Epson Stylus Pro 7880, Stylus Pro 9880, Stylus R2000, Stylus R2880, Stylus R3000 Managing Color Guide

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Epson® Professional Imaging

Managing Color

Printing with ICC Profiles

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Introduction

For the most precise color in your prints, you can use profiles designed specifically for your printer model and paper type. Basic profiles are installed with your printer driver, and you may also have downloaded Premium ICC profiles from Epson when you installed your printer software.

To print using Premium ICC profiles with Adobe

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom

, follow the instructions in these sections for your

Photoshop® CC, CS6, CS5, or

operating system:

■ “Windows 8 and Windows 7” below

■ “Mac OS X 10.8 and 10.7” on page 20

Windows 8 and Windows 7

Follow the instructions in these sections:

■ “Printing with Adobe Photoshop CC or CS6” below

■ “Printing with Adobe Photoshop CS5” on page 8

■ “Printing with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom” on page 14

Printing with Adobe Photoshop CC or CS6

First set up your color management environment in Photoshop and assign a profile to your image. Then select your print settings and print.

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.

Printing with Adobe Photoshop CC or CS6 3

Setting Up the Photoshop Environment

1. Open Photoshop.

2. Select

3. Select

Edit > Color Settings.

North America Prepress 2 from the Settings menu to set Adobe RGB

(1998) as the RGB working space and activate all 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.

Assigning a Profile to Your Photo

1. Open the photo you want to print.

2. If you see an Embedded Profile Mismatch message, select

embedded profile (instead of the working space)

4 Windows 8 and Windows 7

Use the

and click OK.

If you see a Missing Profile message, select

RGB (1998)

and click OK. When your image appears, evaluate the color

Assign working RGB: Adobe

balance and contrast as displayed on your monitor. If it looks incorrect, select

Edit > Assign Profile.

Note:

If you see a dialog box regarding the appearance of layers, click OK.

Select one of the following as the Profile setting:

■ A different RGB working space (or Profile), such as sRGB IEC61966-2.1

■ A camera profile for your digital camera

■ A scanner profile for your scanner

Also select the

Preview checkbox so you can see the effects of your profile

choice on the screen.

Tip:

This is most effective when your monitor is calibrated using a hardware device such as the X-Rite® ColorMunki™ Display, i1 Display Pro, or Datacolor® Spyder™.

3. Click OK.

4. Select

File, then select Print.

5. Select your Epson professional printer in the Printer list.

Printing with Adobe Photoshop CC or CS6 5

6. Under Color Handling, select Photoshop Manages Colors.

7. 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.

8. For the Rendering Intent, select

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.

Relative Colorimetric.

9. Select the Black Point Compensation checkbox.

10. Click the

Print Settings button.

Follow the steps in the next section to select print settings to match the profile and print.

Printing Your Color-Managed Photo

1. Select the Source and Media Type settings for the paper you’ll use for the print.

2. Select

Quality Options as the Print Quality setting.

You see a window like this one:

3. If you are using an Epson Premium ICC profile, set the to match your profile.

6 Windows 8 and Windows 7

Print Quality setting

4. Turn off the available, then click

High Speed and Edge Smoothing options, if they are

OK to close the Quality Options window.

5. Select

Custom as the Mode setting, then choose Off (No Color Adjustment)

from the drop-down menu.

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 inaccurate results.

6. Click OK.

Printing with Adobe Photoshop CC or CS6 7

7. Select the correct orientation for your photo.

8. Click

Print to print your photo.

If you get unexpected results, see “Solving Color Management Problems” on page 34.

Printing with Adobe Photoshop CS5

First set up your color management environment in Photoshop and assign a profile to your image. Then select your print settings and print.

Note:

8 Windows 8 and Windows 7

Setting Up the Photoshop Environment

1. Open Photoshop.

2. Select

3. Select

Edit > Color Settings.

North America Prepress 2 from the Settings menu to set Adobe RGB

(1998) as the RGB working space and activate all 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.

Assigning a Profile to Your Photo

1. Open the photo you want to print.

2. If you see an Embedded Profile Mismatch message, select

embedded profile (instead of the working space)

If you see a Missing Profile message, select

RGB (1998)

and click OK. When your image appears, evaluate the color

Assign working RGB: Adobe

balance and contrast as displayed on your monitor. If it looks incorrect, select

Edit > Assign Profile.

Printing with Adobe Photoshop CS5 9

Use the

and click OK.

Select one of the following as the Profile setting:

■ A different RGB working space (or Profile), such as sRGB IEC61966-2.1

■ A camera profile for your digital camera

■ A scanner profile for your scanner

Also select the

Preview checkbox so you can see the effects of your profile

choice on the screen.

Tip:

This is most effective when your monitor is calibrated using a hardware device such as the X-Rite ColorMunki Display, i1 Display Pro, or Datacolor Spyder.

3. Click OK.

4. Select

File, then select Print.

5. Select your Epson professional printer in the Printer list, then select

Management

Color

6. Under Color Handling, select

Photoshop Manages Colors.

10 Windows 8 and Windows 7

8. For the Rendering Intent, select

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.

Relative Colorimetric.

9. Select the Black Point Compensation checkbox.

10. Click the

Print Settings button.

Follow the steps in the next section to select print settings to match the profile and print.

Printing Your Color-Managed Photo

1. Select the Source and Media Type settings for the paper you’ll use for the print.

2. Select

Quality Options as the Print Quality setting.

You see a window like this one:

3. If you are using an Epson Premium ICC profile, set the to match your profile.

4. Turn off the available, then click

High Speed and Edge Smoothing options, if they are

OK to close the Quality Options window.

Printing with Adobe Photoshop CS5 11

Print Quality setting

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