ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <title>Absolute Printing Rule: Let Photoshop Manage the colors, and soft proof</title> <style type="text/css"> /* "*" means Universal applies to all CSS */ /* ================================ * { padding: 0; margin: 0; } ================================ */ body { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; height:100%; } #wrapper { height: 100%; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 960px; } #header { color: #333; width: 960px; float: left; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #c03; height: 100%; margin: 10px 0px 0px 0px; background: #ccc; } #navigation { float: left; width: 960px; color: #333; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #c03; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; background: #999; } #navigation { FONT-SIZE: 93%; BACKGROUND: url(../PS-P2Site/bg.gif) #dae0d2 repeat-x 50% bottom; FLOAT: left; WIDTH: 100%; LINE-HEIGHT: normal } #navigation UL { PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 10px; LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none } #navigation LI { PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 9px; BACKGROUND: url(../PS-P2Site/left.gif) no-repeat left top; FLOAT: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } #navigation A { PADDING-RIGHT: 15px; DISPLAY: block; PADDING-LEFT: 6px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; BACKGROUND: url(../PS-P2Site/right.gif) no-repeat right top; FLOAT: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px; COLOR: #765; PADDING-TOP: 5px; TEXT-DECORATION: none } #navigation A { FLOAT: none } #navigation A:hover { COLOR: #333 } #navigation #current { BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(../PS-P2Site/left_on.gif) } #navigation #current A { BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(../PS-P2Site/right_on.gif); PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; COLOR: #333 } --> #leftcolumn { color: #333; border: 1px solid #c03; background: #ccc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 10px; height: 350px; width: 200px; float: left; } #content { float: left; color: #333; border: 1px solid #c03; background: #e6e6e6; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 10px; height: 100%; width: 960px; display: inline; } #rightcolumn { color: #333; border: 1px solid #c03; background: #ccc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 10px; height: 350px; width: 200px; float: left; } #footer { width: 960px; clear: both; color: #333; border: 1px solid #c03; background: #999; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; padding: 10px; } </style> </head> <body> <!-- Begin Wrapper --> <div id="wrapper"> <!-- Begin Header --> <div id="header"> <h1>#3, #2, #1 --Print!</h1> <h2>3 remaining things you need to do before you print.</h3> <dl> <dt>Absolute Rule:</dt> <dd>Let Photoshop Manage the colors! </dd> </dl> </div> <!-- End Header --> <!-- Begin Navigation --> <div id="navigation"> <ul> <!-- CSS Tabs --> <!-- CSS Tabs --> <li><a href="index2.html">Home</a></li> <li ><a href="dpi.html">#5 DPI </a></li> <li><a href="sharpening.html">#4 Sharpening</a></li> <li id="current"><a href="#">#3, #2, #1 Setting up the printer</a></li> <li><a href="softproof.html"># + Soft Proofing</a></li></ul> </div> <!-- End Navigation --> <!-- Begin Left Column <div id="leftcolumn"> <p>Left Column </p> </div> End Left Column --> <!-- Begin Content Column --> <div id="content"> <h1>Using an Inkjet Printer </h1> <p><strong>The essentials</strong><br /> Inkjet printers are getting better all the time. To get quality prints with the least amount of "fiddling" with the printer always use inks and paper from the manufacturer of the printer.</p> <p>To make things more interesting there are alternatives to using OEM paper and ink... Here is a link to an article I wrote a few years ago about paper and ink, most of the links still work& <br /> <a href="Paper&amp;Ink.html"> Paper &amp; Ink</a></p> <p>For more information about inkjet printer ink check out this link<br /> <a href="http://www.wilhelm-research.com/">&nbsp;http://www.wilhelm-research.com/</a><br> </p> <ul> <li>When Making inkjet prints you have 2 choices... <ol> <li>let the printer manage the colors (printer driver decides how the colors print) <li>let Photoshop manage the colors...</ol> </ul> <p>Let Photoshop manage the colors!<br /> That's why you bought Photoshop in the first place, right!?</p> <p>Note<br /> The parameters for printing in <strong>Photoshop CS 5</strong><br /> <em>has been improved and is different than the printing setup in CS4 / CS3</em><br /> </p> <p>Printing from Photoshop CS3 & CS4<br /> <ul> <li> 3. Set up the operating system (Windows, Mac OS X) <li> 2. Setting up Photoshop, Lightroom, etc. <li> 1. Setting the printers parameters<br> </ul></p> <h2>Setting for printing in Photoshop CS3 AND CS4</h2> <table style="text-align: left; width: 904px; height: 1269px;" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: top;"> <h3 style="text-align: center;"><br> </h3> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h3 style="text-align: center;">Letting the printer control color management</h3> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Letting Photoshop control<br> &nbsp;color management</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h1 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">#3 Setting up the OS for printing</span></h1> Setting up the OS for printing<br> This is the dialogue box you get<br> when you choose the menu item <br> File/"Page Setup" Page setup is also available <br> from within photoshops print dialogue box.<br> <br> In this requester you choose the printer, page size, orientation...