Since I had this hanging about, I figured I'd repost it. ---- Photoshop CS2 - Epson R2400 color managed workflow on Mac OS X (Windows interface details are slightly different for Page Setup and Print dialogs, but the methodology is identical.)
First calibrate the monitor and set up Photoshop CS2's color settings: Using the Eye One Display 2 and iMatch software, I calibrate my monitor to 140 luminance, 5500K white point and gamma 1.8. Other settings work as well, but these give me a monitor appearance that looks like what I want. Then, in the Adobe Photoshop CS2 'Edit->Color Settings...' dialog, use the "North American Prepress 2" set as a baseline. Customize that to use ProPhoto RGB for color and set the policies to convert embedded profiles to the working colorspace. Whenever you open an image file, either convert any embedded profile to the working colorspace or assign the working colorspace. ProPhoto RGB is bigger than all the other colorspaces so you can do this with zero loss. Then work on your image. Once image adjustment is completed, use "Print with Preview" to setup the print processing. In the dialog, be sure to press the "More Options" button to reach the extended toolset, and pick the Color Management tools from the popup menu. In the Options section, set Color Handling to "Let Photoshop Determine Colors", pick the profile for your printer and the Epson paper you're using, set Rendering Intent to "Relative Colormetric" and leave Black Point Compensation checked. Click the Page Setup dialog and set the printer type and page size, orientation. Use the preview window and sizing to fit the picture to the paper per your desires. Once you've done that, click the Print button. This takes you out of Photoshop's control and into the control of the printer driver. In the Epson printer driver, first go to the Print Settings panel and select the media type (paper type), Advanced Color mode, and Best Photo quality. The next panel to look at is the Color Management panel: here you want to set color management to "OFF" (remember that you told Photoshop that it was going to do the color management). Once done with that, press the Print button. Assuming that your monitor calibration is good and the printer-ink- paper profile is good, you should get a print that looks very much like what you see on the screen. With the R2400, the profiles for Epson Enhanced Matte, Epson Premium Glossy, Epson Premium Luster, and Epson Velvet Fine Art are very very good. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
