Check Preview, then from the Device to Simulate menu, choose the correct color profile for your inkjet printer and paper the profile you either downloaded from a manufacturer’s website
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a custom proof setting for your specific inkjet
printer and paper, and use it to view a soft proof, or
onscreen simulation, of your print output Although
the soft proof won’t be perfectly accurate, it will give
you a rough idea of how your colors will look
(with-out costing you a penny)
To proof a document as an inkjet print
onscreen:
1 From the View > Proof Setup submenu, choose
Custom The Customize Proof Condition dialog
opens In the next steps, you will choose custom
proofing settings for your output device.A
2 Check Preview, then from the Device to
Simulate menu, choose the correct color profile
for your inkjet printer and paper (the profile
you either downloaded from a manufacturer’s
website or installed with your printer driver file)
3 Uncheck Preserve RGB Numbers, if available
Photoshop will simulate how the colors will
look when converted to the output profile This
option is available only if the color mode of the
output profile that you chose from the Device to
Simulate menu matches that of the current file
(e.g., if your image is in RGB Color mode and you
chose an RGB device as the Device to Simulate)
4 Choose a Rendering Intent to control how colors
will change as the image is shifted from one
pro-file to another (see the sidebar on the next page)
We recommend choosing either Perceptual or
Relative Colorimetric You can evaluate a couple
of options via the preview and by making some
test prints
Check Black Point Compensation to allow
adjustments to be made for differences in black points among different color spaces With this option chosen, the full dynamic range of the image color space is mapped to the full dynamic range of the color space for the output device (the printer) With this option off, black areas
in the image may display or print as grays We recommend checking this option for inkjet printing
5. Optional: For Display Options (On-Screen),
check Simulate Paper Color to preview the white
of the printing paper as defined in the printer profile; or if you’re going to print the file on uncoated paper, check Simulate Black Ink to preview the full range of black values that the printer can produce
6 To save your custom proof setup, click Save, enter
a name, keep the psf extension, keep the location
as the default Proofing folder, then click Save
7. Click OK Saved proof setups are available on the Custom Proof Condition menu in this dialog and at the bottom of the View > Proof Setup
submenu View > Proof Colors will be checked
automatically, so you can see the soft proof And for the moment, the Device to Simulate profile
is listed in the tab of the current document
Remember, the Proof Setup options control only how Photoshop simulates colors onscreen
Colors in the actual file won’t be converted to the chosen profile until you convert the docu-ment to a different color mode (such as from RGB to CMYK) or send it to an inkjet printer
Proofing colors onscreen
A To generate a soft proof of our document, in the Customize Proof Condition dialog, we’ve
chosen the profile for our Canon Pixma inkjet printer as the Device to Simulate.
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Choosing a Proof Setup preset will cause Photoshop to soft-proof (simulate) the colors in your RGB file onscreen as if it were printed using CMYK inks or displayed online on a Windows or older Macintosh display
To proof colors onscreen for commercial printing or online output:
1 From the View > Proof Setup submenu, choose
the preset for the output display type that you want Photoshop to simulate:
Working CMYK to simulate colors for the
commercial press that is currently chosen on the CMYK menu under Working Spaces in the Edit > Color Settings dialog in Photoshop
Legacy Macintosh RGB (Gamma 1.8) or Internet Standard RGB (sRGB) ★ to simulate colors for online output using the legacy Mac gamma (1.8) or Windows gamma (2.2) as the proofing space
Monitor RGB to simulate colors using the
custom display profile for your monitor
2 View > Proof Colors will be checked
automati-cally To turn off soft proofing at any time, simply uncheck it (Ctrl-Y/ Cmd-Y)
Printing a file on an inkjet printer
In this section, we will show you how to output your file to an inkjet printer and obtain a quality color print that closely matches the document you have been viewing onscreen You will complete the color management setup that you started in Chapter 1 by choosing settings in the Print dialog
We have divided the steps for using this dialog into three parts: choosing settings for the printer driver, choosing settings in the Print dialog for Photoshop, and finally, turning off color man-agement for the printer and printing the file in Windows or the Mac OS
CHOOSING A RENDERING INTENT
➤ Perceptual changes colors in a way that seems
natural to the human eye, while attempting to
pre-serve the appearance of the overall image It’s a good
choice for continuous-tone images
➤ Saturation changes colors with the intent of
preserving vivid colors, but in so doing compromises
color fi delity Nevertheless, it is a good choice for
charts and graphics, which normally contain fewer
colors than continuous-tone images
➤ Absolute Colorimetric maintains the color accuracy
only of colors that fall within the destination color
gamut (i.e., the color range of your printer) but in
so doing sacrifi ces the accuracy of colors that aren’t
within that gamut
➤ Relative Colorimetric, the default intent for all
the Adobe predefi ned settings in the Color Settings
dialog, compares the white, or highlight, of your
document’s color space to the white of the
destina-tion color space (the white of the paper, in the case
of print output), shifting colors where needed This
is the best rendering intent choice for documents in
which most of the colors fall within the color range
of the destination gamut, because it preserves most
of the original colors
Note: Consult your printer manual when choosing a
rendering intent For example, some inkjet printers
