Canon 3175B002 user manual Monitor Matching

Color adjustment

Monitor Matching

The sequence in monitor matching is as follows.

1. Calibrate the printer.

Calibration improves color consistency by compensating for slight differences in how color appears due to individual variation among printheads or conditions in various printing environments.

(→P.588)

2. Calibrate the monitor.

Normally, you can use a colorimeter such as the i1-Display.

Set the white point to 6500 K or 5000 K, the gamma to 2.2, and the brightness to 120 cd, and activate light source measurement.

The exact procedure varies depending on your monitor and measurement device.

3. Open the le to print and congure settings in the source application. Display the le in the sRGB or Adobe RGB color space.

Congure settings to prevent color conversion by the application.

In Photoshop CS3, for example, select Color Management in the Print dialog box, and then select No Color Management in Color Handling.

4. Congure and adjust printer driver settings.

Select Monitor Matching in Matching Method. Specify the Monitor White Point set during monitor calibration and the Color Temperature and Illuminance measured in the ambient light. In Color Space, select the color space used when displaying the le in the source application. If you own an i1-Pro, using Light Source Measure Tool enables more precision measurement of the ambient light.

Note

•If you will print repeatedly using the settings values you set this one time, we recommend completing the settings by accessing the printer driver dialog box from the operating system menu. (→P.406)

For instructions on conguring printer driver settings for monitor matching, refer to the following topic, as appropriate for your computer and operating system.

•Printing Images to Match Monitor Colors (Windows) (→P.608)

•Printing Images to Match Monitor Colors (Mac OS X) (→P.611)

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