Epson 836XL - Expression - Flatbed Scanner User manual

MonacoSCAN User’s Guide
For Microsoft®Windows®95, Windows 98, Windows NT®4.0,
and Apple®Power Macintosh®
™

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Contents
Introduction 4
System Requirements 5
Where to Get Help 5
Calibrating with MonacoSCAN 6
Scanning the IT8 Target 7
Selecting Your Target and Reference Files 10
Cropping the Target Image 12
Calibrating and Evaluating the Results 20
Saving Your Calibration Profile 22
Loading the MonacoSCAN Separation Table 23
Photoshop 3.0 or 4.0 23
Photoshop 5.0 24

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Introduction
MonacoSCAN™ color management software lets you create a unique
input profile for your scanner by calibrating the scanner colors. When you
use the profile, the colors in your scanned image more closely match the
colors in the original.
To create an input profile, you first scan the industry-standard IT8 target
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.
MonacoSCAN reports a measure of the color differences and creates an
input profile that adjusts for those differences as you scan.
MonacoSCAN also comes with an output device profile you can load into
Adobe®Photoshop®as a separation table for soft proofing images that
you’ll output on a MatchPrint.™
See your scanner
Setup Guide for instructions on installing MonacoSCAN
on your system. Then see these sections for instructions on creating your
input profile and using the output profile for color separations:
◗Calibrating with MonacoSCAN
◗Loading the MonacoSCAN Separation Table

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System Requirements
Before installing MonacoSCAN, make sure your system meets the
following requirements.
Windows System Requirements
◗PC with a Pentium®or higher processor
◗Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT 4.0
◗20MB RAM available for MonacoSCAN
◗VGA or higher standard monitor with a 24-bit display adapter
Macintosh System Requirements
◗Apple Power Macintosh computer running system 7.5 or later
operating system
◗20MB RAM available for MonacoSCAN
◗Color monitor with a 24-bit display adapter
Where to Get Help
If you need help using MonacoSCAN, contact Monaco Systems technical
support as follows:
World Wide Web address: monacosys.com
Electronic mail address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: [phone]

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Calibrating with MonacoSCAN
When you calibrate your scanner colors with MonacoSCAN, you’ll be
performing these procedures:
◗Scanning the IT8 Target
◗Selecting Your Target and Reference Files
◗Cropping the Target Image
◗Calibrating and Evaluating the Results
◗Saving Your Calibration Profile
When you’re ready to load your calibration profile into your application,
follow the instructions in your application documentation.

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Scanning the IT8 Target
Before scanning the IT8 target for reflective images that comes with
MonacoSCAN, make sure you have successfully installed your scanning
application program and either the EPSON®TWAIN Pro driver or the
LaserSoft®SilverFast®plug-in for Photoshop.
You may have already verified that your scanner and software are
working by following the instructions in your scanner
Setup Guide . If you
haven’t scanned yet, be sure to try it before scanning the IT8 target.
Handle the IT8 target
very carefully. If it
becomes bent, torn,
or scratched, it won't
be able to give you a
truecalibrated profile.
You cannot use the
enclosedIT8 targetto
create a profile for
transparencies.
See the
documentation that
came in the target
package for
information on caring
for your target and
purchasing
replacements or
transparency targets,
if necessary.
target
name
target
date

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1Make sure your scanner is turned on and its document table glass is
clean and lint-free.
2Place the IT8 target facedown on the document table with its upper left
corner aligned with the upper left corner of the scanning area.
3Start your application and open your scanning software (either EPSON
TWAIN Pro or LaserSoft SilverFast) as described in its online
User’s
Guide .
4Click the Preview (EPSON TWAIN Pro) or Prescan (LaserSoft
SilverFast) button to prescan the target image.
5Now turn off the automatic features in the scanning software.
In SilverFast, hold down the Alt (Windows) or option (Macintosh) key
and click the Auto Adjust button to turn off the automatic
adjustment feature.
In EPSON TWAIN Pro, click the Reset button on the Preview window
to turn off all the automatic adjustment features.
6In SilverFast, adjust the frame on the image until it contains only the
IT8 target.
In EPSON TWAIN Pro, draw a marquee around the edges of the IT8
target image.
7Click the Scan (or Scan RGB) button to scan the target.
If you’re creating the
profile for scanning
with EPSON TWAIN
Pro, use TWAIN Pro
to scan the target. If
you’re creating the
profile for LaserSoft
SilverFast, use
SilverFast to scan it.

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8Save the scanned image as a TIFF file in your application program.
So you can find the file easily when you load it into MonacoSCAN, it’s
a good idea to save it with the rest of the MonacoSCAN files. In
Windows, save it in the C:\Program Files\MonacoSCAN folder. On a
Macintosh, save it in the MonacoSCAN 2.6 folder. (See your program
documentation for instructions on saving files.)
Now follow the steps in Selecting Your Target and Reference Files to
select your files in MonacoSCAN.

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Selecting Your Target and Reference Files
1In Windows, click Start, point to Programs, and click MonacoSCAN.
You see the main window:
Windows main window