Using Advanced Color Management

Here are some tips for using the advanced color management features of your printer software. For more information, visit the EPSON web site at www.epson.com. If you’re using an Adobe product, such as PhotoDeluxe or Photoshop,® also check the Adobe Web site at www.adobe.com for more tips.

Printing CMYK Format Files

To print a file saved in CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black) format with accurate colors, you first need to convert the file to RGB format. This is because your printer software automatically converts RGB files to your printer’s 6-color CMYKcm format (including light cyan and light magenta). If you send a CMYK format file to print, you’ll get unexpected color results. To print with the correct colors, convert any CMYK-format input files to RGB format before printing. For the best results, create your original print files in the RGB color space. This larger color space transfers directly to your printer without any loss of color information inherent in color space conversions.

Using Color Management Profiles

If you’ll be printing in Adobe Photoshop using a color management profile created in another program, you’ll need to turn off your printer software’s color management features to get accurate results. If you use a profile but leave a color management feature turned on, your colors won’t be correct. To turn off color management, follow these steps:

1.Start your application, open the file you want to print, and load your color management profile. (See your application documentation for details.)

2.To turn off your printer software color management, access your main printer software dialog box; see page 7 (for Windows) or page 13 (for Macintosh).

3.Click Custom, then click Advanced. You see the Advanced dialog box.

4.Select the No Color Adjustment option on the top right of the dialog box.

5.Select the rest of your printer software settings and click OK.

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