I make new profiles for every new batch of paper I buy. The reason I use my own calibration is because I sell prints and want to control everything. However, a paper manufacturer supplied ICC can take you close to good results. Then we hit print and we have a decent print coming out of our respective printer.Īs I said earlier my monitor is calibrated regularly and I create my own profiles. we make sure in the printer dialogue box that the correct paper is selected. we pick application manages color and the Paper ICC created for our type of printer.ģ. we choose our working space in our editing program.Ģ. The whole printing setup is simple if you think about it.ġ.

We pick the proper paper setting here, matching the one in the first window. That takes me back to the first window where I hit 'Print'. So I selected Hot Press Natural in this case. Here it is necessary to pick the right paper type, according to what profile we set in the first window. So between the calibrated monitor and the paper profile I get excellent print matches.īefore hitting 'Print' I click on Printer Settings that brings up another window. I make my own ICC profiles, my printer is regularly calibrated. In this case it is Epson Hot Press Natural. Then I go into the Printer Profile library and pick the ICC profile for the paper type I use. There is a document profile that the application indicates, this has been set depending on what you choose for your working space in the application.

I print From PS but it must be similar to LR. You do need to turn off color management in your printer. You definitely do not want 'Printer Manages Color'.

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