Managing Color With Profiles

Follow the steps in this section to use color profiles for printing with Adobe Photoshop (the instructions cover Photoshop 7, CS, CS2, and CS3).

Carefully follow the instructions in these sections for the best results:

■“Printing With a Color Profile” below

■“Solving Color Management Problems” on page 58

■“Printing a Custom Profile Test Target” on page 59

■“Creating a Custom Profile” on page 62

Printing With a Color Profile

To print an image using a profile, follow the steps in the appropriate section for your operating system below.

Mac OS X

Opening Your Image

1.Open Adobe Photoshop.

2.Select Color Settings from the Photoshop menu (Photoshop 7 or CS) or the Edit menu (Photoshop CS2 or CS3).

3.Select U.S. Prepress Defaults or North America Prepress 2 from the Settings pull-down menu. This sets Adobe RGB (1998) as the RGB working space and activates warning messages for profile mismatches and missing profiles. Click OK.

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