How This Book Is Organized

This guide is organized into the following chapters:

Chapter 1, Overview is an overview of color calibration. Read this chapter to understand the main software components involved in calibration. The chapter summarizes how Calibrator Tool (which is executed with the kcms_calibrate(1) command) interacts with the dynamically loadable module to obtain calibration data. (For details on kcms_calibrate(1), see the man page description.)

Chapter 2, Calibrating A Monitor describes calibration from the end-user perspective and the action of the underlying sample software.

Chapter 3, OWconfig Database details how you insert and delete OWconfig entries for dynamically loadable calibration modules.

Chapter 4, Measuring Monitor Response touches on the rationale Calibrator Tool uses to gather measurement data.

Chapter 5, Data Structures describes the structures Calibrator Tool uses for measurement data.

Chapter 6, Functions alphabetically presents and describes the interfaces a loadable module uses to interact with Calibrator Tool.

Glossary defines words and phrases used in this guide.