Epson 00000650 - Perfection 3200 PRO Color Scanner, Software Manual

Page 1: ...PMA Preview Edition f o r E P S O N S c a n n e r s a n d P r i n t e r s Color Managed Workflow ...

Page 2: ...PMA Preview Edition f o r E P S O N S c a n n e r s a n d P r i n t e r s Color Managed Workflow ...

Page 3: ...se The information and opinions stated herein are not guaranteed to produce any particular results and the advice and strategies contained herein may not be suitable for every individual In no event shall EPSON be liable for any loss inconvenience or damage including but not limited to direct special incidental consequential or other damages resulting from the use of the information contained in t...

Page 4: ...r Target from Adobe Photoshop 7 0 1 12 Preparing the Targets 13 Building a Scanner Profile for Transparencies 14 Scanning the Transparency Target 14 Building the Scanner Transparency Profile in MonacoEZcolor 17 Building a Display Profile 19 Configuring Color Management in Your Host Application 22 Configuring Adobe Photoshop Elements 2 0 22 Configuring Adobe Photoshop 7 0 1 23 Scanning with LaserSo...

Page 5: ...g out of gamut colors The result is that you get consistent predictable color reproduction This booklet provides you with the step by step instructions you need to create accurate profiles for your scanner monitor and printer All the components you need to build a color managed workflow are included in the EPSON Perfection 3200 Pro software bundle MonacoEZcolor offers an easy effective means of bu...

Page 6: ...ology pop up menu choose Other for any EPSON printer or choose EPSON Stylus Photo 2000P if this is the printer you re using 5 Click the right arrow to proceed The Print Target screen appears 6 Make sure your EPSON printer is selected as the current printer and the paper you want to profile is loaded Then click Print Tip If you plan on profiling multiple papers or the same paper at multiple resolut...

Page 7: ...l 9 Once you ve made your selections choose Color Management from the Options menu The color management settings appear 10 Click No Color Adjustment to ensure that the driver doesn t alter the colors in the profiling target Then click Print Once you ve printed the target you re ready to proceed to the next part of the process using SilverFast to scan both the scanner and printer targets Tip For an...

Page 8: ...ape to attach the target make sure the tape doesn t cover any of the color patches on the IT8 3 Click the right arrow to proceed Follow the on screen instructions to place the printer and scanner targets on the scanner 4 Click the right arrow to proceed The following screen appears Caution On some operating systems MonacoEZcolor lets you scan directly into the application using the EPSON scanner p...

Page 9: ...rned on before you can successfully import the scanner plug in Next you ll be prompted to enter your name company and serial number information You ll find the SilverFast serial number on the back of the SilverFast package Once you enter this information and click OK SilverFast opens Before you scan the target you need to make sure that SilverFast is configured correctly for the profile scan 2 On ...

Page 10: ...d set Internal Output to RGB In the Profiles for ColorSync section set all profiles to NONE You can leave the other settings at their defaults 6 When you ve completed all the settings click OK 7 On the main SilverFast screen click the Frame tab Set the Scan Type to 48 bit HDR Color and set the resolution slider to 150 dpi as shown 8 Once you ve made your settings click Prescan The prescan image ap...

Page 11: ...identify which scan belongs to which paper and printer combination Once you ve entered the information click Save to start the scan SilverFast scans the target and saves it in the specified location You ve completed the scanning process Now you can return to MonacoEZcolor and build the profiles for your scanner and printer Building the Scanner and Printer Profiles The final part of the profile bui...

Page 12: ... is named MONR2002 12 02 mrf Once you ve loaded the reference file its name appears below the button 5 Verify that the reference file name matches the reference number on the target then click the right arrow to proceed The following screen appears 6 Click the Name button in the Printer Profile area and enter a name for your printer profile Then check Scanner Profile click the Name button in the S...

Page 13: ...g Additional Printer Profiles Remember that printer profiles are paper specific so you may need to build additional profiles for different paper stocks You can follow the previously described procedure to build additional printer profiles The only difference is that you don t need to check Scanner Profile in the Name and Save Profile screen shown on page 8 However if you ve already saved the print...

Page 14: ...e menu browse to the RGB Print Patches tif file you saved from MonacoEZcolor and open it The file appears on the screen 5 Choose Print Preview from the File menu The Print Preview dialog box appears 6 If necessary click Page Setup to change the paper size and orientation Make sure Show More Options is checked then choose Color Management from the pop down menu In the Print Space section choose Sam...

Page 15: ...int If you see a warning that some PostScript specific settings will be ignored click OK 11 Quit Adobe Photoshop Elements When prompted to save changes to the RGB Print Patches tif file click Don t Save Once you ve printed the target you re ready to proceed to the next part of the process using SilverFast to scan both the scanner and printer targets See pages 4 to 9 for step by step instructions T...

Page 16: ...coEZcolor and open it The Missing Profile warning appears 5 Choose Leave as is don t color manage then click OK The RGB Print Patches tif file appears 6 Choose Print with Preview from the File menu The Print Preview dialog box appears 7 If necessary click Page Setup to change the paper size and orientation Make sure Show More Options is checked then choose Color Management from the pop down menu I...

Page 17: ...SilverFast to scan both the scanner and printer targets Tip For an accurate printer profile make sure you let the printer target dry for at least an hour to reach its final stable color Some paper and ink combinations take longer to dry than others If you wait until the next day you can be sure the target has reached its final color Preparing the Targets To build a printer profile MonacoEZcolor ne...

