EZ Color

EZcolor ®
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BUNDLE
Color Control for the Creative Community

EZcolor ®
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BUNDLE
EZcolor is as simple as 1, 2, 3
1. Calibrate and profile your display
Does your print match your screen? Profiling your monitor is essential. It
provides a baseline and guarantees that 3. Apply profiles in your applications
Your monitor and printer reproduce colors differently. you are viewing digital color as accu- Finally, use your graphics application
In fact, all your devices – scanners, digital cameras, rately as possible. Your Eye-One Display to put your profiles to work. Apply your
monitors and printers see, display and print color in 2 allows you to create an ICC profile—a profiles to images for soft proofing
different ways. Even ink and paper variations will affect description of your monitor’s range of on your computer screen, or use the
reproducible color. This profile will be profile when printing to produce
the final color!
used by your system, as well as popular accurate, consistent color printouts.
applications such as those from Adobe®, It’s that simple!
Enter color management technology, which allows you
Quark® and Apple® to show you the
to optimize and create color profiles for all your devices,
right color on screen every time.
making it possible to match color from input to display
to print. The EZcolor/Eye-One Display 2 Bundle is a simple-
to-use entry-level color management solution designed
with you in mind. 2. Profile your scanner and printer
Use the EZcolor software and
included IT8 scanner target to
In the bundle, you’ll get an Eye-One Display 2, a simple
create custom profiles for your
but highly advanced calibration tool for your monitor. It
scanners and printers. For the
allows you to calibrate luminance, gamma and white point
greatest accuracy, create a profile
to match standard viewing conditions. You can even for each printer and paper type
measure your room or light box to make sure it’s optimal Take a look at your matched color
you use.
for viewing color on your display and prints. The result: —preferably in controlled lighting
you get to see the actual color in your digital files. conditions! You’ll no longer have to
hope for accurate prints. What you see
is really what you get. Saving you time
You’ll also get the EZcolor scanner-based color manage-
and money.
ment software. This simple profiling system uses your
scanner to measure and profile your printer. The result:
color matching from screen to print.
EZcolor with Eye-One Display 2, ideal for photographers, creative directors, publishers, and
designers is where reliable and affordable color begins. Profiling your LCD, CRT or laptop display
means that you’ll finally see colors as they actually are. Establishing defined settings throughout
your studio and at your customer’s site means that everyone will see your color the same way.
Workflow example, step-by-step Printing from any ICC-compliant application

Match your printed image to your original using this simple workflow. You’ll need ICC profiles for your scanner
and printer. We’ll show the process in Adobe® Photoshop®. Other imaging software may be used,
however steps may vary slightly.
Open your Image. Make sure the image opens using an embedded Print the image: File > Print with Preview. Choose
profile, or apply the appropriate input profile: Color Management from the drop-down menu and
Image > Mode > Assign Profile. choose the Profile for your printer. Make sure you
use the same settings (paper, resolution, etc.) in
the printer driver that you used when the profile
was created.
System Requirements
Windows Additional Features

• Pentium® PC or better
• Windows XP or better • Output profile editing for
• Color monitor with 24-bit or greater even greater control and
video card (with LUT support) flexibility
• 128MB system RAM, 64MB free disk space • Profile your scanner for
• Dual monitor support requires two (or slides or transparencies with
more) separate video cards that support LUTs. an optional transparency
• Single video cards with dual monitor support target
are not supported on the Windows platform. • ColorWorks utility for
applying profiles and soft
Macintosh proofing
• Macintosh OS X (10.2 or later) • Dual monitor support
• Power Macintosh or better requires a single video card,
• Color 128 MB system RAM, 64MB free or two (or more) separate
disk space video cards
• Color monitor with 24-bit or greater video
card (with LUT support)
• Dual monitor support requires a single video
card, or two (or more) separate video cards
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