CT10 — SID, TVI & G7 Gray Balance

Chart: CT10  |  Aim: CRPC6  |  Gray rule: G7  |  SCCA: off  |  Source: CT10-20260913-122631.txt  |  Instrument: PBNCombo CT9web  |  Condition: M0  |  Generated: 2026-09-13 12:48

G7: TR015 NPDC L* + a*b* × (1−tv/100)  |  G7+: CRPC6 curve rescaled to this paper/solid, XYZ-proportional a*b*

CategoryScoreMax%
SID & Color1212100%
Gray Balance1111100%
TVI (Dot Gain) C/M/Y/K7888%
Total303197%

Paper

L*a*b*aim L*a*b*ΔE00
96.14-0.341.4995.00 / 1.00 / -4.005.56

Solid Ink Density (SID) & Color

InkDensityAim DΔDL*a*b*aim L*a*b*ΔE00ScoreSCCA aim L*a*b*SCCA ΔE00SCCA scoreBeer opt. Dopt. kiopt. ΔE00
C1.1311.45-0.31956.86-29.81-46.4756.00 / -37.00 / -50.002.753/356.72 / -38.15 / -45.643.373/31.1801.0452.59
M1.3071.40-0.09348.2670.76-0.8448.00 / 75.00 / -4.001.613/348.62 / 74.87 / -0.951.033/31.3071.0001.61
Y1.0411.000.04191.32-8.9599.2389.00 / -4.00 / 93.003.013/390.07 / -5.31 / 96.262.003/31.0411.0003.01
K1.7401.85-0.11114.57-0.60-0.2616.00 / 0.10 / 0.101.443/316.17 / -0.10 / 0.921.733/31.6630.9550.96
Total12/12 ◀12/12

SCCA rescales the aim against this job's own paper white (measured Lab untouched); ◀ marks the total counting toward the score, currently uncorrected. Beer's Law columns are the best density found in a 30-step sweep, ki 0.820→1.255.

Beer's Law SID — ΔE00 vs Density (30-step sweep, ki 0.820→1.255)

Net ink optical density scaled by ki in 30 steps of 0.015. Each circle is one simulated density. ● Beer's Law optimum (lowest ΔE00); ◆ the actual measurement. Dashed lines mark ΔE 1.5 and 3.5.

Tone Value Increase (Dot Gain) — C/M/Y/K @ 50%

Ink 50% TVaimΔTVISc
C 65.6666.00-0.342
M 67.2766.001.272
Y 62.2066.00-3.801
K 70.2469.001.242

Murray-Davies tone value from Status-T density. Score per cell: 2 if |ΔTVI| < 2, 1 if < 4, else 0. Total 7/8.

TVI (Dot Gain) Curves — C/M/Y/K

Murray-Davies tone value from Status-T density, plotted as gain over nominal. Green is the aim standard's own curve; the coloured line is this job. Both are pinned to zero at 0% and 100%.

pbn Gray Score

Tonemeasured L*a*b*target L*a*b*ΔL*Δa*Δb*ΔCh (a*b*)Ch scoreL scoreΔE00
50%57.48 / -0.88 / 0.6057.50 / -0.17 / 0.74-0.02-0.71-0.150.727/74/41.04
K5060.09 / -0.66 / 0.50TV 70.18 vs aim 69.00 → Δ1.184/42.44

Gray total 11/11. K50's tone value here is the tristimulus Y ratio used by the gray-balance side; the TVI table above uses Status-T density instead, so the two K50 numbers differ by design.

Gray Balance Prediction

Not available for this chart: its gray tones are single patches, with no C+/M+/Y+ probes around them to regress a Lab→CMY correction from. The ICC route was not available either: need three gray tones, have 1 Measure a CT36 chart for the measured-gradient correction and its .acv curve.

All Measured Patches

#RoleCMYKL*a*b*
1C10010000056.86-29.81-46.47
2Paper000096.14-0.341.49
3M10001000048.2670.76-0.84
4C505000076.65-16.63-22.76
5M500500071.1035.58-5.61
6Y500050094.39-7.5246.19
7gy50504040057.48-0.880.60
8Y10000100091.32-8.9599.23
9K500005060.09-0.660.50
10K10000010014.57-0.60-0.26