Epson Perfection 3200 Pro Color Management Workbook
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- Epson Perfection 3200 Pro | Color Management Workbook - Page 1
Color Managed Workflow for EPSON Scanners and Printers PMA Preview Edition - Epson Perfection 3200 Pro | Color Management Workbook - Page 2
Color Managed Workflow 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 PMA Preview Edition - Epson Perfection 3200 Pro | Color Management Workbook - Page 3
resulting from the use of the information contained in this booklet. Trademarks EPSON and EPSON Stylus are registered trademarks of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION. EPSON Perfection is a registered trademark of Epson America, Inc. General Notice: Other product names used herein are for identification - Epson Perfection 3200 Pro | Color Management Workbook - Page 4
Scanner and Printer 1 Printing the Printer Profiling Target 2 Preparing the Printer and Scanner Targets 4 Scanning the Targets with SilverFast 5 Building the Scanner and Printer Profiles 7 Building Additional Printer Profiles 9 Printing the Printer Your EPSON Printer 27 Using the Workflow 29 - Epson Perfection 3200 Pro | Color Management Workbook - Page 5
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. All the components you need to build a colormanaged workflow are included in the - Epson Perfection 3200 Pro | Color Management Workbook - Page 6
Target 1 Launch MonacoEZcolor. The welcome screen appears: 4 For any EPSON printer, click RGB Printer. From the Printer Model/Technology 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 - Epson Perfection 3200 Pro | Color Management Workbook - Page 7
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. 8 Choose the paper type you want - Epson Perfection 3200 Pro | Color Management Workbook - Page 8
appears: The next step is to scan the printer and scanner targets in a single image. MonacoEZcolor will use this scan to build the profiles. 1 In MonacoEZcolor, click the right arrow. The following screen appears: 2 Follow the on-screen instructions to attach the reflective IT8 target included in - Epson Perfection 3200 Pro | Color Management Workbook - Page 9
with all color management and color correction features turned off, following the instructions in this section. 2 On the main SilverFast screen, click the General the SilverFast (Epson) plug-in, as shown. You can find the plug-in inside the SilverFast application folder. Note: Your scanner must be - Epson Perfection 3200 Pro | Color Management Workbook - Page 10
the color management options for the target scan. You need to do this whenever you scan a profiling target. In the Color Management section, set Scanner->Internal and Internal->Monitor to , and set Internal->Output to RGB. In the Profiles for ColorSync section, set all profiles to . You - Epson Perfection 3200 Pro | Color Management Workbook - Page 11
, using the dotted line surrounding the target as a rough guide. Don't worry if the scan is slightly skewed. But if location, file format, and file name for the scan, as shown: Building the Scanner and Printer Profiles The final part of the profile-building process is loading the target scan into - Epson Perfection 3200 Pro | Color Management Workbook - Page 12
printer profile. Then check Scanner Profile, click the Name button in the Scanner Profile area, and enter a name for your scanner profile. Tip: Use descriptive profile names rather than the default names suggested by MonacoEZcolor. For example, you might name the profile for an EPSON Stylus® Photo - Epson Perfection 3200 Pro | Color Management Workbook - Page 13
shown: You've now successfully built profiles for both your scanner (for reflective copy) and your printer (for the paper you used to print the target). Later and printer driver do not alter the color values in the target. The following sections offer step-by-step instructions for printing - Epson Perfection 3200 Pro | Color Management Workbook - Page 14
Printing the Printer Target from Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 1 Launch Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0. 2 Choose Color Settings from the Edit menu (Mac OS 9, Windows) or the Photoshop Elements menu (Mac - Epson Perfection 3200 Pro | Color Management Workbook - Page 15
to ensure that the driver doesn't alter the SilverFast to scan both the scanner and printer targets. See pages 4 to 9 for step-bystep instructions. 8 Choose the paper 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 - Epson Perfection 3200 Pro | Color Management Workbook - Page 16
Printing the Printer Target from Adobe Photoshop 7.0.1 1 Launch Adobe Photoshop 7.0.1. 2 Choose Color Settings from the Edit menu (Mac OS 9, Windows) or the Photoshop menu (Mac OS X). The Color - Epson Perfection 3200 Pro | Color Management Workbook - Page 17
-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 needs a single scanned image containing both the printer profiling target and the scanner IT8 - Epson Perfection 3200 Pro | Color Management Workbook - Page 18
photographic prints. This section provides step-by-step instructions for building a scanner transparency profile. First, you'll scan the rear of the scanner glass. Then close the lid. 1 Launch the standalone SilverFast application. You'll be prompted to import the SilverFast (Epson) plug-in, - Epson Perfection 3200 Pro | Color Management Workbook - Page 19
