Managing Color Data

You can use MonacoEZcolor™ and your device software to provide accurate color data among all your computer input and output devices such as your scanner, monitor, digital camera, and printer. Here are the basic steps you need to take to manage color for scans that you will print. See your MonacoEZcolor online guides for detailed instructions.

1 First you need to use the Create Printer Profile option in MonacoEZcolor to create profiles for your scanner and printer.

You must create profiles for each type of print media and settings.

Print an RGB Target with the printer, type of paper, and settings you will use when printing images.

2 Open Adobe Photoshop Elements and choose Full Color Management - Optimized for Print under the Color Settings.

3 Select File > Import > SilverFast (Epson). Then prescan your image and adjust the marquee.

4 Click the General tab, then click the Option (or Options) button. Click the CMS tab.

5 For the Input -> Internal setting, select Image Color Matching (ICM) in Windows or ColorSync in Macintosh.

6 For the Internal -> Output setting, select <RGB>.

7 For the Scanner (Reflective), select the scanner profile you created with MonacoEZcolor in step 1. For the Internal setting, select a working space that has a wide color gamut, such as Adobe RGB (1998).

8 Make sure the Embed ICC profile box is checked to save the settings in your scan, then click OK.

9 Click Scan to scan your image.

10 Click File > Print Preview. Click the Show More Options box, then select Color Management from the drop-down box. Select the printer profile you created in step 1 for the paper you’re going to print on.

11 Click Print, check your settings in your printer software (making sure that color management is turned off and all the settings are the same as you set them when creating your printer profile with MonacoEZcolor), close your printer software, and then click OK to print your image.

Note: See your electronic SilverFast manual and movies on the SilverFast CD-ROM for detailed color space and color management information. To view the manual and movies, you’ll need Adobe Acrobat Reader and QuickTime 6.0 or later. Acrobat Reader is included on your CD-ROM.

Scanning 48-bit Images

To obtain images in the full 48-bit color depth that your scanner offers, you can scan into ArcSoft PhotoStudio® with EPSON Scan. You can also scan an image with the stand-alone SilverFast application.

1 Raise the scanner lid and place your photo face down on the glass. Make sure the document mat is in place on the scanner lid.

2 In Windows or Mac OS 9.x, use Acquire in PhotoStudio with Epson Perfection 4870 selected as the source.

In Mac OS X, open the stand-alone SilverFast application (SF-App) and scan a 48-bit file. Open the image in PhotoStudio for editing.

Note: If you have the full version of Photoshop (6.0 or later), you can scan 48-bit images directly with SilverFast or EPSON Scan.