User`s guide

VueScan User's Guide

3. Click the '@' button next to Color | Scanner ICC profile (p. 76) and choose where you

want to write the ICC profile

4. Press the Preview button (p. 46)

5. If necessary, rotate the preview image so that the grey scale is at the bottom and the

letters and numbers can be read normally

6. Adjust size of the VueScan cropping mask until it matches the IT8 target image

7. You may need to readjust the target on the scanner platten and press the Preview

button (p. 46) again if the image is at an angle

8. Choose Profile | Profile scanner (p. 42) from the drop-down menu

9. The ICC profile will be saved to the file name you specifiedIf you've previously made an

ICC profile for your scanner, you only need to do the following:

1. Set Color | Scanner color space (p. 75) to "ICC profile"

2. Set Color | Scanner ICC profile (p. 76) to file name of ICC file

VueScan normally reads and writes the ICC profile for the scanner using the file scanner.icc.

Alternatively, you can type the file name of the ICC profile into Color | Scanner ICC profile (p.

76).

Every IT8 target has an associated data file that describes the exact color of each square in the

target. You can select this file by clicking on the '@' button next to Color | Scanner IT8 data (p.

76).

Note that the settings in the Color tab do not affect the profiling. To see if the profiling works

correctly, you should set Color | Color balance (p. 71)to "Neutral".

The Color | Scanner IT8 data (p. 76) filename is only used in the profiling process. It is not

used when scanning.

The settings in the color tab are not applied to RAW files. This means that ICC profiles are not

applied when producing RAW files. However, ICC profiles can be applied later when

processing the RAW files with VueScan.

Printer Profiling with IT8 Targets

Printer profiling is the process of determining the precise color characteristics of a printer. This

profile is unique to each paper type and each change to the printer setup options.