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OpenQuad 0.1.0 beta 3 (test release)

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Beta: work in progress. Third test release of OpenQuad. It fixes scanning from the Mac app and makes printer calibration much easier to follow.

What's fixed

  • Scanning from the app failed with "can't reach the scanner … The Internet connection appears to be offline" (or timed out). Since macOS 15, apps must ask before using the local network, and OpenQuad didn't. The app now asks: the first time you scan, macOS shows "Allow OpenQuad to find devices on local networks?". Choose Allow.
  • If you chose Don't Allow earlier, turn OpenQuad on in System Settings ▸ Privacy & Security ▸ Local Network, then quit and reopen OpenQuad. The error message now says this too.
  • Includes beta 2's fix for Epson scanners (an open scan job that blocked every later scan with "HTTP 503").

Checked on macOS 26 with an Epson ET-2900: once allowed, the app scans a full page.

Easier printer calibration

  • Rounds, step by step. Calibrate This Printer works in rounds of Print › Scan › Result. A card always says what to do now, in plain words, and highlights the button for it. For example: "grey balance is good; now even out the tone".
  • Round history. A table shows each round's colour cast and tone against the goals, so you can see progress.
  • Charts explained. Each chart says what it shows. The faint "uncorrected" lines are the printer's own cast on every page, for comparison.
  • Continue a Previous Run picks up a calibration where you stopped.
  • Better windows. The wizards open in their own windows that you can move and resize. The log sits in a drawer at the side that you can show or hide.

Install the Mac app

  1. Download OpenQuad-0.1.0b3.zip below and unzip it. Replace any earlier copy in Applications.
  2. The beta isn't notarized by Apple yet. The first time, double-click it, then go to System Settings ▸ Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway. Or run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/OpenQuad.app.
  3. Allow local network access when you first scan (see above).

Needs macOS 14 or later, on Apple silicon or Intel. Your saved calibrations and settings carry over.

Known limitations

  • Not notarized yet. Because the app isn't signed with a Developer ID, macOS may ask for local network access again after you install a new version.
  • Tested on a Canon PIXMA MG3600 (printing, scanning, full calibration) and an Epson ET-2900 (scanning; its calibration is in progress).
  • Process calibration hasn't been run on real carbon tissue yet.
  • The QuadToneRIP-style raw-ink path isn't built.

Feedback

Please use the beta feedback form. Thank you for testing!

SHA-256 of OpenQuad-0.1.0b3.zip: 7975a42f89d6a66a67c8904ca0a861da561c4745bd64aff35ea0133ab15cd84c

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