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Calibrating Your System

Calibrating Your Screen
Using ICM, ICM/sRGB (For Windows 98/95 Users)

When you install the EPSON Stylus Scan Software, the EPSON Screen Calibration utility is automatically installed.

EPSON Screen Calibration calibrates your monitor to ensure the tone and contrast on your screen closely match the original image. Be sure to calibrate your screen before using your scanner.

For information regarding color and output device calibration, see the Color Guide.

Calibrating Your Screen

You need to calibrate your screen when you first install the scanner software, and anytime you switch to a different monitor.

For Windows Users

Double-click the EPSON Stylus Scan FB icon in the Control Panel. The EPSON Stylus Scan FB dialog box appears.

Click the Screen Calibration Utility icon button. The Screen Calibration dialog box appears.

Move the slider to the right or left until the two shades of the gray horizontal stripes match.

Click OK when you have finished calibrating your scanner and monitor.

Click OK to close the EPSON Stylus Scan FB dialog box, then exit the Control Panel.

The gray stripes will not perfectly blend together; however, try to make the different tones match as closely as possible.

The setting is automatically saved as the Screen profile. Screen profile contains calibration information for the preview image as well as the scanned image.

For Macintosh Users

Double-click the EPSON Screen Calibration icon in the EPSON Scanner folder. The following dialog box appears.

Move the slider to the right or left until the two shades of the gray horizontal stripes match.

Click OK to finish calibrating your scanner and monitor.

The gray stripes will not perfectly blend together; however, try to make the different tones match as closely as possible.

The setting is automatically saved as the Screen profile. Screen profile contains calibration information for the preview image as well as the scanned image.


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Using ICM, ICM/sRGB (For Windows 98/95 Users)

If you use Windows 98 or 95 and your output devices (monitor and any additional printers you wish to use) support the ICM color management system, you can use the ICM calibration method.

For Windows 98 users

Note:
If your output devices do not support sRGB, make sure that the check box is clear.

Follow the steps below:

Run an application that supports TWAIN and select Acquire or Acquire & Export to start EPSON TWAIN.

Click Configuration. Select ICM/sRGB in the Configuration dialog box.

Make any other settings you desire.

Click Scan. The scanner scans an image using the sRGB profile.

For Windows 95 users

Note:
If your output devices do not support ICM, make sure the check box is clear.

Follow the steps below:

Run an application that supports TWAIN and select Acquire or Acquire & Export to start EPSON TWAIN.

Click Configuration. Select ICM in the Configuration dialog box.

Make any other settings you desire.

Click Scan. The scanner scans an image using the ICM profile.

Note:
Adding or removing profiles on the Color Management menu of your scanner's properties dialog box will not affect the colors of your scanned images.

Using ColorSync (For Macintosh Users)

If your output devices (printer and monitor) support the Apple ColorSync color management system, you can use the ColorSync calibration method.

Note:
If your output devices do not support ColorSync, make sure that the check box is clear.

Follow the basic steps below:

Run an application that supports TWAIN and select Acquire to start EPSON TWAIN.

Click Configuration. Check ColorSync in the Configuration dialog box.

Make any other settings you desire.

Click Scan. The scanner scans an image using the ColorSync profile.

When the scanned image is printed or displayed with the output device calibrated for the scanner, the image reproduced is identical to the original.


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