColor Window out of the center of the screen as 
shown on the right side. Then move the proper patch 
of the “Quato_SWOP_controlbar.tif” file in Photo-
shop to the center of the screen, and measure each 
patch in the order instructed.
The Delta E values should remain less than 3.0 ∆E 
maximum / 2∆E average for a SWOP Certified display 
system in Photoshop.
If the systems passed certification, a SWOP logo will 
appear and a report of the validation process can be 
saved and printed.
Gamut Viewer
The Gamut Viewer offers the ability to display up to 
three ICC-Profiles in a*b* projection or slices through 
the luminance levels. 
The profile of the active calibration is always shown 
on top of the three profiles. You can now open any 
other ICC-compliant profile to evaluate the gamut 
and rendering intent. 
Comparing the monitor profile for example to ISO-
coated_v2 or Adobe-RGB illustrates the gamut match 
between the display and the other color spaces.
To switch between the luminance levels and the pro-
jection mode, simply select/deselect „Projection“.
Make  sure to follow the instructions for a SWOP certification.
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Select Prole 
iColor Display offers the ability to upload/activate 
profiles. If an Intelli Proof display is used, the activa-
tion will upload the profile to the display´s LUT and 
will register it to and activate it for the operating sys-
tem. This feature can also be used to switch between 
different calibration setups within a minute.
If a non-Quato display is used, the activation will 
register it to and activate it for the operating system.
If a profile is older than 30 days, the software will 
display a warning. It is not recommended to use pro-
files older than 30 days. However, the software will 
not limit the use of older profiles.
Whitepoint Editor
To match two displays to each other or a display to a 
D50 viewing booth, iColor Display offers an easy-to- 
use whitepoint editor.
To perform the adjustment, select „Show as floating 
palette“ and select „Show fullscreen“ with either 
a gray or white background. The gray background 
is best used to adjust two displays to each other 
while the white background is best suited to match 
a display to a viewing booth. To match it to a viewing 
booth, the paper - for which the adjustment should 
be done - must be inside the booth. Keep in mind 
that display(s) and viewing booth need to have a 
quite similar luminance
To adjust the whitepoint, simply move the „Kelvin“ 
slider. Doing so will move the whitepoint exactly up/
down on the black body curve (the target of every 
calibration is at first the black body curve). 
To finetune the luminance, iColor Display can reduce   
the luminance of every display. However, the incre-
ase only works if an Intelli Proof display is connec-
ted. 
If the visual match cannot be fully performed by the 
Kelvin and luminance adjustment, it is possible to 
adjust a color tint. This will move the whitepont away 
from the black body curve.
Notice: UDACT will always check if the whitepoint de-
viation from the black body curve is not more than 3 
∆E. If the „Color Tone“ adjustment moves the white-
iColor Display can upload/activate profiles and register them.
The Whitepoint Editor allows to adjust the whitepoint for a 
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point too far away from the black body curve, UDACT 
will fail. However, in this case the visual match has a 
higher priority than a metrical base.
When the visual match is performed, return to the 
main window, place the measurement device on 
the screen and measure the whitepoint. Then press 
„Calibrate“ to re-calibrate the display to the new 
whitepoint and - if adjusted - luminance. The tonal 
response of the original profile will be kept.
Notice: It is necessary to perform an initial calibra-
tion becauee iColor Display needs a basis for the 
calculations.
Spot Color / Color Differences
To evaluate the color representation, iColor Display’s 
Spot Color measurement allows to measure two 
colors and calculates the color deviation between 
them. Possible colormanagement workflow issues 
can be traced by measuring between two applica-
tions - for example Red 255 in Adobe Photoshop and 
Adobe Indesign. 
At first, place the measurement device on the mea-
surement window. Then, perform a white measure-
ment and press „Measure“.
You can either define a color in iColor Display, mea-
sure it here, define the same color in another appli-
cation and perform a second measurement. 
You can also measure any color in an application. 
Define the color in one application (like Photoshop) 
and measure the reference there. Then, define the 
color in the second application and measure the 
sample. Make sure that the position of the measure-
ment device is not changed to avoid wrong readings 
due to display non-uniformity. 
iColor Display will display the color deviations below 
the measured values.
Lightbox
This feature is used to measure the luminance and 
paper white of a whitebox and to adjust the lumi-
nance with USB-interfaced lightboxes from Quato 
or Just. Additionally, you can perform ambient light 
measurements if the measurement device supports 
The spot color option lets you compare colors .

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this.
If a USB-interfaced lightbox is attached (and the dri-
vers are installed!), the luminance of the booth can 
be adjusted by using the slider. 
To get a better match, open the floating palette and 
switch to full screen in white. With a paper in the 
lightbox, you can visually adjust the lightbox to the 
best matching value in comparison to the display.
You can then write the adjusted value to the actual 
display profile and can later restore the values from 
the profile.
To perform an ambiant measurement, place the 
ambient light head (if necessary) on the device (Eye 
One Display 2, Eyoe One Pro and Color Munki) and 
follow the instructions. The ambient measurement is 
only for reference purposes. It is not recommended 
to  calibrate a display based on ambient light mea-
surements. 
To measure the paper reflection and use this for 
the calibration, place the measurement device 
with 20cm distance to the paper inside the booth 
as shown in the illustration on the left. Then press 
„Measure“ and calibrate the display to the measured 
whitepoint. The tonal response of the initial profile 
will be used. 
You can later use the whitepoint editor to finetune 
the visual match. 
Notice: It is necessary to perform an initial calibra-
tion because iColor Display needs a basis for the 
calculations.
Color Calculator
 
The color calculator widget on the right bottom of the 
iColor Display main window shows the latest measu-
red color during measurement. 
However, the widget can also be used to calculate 
colors from and to different standards. If you, for 
example, type in a correlated Kelvin value, the soft-
ware will tell you about the corresponding XYZ, Yxy 
and RGB (based on the active profile) values. This 
also works vice versa, but then not the correlated but 
the real Kelvin value will be shown.

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The Lightbox adjustment helps to set the right whitepoint and 
luminance  for display to lightbox comparisons.
Illustration of the measurement of paper inside a viewing 
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