Specifications
STEP 5: Selecting Your ICC Prole and Rendering Intent
From the Photoshop 7 ‘Print with Preview’ dialog box select the ‘Show More Options’ check box,
and choose ‘Color Management’ from the pull down menu. Your dialog box should look something
like this:
Under ‘Source Space:’ the ‘Document:’ radio button should be selected. You may see a different
RGB prole tagged for your image le versus the example ‘Adobe RGB (1998)’ above. It may say
‘Lab Color’ or even ‘ColorMatch RGB’. If it says ‘Untagged RGB’, then Photoshop will apply the
default RGB working space prole that you dened in step 1 - which was ‘Adobe RGB (1998)’.
Under ‘Print Space:’ the ‘Prole:’ selection should be set to an RGB ICC printer prole designed
specically for your combination of printer model, paper, ink, and driver setup.
Under ‘Print Space:’ the ‘Intent:’ selection should be set to either Perceptual or Relative Colorimetric
depending upon your image le. I prefer the Perceptual rendering intent for everything - color and
black and white. However, sometimes I use Relative Colorimetric for my black and whites or color
prints that I know fall within the gamut of the printer. Try both intents to see what you like.
Always turn-on ‘Use Black Point Compensation’. Perceptual will always override it, but Relative
Colorimetric almost always requires it. So turn it on and forget about it!
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