Nikon 9235 Reference Manual - Page 108

Keeping Colors True When to use Nikon CMS Nikon Color Management The Nikon Color Management System, or Nikon CMS, ensures that the image data from your Nikon scanner are reproduced consistently and accurately on your system's monitor or printer. With this powerful tool, you can manipulate colors using either a CMYK or calibrated RGB color model before the data are passed to your imaging application. Profiles detailing the color characteristics of the chosen color model and the output device (monitor or printer) ensure that colors will be reproduced accurately in almost any operating environment. Nikon CMS involves two preferences tabs, one (the Gamma sheet) for use when Nikon CMS is off and the other (Color Management) for use when Nikon CMS is on. The Gamma tab is where you specify how data from the scanner will be modified for display on your monitor. Because the monitor profile In general, you can expect much better results with Nikon CMS on. You may however want to turn color management off if: • your computer has a slow CPU On computers with a fast CPU, the processing required for Nikon CMS consumes less time than the scanner needs to scan an image. Consequently, turning Nikon CMS off will have no effect on overall scanning speed. On computers with a slow CPU, however, the scanner will have to stop and wait while Nikon CMS processes the image. If your computer has a slow CPU, you can try turning color management off to speed scanning. • you want to edit data from the scanner directly Advanced users may want to turn Nikon CMS off to edit uncalibrated RGB data from the scanner. can not be used when Nikon CMS is off, this adjustment must be made manually. The Color Management tab is where you turn Nikon CMS on and off and select the profiles for use with your monitor and the CMYK and calibrated RGB color models. Reference: Preferences 107