Advanced Guide > Scanning > Scanning with Other Application Software > Appendix: Useful Information on Scanning >Color MatchingColor MatchingEach device (scanner, digital camera, monitor, printer, etc.) supports different colors. Color Matchingallows you to manage device-dependent colors by using a common color space.Printing scanned digital photos involves the following processes.(1) Scan the photo.(2) Check the photo and its colors on a computer monitor.(3) Print it on a printer.Colors scanned with a scanner, colors that can be displayed on a monitor and colors that can be printedusing a printer cannot be reproduced in the same colors when displayed/printed on other devices, due todifferences between color spaces supported by each device.The concept of "color matching" was created to uniformly manage device-dependent colors by using acommon color space.An ICC profile (input/output profile) is required to convert device-dependent colors to a common colorspace.By performing Color Matching using ICC profiles, you can bring out the image's color space within thecolor gamut that can be reproduced on a printer.Adjust the color spaces as shown below to match the colors between the original document, imagedisplayed on a monitor and printed image.Example: When sRGB is selected as the output profile (target)Input Profile (Source)ScannerScanGear (Scanner Driver)Output Profile (Target)sRGBOSApplicationApplicationPrinter DriverMonitor PrinterIn ScanGear (scanner driver), set the input profile (source) to sRGB. The image's color space isconverted from the scanner's color space to sRGB.To display the image on a monitor in sRGB, specify sRGB in the following settings: ScanGear's outputprofile (target) setting; the operating system's monitor settings; and the application's working spacesetting.To print the image in sRGB, specify sRGB in the following settings: ScanGear's output profile (target)setting; the application's print settings; and the printer driver's settings.The colors scanned with a scanner, colors displayed on a monitor and printed colors are matched byunifying the color spaces to sRGB.Page topPage 653 of 947 pagesColor Matching
