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 62

■“Printing a Custom Profile Test Target” on page 62

■“Creating a Custom Profile” on page 66

Printing With a Color Profile

To print an image using a profile, follow the steps in one of these sections.

■“Windows” below

■“Mac OS X” on page 58

Windows

Opening Your Image

1.Open Adobe Photoshop.

2.Select Edit > Color Settings.

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.

4.Open the photo you want to print.

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