How to use an ICC profile with the Epson driver

STEP 1: Installing Your RGB ICC Profile & Configuring Adobe Photoshop 7

To use any RGB ICC profile with the EPSON Stylus Pro 7600 or 9600 driver, you must first place them in the standard place for profiles. Regardless if your using a Macintosh or Windows computer, you will get great results. Here is where you must copy the .icc files:

Operating System

ICC File Location

 

 

Mac OS 9.2.2

System Folder / ColorSync Profiles

Mac OS X

System / Library / ColorSync / Profiles

Windows 98 & Me

Windows / System / Color

Windows NT, 2000, & XP

Winnt / System32 / Spool / Drivers / Color

 

 

Next, open Adobe Photoshop 7 and choose “Color Settings...” under the “Edit” menu. (This may be different under Mac OS X). Set-up the dialog box to look like this and hit “OK”.

This is a very controversial dialog box. Depending upon who you talk to, they might give you different recommendations.

I like Adobe RGB (1998) for better color saturation. However, ColorMatch RGB also works well here, especially for flesh tones.

For grayscale images, I chose a Dot Gain of 20% instead of Gray Gamma 1.8 because I feel it looks more ‘neutral’ versus the warmer look of Gray Gamma 1.8.

Always use the Adobe (ACE) Conversion Engine. Its the best. And only available from within Adobe software.

I like using the Perceptual Rendering Intent for everything. I sometimes use Relative Colorimetric for Black & White photos.

Try your prints both ways to find the best setting for your work.

Always turn ‘on’ Black Point Compensation. This is because the Perceptual Rendering Intent does not care, but the Relative Colorimetric does. So its easier to always turn this ‘on’ and forget about it.

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