<br> <br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://uofgts.com/PS-P2Site/printersetuppics/OS-setupup.jpg"><img alt="Setting up the OS parameters" src="http://uofgts.com/PS-P2Site/printersetuppics/OS-setupup.jpg" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 301px; height: 234px;"></a><br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://uofgts.com/PS-P2Site/printersetuppics/OS-setupup.jpg"><img alt="Setting up the OS parameters" src="http://uofgts.com/PS-P2Site/printersetuppics/OS-setupup.jpg" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 301px; height: 234px;"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h1 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">#2 Setting up Photoshop for printing</span></h1> <br> This is Photoshops Printing interface in CS3<br> <br> For a larger view of the requester <br> double click&nbsp; the image on the right <br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><a href="http://uofgts.com/PS-P2Site/printersetuppics/PhotoshopCS3.jpg"><img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 299px; height: 201px;" alt="Photoshop CS3's Printer Dialogue box" src="http://uofgts.com/PS-P2Site/printersetuppics/PhotoshopCS3.jpg" hspace="2" vspace="2"></a> <br> In order for the printer to manage color in&nbsp; the photoshop part of the&nbsp; dialogue&nbsp; box we choose Printer Manages Color. </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://uofgts.com/PS-P2Site/lesson3/PSmansColor.jpg"><img alt="PhotoShop Manages Color" src="http://uofgts.com/PS-P2Site/lesson3/PSmansColor.jpg" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 300px; height: 199px;"></a><br> In order for Photoshop to manage color we have to choose Photoshop Manages Color in the photoshop part of the printing dialogue box.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <h1 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"># 1 Setting up the Printer for printing</span></h1> <br> This is the printers interface<br> <br> <br> <br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://uofgts.com/PS-P2Site/printersetuppics/Printersetup.jpg"><img alt="Printer set up requesters" src="http://uofgts.com/PS-P2Site/printersetuppics/Printersetup.jpg" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 305px; height: 267px;"></a><br> It is here in the printer dialogue where you choose the kind of paper, Print mode, quality of the print and that the printer is choosing the colour and doing all the work...<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://uofgts.com/PS-P2Site/lesson3/Printer-No.jpg"><img alt="Printer Does NOT manage color" src="http://uofgts.com/PS-P2Site/lesson3/Printer-No.jpg" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 295px; height: 261px;"></a><br> It is here where you choose the kind of paper, print, quality of the print and that the the printer is NOT managing the color...<br> </td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td colspan="3" rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span> <h1 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><big><big><small><small><big><big><big><big><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><small><small>#0... <small><small><small>Okay, now you can press the print button!<br> </small></small></small></small></small></span></big></big></big></big></small></small></big></big></h1> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br> <h2>#3 #2 #1 Printing in Photoshop <a name ="CS5" >CS5</a></h2> <div id="csfive"> <p> In Photoshop CS5 there is NO page setup menu: File > Page Setup... you now do that in the Print Dialogue box.<br /> Menu: File > Print& <br /></p> <h3>See The Diagram below</h3> <ol> <li><p>Choose your printer!</p></li> <li><p>and 7. You now set ALL your printer parameters here:<br /> Document properties (1 see the diagram below): <br /> Paper Size and Orientation of the paper and the Advanced settings (7 see the diagram below):<br /> Quality of paper (media type)<br /> Color profile, who's handling color management& etc& </p> <p><em>[In CS4 and below the Advanced Settings requester shows up when you chose the "Print" button.]</em></p></li> <li><p>Set the position (margin size), and size of the image on the paper... Unchecking "Center Image" lets you scale the image on the print page.</p></li> <li><p>Color Management& <br /> CS5 no longer give you the choice for choosing <a href="http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/834/cpsid_83497.html">NO Color Management</a>. On this web page Adobe has delivered a print utility for Windows 7 or Apple OSx ? for that purpose. Down load it if you need to print with NO Color Management!<br /> <p>Choosing the color management source<br /> 1. Choose the Document button if you DID NOT soft proof and made corrections to compensate for printer short comings!<br /> 2. Choose the Soft proof button because you did take the extra step to tweak your image for printing!!!<br /> <img src="http://uofgts.com/PS-P2Site/lesson3/printcs5/softproof.jpg" alt="softproof" width="578" height="279" /> <br style="clear: left;" /></p></li> <li><p>Photoshop Manages Color<br /> that's why you got Photoshop in the first place...</p></li> <li><p>Printer Profile... Choose the profile for your specialty papers here... It should match your Soft Proof paper Profile. <br /> You may have saved different soft proof settings with different Rendering Intents... The print preview window will display your soft proofing choices...</p></li> <li><p>See #2</p></li> <li><p>Press Print!<br /> Photoshop will remember you settings, so if you have changed paper, type, and/or size of the paper, you need to do step 2 &amp; 7 first...