Maxwell Client Tracks

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Example of Maxwell Client screen

The Maxwell Client program makes it easy to update the Maxwell color repository with measurements and profiles. It "bridges the gap" between the cloud and your computer. Maxwell Client 4 directly supports the i1Pro, i1IO table and iSis hardware, and uploads measurements right into Maxwell Tracks for immediate use anywhere in the world. If needed, hotfolders can be created and monitored so you can measure color using practically any hardware and software that can save measurements into a file format Maxwell can understand (which is continually expanding).

Maxwell Client is designed specifically to be able to run in the background on the user's computer, and:


Contents

System Requirements

Maxwell Client system requirements

Mac OS X

Windows


For online data analysis (Maxwell)

Overview of Features

Maxwell

The top setup window (pictured above) is for entering Maxwell account information. There is also:


Maxwell Client

details of Maxwell Client information pane

The Maxwell Client pane shows current settings for the Maxwell Client program.

Feedback

Click on the Submit Feature Request / Bug Report link to send us feedback on:

Measurement targets

To use custom-made targets, click the Open Target Folder link. This opens the proper folder on your operating system into which you can place the reference files for any targets you wish to use. Maxwell Client will accept target references made by the following programs:

For more information about using Maxwell Client to read custom-made targets, go to Measuring your target with Maxwell Client.

Devices

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Devices can be printers, presses, or hotfolders which you might want to have tracked in Maxwell.

Clicking on your computer name, will bring up an overview of:

To add a new device:

Bond Device to Track

Once a device is created, it should be bonded to a Maxwell track. Once a device or hotfolder is bonded to a track, any measurement files that are dropped into this hotfolder will automatically be uploaded into Maxwell.

See How to setup Maxwell to track a printer for more information on creating a track in Maxwell.

Device details

Clicking on a specific device will bring up details about:

From this pane you can:


Displays

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Maxwell Client can also be configured to automatically upload monitor profiles.


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Clicking on a specific monitor will bring up details about:




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