Epson SureColor T7000 User Guide - Page 84
Color Management Printing, About Color Management, Settings
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SC-T7000 Series/SC-T5000 Series/SC-T3000 Series User's Guide Color Management Printing Color Management Printing About Color Management Even when using the same image data, the original image and the displayed image may look different, and the printed results may look different to the image you see on the display. This occurs due to the difference in characteristics when input devices such as scanners and digital cameras capture colors as electronic data, and when output devices such as display screens and printers reproduce colors from the color data. The color management system is a means to adjust differences in color conversion characteristics among input and output devices. As well as applications for image processing, each operating system is equipped with a color management system, such as ICM for Windows and ColorSync for Mac OS X. In a color management system, a color definition file called a "Profile" is used to perform color matching between devices. (This file is also called an ICC profile.) The profile of an input device is called an input profile (or source profile), and of an output device, such as a printer, is called a printer profile (or output profile). A profile is prepared for each media type in this printer's driver. The color conversion areas by the input device and the color reproduction area by the output device differ. As a result, there are color areas that do not match even when performing color matching using a profile. In addition to specifying profiles, the color management system also specifies conversion conditions for areas where color matching failed as "intent". The name and type of intent vary depending on the color management system you are using. You cannot match the colors on the printed results and display by color management between the input device and the printer. To match both colors, you need to perform color management between the input device and the display as well. Color Management Print Settings You can perform color management printing using this printer's printer driver in the following two ways. Choose the best method according to the application you are using, the operating system environment, the aim of the print out and so on. Setting color management with the applications This method is for printing from applications that support color management. All color management processes are carried out by the application's color management system. This method is useful when you want to obtain the same color management print results using a common application among different operating system environments. U "Setting color management with the applications" on page 85 Setting color management with the printer driver The printer driver uses the operating system's color management system and carries out all color management processes. You can make color management settings in the printer driver using the following two methods. ❏ Host ICM (Windows)/ColorSync (Mac OS X) Set when printing from applications that support color management. This is effective in producing similar print results from different applications under the same operating systems. U "Color management printing by Host ICM (Windows)" on page 86 U "Color management printing by ColorSync (Mac OS X)" on page 87 ❏ Driver ICM (Windows only) This allows you to perform color management printing from applications that do not support color management. U "Color management printing by Driver ICM(Windows only)" on page 88 84