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management tab. Click Add... then select the custom profile. (A<br />

lotta steps!)<br />

Target: contains the output profile for the scan. Adobe RGB is<br />

recommended in most cases because its gamut exceeds that of most<br />

high quality printers: sRGB (the default) may not be sufficient.<br />

Make sure to select the same Color space for the scanner in the<br />

Print test input dialog box. Note: this profile is not embedded in the scanner output. This is a deficiency in the Epson scanner<br />

software: almost a bug (though a common bug; it appears in many cameras and raw converters.). You need to remember the<br />

profile and embed it in the file without changing the image data. See Assigning a profile, above.<br />

Is the scanner gamut large enough? The default color space of the Epson 3200<br />

scanner (for reflected images) is shown on the right. Its gamut is larger than sRGB and<br />

Adobe RGB (1998), shown below. The images are from Profile inspector, a nice<br />

little free program downloadable from Color.org, the official site of the ICC (the<br />

committee that gives us color management and all that). It's not the most convenient<br />

program— I had to combine the R, G, B, and White points. But it does the job. The<br />

scanner and Adobe RGB (1998) should cover the gamuts of most high quality printers.<br />

Scanner color response: Because Print test results are filtered by the scanner's color response, it's a good idea to verify it<br />

using Colorcheck. The response of the Epson 3200 with Epson's default ICC profile, shown below, is very good; comparable<br />

to the best digital cameras. For the best accuracy you should profile your scanner using one of several available software<br />

packages.<br />

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