Managing Color With Profiles - Epson Stylus Pro 11880 User Manual

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Managing Color With Profiles

For the most precise color in your prints, you can use profiles designed
specifically for your printer, paper, and ink type. Basic profiles are installed
with your printer driver. For a list of the profiles and their corresponding
media types, see page 166 (roll paper types) or page 167(cut sheet paper
types).
Assigning a profile to your image doesn't alter it, only the interpretation of it
by your software and how it appears on your monitor and in a printout. This
is the best way to improve the color balance and contrast in your image.
Follow the instructions in this chapter to use Photoshop 7, CS, CS2, or CS3
to print with profiles using Photoshop color management (the steps show
only CS3 screens). It's important to turn off color management in your
printer software when you use Photoshop color management or you'll get
unexpected results. See one of these sections for instructions:
"Macintosh Printing With a Color Profile" below
•
"Windows Printing With a Color Profile" on page 170
•
Macintosh Printing With a Color Profile
First you set up your color management environment in Photoshop and
assign a profile to your image, then you select your print settings and print.
Setting Up Photoshop and Assigning a Profile
1. Open Adobe Photoshop.
2. Select
Color Settings
3. Select
U.S. Prepress Defaults
the menu to set
Settings
.
OK
4. Open the photo you want to print.
If you see an Embedded Profile Mismatch message, select
embedded profile
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from the
Photoshop
or
North America Prepress 2
Adobe RGB (1998)
and click .
OK
or menu.
Edit
from
as the color space. Click
Use the