Nikon 25338 User Manual - Page 127

INTENT The Intent option lets you choose one of four different rendering intents to apply to your image. The different rendering intents control how colors from your image are made to fit into the colors that your printer can produce as indicated by the printer profile. Please note: Different printer and paper combinations, as well as the different software used to create printer profiles, benefit from different rendering intents. Experiment with the different rendering intents within your workflow to find the option that works best. The four options are: 121 produce are shifted to the closest color possible. This option preserves as many natural colors as possible and is often the best choice for printing photographs. Absolute Colorimetric This rendering intent is very similar to the Relative Colorimetric, except that it does not map the white point of the image to the white point of the destination profile. It is recommended that you use Absolute Colorimetric if you want to proof your images for a specific print device other than your printer, since this rendering intent will attempt to reproduce the results of the output device, including the effect of a different paper color. Chapter 20 File Menu Perceptual This rendering intent attempts to maintain the relationships of colors so that the printed image appears natural to the human eye. While this intent maintains the relationships of colors, the actual color values will be changed. Saturation The Saturation rendering intent attempts to produce highly saturated colors, but it may not produce accurate colors in a photograph. Relative Colorimetric This rendering intent maps the white point of the image to the white point defined by the printer profile and reproduces accurately all of the colors that are within the range of colors reproducible by your printer. All colors that are outside of the range that your printer can USE BLACK POINT COMPENSATION Check this box to utilize Black Point Compensation. This ensures that the black point from the image is mapped to the black point of your printer, ensuring that the full color range of the printer is used. If your prints contain either gray shadows or too little detail, try turning this option off. It is recommended that you always use this option. The exception is if you notice any problems with a specific printer and profile combination. Once you have set the parameters for the print, click the Print button. The images selected to print will be collected and rendered, if necessary, and then printed. Shortcut: Ctrl + P (Windows) Command + P (Mac OS)