Epson EXPRESSION 836 MonacoScan User Guide

™

MonacoSCAN User’s Guide

For Microsoft® Windows® 95, Windows 98, Windows NT® 4.0,

and Apple® Power Ma ci nt os h

®

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Copyright © 1999 by Epson America, Inc., Torrance, California, USA MNCOSCN0699-R1

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Contents

Introduction 4

System Requirements 5
Where to Get Help 5

Calibrating with MonacoSCAN 6

Scanning the IT8 Target 7
Selectin g Your Targe t and Referenc e F iles 10
Cropping the Target Image 12
Calibrati ng and Evalu at ing the Res ult s 20
Saving Your Calibration Profile 22

Loading th e M onacoSCAN Separ at ion Table 23

Photosh op 3.0 or 4.0 23
Photoshop 5.0 24

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Introduction

Monaco SC AN™ color m anagem ent software lets you create a unique
input profile for your scanner by calibrating the scanner colors. When you
use the pro f ile, th e c olors in your s c anned ima ge m ore closely m at c h t he
colors in the original.

To create an input pro fi le, yo u f irs t scan the indu s tr y -s ta ndard IT8 ta rget
image that came with your scanner and save it as a TIFF file. Then you
use MonacoSCAN to compare the TIFF file with a color reference file.
Monaco SC AN reports a m easure of th e c olor differences and creates an
input prof ile t hat adjusts f or t hose differ enc es as you scan.

MonacoSCAN also comes with an output device profile you can load into
Adobe
you’ll outp ut on a MatchP rint.™

See your scanner
on your system. Then se e t hese sect i ons fo r i nstru cti o ns on cr eati ng yo ur
input prof ile and using th e output prof ile f or color separations:

◗ Calibrating with MonacoSCAN
◗ Loading th e M onacoSCAN Separ at ion Table

®

Photoshop® as a separ at ion table for s of t proofing images that

Setup Guide

for instructions on installing MonacoSCAN

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System Requirements

Before ins t alling Mona c oSCAN, mak e sure your sy stem meets t he
following requireme nt s .

Windows System Requirements

◗ PC with a Pentium® or higher pro c es s or
◗ Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT 4.0
◗ 20MB RAM av ailable for MonacoSCAN
◗ VGA or hig her standard monitor w it h a 24-bit displa y adapter

Macintosh System Requirements

◗ Apple Power Macintosh computer running system 7.5 or later

operating system

◗ 20MB RAM av ailable for MonacoSCAN
◗ Color mon it or w it h a 24-bit display adap te r

Where to Get Help

If you need help usi ng MonacoSCAN, co nt act Monaco S yste ms te chni cal
support as follows:

World Wid e W eb addres s : m o n acosys.com
Electronic mail address: [e-mail]
Telephone numbe r: (978) 749- 9944

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Calibrating with MonacoSCAN

When you ca librate your s c anner colo rs w ith M onacoSCAN, you’ll be
performi ng these proc edures:

◗ Scanning the IT8 Target
◗ Selectin g Your Targe t and Referenc e F iles
◗ Cropping the Target Image
◗ Calibrati ng and Evalu at ing the Res ult s
◗ Saving Your Calibration Profile

When you ’re ready to load your calibration pr of ile into your ap plic ation,
follow the ins t ructions in yo ur application docume nt at ion.

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Handle the IT8 target
very carefully. If it
becomes bent, torn,
or scratched, it won't
be able to give you a
true calibrated profile.

You cannot use the
enclosed IT8 target to
create a prof ile for
transpa rencies.

Scanning the IT8 Target

Before scanning the IT8 target for reflective images that comes with
MonacoSCAN, make sure you have successfully installed your scanning
applicat ion program and either the EPSON
LaserSof t® SilverFa st® plug-in for Photoshop.

®

TWAIN Pro driv er or the

See the
docum ent ation that
came in the target
package for
information on caring
for your target and
purchasing
replacem ents or
transparency targets,
if necess ary .

target
date

You may h av e already verified that yo ur s c anner and software are
working b y fol low ing the inst ruc t ions in your s c anner

Setup Guide

. If you

haven’t scanned yet, be sure to try it before scanning the IT8 target.

target
name

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1 Make sure y our scanner is turned on and its docum ent table glass is

clean and lint-free.

2 Place the IT8 ta rge t facedown on the docu ment table with i ts upper left

corner aligned with th e upper left c orner of the sca nning area.

3 Start your application and open your scanning software (either EPSON

TWAIN P ro or LaserSo f t S ilv erF ast) as desc ribed in its online

Guide

.

User’s

If you’re c reating the
profile fo r s ca nning
with EPSON TWAIN
Pro, use TWAIN Pro
to scan the target. If
you’re creating the
profile fo r LaserSoft
SilverFast, use
SilverFast to scan it.

4 Click the Preview (EPSON T W AIN Pro) or Prescan (LaserSoft

SilverFa s t) but t on t o prescan th e t arget image.

5 Now turn off the automatic features in the scanning software.

In SilverFast, hold do w n t he Alt (Windows ) or option (Macintosh) key
and click th e Auto Adjust button t o t urn off the automatic
adjustment feature.

In EPSON TWAIN Pro, click the Reset button on th e Preview window
to turn off all the automatic adjustment features.

6 In SilverFast, adjust th e f ram e on the image until it cont ains only the

IT8 target .
In EPSON T W AI N Pro, draw a m arquee around the ed ges of the IT8

target image.

7 Click the Scan (or Scan R GB) button to scan the target.

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