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USING A PRINTER PROFILE (FOR MAC OS X) Pure Profiles

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A guide to installing and using custom printer profiles

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Summary of Contents for G 1500

Page 1: ...USING A PRINTER PROFILE FOR MAC OS X Pure Profiles Version 1 0 A guide to installing and using custom printer profiles www pureprofiles com PURE PROFILES USING A PRINTER PROFILE FOR MAC OS X ...

Page 2: ... Printer Profile 6 2 1 Guide for Using Your Profile with Photoshop CS5 7 2 2 Guide for Using Your Profile with Photoshop Elements 10 10 2 3 Guide for Using Your Profile with Lightroom Version 3 13 Appendix A Printer Driver Settings 16 A 1 Epson PX710W 17 A 2 Epson 1500 20 A 3 Epson R3000 22 A 4 Canon IP4950 IX6500 9500 Pro Mk II 25 A 5 Other Printers 27 Appendix B Troubleshooting 28 B 1 Common Pro...

Page 3: ...USING A PRINTER PROFILE FOR MAC OS X PURE PROFILES www pureprofiles com P a g e 3 1 INSTALLING YOUR PRINTER PROFILE ...

Page 4: ...we would recommend creating a copy of the profile elsewhere first Most email software have an option to save the attachments so choose or create a folder to put the profile into and save the profile into that location When you save the profile please don t change the name the profile name is hardcoded into the profile and you would need to get in touch with us to get it changed Step 1 Using Finder...

Page 5: ...file visibile to all users Users ___ Library ColorSync Profiles where ___ is your username This directory makes the profile visible only to the current user Click the Go button Step 4 In the new folder click and select Paste Item you can also do this by going to the Edit option in the top menu for Finder Step 5 As this is a system folder you will likely get this warning message You will need to en...

Page 6: ...AC OS X P a g e 6 www pureprofiles com 2 USING YOUR PRINTER PROFILE 2 1 Guide for Using Your Profile with Photoshop CS5 7 2 2 Guide for Using Your Profile with Photoshop Elements 10 10 2 3 Guide for Using Your Profile with Lightroom Version 3 13 ...

Page 7: ...ur Profile with Photoshop CS5 Step 1 With an image loaded go to the File menu and select the Print option Step 2 In the top right hand corner of the Print dialog set the drop down to Color Management In the Color Management section click on the Color Handling drop down and select Photoshop Manages Colours ...

Page 8: ...er Step 4 Select the Rendering Intent based on the content of the photo Perceptual is recommended as the best option for photographic images with saturated colours or shadow detail Out of gamut unprintable colours are remapped broadly to printable colours in order to keep the overall colour and contrast at the expense of a little accuracy This is a good choice for general photography Relative Colo...

Page 9: ... 5 Tick the Black Point Compensation box Once all the settings have been done click on the Print button You will now be taken to your printer driver settings which can be found in Appendix A of this guide Please make sure this is set up the same as when the profiling charts were printed ...

Page 10: ...g Your Profile with Elements 10 0 Step 1 With an image loaded go to the File menu and select the Print option Step 2 Click on the More Options button Click on the Color Management option In the Color Management section click on the Color Handling drop down and select Photoshop Elements Manages Colours ...

Page 11: ...4 Select the Rendering Intent based on the content of the photo and then click OK Perceptual is recommended as the best option for photographic images with saturated colours or shadow detail Out of gamut unprintable colours are remapped broadly to printable colours in order to keep the overall colour and contrast at the expense of a little accuracy This is a good choice for general photography Rel...

Page 12: ...X P a g e 12 www pureprofiles com Step 5 Click on the Print button You will now be taken to your printer driver settings which can be found in Appendix A of this guide Please make sure this is set up the same as when the profiling charts were printed ...

Page 13: ...he options are visible on the right hand side Step 2 Scroll down to the bottom of the options so that Color Management appears Step 3 Click on the selected Profile option A pop up windows will appear showing the available profiles that you have previously set up for use in Lightroom If your profile is listed then click on it so it becomes the new Profile setting and move on to Step 6 Otherwise cli...

Page 14: ...that you want to use with Lightroom by clicking on the tick boxes and then click OK If you have installed one or more of our profiles look for their names and tick them before pressing the OK button Step 5 On the main option screen click the Profile setting again You should now have a list of profiles including the ones that you selected in Step 4 Click the profile that you now want to use ...

