Settings When Using ICM

[brian_ellis19]

I'm presently using an Epson 3800 printer with Windows XP and CS2. For many

years I've used only matte paper with profiles downloaded from the

manufacturers' web sites (mainly Moab and Hahnemuhle). So in Print With Preview

I've always let Photoshop determine colors and then I turn color management off

in the printer. I'm now trying the new Harman glossy fiber base paper and I've

downloaded the profile for the 3800 from the Harman web site. But I'm confused

about a couple settings because the instructions that come with the Harman

paper say to use ICM in the printer, which I've never used before.

 

First, in Print With Preview do I continue to let Photoshop determine colors or

do I now let the printer determine colors (neither really seems right for ICM,

at least based on my vague understanding of what it is, but those are the only

choices IIRC). Second, in the printer window when ICM is selected I'm supposed

enter an Input Profile and an Output Profile. For the output Profile I've been

entering the Harman profile I downloaded from the Harman web site. Is that

correct? And I have no idea what to enter for the input profile - is that Adobe

RGB or the Harman profile or what? Thanks for any help or suggestions.

[patricklavoie]

continue using the method you used...nonsense if harman ask you to do otherwise..or you dont read right?

 

_Print With Preview I've always let Photoshop determine colors, choose the right paper profile and then I turn color management off in the printer._ is the right method.

 

as for the input profile, adobe rgb should be there by default, the output profile will be the paper profile.

[brian_ellis19]

I'm reading the instructions right, for the 3800 they say to use ICM. In fact they say to use ICM for all the Epson printers. But thanks for the response, I'm inclined to go back to the way I did it with matte papers (which is the same way you say to do it) despite the instructions.

[patricklavoie]

I dont know where you get the instruction..but from there web site, here is the pdf..and it doestn state what you say. But like i say, the method you used is the good one...comfirm by them also : )

 

Adobe Photoshop Version CS2 & CS3

? Go to File/Print with Preview (Print in CS3)

? Click on More Options

? Choose Color Management

? Under Print choose Document

? Under Options/Color Handling choose Let Photoshop Determine Colors

? Under Profile choose the Installed Profile (HARMANGlossFBAlEpson3800_0607)

? Rendering Intent - Perceptual, Black Point Compensation should be checked

? Click on Print, then Properties

 

In the Printer Driver dialog Box

? Under the Main header, select the Media Type as Premium Glossy Photo Paper

(A message may appear ? indicating that with this option, the paper needs to be fed in the

printers rear feeder. If it does, select OK to this).

? Check that 1440 dpi is selected (it should default to this, for the above paper choice)

? Under Mode, select Custom and then select Advanced

? Under Printer Quality Management, select Off (No Color Adjustment)

Click on OK in all the open Dialog boxes when ready to print

[brian_ellis19]

Just in case anyone wonders why the instructions I read say ICM and the ones Patrick reads say something else - the instructions I was reading are the ones that came in the box with the paper (which are also duplicated on the Harman web site). The ones Patrick is reading apparently are in a PDF file that accompanies the profiles. I only opened the profile, not the other file, which was why I didn't see the instructions Patrick quotes. I have no idea why Harman says one thing in the paper instructions (and on their web site) and another in the pdf file.