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Why Calibration is Important
To get the best possible color scans from your scanner you need to calibrate it. What the IT8 calibration does is provide a baseline reference to your scanner and after running your IT8 card scan through some software it will be able to adjust scans going forward from your scanner with proper color levels. This will really make them shine when the profile is attached to them and save the hassle of needing to do manual adjustments later for those that edit these.
Calibration is something we strongly encourage you to do if you can. If you’re unable to, we might be able to provide scanner calibrated ICC/ICM files that others have done for your scanner model, but ideally you would want to calibrate your own scanner every 3-6 months.
Where to get an affordable IT8 card
Order an IT8 Card from here. Make sure you order the RF option. Also take note of the Charge # on the card when you receive it as you’ll need to download the ZIP file that matches up to that from the bottom of this page.