No. 1 (achromatic with large (photographic) lightness contrast)
No. 2 (chromatic with CMY colours)
No. 3 (achromatic with medium (offset) lightness contrast)
No. 4 (chromatic with OLV-(RGB-)colours)

The file format of the digital ISO-test charts is PS (PostScript) and PDF (Portable Document).
One of this two formats can be used for output on any operating system (Mac, Windows, Unix),
and both on any monitor and on any printer either black and white or colour.

If you are not familiar with these file formats look first at the remarks after the following table.

Acrobat 3.0 only	Text mode (T)		Colour mode (C)
Picture D1	PIIED13T.TXT 47 kByte	PIIED13T.PDF 16 kByte	PIIED13C.TXT 47 kByte	PIIED13C.PDF 16 kByte
Picture D2	PIIED23T.TXT 47 kByte	PIIED23T.PDF 16 kByte	PIIED23C.TXT 47 kByte	PIIED23C.PDF 16 kByte
Picture D3	PIIED33T.TXT 47 kByte	PIIED33T.PDF 16 kByte	PIIED33C.TXT 47 kByte	PIIED33C.PDF 16 kByte
Picture D4	PIIED43T.TXT 47 kByte	PIIED43T.PDF 16 kByte	PIIED43C.TXT 47 kByte	PIIED43C.PDF 16 kByte
Picture D5	PIIED53T.TXT 47 kByte	PIIED53T.PDF 16 kByte	PIIED53C.TXT 47 kByte	PIIED53C.PDF 16 kByte
Picture D6	PIIED63T.TXT 47 kByte	PIIED63T.PDF 16 kByte	PIIED63C.TXT 47 kByte	PIIED63C.PDF 16 kByte
Picture D7	PIIED73T.TXT  47 kByte	PIIED73T.PDF 16 kByte	PIIED73C.TXT 47 kByte	PIIED73C.PDF 16 kByte

Acrobat 3.0 / 2.1	Text mode (T)		Colour mode (C)
Picture D1	PIIED12T.EPS 47 kByte	PIIED12T.PDF 16 kByte	PIIED12C.EPS 47 kByte	PIIED12C.PDF 16 kByte
Picture D2	PIIED22T.EPS 47 kByte	PIIED22T.PDF 16 kByte	PIIED22C.EPS 47 kByte	PIIED22C.PDF 16 kByte
Picture D3	PIIED32T.EPS 47 kByte	PIIED32T.PDF 16 kByte	PIIED32C.EPS 47 kByte	PIIED32C.PDF 16 kByte
Picture D4	PIIED42T.EPS 47 kByte	PIIED42T.PDF 16 kByte	PIIED42C.EPS 47 kByte	PIIED42C.PDF 16 kByte
Picture D5	PIIED52T.EPS 47 kByte	PIIED52T.PDF 16 kByte	PIIED52C.EPS 47 kByte	PIIED52C.PDF 16 kByte
Picture D6	PIIED62T.EPS 47 kByte	PIIED62T.PDF 16 kByte	PIIED62C.EPS 47 kByte	PIIED62C.PDF 16 kByte
Picture D7	PIIED72T.EPS  47 kByte	PIIED72T.PDF 16 kByte	PIIED72C.EPS 47 kByte	PIIED72C.PDF 16 kByte

Two identical PostScript-files are presented with the file extensions ".TXT" and ".EPS".
The two PDF-files are different and are produced from EPS-files using the software
Adobe Acrobat Distiller 3.0 and the additional 2.1-compatibility option.

Remark for download of this page with the EPS-, TXT- and PDF-files
One can download this page and the corresponding EPS- and PDF-files to work offline with a Web-browser.
Restriction: For work on any platform (Mac, Windows 3.1, 95, NT, Unix)
the files must be downloaded with filenames in capital letters and in the same directory as this page
On any platform use for this page the filename INFIE053.HTM. There are no crosslinks to other Web-pages.

Remarks about the software "Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0 and 2.1":
The output on any printer and monitor is usually dependend on both the PDF-file type, e. g. 3.0 or 2.1,
and the "Adobe Acrobat Reader (or Exchange)"-software used, e. g. 3.0 or 2.1.
The present version is recommended: the PDF-file type 3.0 and the software Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0

If the software "Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0" is not installed it may be downloaded
for any operating system from the Web-site: www.adobe.com.
This software exists license and charge free separately or as Netscape- or Microsoft-Browser-Plug-In.
If only the "Reader 2.1" is installed one may use the PDF-files specified as "Acrobat (3.0 and) 2.1".

Remarks about the PostScript (PS- or EPS-) source code files:
Identical PostScript source code is presented with the file extensions ".TXT "and ".EPS" twice.
One can read the source code automaticly as .TXT file by any Web-browser.
One can read the identical EPS-file- or PS-file-program code within a Web-browser
if one connects the file extensions ".EPS" or ".PS" with an editor of the operating system
(for Windows: e.g. "NotePad" for small and "WordPad" for large EPS- or PS-files)
(for Macintosh: e.g."Simple text" for small and "BBedit" for large EPS- or PS-files).

Any PS-printer interprets the "!PS-Adobe" at the beginning of a file as as PS-file.
Any PS-Printer will produce identical output for both using "copy" (Windows) or "download" (Mac)
the PS-file to the PS-printer and independent of the file extension ".PS", ".EPS" or ".TXT".
Any Display-PostScript-system will produce identical output on any colour monitor
and independent of the file extension ".PS", ".EPS" or ".TXT"

Other Software for EPS-, PS- and PDF-files
There is other software which can read and transform EPS-, PS- and PDF-files
(unfortunately often not PostScript Level 2 and 3 with device independent colours)
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Framemaker
The main program for any PostScript Level is Adobe Acrobat Distiller
which transforms any EPS- or PS-file to a PDF-file
(many options with different influence on colour output)

Remark: In a future step an ISO-standard process should make the output for CIELAB colors in the EPS-, PS- or PDF-files independent of colour device and software within 3 CIELAB units after calibration of the device!

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