Epson Stylus Pro 5500 User Manual - Page 64

Color Management Settings, choose either Color Controls, PhotoEnhance4, or ColorSync.

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Printing with EPSON Drivers for Macintosh | 3-7 7. Click Save Settings if you want to have your advanced settings available for reuse. Then type a name for the group of settings and click Save. The name is added to your list of custom settings. 8. When you're finished setting advanced printer options, click OK. Notice: Output Viewing Conditions Due to the nature of all pigment inks, lighting conditions can affect the appearance of printer output. For example, a print viewed under daylight may appear to have a slightly different color balance when viewed under tungsten lighting. Care should be taken that the prints are produced for the lighting conditions in which they will be displayed. The EPSON printer driver was designed to represent color accurately when prints are illuminated with a D50 (daylight) light source. For optimum results, understand your output display conditions before printing. Color Management Settings The following tables list the color management settings available when you choose either Color Controls, PhotoEnhance4, or ColorSync. Color control modes and Gamma settings Automatic Analyzes the color information in your image and optimizes color correction accordingly. Photo-realistic Produces sharper images and more vivid colors by automatically adjusting the contrast, saturation, and brightness. Corrects for overall under- or over-exposure of the original image. Vivid Intensifies colors and lightens the midtones and highlights. Best for print jobs with non-photographic images. 1.5 Gamma Produces the same contrast values as earlier EPSON ink jet printers. 1.8 Gamma Increases contrast. 2.2 Gamma Matches image colors with sRGB devices. PhotoEnhance4 settings Tone Lets you choose from Normal for standard tone correction, Hard for high contrast, Vivid for more intense colors (as defined above), Sepia, and Monochrome. Effect Lets you choose from four special effects (and set the intensity using the Low/High slider): Sharpness, Soft Focus, Canvas, and Parchment. Digital Camera Corrects noise and other flaws common to digital camera Correction images. 3-7

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Printing with EPSON Drivers for Macintosh
|
3-7
7.
Click
Save Settings
if you want to have your advanced settings
available for reuse. Then type a name for the group of settings and click
Save
. The name is added to your list of custom settings.
8.
When you
re finished setting advanced printer options, click
OK
.
Color Management Settings
The following tables list the color management settings available when you
choose either Color Controls, PhotoEnhance4, or ColorSync.
Color control modes and Gamma settings
Automatic
Analyzes the color information in your image and optimizes
color correction accordingly.
Photo-realistic
Produces sharper images and more vivid colors by
automatically adjusting the contrast, saturation, and
brightness. Corrects for overall under- or over-exposure of
the original image.
Vivid
Intensifies colors and lightens the midtones and highlights.
Best for print jobs with non-photographic images.
1.5 Gamma
Produces the same contrast values as earlier EPSON ink jet
printers.
1.8 Gamma
Increases contrast.
2.2 Gamma
Matches image colors with sRGB devices.
PhotoEnhance4 settings
Tone
Lets you choose from
Normal
for standard tone correction,
Hard
for high contrast,
Vivid
for more intense colors (as
defined above),
Sepia
, and
Monochrome
.
Effect
Lets you choose from four special effects (and set the
intensity using the
Low/High
slider):
Sharpness
,
Soft
Focus
,
Canvas
,
and
Parchment
.
Digital Camera
Correction
Corrects noise and other flaws common to digital camera
images.
Notice: Output Viewing
Conditions
Due to the nature of all
pigment inks, lighting
conditions can affect the
appearance of printer
output. For example, a
print viewed under
daylight may appear to
have a slightly different
color balance when
viewed under tungsten
lighting. Care should be
taken that the prints are
produced for the lighting
conditions in which they
will be displayed.
The EPSON printer driver
was designed to
represent color accurately
when prints are
illuminated with a D50
(daylight) light source. For
optimum results,
understand your output
display conditions before
printing.