how to use the windows pc driver profiles

How to use tHe windows pc driver profiles April 2007 -

HOW TO USE FUJIFILMDRIVER PROFILESwindows pc and epson lfp drivers

How to use tHe windows pc driver profiles April 2007 - 2

the use of fujifilm driver profiles is limited to the following conditions.

fuJifilM/epson stylus pro printers

sp200p r2400 sp3800 sp4000 & sp4800 sp7000 & sp7800 sp9000 & sp9800

photoshop version 6.0 or higher

Microsoft windows 98, Me, 2000 and Xp

fujifilm inkjet media

to have a match between your monitor softproof and printer output the monitor needs to be cali-brated and profiled f.i. using the X-rite eye-one display 2

there are 4 steps for the set-up.

1 InSTaLLIng THE PROFILES On yOUR PC. windows 2000 and Xp users should log on as administrators. 2. select the desired profiles on the fuJifilM mini dvd delivered with your printer or

you can download them from the fuJifilM europe nv web-site www.fujifilm.eu/profiles_feb or ftp-server ftp://www.fujihunt.com/driver/

3. copy the profile to the harddisk and right click the profile.

4. click install profile

5. You can either restart photoshop or select view, proof setup & custom to update the profiles available in photoshop.


2 COLOR SETTIngS In PHOTOSHOP

select your preferred working space for rGB images.

(f.i. srGB iec6966-2., colourmatch or Adobe rGB (998) )

set your colour Management policies according to the screen grab

choose Perceptual for intent.

epson K3 printers also work very well with Relative.


3 OPEnIng an IMagE anD aSSIgnIng a SOURCE PROFILE

open an image. photoshop will analyse the image profi le and compare it with your colour settings.

if there is an embedded profi le than use it.

if there is no embedded profi le you can assign the working rGB colourspace. srGB iec6966-2. in this case.

or you can assign a specifi c profi le if you know the origin of the image f.i. a frontier scanner profi le.

click the triangle in the bottom border of the document window and select document profi le.

now you can see the embedded profi le name.

if there is no embedded profi le you can assign the working rGB colourspace.


4 SETTIng UP THE DRIVERselect and confi gure Page Setup

select Printer.

select Properties.


select advanced.

select printer color Management Off (no Colour adjustment). we want photoshop to handle the color management and not the driver.select the Media Type according to the table you fi nd in the pdf documentff Media_printername.pdf

You can now save these settings for further use. click Save Settings...

type a reference name like photo paper satin . and Save.

select Close.


PRInTIng an IMagEselect Print with preview.

Go to Page Setup if needed change the page size. select Color Management iso Output

CS2 users

color Handling : select Let PhotoShop Determine Colors

printer profi le : select the paper profi le for this printer

Previous photoshop versions

print space profi le : select the paper profi le for this printer

all users

intent : perceptual


select Print

select Properties and select the paper setting you created previously fi photo paper satin.

click OK and again OK.

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