Canon G 1500 User manual

Brand: Canon

Model: G 1500

Type: User manual

USING A PRINTER PROFILE (FOR MAC OS X)

Pure Profiles

Version 1.0

A guide to installing and using custom printer profiles

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 – Installing Your Printer Profile ......................................................................................................... 3

1.1 How to Install your Printer Profile ........................................................................................................... 4

Chapter 2 – Using Your 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 Problems ............................................................................................................................... 29

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1. INSTALLING YOUR PRINTER PROFILE

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1.1 How to Install Your Printer Profile

When you receive your custom profile from us, the profile will be delivered as an

attachment to your email. To install the profile, you must first save it on to the hard drive of your

computer (you could put it straight into the location where the operating system will recognise it as

a profile, but 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, go to the location

where you have saved the profile

(the file will have a .icc extension).

 Click on the file and select Copy....

Step 2

 Go to the top menu for Finder, and

select Go. From the menu that

appears, select Go to Folder....

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Step 3

 Enter the folder name which you

want to use for the profile. This

has to be one of the following :

/Library/ColorSync/Profiles

This directory makes the profile

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 enter your

password to authorise this change.

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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

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2.1 Guide for Using Your 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.

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Step 3

 Click on the Printer

Profile drop-down and

select the profile that

you have installed.

 If the profile does not

appear, then please

check the earlier

installation instructions.

The profile will appear

with the name that you

entered when you placed

your order.

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 Colorimetric is

the most accurate option

for in gamut colours, but

out of gamut colours are

more compressed in

their remapping to

printable colours.

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Step 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.

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2.2 Guide for Using 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.

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Step 3

 Click on the Printer

Profile drop-down and

select the profile that

you have installed.

 If the profile does not

appear, then please

check the earlier

installation instructions.

The profile will appear

with the name that you

entered when you placed

your order.

Step 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.

Relative Colorimetric is

the most accurate option

for in gamut colours, but

out of gamut colours are

more compressed in

their remapping to

printable colours.

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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.

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2.3 Guide for Using Your Profile with Lightroom Version 3

Step 1

 With an image selected, select

the Print option, and make sure

the 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, click

on Other….

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Step 4

 You will now see a list of

profiles that are currently

installed on your system.

 Choose the profiles 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.

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Step 6

 Select the Rendering Intent by

clicking on the current setting,

and then choosing one of the

following, 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 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 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.

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APPENDIX A : PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS

A.1 Epson PX710W .............................................................................. 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 s[email protected].

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A1. Epson Driver for the PX710W

Step 1

 Make sure the Printer setting

is set to your printer

 Halfway down the screen

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

Epson Color Controls option.

Step 3

 Go to the Paper Handling tab.

 Make sure the Scale to fit

paper size box is NOT ticked.

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A1. Epson Driver for the PX710W

Step 4

 Go to the Print Settings

tab.

 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 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

must be set to Off.

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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.

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A2. Epson Driver for the 1500

Step 1

 Make sure the Printer setting is

set to your printer

 Halfway down the screen 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 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 for your paper

(this has to be the same setting

as when you printed out the

profiling charts).

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