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    MonacoSCAN™ User's Guide For Microsoft® Windows® 95, Windows 98, Windows NT® 4.0, and Apple® Power Macintosh®
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    to this product, or (excluding the U.S.) failure to strictly comply with SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION's operating and maintenance instructions. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION and its affiliates shall not be liable for any damages or problems arising from the use of any options or any consumable products other
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    Contents Introduction 4 System Requirements 5 Where to Get Help 5 Calibrating with MonacoSCAN 6 Scanning the IT8 Target 7 Selecting Your Target and Reference Files 10 Cropping the Target Image 12 Calibrating and Evaluating the Results 20 Saving Your Calibration Profile 22 Loading
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    MonacoSCAN™ color management software lets you create a unique input profile for your scanner by calibrating the scanner colors. When you use MatchPrint.™ See your scanner Setup Guide for instructions on installing MonacoSCAN on your system. Then see these sections for instructions on creating your
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    installing MonacoSCAN, make sure your system meets the following requirements. Windows System Requirements  PC with a Pentium® or higher processor  Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Monaco Systems technical support as follows: World Wide Web address: monacosys.com Electronic mail address
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    Calibrating with MonacoSCAN When you calibrate your scanner colors with MonacoSCAN, you'll be performing these procedures:  Scanning the IT8 Target  Selecting When you're ready to load your calibration profile into your application, follow the instructions in your application documentation. Page 6
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    installed your scanning application program and either the EPSON® TWAIN Pro driver or the LaserSoft® SilverFast® plug-in for Photoshop. target date target name You may have already verified that your scanner and software are working by following the instructions in your scanner Setup Guide
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    ) as described in its online User's Guide. 4 Click the Preview (EPSON TWAIN Pro) or Prescan (LaserSoft SilverFast) button to prescan the target image. 5 Now turn off the automatic features in the scanning software. In SilverFast, hold down the Alt (Windows) or option (Macintosh) key and click
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    idea to save it with the rest of the MonacoSCAN files. In Windows, save it in the C:\Program Files\MonacoSCAN folder. On a Macintosh, save it in the MonacoSCAN 2.6 folder. (See your program documentation for instructions on saving files.) Now follow the steps in Selecting Your Target and Reference
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    Selecting Your Target and Reference Files 1 In Windows, click Start, point to Programs, and click MonacoSCAN. You see the main window: Windows main window Page 10
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    image file list box arrow and select Open. 3 Locate and select the target image TIFF file you created and click Open. You see the main window again, with the target image TIFF file name in the Select scanned target image file list box. 4 Now click the Select reference target data file
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    , it is in the MonacoSCAN 2.6\IT8 References folder.) 6 Click Open. You see the main window again, with the R1199704.Q60 file name in the Select reference target data file list box. system to crop your target image:  Windows 95, 98, and Windows NT Instructions  Macintosh Instructions Page 12
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    95, 98, and Windows NT Instructions 1 In the MonacoSCAN main window, click the Select target image crop marks button. You see this window: Draw a frame around this corner to zoom in 2 To zoom in, move the mouse pointer to the upper left corner of the target image; the
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    When you release the mouse button, the program zooms into the corner. Mark the corner point here 3 To mark the corner point, place the cross hair pointer in the lower right corner of the angle bracket. When the cross hair is in the exact corner, click the right mouse button to mark it with a green
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    The coordinate points must be within 1 point of their exact positions for the crop to succeed. If they aren't, MonacoSCAN informs you at the end of the process and you can correct their positions. 5 This time, position the cross hair in the upper right corner of the white angle bracket and check
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    green angle bracket to it. If the coordinates are where you want them, click OK. If the coordinates are correct, you see the MonacoSCAN main window with Completed shown beside the Select target image crop marks button. If the coordinates are not within 1 point of being exact, you'll see an
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    Macintosh Instructions 1 In the MonacoSCAN main window, click the Crop and Profile button. You see this window: Click the mouse with the cross hair in this corner Drag the mouse down to this corner to frame the image 2 Draw a frame around the
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    3 If the frame is where you want it, place the mouse pointer inside the framed area; the pointer changes to a scissors icon. Click the mouse once to accept the frame as is. If the frame is not where you want it, click Cancel, then repeat steps 1 through 3. 4 Once the frame is where you want it,
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    If the squares are centered, click Ok. You see the MonacoSCAN main window. See Calibrating and Evaluating the Results to complete the calibration steps. If any white squares lie outside any image squares, deselect Show grids and click
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    against the reference image that came with the program and then gives the results of the color comparison. In Windows, click the Create profile button on the MonacoSCAN main window. Completed appears beside the button and the calibration results are listed to the right. Calibration results Page 20
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    distance between the color captured by your scanner and the color in the MonacoSCAN reference file. If the value is 3.0 or less, you'll achieve acceptable color accuracy when you use the resulting profile as you scan. See Saving Your Calibration Profile for instructions on saving the profile. If the
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    steps in the section for your operating system to save your calibration profile:  Windows 95, 98, and Windows NT Instructions  Macintosh Instructions Windows 95, 98, and Windows NT Instructions 1 At the MonacoSCAN main window, click the Save profile button. You see the Save As dialog box. 2 Select
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    Photoshop 3.0)  Color Settings (for Photoshop 4.0) 2 Select Separation Tables. 3 Select Load. 4 Locate the MonacoSCAN output profile on your system:  In Windows, click the Monaco MatchPrint 320.ast file in the C:\Program Files\MonacoSCAN folder  On a Macintosh, click the file Monaco MatchPrint
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    Color Settings. 2 Select CMYK Setup. 3 Select the Tables radio button. 4 Select Load. 5 Locate the MonacoSCAN output profile on your system:  In Windows, click the Monaco MatchPrint 320.ast file in the C:\Program Files\MonacoSCAN folder.  On a Macintosh, click the file Monaco MatchPrint 320 GCR in
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MonacoSCAN User’s Guide
For Microsoft
®
Windows
®
95, Windows 98, Windows NT
®
4.0,
and Apple
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Power Macintosh
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™