Epson Scanner/Printer Profile Question

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I have an Epson Perfection 1660 Photo scanner. I use Monaco Optix to build
calibration profiles for my monitor, printer (Epson R800) and the scanner.
I am using Windows XP and know which folder to put the profiles into. I know
when to tell PSCS2 to use the printer/paper profile and how to tell my video
driver (ATI card) to load the proper monitor profile.
However I am not sure if I have to tell either PSCS or the Epson Twain
driver about the scanner profile or do they pick up that information
automatically. I wrote an e-mail to Epson support, but the response only
refered to the printer profiles.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks, Steve

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With the Monaco system the important thing is to turn off any color
management in the Epson scan driver when scanning your target/print. Early
Epson scan drivers, and your scanner is a bit long in the computer tooth,
did not even have a choice of what color space to use. If you do not see a
tab where there is a choice of color spaces to use then there is nothing to
worry about.
Anyway, if you are satisfied with the results you are getting with the
custom profiles you generate you are probably doing it right. Monaco answers
questions posted to their support service very promptly and you may want to
contact them.
I would recommend it highly to people looking for a well rounded color
management system. I replaced the original Spyder monitor calibration device
with the monaco system mostly to try to get better color matching out of a
Canon printer. The problems I have are not with Monaco but with Canon and
their lousy, lousy printer drivers and color management protocols.
The canned profiles Epson includes for use with a color managed system are
so good that I do not see much difference in prints made using the custom
profiles I generate with the Monaco system. The Canon prints are much better
using the Monaco profiles but not as accurate as the Epson prints using the
canned Epson profiles. Therefore I conclude that serious printers should
avoid Canon like the plague: I am sticking with Epson until Canon can prove
they have people who can write software drivers.