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I know this isn’t the Epson or Monaco forum, but I am sure that many Photoshopers have had experience with these two products.
I have an Epson Perfection 4870 Photo and Monaco EZColor 2.
The Epson consistantly has grey whites and grey blacks. I have never gotten this to profile correctly, and I must be doing something wrong.
First off, when I scan in 48 bit mode, the profile that is created doesn’t make any change to the scan. The no correction scan is identical to the corrected scan. I assume that the EZColor doesn’t work with the 48 bit scan, but haven’t found that documented.
Today, I scanned the target card with no corrections at 200DPI just like the instructions say. I loaded it into Monaco EZColor and created and saved a new profile. When I scan the profile card with the newly created ICM I get some corrections, but not anywhere close enough.
Using the eyedropper tool in Photoshop, I get these values:
Raw scan has White = 225/225/226 and Black = 15/11/12
ICM scan has White = 234/235/240 and Black = 15/19/20
Black is actually worse.
This is not acceptable. I don’t know what to do. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Kirk
I have an Epson Perfection 4870 Photo and Monaco EZColor 2.
The Epson consistantly has grey whites and grey blacks. I have never gotten this to profile correctly, and I must be doing something wrong.
First off, when I scan in 48 bit mode, the profile that is created doesn’t make any change to the scan. The no correction scan is identical to the corrected scan. I assume that the EZColor doesn’t work with the 48 bit scan, but haven’t found that documented.
Today, I scanned the target card with no corrections at 200DPI just like the instructions say. I loaded it into Monaco EZColor and created and saved a new profile. When I scan the profile card with the newly created ICM I get some corrections, but not anywhere close enough.
Using the eyedropper tool in Photoshop, I get these values:
Raw scan has White = 225/225/226 and Black = 15/11/12
ICM scan has White = 234/235/240 and Black = 15/19/20
Black is actually worse.
This is not acceptable. I don’t know what to do. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Kirk
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