---
name: "targen"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "argyll"
version: "3.3.0+repack-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/targen"
---

# targen(1)

Generate Target deviceb test chart color values.

## NAME

Generate - Generate Target deviceb test chart color values.

## DESCRIPTION

Generate Target deviceb test chart color values, Version 1.6.3

## SYNOPSIS

**targen** \[options\] outfile

- **-v** \[level\]

  Verbose mode \[optional level 1..N\]

- **-d** col\_comb

  choose colorant combination from the following: 0: Print grey 1: Video grey 2: Print RGB 3: Video RGB 4: CMYK 5: CMY 6: CMYK + Light CM 7: CMYK + Light CMK 8: CMYK + Red + Blue 9: CMYK + Orange + Green 10: CMYK + Light CMK + Light Light K 11: CMYK + Orange + Green + Light CM 12: CMYK + Light CM + Medium CM

- **-D** colorant

  Add or delete colorant from combination: (Use -?? to list known colorants)

- **-G**

  Generate good optimized points rather than Fast

- **-e** patches

  White test patches (default 4)

- **-B** patches

  Black test patches (default 4 Grey/RGB, else 0)

- **-s** steps

  Single channel steps (default grey 50, color 0)

- **-g** steps

  Grey axis RGB or CMY steps (default 0)

- **-m** steps

  Multidimensional device space cube steps (default 0)

- **-b** steps

  Multidimensional body centered cubic steps (default 0)

- **-f** patches

  Add iterative & adaptive full spread patches to total (default grey 0, color 836) Default is Optimised Farthest Point Sampling (OFPS)

- **-t**

  Use incremental far point for full spread

- **-r**

  Use device space random for full spread

- **-R**

  Use perceptual space random for full spread

- **-q**

  Use device space-filling quasi-random for full spread

- **-Q**

  Use perceptual space-filling quasi-random for full spread

- **-i**

  Use device space body centered cubic grid for full spread

- **-I**

  Use perceptual space body centered cubic grid for full spread

- **-a** angle

  Simplex grid angle 0.0 - 0.5 for B.C.C. grid, default 0.333300

- **-A** adaptation

  Degree of adaptation of OFPS 0.0 - 1.0 (default 0.1, **-c** profile used 1.0)

- **-l** ilimit

  Total ink limit in % (default = none)

- **-p** power

  Optional power-like value applied to all device values.

- **-c** profile

  Optional device ICC or MPP pre-conditioning profile filename (Use "none" to turn off any conditioning)

- **-N** nemphasis

  Degree of neutral axis patch concentration 0.0-1.0 (default 0.50)

- **-V** demphasis

  Degree of dark region patch concentration 1.0-4.0 (default 1.00 = none)

- **-F** L,a,b,rad

  Filter out samples outside Lab sphere.

- **-w**

  Dump diagnostic outfilel.wrl file (Lab locations)

- **-W**

  Dump diagnostic outfiled.wrl file (Device locations)

- outfile

  Base name for output(.ti1)