https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Desktop-Inkjet-Printers/How-to-calibrate-color-on-P-215-Scantini/m-p/36620#M29106 <P>Forgive me if this a "RTMS" kind of question...&nbsp;&nbsp; ...I must have missed the paragraph about how to calibrate the color on the P-215 Scantini.</P><P>Just got it. Scanned a few pages of a spreadsheet with alternating tinted rows &amp; it resulted in very washed out colors. Green to yellow washed out...&nbsp;&nbsp; ...not simply faded or lighter.</P><P>I was using the built in software where there is no preview of the scan, hence, no opportunity to correct before "save".</P><P>Also there were streaks down one side like you would see from a flat bed scanner with a light leak along the edge of the paper.</P><P>Perhaps I just need to spend more time with it to figure out it's idiosyncrasies. All my prior scanners were flatbeds where a heavy bath towel fixed the light leaks. Not an option here.&nbsp;</P><P>I need to be productive with this thing now. Got to justify to the boss why I spent so much on a little black box. It shouldn't require a learning curve...&nbsp;&nbsp; ...it's not an enterprise wide type of device.</P><P>Any direction, advice, tips, etc. are most welcomed. Thank you in advance for your time &amp; consideration.</P><P>Vera</P> Fri, 09 Aug 2013 16:40:32 GMT Vera 2013-08-09T16:40:32Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Desktop-Inkjet-Printers/How-to-calibrate-color-on-P-215-Scantini/m-p/36620#M29106 <P>Forgive me if this a "RTMS" kind of question...&nbsp;&nbsp; ...I must have missed the paragraph about how to calibrate the color on the P-215 Scantini.</P><P>Just got it. Scanned a few pages of a spreadsheet with alternating tinted rows &amp; it resulted in very washed out colors. Green to yellow washed out...&nbsp;&nbsp; ...not simply faded or lighter.</P><P>I was using the built in software where there is no preview of the scan, hence, no opportunity to correct before "save".</P><P>Also there were streaks down one side like you would see from a flat bed scanner with a light leak along the edge of the paper.</P><P>Perhaps I just need to spend more time with it to figure out it's idiosyncrasies. All my prior scanners were flatbeds where a heavy bath towel fixed the light leaks. Not an option here.&nbsp;</P><P>I need to be productive with this thing now. Got to justify to the boss why I spent so much on a little black box. It shouldn't require a learning curve...&nbsp;&nbsp; ...it's not an enterprise wide type of device.</P><P>Any direction, advice, tips, etc. are most welcomed. Thank you in advance for your time &amp; consideration.</P><P>Vera</P> Fri, 09 Aug 2013 16:40:32 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Desktop-Inkjet-Printers/How-to-calibrate-color-on-P-215-Scantini/m-p/36620#M29106 Vera 2013-08-09T16:40:32Z