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www.x-rite.com
Monitor Optimizer
Tethered Desktop Colorimeter
For Monitor Calibration
Is your monitor displaying colors accurately?
There is one way to make sure. Calibrate and
profile your monitor in just a few seconds
with the X-RiteColor® Monitor Optimizer®.
It’s the only true CIE-based colorimeter
available for desktop color use. It has a wide-
band four-channel design that boasts
advantages over competitive devices.
• It is more accurate than ordinary three-filter
calibrators labeled as colorimeters.
• It is also more accurate than common
spectrophotometers that claim accuracy
when used in monitor calibration.
Only the Monitor Optimizer can be used to
measure and calculate a wide variety of
indices and colorimetric data using its internal
microprocessor.
USING T HE M ONITOR O PTIMIZER
Simply connect the Monitor Optimizer to
your Macintosh serial port and install the
ColorShop™ software.
Press the instrument to attach it to your
monitor. The ColorShop software displays test
colors that are measured by the instrument.
Finally, save and apply the calibration settings
of your choice. You can even create ICC
profiles for use in any application that
supports Apple’s ColorSync™ .
X-Rite Ltd.
Lower Washford Mill • Mill Street • Buglawton
Congleton, Cheshire CW12 2AD • UK
(44) 1260-279988
FAX (44) 1260-270696
X-RiteColor ® DTP92
Monitor Optimizer
WIDELY S UPPORTED
X-Rite® now offers ColorShop software from
Light Source, which is useful for monitor
calibration and ICC profile creation on your
MacOS™ computer.
The X-Rite DTP92 Monitor Optimizer is
widely supported by many software packages
for use in prepress, graphic design,
photography, medical and broadcast
applications.
For use with third-party software applications,
the DTP92 instrument can also be ordered
separately. (Order X-Rite model DTP92.) This
configuration does not include software, but
does include interface cables for all major
computing platforms including Sun, Silicon
Graphics, Macintosh and Windows systems.
FINALLY, M ONITOR PRECISION
The Monitor Optimizer is the best way to
achieve and maintain color accuracy among
multiple monitors in your setting. It is fast,
reliable and simple to use.
X-Rite Asia Pacific Ltd.
Room 1004-05 • Kornhill Metro Tower
1 Kornhill Road • Hong Kong
(852) 2-568-6283
FAX (852) 2-885-8610
Benefits
• Fast and simple to use
• Automates the entire monitor calibration
and profiling process.
• Can be used to help match multiple
monitors to each other, at the same location
or remotely.
• Saves time and effort by improving
preview accuracy to color materials.
• Enables materials savings through soft-
proofing with ColorSync-compatible
software.
• Supported by virtually every color
calibration and color management solution
available today.
Features
O F B OTH T HE M ONITOR O PTIMIZER
AND DTP92
• Measures with true CIE response,
making it the most accurate and affordable
monitor characterization.
• Includes built-in processor for fast and
accurate measurement data.
• Uses X-Rite’s patented two-way serial
communication technology.
• Comes with a plastic holder for the
colorimeter that attaches to the side of
any monitor.
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Monitor Optimizer

M ONITOR O PTIMIZER O NLY Specifications PHYSICAL D IMENSIONS

Monitor Optimizer arrives with everything Height: 5.36cm (2.11in)
ACCURACY Width: 5.64cm (2.22in)
needed to connect and begin using it
Chroma: ±.002 x,y (Typ.)
in minutes: Length: 10.29cm (4.05in)
Luminance: ±2% Y
- X-Rite DTP92 true CIE colorimeter White point calibration within 4% of NIST WEIGHT
- Monitor calibration and ICC standards 7 oz (198g)
profile creation software LINEARITY S YSTEM R EQUIREMENTS :
- ColorShop basic software for the control Within 2% over entire range M ONITOR O PTIMIZER
and manipulation of color R EPEATABILITY CONFIGURATION
- Macintosh interface cables and ±.002 x,y - Apple MacOS computer,
power supply S PEED - 68040 processor or faster
- Complete documentation on disk for < 2 seconds per measurement - Apple System 7.5.3 or newer
immediate online access
O UTPUT - Available serial port
• Allows user to set predefined Colorimetric data, color temperature, RGB,
gamma response curves. - 4MB of application memory RAM
luminance, or video frequency
• Offers color temperature setting from - 5MB of available hard drive space
M EASURING G EOMETR Y
3500˚ to 9300˚ Kelvin. (8MB if Power MacIntosh)
Diameter: .57in (14.5mm)
Target: 1.25in x 1.25in min. (3cm x 3cm) - 16-bit color monitor/display card
Monitor radius: 22.6in min. - ColorSync 2.0 or newer (included)
DTP92 O NLY
The DTP92 configuration includes M EASURING R ANGE
everything you need to work with your 0 to 150 ft•lamberts S YSTEM R EQUIREMENTS :
third-party software: (0 to 500 cd/m2[nits]) DTP92 C ONFIGURATION
- X-Rite’s DTP92 true CIE colorimeter 40-150 Hz refresh rate
(interlaced or non-interlaced) - Macintosh, Sun, Silicon Graphics,
- Interface and power supply cables for Windows or DOS computers
Macintosh, IBM, Sun and Silicon I/O CONNECTION (M ACINTOSH )
I/O Connection 8-pin mini DIN for serial and - Available serial port
Graphics computers
4-pin mini-DIN for power (ADB) (connections - A supporting third-party software
- Instrument connection documentation to other platforms via adapters) application
• Platform and application independent.
D ATA INTERFACE • For the most recent list, see X-RiteColor
• Compatible with third-party color RS-232 serial interface with baud rates from Enabled Partner literature item (L11-031A
management and calibration software. 1200 to 19.2k communications via RCI and L11-031B) or visit our Monitor
• Works with Mac, Sun, Windows, DOS, commands Optimizer/DTP92 Support Page at
and Silicon Graphics computers. www.xrite.com.
P OWER R EQUIREMENTS
+5 volts supplied through ADB (Macintosh)
This product covered by U.S. and foreign
50 ma max.
Patents and Patents Pending.
ENVIRONMENTAL
Operating temp: +10˚ to 35˚ C; 30% to 60% RH Specifications and design subject to change
Storage temp: -40˚ to 50˚ C; 5% to 95% RH without notice.

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trademarks of X-Rite, Incorporated. Other brand and product names are trademarks of their
respective holders. All trademarks may be registered in the United States and certain other
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