Printer profiling is the process of determining the precise color characteristics of a printer. This profile is unique to each type of paper in the printer and each change to the printer setup options.
To profile your printer with an IT8 target:
1) Profile your scanner (see above) 2) Set "Input|Scan task" to "Make IT8 target" 3) Press "Scan" button 4) Insert printout into scanner 5) Set "Input|Scan task" to "Profile printer" 6) Press "Preview" button 7) Rotate image to upright position 8) Adjust cropping until IT8 outline matches (not all boxes outlined) 9) Choose "Profile|Profile printer" from the drop-down menu 10) The ICC profile will be written to "printer.icc"If you've previously made an ICC profile for a printer, you only need to do the following:
1) Set "Color|Printer color space" to "ICC profile" 2) Set "Color|Printer ICC profile" to file name of ICC fileVueScan normally reads and writes the ICC profile for a printer using the file "printer.icc". Alternatively, you can put the file name of the ICC profile into "Color|Printer ICC profile".