T
he EPSON Perfection
®
3200 scanner and
your EPSON
®
photo printer form an ideal
system for reproducing photography and fine art.
With these outstanding tools, you expect the
highest quality color output. That’s why we’ve
created this booklet. It gives you all the tips and
techniques you need to optimize color on your
EPSON system.
Monitors, scanners, and printers each use different
technologies to reproduce color. Different color
technologies mean that the devices have different
color ranges or gamuts. Each one can produce
certain colors that the others can’t.
The good news is that a color-managed workflow
can help you match colors as closely as possible.
By following the instructions in this booklet, you
can achieve effective color reproduction using
your EPSON Perfection 3200 scanner and
EPSON photo printer.
The Art and Science of Color
Each device in your computer system has a
different color “language.” Color management
translates these languages into a universal form
of communication, or device-independent color
model. By using a common language, a color-
managed workflow lets you convert an image
from one color model to another.
Profiles describe the color gamut of various
devices and the color space of individual images.
With the information in profiles, color management
tools determine the best method for “mapping”
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 building profiles for your scanner,
printer, and monitor.
LaserSoft
®
SilverFast
®
provides powerful tools
to deliver great scans that need little or no
correction after scanning.
Adobe
®
Photoshop
®
Elements 2.0 lets you
manipulate your images until they’re just
right, then hand off the color correctly to
your EPSON printer.
In this booklet, we’ll walk you through the
process of building the profiles you need,
configuring SilverFast to pass the color along
to Adobe Photoshop Elements, and applying
the profiles to ensure that your prints contain
the color you expect.
Profiling Your Scanner
and Printer
The starting point in building the workflow is
to create profiles for your scanner and printer.
MonacoEZcolor lets you build a scanner and
printer profile in a single session. The first step
is to print the printer profiling target from
MonacoEZcolor.
Note:
You need to create a separate profile
for each combination of ink, paper, and
printer settings. When you use the profile to
make a print, you need to ensure that you’re
printing on the same paper, with the same
inks, using the same printer settings you
used to print the target.
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