Epson Stylus Photo R800 User Manual

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Printing Your Color-Managed Photo
1. Click the 
Print button.
2. Select your printer from the Printer menu.
3. Select 
Print Settings from the pull-down menu.
4. Select the Media Type setting for the paper you’ll use for the printer.
5. Click the 
Advanced button.
6. Turn off the High Speed and Edge Smoothing options, if they are available.
7. Select 
Color Management 
from the pull-down menu.
8. Select 
No Color Adjustment.
Note: Make sure that you select 
No Color Adjustment. If you 
don’t, the printer driver will apply 
additional correction to the image 
data, producing inaccurate 
results.
9. Click Print to print your photo.
IMPORTANT!
Select No Color Adjustment
 
						

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Windows
Opening Your Image
1. Open Adobe Photoshop.
2. Select 
Edit > Color Settings.
3. Select 
U.S. Prepress Defaults 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. Then click 
OK.
4. Open the photo you want to print.
5. If you see the message shown below, select 
Use the embedded profile (instead 
of the working space)
 option and click OK. It is generally best to use the 
embedded profile.
6. If you see the message shown below, select 
Assign working RGB: Adobe RGB 
(1998)
 and click OK.
 
						

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7. When your image appears, evaluate the color balance and contrast as displayed on 
your monitor. If they need improvement, select 
Image > Mode > Assign 
Profile
. Select one of the following as the Profile setting:
■A different RGB working space, such as ColorMatch RGB or sRGB 
IEC61966-2.1
■A scanner profile for your scanner
■A camera profile for your digital camera
Also click the 
Preview box so you can see the effects of your profile choice on the 
screen.
Note: Assigning a profile to the image doesn’t alter the image data, only the 
interpretation of the data by your software and how it appears on your monitor 
and in a printout. This is the best way to improve the color balance and contrast in 
your image.
Selecting Your Print Settings
1. Select 
File > Page Setup.
2. Click the 
Printer button.
3. Make sure the correct printer is selected, then click 
OK.
 
						

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4. Select the size of your paper as the Size setting.
5. Select the orientation of your image.
6. Click 
OK.
7. Select 
File > Print with Preview.
8. Click 
Show More Options, 
then select 
Color Management 
from the pull-down menu. 
Additional options appear:
9. Under Print Space: Profile, select 
a profile for your printer and the 
paper you’ll use for the print.
10. As the Print Space: Intent setting, 
select 
Relative Colorimetric.
Note: If your image contains very 
saturated colors, select Perceptual 
instead. This reduces the color 
saturation so that the colors fit 
within the printer’s color gamut.
11. Select the Use Black Point Compensation checkbox.
 
						

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Printing Your Color-Managed Photo
1. Click the 
Print button.
2. Make sure your printer is selected, and click the 
Properties button. 
3. Select the 
Photo or Best Photo setting as the Quality Option.
4. Select the Type setting for the paper you’ll use for the print.
5. Click the 
Advanced button.
6. Turn off the High Speed and Edge Smoothing options, if they are available.
7. Click the 
ICM button under Color Management.
8. Click the 
Off (No Color Adjustment) button.
Note: Make sure that you select Off (No Color Adjustment). If you don’t, the 
printer driver will apply additional correction to the image data, producing 
inaccurate results.
9. Click OK.
10. Click 
OK to print.
IMPORTANT!
Select ICM, then click Off 
(No Color Adjustment)
 
						

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Solving Color Management Problems
If you selected the wrong combination of source profile, printer profile, and color 
management settings, you’ll get unexpected results. Try these solutions:
■If your printed image is darker than expected and has a strong yellow-brown cast, 
you probably turned off color management in both Photoshop and the Epson 
printer driver. 
Return to the Print with Preview instructions for Adobe Photoshop on page 50 
(for Mac OSX) or page 53 (for Windows). Make sure the Source Space - 
Document option is not set to 
Untagged RGB. Also make sure you selected the 
correct profile for your printer in the Print Space - Profile pull-down menu.
■If your printed image is lighter than expected and has a strong blue cast, you 
probably turned on color management in both Photoshop and the Epson printer 
driver. 
Return to the instructions on page 51 (for Mac OS X) or page 55 (for Windows). 
Make sure to select 
No Color Adjustment in the printer driver Advanced screen 
or Color Management menu to turn off color management in your Epson printer 
driver.
Printing a Custom Profile Test Target
Follow the steps in this section to create and print individual custom profile test 
targets for each paper type you plan to print on.
When you’re ready to print the test target, follow the steps for your operating system 
below.
Macintosh OS X
1. Open Adobe Photoshop and open the profile target file provided by your 
profile-building software manufacturer.
2. If you see a missing profile screen, select 
Leave as is (don’t color manage).
3. Select 
File > Print with Preview.
4. In the Print window, click the 
Show More Options checkbox, then choose 
Color Management in the drop-down menu.
 
						

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5. Select Same as Source as the Print Space: Profile setting.
6. Click the 
Page Setup button.
7. Select your printer from the Format for pull-down menu.
8. Select the appropriate Paper Size and Orientation settings, then click 
OK.
9. Click the 
Print button.
10. Select your printer from the Printer menu, then select 
Print Settings from the 
pull-down menu.
 
						

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11. Select the Media Type setting for the profile you’re printing.
12. Click the 
Advanced button.
13. Select 
Photo as the Print Quality setting, though you can select a lower or higher 
quality setting.
14. Turn off the High Speed and Edge Smoothing options, if they are available.
15. Select 
Color Management from the pull-down menu. 
16. Click 
No Color Adjustment.
17. Click 
Print to print your test target.
18. Repeat these steps to print a test target for each paper type you plan to print on.
IMPORTANT!
Select No Color 
Adjustment
 
						

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1. Open Adobe Photoshop and open the profile target file.
2. If you see a missing profile screen, select 
Leave as is (don’t color manage).
3. Select 
File > Print with Preview.
4. In the Print window, click the 
Show More Options checkbox, 
then choose 
Color Management 
in the drop-down menu.
5. Select 
Same as Source as the 
Print Space: Profile setting.
6. Click the 
Print button.
7. Click the 
Properties button.
8. Select 
Photo or Best Photo as the 
Quality Option.
9. Select the Type setting for the paper you’ll use for the print.
10. Click the 
Advanced button.
11. Turn off the High Speed and Edge Smoothing options, if they are available.
 
						

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12. Click the ICM button under Color Management.
13. Click the 
Off (No Color Adjustment) button.
14. Click 
OK.
15. Click 
OK to print.
16. Repeat these steps to print a test target for each paper type you plan to print on.
Creating a Custom Profile
If you’re creating a custom profile for your printer, follow the instructions provided 
with your profile-building software (such as Monaco Systems MonacoEZcolor or 
GretagMacbeth ProfileMaker) to create your custom profile using the test target you 
printed. Once you create the profile, be sure to place it in the correct folder on your 
computer, as recommended by Microsoft or Apple.
®
IMPORTANT!
Select ICM, then click Off 
(No Color Adjustment)