</p></li> </ol> <img src="http://uofgts.com/PS-P2Site/lesson3/printcs5/printerdialogue.jpg" alt="printerdialogue" width="900" height="620" /> <img src="http://uofgts.com/PS-P2Site/lesson3/printcs5/PrinterDocSettings.jpg" alt="PrinterDocSettings" width="400" height="300" /><img src="http://uofgts.com/PS-P2Site/lesson3/printcs5/AdvancedPrinter%20setup.jpg" alt="AdvancedPrinter%20setup" width="400" height="410" /> <br clear="all" /> </div> <table style="text-align: left; width: 90%; height: 90%;" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"> <tbody> <tr align="center"> <td colspan="2" rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: top;"> <h3>Printing using Color Management</h3> <p>Here are some resources on the web that are outstanding. They show you how to set up printing with color management in detail</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;">A Computer Darkroom Tutorial&nbsp; This tutorial is intended to help simplify the process of printing from within Photoshop CS <br> this tutorial also applies to version 7.<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.computer-darkroom.com/ps7_print/ps7_print_1.htm">http://www.computer-darkroom.com/ps7_print/ps7_print_1.htm</a><br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;">Understanding Printer Colour Management<br> A Brief Tutorial on Printer Settings<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/understanding-series/und-print-mgmt.shtml">http://luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/understanding-series/und-print-mgmt.shtml<br> </a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;">A really thorough and good book<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">Mastering Digital Printing by Harald Johnson <a href="http://www.dpandi.com/">http://www.dpandi.com/</a><br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;">A video tutorial (it's really&nbsp; really good). It takes you through the entire process from setting up color profiling to&nbsp; making your prints. <br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://luminous-landscape.com/videos/camera-print.shtml">http://luminous-landscape.com/videos/camera-print.shtml</a><br> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br> <h1>Additional things to be aware of...</h1> <br> <h2>How accurate does your printer print those colors?<br> </h2> The only real way to find out is to get your printer profiled.&nbsp; However, here's a way to get an reasonable idea, it's an "eyeball" test.<br> Down load the following charts and photo collages...<br> <a href="L3pics/chromchart.pdf">Chromaticity</a><br> <a href="L3pics/Printer%20Test%20file.jpg">DigitalDog.net</a><br> <a href="L3pics/PDI-Target.jpg.zip">Photodisc.com</a><br> <br> Print them and check to see if you printer can actually print 16 shades of gray, and distinct colours in each cell, how do the flesh tones look?<br> Way off?&nbsp; Take next step!<br> <h2>Purchasing Inkjet Printer Profiles</h2> Making your own color profiles&nbsp; requires that you buy expensive equipment and you take the time to set it up and actually make the profiles a time consuming process.<br> There are companies that will make color&nbsp; profiles for you... This method will in the long run be quicker and cheaper.<br> here are some web sites to check out<br> <a href="http://www.ddisoftware.com/printerprofiles/">http://www.ddisoftware.com/printerprofiles/</a><br> <a href="http://www.printerprofiles.homestead.com/">http://www.printerprofiles.homestead.com/</a><br> <a href="http://www.cathysprofiles.com/">http://www.cathysprofiles.com/</a><br> <a href="http://printerprofiles.homestead.com/">PC35 PhotoLab Custom Printer Profiling Services</a><br> <a href="http://www.inkjetart.com/custom_profiles/">InkjetArt.com</a><br> <br> I use a <a href="http://www.pantone.com/pages/products/product.aspx?pid=569&amp;ca=2">Huey Pro</a> to profile my monitors and so far I have purchased papers that come with specific profiles for my printer a Canon i9100. <br> I have used <a href="http://www.ilford.fr/en/products/consumer/index.asp">Illford Galerie</a> and <a href="http://www.redriverpaper.com/">Red River</a> papers with excellent results. I also use Canon Photo Paper Pro<br> <br> <h1>Must Have Plug-ins for Photoshop</h1> As good as photoshop is, there are some third party plugins (They work inside Photoshop) that a far superior to photoshops built-in functions.<br> <br> <h3>Noise Reduction</h3> Noise Ninja&nbsp; <a href="http://www.picturecode.com/">http://www.picturecode.com/</a><br> Dfine 2.0&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://www.niksoftware.com/dfine/usa/entry.php">http://www.niksoftware.com/dfine/usa/entry.php</a><br> Noiseware&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://www.imagenomic.com/">http://www.imagenomic.com/</a><br> Focus Magic <a href="http://www.focusmagic.com/">http://www.focusmagic.com/</a><br> <br> <h3>Up Scaling a photo for printing</h3> Some times you have a low resolution photo that you need to upscale to make a large print. Photoshops function Bi-Cubic smooth is okay but these are way better<br> <br> SiPro V2.5 for CS 3&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="http://www.fredmiranda.com/Interpolation_Plugin/">http://www.fredmiranda.com/Interpolation_Plugin/</a><br> Genuine Fractals Pro, now renamed as "Picture Perfect" &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="http://www.ononesoftware.com/detail.php?prodLine_id=7">http://www.ononesoftware.com/detail.php?prodLine_id=7 </a>(A Portland Company)<br> Blow Up By Alien Skin&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.alienskin.com/"> http://www.alienskin.com/</a><br> <br> Okay, thats all for now.<br> <br> <br> </div> <!-- End Content Column --> <!-- Begin Right Column <div id="rightcolumn"> </div> End Right Column --> <!-- Begin Footer --> <div id="footer"> This is the Footer </div> <!-- End Footer --> </div> <!-- End Wrapper --> </body> </html>