Epson Stylus Pro 7880 UltraChrome Managing Color Guide

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    Epson Professional Imaging Color Management Guide Printing With Epson Premium ICC Profiles
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    comply with Seiko Epson Corporation's operating and maintenance instructions. Seiko Epson Corporation shall not be liable for any damages or problems arising from Epson and Epson Stylus are registered trademarks, and Epson Exceed Your Vision is a registered logomark of Seiko Epson Corporation
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    and you may also have downloaded Premium ICC profiles from Epson when you installed your printer software. To print using X 10.4.11" on page 35 Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP Follow the instructions in these sections: ■ "Print With Adobe Photoshop CS5" below ■ "Print With Adobe Photoshop
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    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
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    a hardware device such as the X-Rite® ColorMunki™ or Datacolor® Spyder3™. 3. Click OK. 4. Select File, then select Print. 5. Select your Epson professional printer in the Printer list, then select Color Management. 6. Under Color Management, select Document. 7. Under Color Handling, select Photoshop
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    printer and the paper you'll use. If you're printing with Epson Premium ICC profiles, select the profile that also matches the print quality Quality setting. You see a window like this one: 3. If you are using an Epson Premium ICC profile, set the Print Quality setting to match your profile. 4. Turn
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    5. Select Custom as the Mode setting, then choose Off (No Color Adjustment) in the drop-down menu. IMPORTANT: Select Off (No Color Adjustment) Note: Make sure that you select Off (No Color Adjustment). If you don't, the printer driver will apply additional correction to the image, producing
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    7. Select the correct orientation for your photo. 8. Click Print to print your photo. If you get unexpected results, see "Solve Color Management Problems" on page 47. Print With Adobe Photoshop CS3 and CS4 First set up your color management environment in Photoshop and assign a profile to your image
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    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
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    Select one of the following as the Profile setting: ■ A different RGB working space (or Profile), such as ColorMatch RGB or sRGB IEC61966-2.1 ■ A scanner profile for your scanner ■ A camera profile for your digital camera Also click the Preview box so you can see the effects of your profile choice
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    Handling, select Photoshop Manages Colors. 11. Under Printer Profile, select a profile for your printer and the paper you'll use. If you're printing with Epson Premium ICC profiles, select the profile that also matches the print quality you want to use. Print With Adobe Photoshop CS3 and CS4 11
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    and print. Print Your Color-Managed Photo 1. Make sure your Epson professional printer is selected, then click the Preferences or Properties button. setting. You see a window like this one: 4. If you are using an Epson Premium ICC profile, set the Print Quality setting to match your profile. 5. Turn
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    additional correction to the image, producing inaccurate results. 7. Click OK or Print to print your photo. If you get unexpected results, see "Solve Color Management Problems" on page 47. Print With Adobe Photoshop CS3 and CS4 13
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    Color Management Options 1. Open Lightroom. 2. Select the photo you want to print. 3. Select the Print module, and click the Page Setup button. 4. Make sure your Epson professional printer is selected. 14 Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP
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    5. Select the Size of your paper, the Source you'll use to load it, and the correct Orientation for your photo. 6. Click OK. 7. Scroll down to the Print Job panel in Lightroom. 8. Under Color Management in the Print Job panel, select Other as the Profile setting. Print With Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
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    profiles you want to add to the Profile list that correspond to the printer and the papers you'll use. If you're printing with Epson Premium ICC profiles, select the profiles that also match the Print Quality you want to use. 10. Click OK. 16 Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows
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    11. Under Profile, select the profile for the paper you're going to print on. If you're printing with Epson Premium ICC profiles, select the profile that also matches the print quality you want to use. 12. For the Rendering Intent, select Relative. Note: If
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    Your Color-Managed Photo 1. Make sure your Epson professional printer is selected, then click the Preferences as the Print Quality setting. You see a window like this one: 4. If you are using an Epson Premium ICC profile, set the Print Quality setting to match your profile. 5. Turn off the High Speed
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    printer driver will apply additional correction to the image, producing inaccurate results. 7. Click OK to print. If you get unexpected results, see "Solve Color Management Problems" on page 47. Print With Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.4 - 3.x 19
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    Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6 Follow the instructions in these sections: ■ "Print With Adobe Photoshop CS5" below ■ "Print With Adobe Photoshop CS3 and CS4" on page 26 ■ "Print With Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.4 - 3.x" on
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    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. Assign a Profile to Your Photo 1. Open the photo
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    select Photoshop Manages Colors. 8. Under Printer Profile, select a profile for your printer and the paper you'll use. If you're printing with Epson Premium ICC profiles, select the profile that also matches the print quality you want to use. 9. For the Rendering Intent, select Relative Colorimetric
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    if available. If you don't, the printer driver will apply additional correction to the image data, producing inaccurate results. 7. If you are using an Epson Premium ICC profile, set the Print Quality setting to match your profile. 8. Turn off the High Speed option. Print With Adobe Photoshop CS5 23
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    9. Select Color Matching from the pop-up menu. 10. Select ColorSync. 11. Click Save. 24 Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
