<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" type="topic" style="task" id="color-calibrate-scanner" xml:lang="da">

  <info>

    <link type="guide" xref="color#calibration"/>

    <link type="seealso" xref="color-calibrationtargets"/>

    <link type="seealso" xref="color-calibrate-printer"/>

    <link type="seealso" xref="color-calibrate-screen"/>

    <link type="seealso" xref="color-calibrate-camera"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.7.1" version="0.2" date="2012-11-16" status="outdated"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.10" date="2013-11-04" status="candidate"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.28" date="2018-04-05" status="review"/>

    <credit type="author">

      <name>Richard Hughes</name>

      <email>richard@hughsie.com</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="editor">

      <name>Michael Hill</name>

      <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="editor">

      <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>

      <email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>

    </credit>

    <include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>

    <desc>Calibrating your scanner is important to capture accurate colors.</desc>

  </info>

  <title>How do I calibrate my scanner?</title>

  
If you want your scanner to represent the color accurately in scans, you

  should calibrate it.

  <steps>

    <item>

      
Make sure your scanner is connected to your computer with a cable or

      over the network.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Scan your calibration target and save it as an uncompressed TIFF

      file.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Open the <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui> overview and

      start typing <gui>Settings</gui>.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Click on <gui>Settings</gui>.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Click <gui>Devices</gui> in the sidebar.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Click <gui>Color</gui> in the sidebar to open the panel.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Select your scanner.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Press <gui style="button">Calibrate…</gui> to commence the

      calibration.

    </item>

  </steps>

  <note style="tip">

    
Scanner devices are incredibly stable over time and temperature, so do

    not usually need to be recalibrated.

  </note>

</page>