Hi, I am considering profile prism and the colormunki?  Profile prism seems easier and cheaper, but is it as good? 

Hi Todd,
There's a recent comment here:
http://ddisoftware.com/tech/printers/epson-r1900-ultra-premium-glossy-photo-paper-icc-profile/
The Colormunki is a complete calibration solution so if you already have a monitor calibration device you may not want to pay out again for that capability.
PP can produce excellent results and you can fine tune profiles.
As I remember, Canon Lide scanners give good results however Canon scanning software is not ideal so Vuescan is recommended. http://www.ddisoftware.com/prism/help/scanner.htm

Terry

I think any Lide is model ok.; apparently what makes it good is the fact it has an LED light source.
I don't have a Lide but an older Canon 8400F. I nearly abandoned it when I went to W7-64 bit last year, but thanks to the new 64 bit version of Vuescan, that enabled all the scanner features to work with the Canon 64 bit driver. I think Vuescan is essential with any Canon scanner unless their software has improved recently - you wont regret using Vuescan.
Terry

Overall very good.

I purchased PP because I lost all my profiles for my Epson R320 when I switched to a new computer.  PP ultimately worked well however, it took a bit of work to get there.  My HP scanner only had brightness and contrast adjustments and I was getting far too many XXs on both the target and printer profile.  I ended up purchasing Vuescan for my scanner software.  The secret to getting this to work well was to use RAW files to feed profile prism.  With that said, the profiles for the Epson R320 (dye ink) were very good.  I then decided to do a profile for my Epson Stylus Photo R1800 (pigment) even though I already had Epson supplied profiles for my papers.  The profile I created using PP for the Epson Premium Glossy was better than what Epson supplied.  Surprisingly, the test prints from the R320 and R1800 matched up almost perfectly.

Overall it works well for printer profiling but there is a learning curve.

I also profiled my scanner with PP.  Using a RAW file, the messages back from PP were not encouraging.  Mike responded to my posts concerning this and implied that these messages were not surprising and that I should just use the data and the results shuld be good.  He was correct and the scanner profile seems to work fine.

Ray Mikula