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he EPSON Perfection

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.

3200 scanner and

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

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.

provides powerful tools