1. Display the NICE main menu screen. (How to Activate NICE)

  2. Place the NICE Calibration Chart (service part) on the exposure glass and press "Scan: Banding" to scan the calibration chart.

    • For the correct scanning procedure, see "Common Procedure for Scanning Test Chart" in NICE Function (Pro C5200S/C5210S).
    • The scanned data will be saved on the SD card as a tiff file ((S/N)-YYYYMMDDHHMMSS-CALB-2014-02-2.tiff).

  3. Press "Test Print: 75% & CSC".

    The machine makes the following printouts.

    • 75% charts (Bk, C, M, Y): Used for analysis.
    • 75% charts (R, G, B) : Used for visual inspection.
    • CSC chart: Used only for investigation by RCL Engineering.

  4. Place the 75% chart for the color requiring analysis on the exposure glass and press "Scan: Banding" to scan the chart.

    • For the correct scanning procedure, see "Common Procedure for Scanning Test Chart" in NICE Function (Pro C5200S/C5210S).

    • Scan the 75% charts one by one. You can scan only the color of the chart which you want to analyze.

    • The scan data is saved on the SD card as five tiff files ((Machine S/N)-YYYYMMDDHHMMSS-(CMYK)75-yyyymm-0-(0)~(4).tiff) for each color.

  5. Turn OFF the main power. Remove the SD card from the service slot and insert it into the SD card slot on your PC.
  6. Launch the PC application "IQ Evaluation" and click "START".
  7. In the main window under "Calibration", click "START" to display the "Calibration" window.
  8. In the "Calibration" window, click the folder and select the Calibration Chart scanned and saved in step 2.
    File name: (Machine S/N)-YYYYMMDDHHMMSS-CALB-2014-02-2.tiff
  9. Click "START" to start the calibration.
  10. Several windows will appear during the calibration process. After the calibration completes, press "OK" in the following window and select the folder you wish to save the XML file, which contains the color shading correction values calculated from the calibration results.
  11. In the main window under Banding Evaluation, click "START".
  12. Select the 75% chart scanned and saved in Step 4.
    File name: (Machine S/N)-YYYYMMDDHHMMSS-(CMYK)75-yyyymm-0-(0)~(4).tiff

  13. Select the XML file saved in step 10. Evaluation will start automatically.
    When the evaluation completes, the color shading values of each color will appear as shown below.

    • The higher the color shading value, the worse the banding.
    • Dat files are created in C:\jig\data   (default) or a selected folder.

  14. Wait for the Banding Analyzer window to appear.

    If the Banding Analyzer does not automatically start, start the Banding Analyzer manually.

  15. Select the product model from "Menu" -> "Group" -> "Products".

  16. Click "Run", then select and save the dat file created in Step 13.

    • Microsoft Excel will launch automatically after the calculation completes to display the parts/units that should be inspected to resolve banding, in the order of effectiveness.
    • The higher the bar, the higher the necessity of inspection.


    • If Microsoft Excel does not automatically start, start Microsoft Excel manually.