Canon imagePROGRAF GP-4000 Guide for Professional Printing and Layout - Page 36

Printing with Impression Close to That on Monitor

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Printing with Impression Close to That on Monitor You can print with an impression close to that on the monitor by correctly reflecting the characteristics of the data displayed on the monitor. Important • To print with an impression close to that on the monitor, we recommend that you set the monitor and ambient light as follows. Monitor Color temperature: D50 (5000 K) Luminance: 120 cd/m2 Gamma: 2.2 Ambient light D50 fluorescent lamps designed for color evaluation (color temperature: 5000 K, high color rendering properties) Brightness when viewing printed materials: 500 lx ± 125 lx 1. Start Professional Print & Layout, and then drag and drop the images you want to print to the Preview area. Note • For how to start Professional Print & Layout, see Starting Professional Print & Layout. 2. In Color Management on the General Settings tab, set Color Mode to Use ICC Profile or Driver Matching. Select a color mode according to the color space of the image to be printed. Canon recommends the following combinations. Color Space Adobe RGB sRGB Color Mode Use ICC Profile (Rendering Intent: Perceptual) Driver Matching (Rendering Intent: Perceptual (Photo)) Important • If you select Use ICC Profile, set Rendering Intent to Perceptual. 36

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Printing with Impression Close to That on Monitor
You can print with an impression close to that on the monitor by correctly reflecting the characteristics of the
data displayed on the monitor.
Important
To print with an impression close to that on the monitor, we recommend that you set the monitor and
ambient light as follows.
Monitor
Color temperature: D50 (5000 K)
Luminance: 120 cd/m2
Gamma: 2.2
Ambient light
D50 fluorescent lamps designed for color evaluation (color temperature: 5000 K, high color
rendering properties)
Brightness when viewing printed materials: 500 lx ± 125 lx
1.
Start Professional Print & Layout, and then drag and drop the images you want to print to
1.
the Preview area.
Note
For how to start Professional Print & Layout, see
Starting Professional Print & Layout
.
2.
In
Color Management
on the
General Settings
tab, set
Color Mode
to
Use ICC Profile
or
2.
Driver Matching
.
Select a color mode according to the color space of the image to be printed. Canon recommends the
following combinations.
Color Space
Color Mode
Adobe RGB
Use ICC Profile
(
Rendering Intent
:
Perceptual
)
sRGB
Driver Matching
(
Rendering Intent
:
Perceptual (Photo)
)
Important
If you select
Use ICC Profile
, set
Rendering Intent
to
Perceptual
.
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