favor Perceptual over Relative Colorimetric
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4 The menu names vary with the chosen printer
model, so we will refer to them generically:
In Windows, in the Main (or other) tab, choose the best-quality option for photo printing For the paper options, choose the source for your paper, the specific type of paper to be used, and
the paper size ( A, next page)
In the Mac OS, the inkjet printer you chose
in step 2 will be listed on the Printer menu
Choose the desired paper size for the print (for a borderless print, pick a size that includes the word “borderless”) From the fourth menu down, choose the print quality and paper options category (e.g., Quality & Media or Print Settings) From the media or paper type menu, choose the type of paper you will be using (B, next page), and from another menu, choose
a print quality option (C, next page)
5. Click Save to close the [Printer Name]
Properties/OS-level Print dialog and return
to the Print dialog for Photoshop Now you’re ready to choose print settings for Photoshop (see page 408)
In Photoshop CS5, all the necessary printing
options are in the Print dialog And unlike in
pre-vious versions of Photoshop, clicking the Print
button sends your file directly to the printer Upon
opening the Print dialog, the first step is to tell
Photoshop what type of printer you will be using
You will also click the Print Settings button to
gain access to the print dialog for your operating
system, in order to specify the paper size, paper
type, and other printer-specific options
To choose settings in the Print dialog for
inkjet printing: ★
Part 1: Choose settings for your printer driver
1 Open the file to be printed, then choose File >
Print (Ctrl-P/Cmd-P) The Print dialog opens,
complete with a preview.A
2 From the Printer menu, choose the inkjet
printer you’re planning to use
3 Click Print Settings to open the [Printer
Name] Properties/Print dialog for your
operating system.The driver for your chosen
printer and your operating system control
which options are available in this dialog
A In the Print dialog for Photoshop, choose your inkjet device from the Printer menu, then click the Print Settings button.
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A This is the Print Settings >
[Print Name] Properties dia-log for an Epson printer, in Windows 7 We chose a Quality Option and Paper Options.
B This is the Print Settings > Print dialog for an Epson
printer in the Mac OS We chose Print Settings from
the fourth menu down, and are choosing a specific paper
type from the Media Type menu.
C Next, in the same dialog, we clicked Mode: Advanced and chose a Print Quality option.
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installed (as per our instructions on pages 14–15), or choose a profile that matches the paper type you chose when you clicked Print Settings (see page 406) The profiles for the currently chosen printer should display at the top of the menu If you don’t see your custom installed profile there, scroll downward on the list
6 From the Rendering Intent menu, choose the
same intent that you used when you created the soft-proof setting for your inkjet printer, which most likely was either Perceptual or Relative Colorimetric (see the sidebar on page 405)
➤ You could run one test print for the Perceptual intent and one for the Relative Colorimetric intent, and see which one produces better results
7 Check Black Point Compensation This option
preserves the darkest blacks and shadow details
by mapping the full color range of the docu-ment profile to the full range of the printer profile, and is recommended when printing an RGB image
8 Below the preview, do the following:
Check Match Print Colors to display a
color-managed soft proof of the image in the pre-view, based on the chosen printer and printer profile settings
Uncheck Gamut Warning This option
previews out-of-gamut colors as gray It is necessary only when printing to a commercial CMYK printer
Check Show Paper White to have the paper
color be simulated in any white areas in the preview, based on the current printer profile
9 Before printing the image, you need to turn
off color management for your printer To do this, carefully follow the steps on page 411 for Windows or on page 412 for the Mac OS
➤ Click Done in the Print dialog if you want to save all of your settings for the current docu-ment and close the dialog
After choosing print settings by following the steps
on page 406, the next step is to choose position,
scale, color management, and output options in
the Print dialog for Photoshop
Part 2: Choose settings in the Print dialog ★
1 In the Print dialog for Photoshop ( A, next
page), click the portrait or landscape
ori-entation button Check Center Image to
posi-tion the image in the center of the paper Or
to reposition the image on the paper, uncheck
Center Image and enter new Top and Left
values (note the preview); you can also check
Bounding Box, if desired, then drag the
bound-ing box in the preview
2 Optional: To scale the print output slightly
(not the actual image), do one of the following:
Check Scale to Fit Media to fit the image
auto-matically on the paper size you chose in step 4
on page 406
Uncheck Scale to Fit Media, then change the
Scale percentage or enter specific Height and
Width values (choose a unit from the Units
menu) The three values are interdependent;
changing one causes the other two to change
Note: Use these features to scale the print by
only a small amount (i.e., fractions of an inch
or a few percentage points) If a larger scale
change is needed, cancel out of the dialog, use
Image > Image Size to scale the image (see
pages 122–124), then resharpen it
3 From the menu in the upper right, choose
Color Management, then click Document to
use the color profile that’s embedded in the
image, which will be Adobe RGB (1998) if
you’re continuing with the color management
workflow that you began in Chapter 1
4 From the Color Handling menu, choose
Photoshop Manages Colors to let Photoshop
handle the color conversion This option will
ensure optimal color management (See the
sidebar on the next page.)
