Epson 5500 manual Color Management Settings, Color control modes and Gamma settings

Notice: Output Viewing Conditions

Due to the nature of all pigment inks, lighting conditions can affect the appearance of printer output. For example, a print viewed under daylight may appear to have a slightly different color balance when viewed under tungsten lighting. Care should be taken that the prints are produced for the lighting conditions in which they will be displayed.

The EPSON printer driver was designed to represent color accurately when prints are illuminated with a D50 (daylight) light source. For optimum results, understand your output display conditions before printing.

Printing with EPSON Drivers for Macintosh 3-7

7.Click Save Settings if you want to have your advanced settings available for reuse. Then type a name for the group of settings and click Save. The name is added to your list of custom settings.

8.When you’re finished setting advanced printer options, click OK.

Color Management Settings

The following tables list the color management settings available when you choose either Color Controls, PhotoEnhance4, or ColorSync.

Color control modes and Gamma settings

Automatic	Analyzes the color information in your image and optimizes
	color correction accordingly.
Photo-realistic	Produces sharper images and more vivid colors by
	automatically adjusting the contrast, saturation, and
	brightness. Corrects for overall under- or over-exposure of
	the original image.
Vivid	Intensifies colors and lightens the midtones and highlights.
	Best for print jobs with non-photographic images.

1.5Gamma Produces the same contrast values as earlier EPSON ink jet printers.

1.8Gamma Increases contrast.

2.2Gamma Matches image colors with sRGB devices.

PhotoEnhance4 settings

Tone	Lets you choose from Normal for standard tone correction,
	Hard for high contrast, Vivid for more intense colors (as
	defined above), Sepia, and Monochrome.
Effect	Lets you choose from four special effects (and set the
	intensity using the Low/High slider): Sharpness, Soft
	Focus, Canvas, and Parchment.
Digital Camera	Corrects noise and other flaws common to digital camera
Correction	images.