We propose an automatic procedure for color scanner profile selection, which greatly improves the color quality of the final scanned images, and also the user experience. By just analyzing a small number of initial rows of the scanned image, our algorithm is capable of distinguishing among the available color profiles, and then it uses the one that better fits with the substrate of the original. The selection can be done “on the fly” with no time penalty for the user, and the color results obtained are improved when compared to a scanner workflow where no color profiles are used