STEP 3 - SELECT ICC PROFILES IN THE PRINTER DRIVER

What you select in the printer driver depends on the colour matching task that you wish to perform.

Examples of selecting ICC profiles for different colour matching tasks are shown in the next sections of this guide.

MATCHING THE COLOUR OF A MONITOR, SCANNER OR CAMERA

The Graphic Pro colour matching system can be used to match the printer colour to an RGB input device such as a monitor, scanner or digital camera.

 

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Leave on Auto or select your custom profile.

To match an RGB input device, first download the RGB source profile and printer profile (optional) to the printer hard disk using Profile Assistant. See “Using Profile Assistant” on page 56.

Once the profile(s) have been down loaded, make the appropriate selections in the printer driver. These are described in the next section (Windows page 59, Mac OS X page 60).

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