The ATF book is from 1912 and the colors seem to be really faded. The black is OK on most pages but the colors are really fading out. It is not as bad as old color photos, but it is surprising how much color is gone.
Here is a scan done on my Epson Perfection V700 Photo scanner. The scanner is pretty accurate so this looks like the page is now. Fade and all…
On the second scan, I used the scanner’s “color restoration” setting which radically changes the color. It looks better. I think the changes made by the software is meant for color photos–faded color photos.
The third image–I took this into aperture to remove the pink cast, straighten the image and add a bit of sharpening. Does this look like the page looked originally?
How well do you think this works on old printing ink? Has the black really faded to green?