Page 2 - Printing With a Color Profile; Macintosh OS X; Opening Your Image; Color Settings; from the; Photoshop; from the Settings pull-down menu. This sets; OK
2 Printing With a Color Profile Printing With a Color Profile To print an image using a profile, follow the steps in the appropriate section for your operating system below. ■ Macintosh OS X ■ Windows Macintosh OS X Opening Your Image 1. Open Adobe Photoshop. 2. Select Color Settings from the Photos...
Page 4 - Also click the; Preview; box so you can see the effects of your profile choice on the; Selecting Your Print Settings; Select your printer from the Format for menu.
4 Printing With a Color Profile Also click the Preview box so you can see the effects of your profile choice on the screen. Note: Assigning a profile to the image doesn’t alter the image data, only the interpretation of the data by your software and how it appears on your monitor and in a printout. ...
Page 5 - File > Print with Preview; Use Black Point Compensation
Printing With a Color Profile 5 6. Select File > Print with Preview . You see this window: 7. Click Show More Options , then select Color Management . Additional options appear: 8. Under Print Space: Profile, select a profile for your printer and the paper you’ll use for the print. 9. As the Prin...
Page 6 - Printing Your Color-Managed Photo; Print; Select your printer from the Printer menu.; Print Settings; option that will give you the level of quality you want in; off; the High Speed and Edge Smoothing options, if they are available.
6 Printing With a Color Profile Printing Your Color-Managed Photo 1. Click the Print button. 2. Select your printer from the Printer menu. Note: Always select the exact same setting as the Printer option in the Print window and the Format for option on the Page Setup windows. If the settings are dif...
Page 7 - Color Management; to print your photo.
Printing With a Color Profile 7 8. Select Color Management from the pull-down menu. 9. Select No Color Adjustment . Note: Make sure that you select No Color Adjustment . If you don’t, the printer driver will apply additional correction to the image data, producing inaccurate results. 10. Click Print...
Page 8 - Windows; Edit > Color Settings
8 Printing With a Color Profile Windows Opening Your Image 1. Open Adobe Photoshop. 2. Select Edit > Color Settings . 3. Select U.S. Prepress Defaults from the Settings pull-down menu. This sets Adobe RGB (1998) as the RGB working space and activates warning messages for profile mismatches and mi...
Page 10 - ColorMatch RGB; Printer
10 Printing With a Color Profile Select one of the following as the Profile setting: ■ A different RGB working space, such as ColorMatch RGB or sRGB IEC61966-2.1 ■ A scanner profile for your scanner ■ A camera profile for your digital camera Also click the Preview box so you can see the effects of y...
Page 11 - Select the size of your paper as the
Printing With a Color Profile 11 4. Select the size of your paper as the Size setting. 5. Select Portrait or Landscape for the orientation of your image. 6. Click OK . 7. Select File > Print with Preview . 8. Click Show More Options , then select Color Management from the pull-down menu. Addition...
Page 12 - Make sure your printer is selected, and click the
12 Printing With a Color Profile 9. Under Print Space: Profile, select a profile for your printer and the paper you’ll use for the print. 10. As the Print Space: Intent setting, select Relative Colorimetric . Note: If your image contains very saturated colors, select Perceptual instead. This reduces...
Page 13 - Solving Color Management Problems; Untagged RGB; Mac OS X; No Color Adjustment
Solving Color Management Problems 13 Note: Make sure that you select N o Color Adjustment . If you don’t, the printer driver will apply additional correction to the image data, producing inaccurate results. 8. Click OK . 9. Click OK to print. Solving Color Management Problems If you selected the wro...
Page 14 - Printing a Custom Profile Test Target; If you see a missing profile screen, select; checkbox, then choose
14 Printing a Custom Profile Test Target Printing a Custom Profile Test Target Follow the steps in this section to create and print individual custom profile test targets for each paper type you plan to print on. When you’re ready to print the test target, follow the steps for your operating system....
Page 15 - Page Setup; Select the size of the paper you loaded as the Paper Size setting.; Select your printer from the Printer menu.
Printing a Custom Profile Test Target 15 6. Click the Page Setup button. 7. Select your printer from the Format for pull-down menu. 8. Select the size of the paper you loaded as the Paper Size setting. 9. Select your image orientation: (portrait), (landscape left facing), or (landscape right facing)...
Page 16 - Select the Media Type setting for the paper you loaded.; Advanced Settings; as the Print Quality setting, though you can select a lower; to print your test target.
16 Printing a Custom Profile Test Target Note: Always select the exact same setting as the Printer option in the Print window and the Format for option on the Page Setup windows. If the settings are different you may get unexected results. 13. Select Print Settings from the pull-down menu. 14. Selec...
Page 17 - Open Adobe Photoshop and open the profile target file.
Printing a Custom Profile Test Target 17 Windows 1. Open Adobe Photoshop and open the profile target file. 2. If you see a missing profile screen, select Leave as is (don’t color manage) . 3. Select File > Print with Preview . 4. In the Print window, click the Show More Options checkbox, then cho...
Page 18 - ICM; Creating a Custom Profile
18 Creating a Custom Profile 9. Select the paper type setting for the paper you’ll use for the print, then select the correct resolution setting. 10. Turn off the High Speed and Edge Smoothing options, if they are available. 11. Click the ICM button under Color Management. 12. Click the No Color Adj...