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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 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 file
VueScan 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".