Epson 1520 User Manual - Page 43

Custom Printing Note: The EPSON Standard profile is customdesigned for your printer. If you use a scanner or other color imaging equipment, you may have other profiles available. The Saturation and Colorimetric options are only available when you're using Fine - 720 dpi or SuperFine - 1440 dpi Print Quality. 4. Close ColorSync System Profile. 5. Open the application you want to print from. 6. Access the printing dialog box as described on page 1-9. Click Advanced and then click More Settings. 7. Click ColorSync on the right side of the dialog box. 8. For Profile, choose EPSON Standard. 9. Choose one of the following options for Rendering Intent:  Perceptual For printing photographs. Adjusts the colors displayed on the monitor so they fit within the printer's gamut, but maintains the relationships between colors.  Saturation For printing graphics-intensive documents like presentation pages with charts and graphs. Maintains the relative saturation of colors from one gamut to another.  Colorimetric For matching colors as precisely as possible. Maintains colors that fall within the gamuts of the monitor and printer, but may lose some detail where the colors are outside the printer's density range. 10. Click OK, and then click Print. Saving Custom Settings After you've fine-tuned your printer settings for a special project, you can save them as a group with a unique name. Then you can select it the next time you print a similar project. 1. Customize your printer settings as described in this chapter. 2. Click the Save Settings button on the Main printer settings dialog box. (If the button is grayed out, select Advanced.) 2-11