IT8 Reference file needed for X-Rite target

Anyone know how to get an IT8 reference file for a Monaco/X-Rite target?

I have an X-Rite IT8 target (it came with an Epson scanner I got in 2005) that I am trying to use for calibration (of my

drum scanner—a ScanMate 5000, using ColorQuartet 5.3.1) and can't find the applicable reference file. According to

the X-Rite website, I need the reference file MONT45.2005.05.txt but I can't find it from their site.

Searching the web, I found an html version of the file here:

ftp://ignotus.ru/distrib/Graphics/Color_profiler/MonacoPROFILER%20v483/Installer/IT8%20Reference%20Files/MONT4

5.2005.05.txt

But I can't download the .txt file, just the html.

I found a posting here http://forum.silverfast.com/post30238.html

leading me to believe that X-Rite only provides reference files in a proprietary format.

Can anyone tell me:

(1) if I can get the appropriate reference file somewhere,

(2) how to get the file from the above site, or

(3) is this X-Rite's way of forcing you to buy another target?

Thanks,

Bill

Indeed that works Michael. (Much better than right clicking and selecting "Save Linked File to

'Downloads'" which was what I had been trying.) Thanks!

It still would be nice to get the file from the source so I know it has not been modified.

So does anyone know if X-Rite no longer posts reference files?

<p>The disk that came with my scanner for ezcolor has the txt file you mentioned: MONT4 5.2005.05.txt.<br>

Here's the beginning of it:<br>

IT8.7/1<br />ORIGINATOR "X-Rite"<br />DESCRIPTOR "IT8.7/1 Reference Data File, 4x5 Ektachrome"<br />CREATED "Tuesday, June 21, 2005"<br />MANUFACTURER "X-Rite"<br />PROD_DATE "2005:26"<br />SERIAL "Batch Average Data"<br />MATERIAL "Kodak Ektachrome Product Family"<br />NUMBER_OF_FIELDS 11<br />BEGIN_DATA_FORMAT<br />SAMPLE_ID XYZ_X XYZ_Y XYZ_Z LAB_L LAB_A LAB_B STDEV_X STDEV_Y STDEV_Z STDEV_DE<br />END_DATA_FORMAT<br />NUMBER_OF_SETS 288<br>

I can email it to you if you let me know where to send it.<br>

Tom</p>

<p>Here's why you couldn't find the ref file on XRite's site:<br>

"<strong>History: </strong> Reference files dated earlier than 2006 have been removed from the site. Due to the aging of photographic media, it is suggested that both film and paper IT8 targets be replaced at regular intervals."<br>

Tom</p>

Hi Thomas,

Thanks for both the offer and the research on this issue. I just sent you my email address directly so you

can send me the file. Until I get a new target, an old reference file is the best I can do.

Thanks,

Bill

https://www.xrite.com/service-support/downloads/m/monaco_it8_ref_files_5x7_reflective-2007-2018

Monaco IT8 Ref Files, 4x5 Transparency, 2007--Curr 2007.. Current

http://downloads.xrite.com/downloads/software/IT8ReferenceFiles/MON-5x7R/5x7_Ref_Files-2007_Forward.zip

http://downloads.xrite.com/downloads/software/IT8ReferenceFiles/MON-4x5T/MONT45-2007_Forward.zip

Links current at 28/6/18 to i1 Profiles for reflective and transparencies.