Page 18: ... the large arrow on the holder pointing to the right rear of the scanner glass Then close the lid Scanning the Transparency Target To build a transparency profile you must use special settings in SilverFast similar to those used in building the reflective profile You must scan the profiling target with all color management and color correction features turned off following the instructions in this...

Page 19: ...You need to do this whenever you scan a profiling target In the Color Management section set Scanner Internal and Internal Monitor to NONE and set Internal Output to RGB In the Profiles for ColorSync section set all profiles to NONE You can leave the other settings at their defaults 6 When you ve completed all the settings click OK 7 On the main SilverFast screen click the Frame tab Set the Scan T...

Page 20: ...ect orientation as shown 10 Click Scan RGB to make the final target scan SilverFast prompts you to choose a location file format and file name for the scan as shown 11 Save the scan in TIFF format We recommend that you include the scanner and film type in the file name Once you ve entered the information click Save to start the scan SilverFast scans the target and saves it in the specified locatio...

Page 21: ...rrow to proceed The intermediate screen contains hints about scanning the target which you ve already done so you can skip it The following screen appears 3 Choose 4x5 Transparency Then click the right arrow twice to proceed to Input the Target as shown The intermediate screen covers steps that you ve already performed so you can skip them 4 Click Load Image and load the target scan you created in...

Page 22: ...the target For example the reference file for the target labeled MONT45 2002 12 02 is named MONT45 2002 12 02 mrf Once you ve loaded the reference file its file name appears below the button 8 Verify that the reference file name matches the reference number on the target then click the right arrow to proceed The Name and Save Profile screen appears 9 Click Save Profile then enter a name for your s...

Page 23: ...e behavior of your monitor is essential to making color management work If you have a third party calibrator that uses a measuring device or you ve purchased the MonacoOPTIX sensor for use with MonacoEZcolor we recommend that you use these tools instead of the visual calibration described in this section 1 Launch MonacoEZcolor 2 Click Create Monitor Profile MonacoEZcolor checks for the presence of...

Page 24: ...ting area If your monitor does not offer adjustable white point settings then choose I Don t Know in the Hardware Setting area 6 Click the right arrow to proceed If you chose CRT as your monitor type the following screen appears If you chose LCD as your monitor type skip to step 8 on page 21 7 Click on the darkest square that lets you identify the letter clearly The following screen appears 20 ...

Page 25: ...ea anyway for color work you can see the effects of the blue slider more clearly on the gray desktop than you can on the blue square in the target It makes the gray appear more yellow or more blue as you move it Move the slider until the gray desktop appears neutral When you ve adjusted the color to your satisfaction click the right arrow to proceed The following screen appears 10 Select the desir...

Page 26: ...otoshop Elements offers simple but effective color management To configure Adobe Photoshop Elements for the EPSON scan to print workflow follow these simple steps 1 Choose Color Settings from the Edit menu Mac OS 9 Windows or the Photoshop Elements menu Mac OS X The Color Settings window appears 2 Choose Full color management optimized for Print then click OK Choosing this option sets Photoshop El...

Page 27: ...t on your EPSON printer That s all you need to do to configure Photoshop for the workflow Scanning with LaserSoft SilverFast The instructions given for configuring SilverFast apply whether you re using the standalone SilverFast application or the SilverFast Import plug in The procedure is identical for both However the settings for scanning reflective copy are slightly different from those for sca...

Page 28: ...Automatic and set Internal Output to RGB When you see the following warning click OK The next settings you make will change the SilverFast Internal profile to Adobe RGB 1998 to match the host application In the Profiles for ColorSync section set the Scanner Reflective Profile to the profile you created for reflective scanning with MonacoEZcolor For the Internal profile choose Adobe RGB 1998 If you...

Page 29: ...e SilverFast manual Once you ve configured SilverFast you won t need to change these options In the next section we ll show you how to configure SilverFast for transparency scanning Transparency Scanning with SilverFast 1 Launch the SilverFast application or open the File menu and choose Import SilverFast Epson in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements SilverFast appears 2 On the main SilverFast screen c...

Page 30: ... the settings click OK 7 On the main SilverFast screen click the Frame tab Set the Scan Type to 48 24 bit Color as shown You re ready to scan 8 Click the Prescan button Once the Prescan is done you can set the crop and resolution as needed and use SilverFast s powerful color correction tools to make any desired enhancements to your image For details on using SilverFast s image correction features ...

Page 31: ...tly different in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements but they offer identical functionality 2 If necessary click the Page Setup button to change the page size or orientation Click More Options then choose Color Management Additional options appear 3 In the Print Space section choose the printer profile you created for your printer and paper Then choose an Intent and a Black Point Compensation setting...

Page 32: ... appear 6 Make sure the settings for Media Type and Print Quality are the same as the ones you used for the target when you built your printer profile Remember profiles are specific to a paper type and resolution 7 When you ve made your settings choose Color Management The Color Management settings appear 8 Click No Color Adjustment If you don t do this the printer driver will perform an additiona...

Page 33: ...er the color in Adobe RGB 1998 The only profile setting you need to change regularly is the printer profile You need to match the profile to the printer and paper setting you re using for the print at hand If you always use the same paper you don t even need to change that Building the workflow demands a significant initial investment of time and effort But that investment will reward you with acc...

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