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    12. Select the correct orientation for your photo. 13. Click Print to print your photo. If you get unexpected results, see "Solve Color Management Problems" on page 47. Print With Adobe Photoshop CS5 25
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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
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    monitor is calibrated using a hardware device such as the X-Rite ColorMunki or Datacolor Spyder3. 3. Click OK. 4. Select File > Page Setup. 5. Select your Epson professional printer in the Format for pop-up menu, then change the Paper Size and Orientation settings as necessary, and click OK. Print
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    Photoshop Manages Colors. 10. Under Printer Profile, select a profile for your printer and the paper you'll use. If you're printing with Epson Premium ICC profiles, select the profile that also matches the print quality you want to use. 11. For the Rendering Intent, select Relative Colorimetric
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    Follow the steps in the next section to select print settings to match the profile and print. Print Your Color-Managed Photo 1. Select your Epson professional printer in the Printer list. 2. Click d to expand the Print window, if necessary. 3. Select Printer Settings from the pop-up menu. 4. Select
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    Print to print your photo. If you get unexpected results, see "Solve Color Management Problems" on page 47. Print With Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.4 - 3.x First select your and click the Page Setup button. 4. Select your Epson professional printer in the Format for pop-up menu. 30 Mac OS X 10.5 and
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    5. Select the Paper Size setting for the paper size and source you are using, and the correct Orientation for your photo. 6. Click OK. 7. Scroll down to the Print Job panel in Lightroom. 8. Under Color Management in the Print Job panel, select Other as the Profile setting. Print With Adobe Photoshop
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    the printer and the papers you'll use. If you're printing with Epson Premium ICC profiles, select the profiles that also match the print quality you want paper you're going to print on. If you're printing with Epson Premium ICC profiles, select the profile that also matches the print quality you want
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    Follow the steps in the next section to select print settings to match the profile and print. Print Your Color-Managed Photo 1. Select your Epson professional printer in the Printer list. 2. Click d to expand the Print window, if necessary. 3. Select Printer Settings from the pop-up menu. 4. Select
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    Color Adjustment). If you don't, the printer driver will apply additional correction to the image data, producing inaccurate results. 6. If you are using an Epson Premium ICC profile, set the Print Quality setting to match your profile. 7. Turn off the High Speed option. 8. Click Print to print your
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    Mac OS X 10.4.11 Follow the instructions in these sections: ■ "Print With Adobe Photoshop CS3 and CS4" below ■ "Print With Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.4 - 2.x" on page 41 Print With Adobe Photoshop CS3 and
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    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. Assign a Profile to Your Photo 1. Open the photo
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    and source you are using, and the correct Orientation for your photo. 7. Click OK. 8. Select File, then click Print or Print with Preview. 9. Select your Epson professional printer in the Printer list, if necessary, then select Color Management. Print With Adobe Photoshop CS3 and CS4 37
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    Photoshop Manages Colors. 12. Under Printer Profile, select a profile for your printer and the paper you'll use. If you're printing with Epson Premium ICC profiles, select the profile that also matches the print quality you want to use. 13. For the Rendering Intent, select Relative Colorimetric
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    -Managed Photo 1. Select your Stylus professional printer in the Printer list. 2. Select Printer Settings from the pop-up menu. 3. Select the Media Type setting for the paper you'll use for the print. 4. Select Advanced as the Mode setting. 5. If you are using an Epson Premium ICC profile, set the
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    apply additional correction to the image data, producing inaccurate results. 9. Click Print to print your photo. If you get unexpected results, see "Solve Color Management Problems" on page 47. 40 Mac OS X 10.4.11
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    . Select Color Management Options 1. Open Lightroom. 2. Select the photo you want to print. 3. Select the Print module, and click the Page Setup button. 4. Select your Epson professional printer in the Format for pop-up menu. Print With Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.4 - 2.x 41
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    5. Select the Paper Size setting for the paper size and source you are using, and the correct Orientation for your photo. 6. Click OK. 7. Scroll down to the Print Job panel in Lightroom. 8. Under Color Management in the Print Job panel, select Other as the Profile setting. 42 Mac OS X 10.4.11
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    and the papers you'll use. 10. If you're printing with Epson Premium ICC profiles, select the profiles that also match the print quality you for the paper you're going to print on. If you're printing with Epson Premium ICC profiles, select the profile that also matches the print quality you want
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    Note: If your image contains very saturated colors, select Perceptual. This reduces the color saturation so that the colors fit within the printer's color gamut. 14. Click the Print button. Follow the steps in the next section to select print settings to match the profile and print. 44 Mac OS X 10
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    3. Select the Media Type setting for the paper you'll use for the print. 4. Select Advanced as the Mode setting. 5. If you are using an Epson Premium ICC profile, set the Print Quality setting to match your profile. 6. Turn off the High Speed option. Print With Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.4 - 2.x 45
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    apply additional correction to the image data, producing inaccurate results. 9. Click Print to print your photo. If you get unexpected results, see "Solve Color Management Problems" on page 47. 46 Mac OS X 10.4.11
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    Solve Color Management Problems If you selected the wrong combination of source profile, you probably turned off color management in both the application and the Epson printer driver. In Photoshop, return to the Print or Print with Preview instructions for Windows, Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.5, or Mac OS
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Epson Professional Imaging
Color Management Guide
Printing With Epson Premium ICC Profiles