Page 15: ...urs are remapped broadly to printable colours in order to keep the overall colour and contrast at the expense of a little accuracy This is a good choice for general photography Relative is the most accurate option for in gamut colours but out of gamut colours are more compressed in their remapping to printable colours Once all the settings have been done click on the Print button You will now be t...

Page 16: ...10W 17 A 2 Epson 1500 20 A 3 Epson R3000 22 A 4 Canon IP4950 IX6500 9500 Pro Mk II 24 A 5 Other Printers 26 Due to the wide range of printers available we cannot provide guides for each one but you should be able to find a close match with one of the guides listed above if you can t then please email us at support pureprofiles com ...

Page 17: ... is a line with a drop down list in the middle of it This controls what options tab is shown and we re going to have to go to a number of these tabs to change the settings Step 2 Go to the Color Matching tab These options should be greyed out as shown If they are not please select the Epson Color Controls option Step 3 Go to the Paper Handling tab Make sure the Scale to fit paper size box is NOT t...

Page 18: ...o be the same setting as when you printed out the profiling charts Step 5 Set the Mode to Advanced to show all the Print quality options Set the Print Quality setting to the setting that you want the profile optimised for this has to be the same setting as when you printed out the profiling charts Step 6 Go to the Color Management tab Check that the options look like these shown colour management ...

Page 19: ... X PURE PROFILES www pureprofiles com P a g e 19 A1 Epson Driver for the PX710W Step 7 Go to the Extensions tab All colour enhancements and image manipulation options must be switched off so in this case the Fix Red Eye must be disabled ...

Page 20: ... shown and we re going to have to go to a number of these tabs to change the settings Step 2 Go to the Color Matching tab These options should be greyed out as shown If they are not please select the Epson Color Controls option Step 3 Go to the Paper Handling tab Make sure the Scale to fit paper size box is NOT ticked Step 4 Go to the Print Settings tab Set the Media Type to the correct setting fo...

Page 21: ...or the 1500 Step 5 Set the Print Quality to the setting that you want the profile optimised for this has to be the same setting as when you printed out the profiling charts Step 6 Go to the Color Options tab The tab should look as shown stating that colour management has been disabled for the printer ...

Page 22: ...is a line with a drop down list in the middle of it This controls what options tab is shown and we re going to have to go to a number of these tabs to change the settings Step 2 Go to the Color Matching tab These options should be greyed out as shown If they are not please select the Epson Color Controls option Step 3 Go to the Paper Handling tab Make sure the Scale to fit paper size box is NOT ti...

Page 23: ...he Basic setting Set the Media Type to the correct setting for your paper this has to be the same setting as when you printed out the profiling charts Step 5 Set the Print Quality to the setting that you want the profile optimised for this has to be the same setting as when you printed out the profiling charts Step 6 Make sure the High Speed option is disabled ...

Page 24: ... 24 www pureprofiles com A3 Epson Driver for the R3000 Step 7 Go to the Paper Configuration tab Make sure the Color Density is set to 0 if a different setting is used to print the profiling charts the same setting should be used when printing with the profile ...

Page 25: ...creen there is a line with a drop down list in the middle of it This controls what options tab is shown and we re going to have to go to a number of these tabs to change the settings Step 2 Go to the Color Matching tab These options should be greyed out as shown If they are not please select the Canon Color Matching option Step 3 Go to the Paper Handling tab Make sure the Scale to fit paper size b...

Page 26: ...the profiling charts Step 5 Set the Print Quality to Custom This gives you more control with a Quality slider Set this to the setting that you want the profile optimised for this has to be the same setting as when you printed out the profiling charts Step 6 Go to the Color Options tab This should be greyed out as shown Some drivers will give you two tabs though with Matching being a second tab If ...

Page 27: ...are using and note it down as you will need to use the same setting when you use the profile Print quality this may be in DPI a specific number or a description set this to what you want to use and note it down as well as you will need to use the same setting when you use the profile Print size make sure the printer driver will NOT resize the chart to fit it on the page Colour Management make sure...

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Page 29: ... order to cause chaos in your prints Have you updated your printer driver since creating the profile Some printer drivers change the colour output and if you don t want to go back to the old driver then the only solution is to get a new profile If the colours look correct but the print seems dark compared to the monitor then please check your monitor calibration We always recommend using a monitor...

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