Color iQC Help - X-Rite

Menu Commands
File/Job
Note: This topic actually covers two different menus, File and Job. The
File menu is only available when there are no jobs open in the main program
window. The Job menu is only available when there are jobs open in the main
program window. Basic commands are present in both menus but some
commands are unique and only available in the menu in which they appear.
The definition of a job in Color iControl depends on how you wish to set up
the system for the completion of your work. The exact nature of a job has been
kept open-ended to provide flexibility in the program for the complete spectrum of
customers who may be using the software. Jobs may be defined to keep
separate the different tasks that Color iControl allows to be performed. One job
may be set up to contain all the data for a complete QC operation, including the
standard and all the samples, as well as spectral data on the substrates,
whereas another job is set up to contain a target or targets, a set of colorants,
and data on the desired substrates in order to carry out formulation.
On the other hand, jobs may be set up to be operator-specific. That is,
instead of defining jobs based on their operational mode, jobs may be defined
according to who will be running that job. Alternatively, jobs could be set up to
reflect their respective points of origin, keeping dye house jobs separate from
jobs being run in the laboratory.
In essence, jobs are files, except that a job will store and keep separate
the various types of data stored within it (i.e., trial samples, primaries, substrates,
colorants). The Job menu takes the place of the File menu that is seen in many
Windows applications, and it contains many of the same types of commands that
a file menu would have. Click on the jumps below for more detailed information
about either job conventions in Color iControl or specific instructions about the
Job menu options.
File Menu Options ? Job Menu Options
File Menu Options
The File menu is only available when there are no jobs open in the main
program window. Available commands are listed below with a brief explanation.
Links are provided to topics with more information.
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