Epson Perfection 3200 Pro Color Management Workbook - Page 31

Using Color Management with Your EPSON Printer, In Photoshop or Photoshop Elements, open

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Using Color Management with Your EPSON Printer Once you have a scanned and corrected image ready to print, you'll configure your host application to translate the color to your printer profile. Then you'll turn off the color management features in the printer driver to prevent a second, unnecessary conversion from happening. 2 If necessary, click the Page Setup button to change the page size or orientation. Click More Options, then choose Color Management. Additional options appear: 1 In Photoshop or Photoshop Elements, open the File menu and choose Print with Preview. The Print with Preview dialog box appears, as shown. (The dialog boxes look slightly different in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements, but they offer identical functionality.) 3 In the Print Space section, choose the printer profile you created for your printer and paper. Then choose an Intent and a Black Point Compensation setting. For most images, we recommend either Perceptual or Relative Colorimetric intent, with Use Black Point Compensation checked, as shown: Loading the printer profile in Print Space tells Photoshop to convert the data sent to the printer from the document source profile to your printer profile. 27

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Using Color Management with
Your EPSON Printer
Once you have a scanned and corrected image
ready to print, you’ll configure your host
application to translate the color to your printer
profile. Then you’ll turn off the color management
features in the printer driver to prevent a second,
unnecessary conversion from happening.
1
In Photoshop or Photoshop Elements, open
the File menu and choose
Print with
Preview
.
The Print with Preview dialog box appears,
as shown. (The dialog boxes look slightly
different in Photoshop and Photoshop
Elements, but they offer identical
functionality.)
2
If necessary, click the
Page Setup
button to
change the page size or orientation. Click
More Options
, then choose
Color
Management
. Additional options appear:
3
In the
Print Space
section, choose the
printer profile you created for your printer
and paper. Then choose an
Intent
and a
Black Point Compensation
setting.
For most images, we recommend either
Perceptual
or
Relative Colorimetric
intent,
with
Use Black Point Compensation
checked, as shown:
Loading the printer profile in Print Space
tells Photoshop to convert the data sent to
the printer from the document source profile
to your printer profile.
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