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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in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior

written permission of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION. The information contained herein is designed only for

use with this EPSON scanner. EPSON is not responsible for any use of this information as applied to other

scanners.

Neither SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION nor its affiliates shall be liable to the purchaser of this product or

third parties for damages, losses, costs, or expenses incurred by purchaser or third parties as a result of:

accident, misuse, or abuse of this product or unauthorized modifications, repairs, or alterations to this product,

or (excluding the U.S.) failure to strictly comply with SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION’s operating and

maintenance instructions.

SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION and its affiliates shall not be liable for any damages or problems arising from

the use of any options or any consumable products other than those designated as Original EPSON Products

or EPSON Approved Products by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION.

EPSON is a registered trademark of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION. EPSON Expression is a registered

trademark of Epson America, Inc.

MonacoSCAN is a trademark of Monaco Systems.

General Notice: Other product names used herein are for identification purposes only and may be

trademarks of their respective companies.

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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: support@monacosys.com

Telephone number: (978) 749-9944

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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

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