Printing With Color Management In Photoshop Cs6; Let Photoshop Determine Printed Colors; Let Printer Determine Printed Colors - Adobe Photoshop CS6 User Manual

Printing with color management in Photoshop CS6

Let Photoshop determine printed colors

Let printer determine printed colors

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Let Photoshop determine printed colors
If you have a custom color profile for a specific printer, ink, and paper combination, letting Photoshop manage colors often produces better results
than letting the printer manage colors.
1. Choose File > Print.
2. Expand the Color Management section at right.
3. For Color Handling, choose Photoshop Manages Colors.
4. For Printer Profile, select the profile that best matches your output device and paper type. If there are any profiles associated with the current
printer, they are placed at the top of the menu, with the default profile selected.
The more accurately the profile describes the behavior of the output device and printing conditions (such as paper type), the more accurately
the color management system can translate the numeric values of the actual colors in a document. (See
5. (Optional) Set any of the following options:
Rendering Intent Specifies how Photoshop converts colors to the destination color space. (See
Black Point Compensation
6. (Optional) Below the print preview, select any of the following:
Match Print Colors Select to view image colors in the preview area as they will actually print.
Gamut Warning Enabled when Match Print Colors is selected. Select to highlight out-of-gamut colors in the image, as determined by the
selected printer profile. A gamut is the range of colors that a color system can display or print. A color that can be displayed in RGB may be
out of gamut for your current printer profile.
Show Paper White Sets the color white in the preview to the color of the paper in the selected printer profile. This produces a more
accurate print preview if you're printing on off-white paper such as newsprint or art papers that are more beige than white. Since absolute
white and black create contrast, less white in the paper will lower the overall contrast of your image. Off-white paper can also change the
overall color cast of the image, so yellows printed on beige paper may appear more brown.
7. Access the color management options for the printer driver from the Print Settings dialog box, which automatically appears after you click
Print.
In Windows, click the Print Settings button to access the printer driver options.
In Mac OS, use the pop-up menu from the Print Settings dialog box to access the printer driver options.
8. Turn off color management for the printer, so the printer profile settings won't override your profile settings.
Every printer driver has different color management options. If it's not clear how to turn off color management, consult your printer
documentation.
9. Click Print.
Let printer determine printed colors
If you don't have a custom profile for your printer and paper type, you can let the printer driver handle the color conversion.
1. Choose File > Print.
2. Expand the Color Management section at right.
Preserves the shadow detail in the image by simulating the full dynamic range of the output device.
Understanding Color Management.
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