Calibrating a flatbed scanner

External Since: Aug 28, 2006 Posts: 1

Hello,

I've seen a few articles that touch on this subject, but I wanted to
get an answer to a bit of a different twist perhaps.

I have the following equipment that I am using - Canon Canoscan 3000F,
Canon i960 printer, WinXP system and both a Canon EOS Elan II film and
a Canon S80 digital camera.

When I print photos from my digital camera the colour reproduction of
what I see on screen (both the LCD of the camera and my computer's CRT
monitor (Viewsonic 17PS)) is excellent. I would not change a thing to
be honest.

The problem is when I scan prints from my film camera. The colour
balance is shifted dramatically to the red/magenta wihch becomes even
more visible when I print it. The issue at hand is that I really do
not want to calibrate my printer or monitor at all because the combo
for digital photography is working great. I therefore want to find a
way to specifically calibrate what my scanner is inputing. I've tried
manipulating the scanned image after the fact using Corel
Photopaint/Adobe Photoshop but it is very difficult to manipulate it to
be just right (although I am going to try this with an actual scanner
target as it may be easier to do the balancing act).

Any input or advice would be extremely welcome.

Thanks in advance...

External Since: Aug 28, 2006 Posts: 2

Thanks for this - I'll check out Profile Prism.

BTW - in case I decide replacing the scanner is my best option - any
recommendations for a device that seems to have good colour fidelity?

Many thanks.

Raphael Bustin wrote:
> On 28 Aug 2006 17:05:29 -0700, winegard DeleteThis @uhnresearch.ca wrote:
>
> >Hello,
> >
> >I've seen a few articles that touch on this subject, but I wanted to
> >get an answer to a bit of a different twist perhaps.
> >
> >I have the following equipment that I am using - Canon Canoscan 3000F,
> >Canon i960 printer, WinXP system and both a Canon EOS Elan II film and
> >a Canon S80 digital camera.
> >
> >When I print photos from my digital camera the colour reproduction of
> >what I see on screen (both the LCD of the camera and my computer's CRT
> >monitor (Viewsonic 17PS)) is excellent. I would not change a thing to
> >be honest.
> >
> >The problem is when I scan prints from my film camera. The colour
> >balance is shifted dramatically to the red/magenta wihch becomes even
> >more visible when I print it. The issue at hand is that I really do
> >not want to calibrate my printer or monitor at all because the combo
> >for digital photography is working great. I therefore want to find a
> >way to specifically calibrate what my scanner is inputing. I've tried
> >manipulating the scanned image after the fact using Corel
> >Photopaint/Adobe Photoshop but it is very difficult to manipulate it to
> >be just right (although I am going to try this with an actual scanner
> >target as it may be easier to do the balancing act).
> >
> >Any input or advice would be extremely welcome.
> >
> >Thanks in advance...
>
>
> Barring any pathological issues with your scanner, you can
> generate an ICC profile for it with Profile Prism. Last time I
> checked it was selling for around $70.
>
> www.ddisoftware.com
>
> Not saying this is the answer to your situation -- there could
> be all kinds of things going on -- but it's one option.
>
> If it's a cheap or old scanner, it's probably not worth the
> bother. I've owned many scanners (both film and flatbed)
> and never bothered to profile any of them.
>
>
> rafe b
> www.terrapinphoto.com