the color management options for the target scan. You need to do this whenever you scan a profiling target. In the Color Management section, set Scanner->Internal and Internal->Monitor to , and set Internal->Output to RGB. In the Profiles for ColorSync section, set all profiles to . You - Epson Perfection 3200 Pro | Color Management Workbook - Page 20
your settings, click 10 Click Scan RGB to make the final target Prescan. The prescan appears in SilverFast's scan. SilverFast prompts you to choose a scanner window: location, file format, and file name for the scan, as shown: 11 Save the scan in TIFF format. We recommend that you include - Epson Perfection 3200 Pro | Color Management Workbook - Page 21
Transparency Profile in MonacoEZcolor Once you've scanned the target, you have everything you need to build the scanner profile in MonacoEZcolor, as described in this section. 3 Choose 4x5 Transparency. Then click the right arrow twice to proceed to Input the Target, as shown. ( - Epson Perfection 3200 Pro | Color Management Workbook - Page 22
ve already built a scanner profile, so you can leave the Scanner Profile box unchecked. Tip: Use descriptive profile names rather than the default name suggested by MonacoEZcolor. For example, you might name the profile for scanning transparencies on the EPSON Perfection 3200 "Epson 3200 ( T )." 18 - Epson Perfection 3200 Pro | Color Management Workbook - Page 23
bar as it builds the scanner profile. Once the profile is built, MonacoEZcolor displays the Finished screen, as shown: 1 Launch MonacoEZcolor. You've now successfully built a profile for scanning transparencies. In the next section, we provide instructions for building a display profile to - Epson Perfection 3200 Pro | Color Management Workbook - Page 24
The Set Monitor White Point screen appears: 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. 5 Choose 6500K as the Desired White Point. If your monitor has adjustable white - Epson Perfection 3200 Pro | Color Management Workbook - Page 25
8 Use your monitor's Brightness control to lower the brightness just to the point where you can no longer distinguish the letter from the background. Once you've made the adjustments to your satisfaction, click the right arrow to proceed. The following screen appears: When you've adjusted the color - Epson Perfection 3200 Pro | Color Management Workbook - Page 26
(1998) color space for all your work. Adobe RGB (1998) is large enough to hold all the colors you can print on your EPSON printer. The Configuring Color Management other two options offered by Photoshop Elements, sRGB (Web graphics) and in Your Host Application monitor RGB (No color management - Epson Perfection 3200 Pro | Color Management Workbook - Page 27
Color Settings window appears: Scanning with LaserSoft SilverFast The instructions given for configuring SilverFast apply whether you're using the (1998) is large enough to hold all the colors you can print on your EPSON printer. That's all you need to do to configure Photoshop for the workflow. 2 - Epson Perfection 3200 Pro | Color Management Workbook - Page 28
Gamma-Gradation is set to 1.80, then click the CMS tab. The CMS Defaults screen appears: 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 see - Epson Perfection 3200 Pro | Color Management Workbook - Page 29
SilverFast application, or open the File menu and choose Import>SilverFast (Epson) in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. SilverFast appears: You're ready to details on using SilverFast's image-correction features, see the SilverFast manual. Once you've configured SilverFast, you won't need to change - Epson Perfection 3200 Pro | Color Management Workbook - Page 30
make is to enter the profile you created for transparency scanning under Scanner (Transparent). 26 You're ready to scan! 8 Click the Prescan SilverFast's image-correction features, see the SilverFast manual. Once you've configured SilverFast, you won printer profiles you created with MonacoEZcolor. - Epson Perfection 3200 Pro | Color Management Workbook - Page 31
Using Color Management with Your EPSON Printer Once you have a scanned and corrected image ready to print, you'll configure your host application to translate the color to your printer profile. Then you'll turn off the color management features in the printer driver to prevent a second, unnecessary - Epson Perfection 3200 Pro | Color Management Workbook - Page 32
settings appear: 8 Click No Color Adjustment. (If you don't do this, the printer driver will perform an additional correction to the image data, usually with disappointing results.) Then click Print. Your EPSON printer produces a colormanaged print that matches your image as closely as is physically - Epson Perfection 3200 Pro | Color Management Workbook - Page 33
and will automatically deliver 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 - Epson Perfection 3200 Pro | Color Management Workbook - Page 34
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PMA Preview Edition
for EPSON Scanners and Printers
Color Managed Workflow