Epson Stylus Pro 3880 Designer Edition Managing Color Guide - Page 26

Print With Adobe Photoshop CS3 and CS4

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Print With Adobe Photoshop CS3 and CS4 First set up your color management environment in Photoshop and assign a profile to your image. Then select your print settings and print (the steps show Photoshop CS4 screens). Note: 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. Set Up the Photoshop Environment 1. Open Photoshop. 2. Select Edit > Color Settings. 3. Select North America Prepress 2 from the Settings menu to set Adobe RGB (1998) as the RGB working space and activate profile messages. 4. Click OK. Follow the steps in the next section to open the photo you want to print and assign a profile to it. 26 Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6

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Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
Print With Adobe Photoshop CS3 and CS4
First set up your color management environment in Photoshop and assign a
profile to your image. Then select your print settings and print (the steps show
Photoshop CS4 screens).
Note:
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.
Set Up the Photoshop Environment
1.
Open Photoshop.
2.
Select
Edit > Color Settings
.
3.
Select
North America Prepress 2
from the Settings menu to set Adobe RGB
(1998) as the RGB working space and activate profile messages.
4.
Click
OK
.
Follow the steps in the next section to open the photo you want to print and
assign a profile to it.