5 From the Printer Profile menu, choose the
printer, ink, and paper profile that you have
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A Choose settings in the Print dialog in Photoshop.
WHY WE LET PHOTOSHOP MANAGE COLORS
From the Color Handling menu of the Print dialog, you can choose to let Photoshop or your printing
device manage the colors What’s the difference?
➤ If you choose Photoshop Manages Colors (the option we recommend), you will be able to select a
profi le that matches the paper choice you made in the Print Settings dialog Choose either the printer
and paper profi le that you downloaded from a paper or print manufacturer’s website or a profi le that
was installed with your printing device Photoshop will adjust colors to fi t that profi le, then send the
data to the printer By using the profi le, your color-managed workfl ow is preserved, and you enable
Photoshop to use its expertise to produce good color
➤ If you choose Printer Manages Colors, the printer driver will handle the color conversion instead
of Photoshop This may limit the print quality, for two reasons First, the printer won’t be aware of
your custom paper choice and custom printer profi le And second, color conversion will be subject to
the printer’s ability to convert colors rather than the color management settings you have been using
up to this point Note that with this option chosen you can adjust the amount of each ink color the
printer uses (and thereby override the default printer settings), but we don’t recommend doing so
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CHOOSING OUTPUT OPTIONS
To access options for commercial printing, from the menu in the upper right corner of the File > Print
dialog for Photoshop, choose Output.Some key Printing Marks options that we think you should be aware
of are listed below For other options, refer to Photoshop Help
Some of the Output options that can be produced from the Print dialog in Photoshop are shown on this printout.
Label
Crop marks
Registration mark
Description
Under Printing Marks, check any of the following
options:
➤ Calibration Bars prints a grayscale and/or color
calibration strip outside the image area
➤ Registration Marks prints marks that a print
shop uses to align color separations
➤ Corner Crop Marks and Center Crop Marks print
short little lines that a print shop uses as guide
lines when trimming the fi nal print
➤ Description prints, outside the image area,
whatever information is listed in the File >
File Info dialog (in the Description fi eld in the
Description tab)
➤ Labels prints the fi le name, document color
mode, and current channel name on each page
(outside the image area)
A few of the options available in the Functions area are as follows:
➤ Include Vector Data causes the edges of any vector objects (such as type or shapes) to print at the printer resolution, not at the document reso-lution This option is checked automatically if the
fi le contains type or a shape layer
➤ Click Bleed to specify a Width for the place-ment of crop marks (a distance between 0 and 3 inches, measured inward from the edge of the canvas area)
➤ In the Mac OS, if the chosen output device is capable of handling 16-bit fi les, a Send 16-Bit Data option displays, which, if checked, permits color data from a 16-bits-per-channel fi le to be sent to the printer Prints from such fi les will have
fi ner details and smoother color gradations
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The final step before outputting a file to an inkjet
printer is to enable Photoshop to manage the color
conversion from RGB color to printing inks To do
this, you will click Print Settings once more and turn
off color management for your printer Note that
the color management controls in this dialog will
vary depending on the manufacturer of the device,
because these options are controlled by the operating
system and the printer driver
In the instructions below, color management will
be turned off for an Epson printer driver If your
printing device is a different model, research how to
access print quality and color management settings
for it, and use our steps as general guidelines
Part 3: Turn off color management for your
printer in Windows, then print the file:★
1 In the Print dialog for Photoshop, click Print
Settings to get to the [Printer Name] Properties
dialog for your Windows system
2 Click the Advanced tab AA different set of
options appears, including controls for color
management
3 In the Color Management area, click ICM to
switch control of color management from the
Epson driver to the color management system
that’s built into Windows
4 Below the ICM button, check Off (No Color
Adjustment) to disable color management for
the printer.B
5 Click OK to close the Properties dialog and return
to the Print dialog for Photoshop
6 Click Print Phew! You made it.
A In the Print Settings > Properties dialog for an Epson printer in Windows, we clicked the Advanced tab to display these Color Management options.
B We clicked ICM, then checked Off (No Color Adjustment).
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The final step before outputting a file to an inkjet
printer is to enable Photoshop to manage the
color conversion from RGB color to printing inks
To do this, you will click Print Settings once more
and turn off color management for your printer
Note that the color management controls in this
dialog will vary depending on the manufacturer of
the device, because in the Mac OS, these options
are controlled by the operating system and the
printer driver
In the instructions below, we’ll show you
how to turn off color management for an Epson
printer driver If your printing device is a
differ-ent model, research how to access print quality
and color management settings for it, and use our
steps as general guidelines
Part 4: Turn off color management for your
1 In the Photoshop Print dialog, click Print
Settings to open the Print dialog for the
Mac OS
2 From the fourth menu, choose Color
Management A
3 Click Off (No Color Adjustment) BNote
that with color management turned off for
the printer, depending on the print model,
the color controls and the Advanced Settings
sliders either won’t display at all or will display
but be dimmed
4 Click Save to return to the Print dialog for
Photoshop
5 Click Print Congratulations!
A In the Print Settings > Print dialog for an Epson printer in the Mac OS, we chose Color Management from the fourth menu.
B We clicked Off (No Color Adjustment) to turn color management off for our printer.