Color Scanners--The Color of Digital Originals

Color is the shared focus.

While color issues on the input side are clearly not as provocative or controversial as are color concerns on the output side, there is still much room for deliberation.

What are scanning trends today?

• The migration from scanning in CMYK formats to the CIELAB format, which offers flexible re-purposing using ICC-standard profiling, is promoting faster adoption of device-independent, multimedia publishing workflows.