Scanner Distortions.

I got this US postal stationary envelope the other day mainly because I liked the colour & the embossing,
When I scanned it though the colours were not as the original.

First I scanned at 800dpi (my ususal setting) Auto Exposure Type set at Document



Which turned up nice and sharp, great colour, except it's not anywhere near the right colour.

So I rescanned at 300dpi, changed Auto Exposure Type to Photo and got this.



Which is quite close but not exactly the actually colour.

Colour wise I would call it dull mauve. Would you agree?

Hi Litho,
Colour matching is an art in itself. If you can buy/borrow/rent a screen calibrator it will be a start.
Then you only have to worry about your scanner and printer

screen calibrator what is that?

Anthony thanks but if things are too complicated then they're not for me.

Here is a review of a calibrator - http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/...der3pro.html
It is a very technical subject unfortunately to get your screen to match your scanner and printer accurately.

Thanks for the link Anthony but it does look kind a complicated.