Canon Pixma IP4950 User manual

USING A PRINTER PROFILE (FOR MAC OS X)
Pure Profiles
Version 1.0
A guide to installing and using custom printer profiles
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 –Installing Your Printer Profile .........................................................................................................3
1.1 How to Install your Printer Profile ........................................................................................................... 4
Chapter 2 –Using Your Printer Profile ............................................................................................................... 6
2.1 Guide for Using Your Profile with Photoshop CS5 ...................................................................................7
2.2 Guide for Using Your Profile with Photoshop Elements 10 .....................................................................10
2.3 Guide for Using Your Profile with Lightroom Version 3 ..........................................................................13
Appendix A –Printer Driver Settings ..............................................................................................................16
A.1 Epson PX710W .....................................................................................................................................17
A.2 Epson 1500 ...........................................................................................................................................20
A.3 Epson R3000 .........................................................................................................................................22
A.4 Canon IP4950, IX6500, 9500 Pro Mk II ................................................................................................... 25
A.5 Other Printers .......................................................................................................................................27
Appendix B –Troubleshooting......................................................................................................................... 28
B.1 Common Problems ...............................................................................................................................29

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1. INSTALLING YOUR PRINTER PROFILE

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1.1 How to Install Your Printer Profile
When you receive your custom profile from us, the profile will be delivered as an
attachment to your email. To install the profile, you must first save it on to the hard drive of your
computer (you could put it straight into the location where the operating system will recognise it as
a profile, but we would recommend creating a copy of the profile elsewhere first).
Most email software have an option to save the attachments, so choose or create a folder to
put the profile into, and save the profile into that location. When you save the profile, please don’t
change the name –the profile name is hardcoded into the profile, and you would need to get in
touch with us to get it changed.
Step 1
Using Finder, go to the location
where you have saved the profile
(the file will have a .icc extension).
Click on the file and select Copy....
Step 2
Go to the top menu for Finder, and
select Go. From the menu that
appears, select Go to Folder....

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Step 3
Enter the folder name which you
want to use for the profile. This
has to be one of the following :
/Library/ColorSync/Profiles
This directory makes the profile
visibile to all users.
/Users/___/Library/ColorSync/Profiles
(where ___ is your username)
This directory makes the profile
visible only to the current user.
Click the Go button.
Step 4
In the new folder, click and select
Paste Item (you can also do this by
going to the Edit option in the top
menu for Finder).
Step 5
As this is a system folder, you will
likely get this warning message.
You will need to enter your
password to authorise this change.

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2. USING YOUR PRINTER PROFILE
2.1 Guide for Using Your Profile with Photoshop CS5 ............................... 7
2.2 Guide for Using Your Profile with Photoshop Elements 10 ................ 10
2.3 Guide for Using Your Profile with Lightroom Version 3 ..................... 13

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2.1 Guide for Using Your Profile with Photoshop CS5
Step 1
With an image loaded, go
to the File menu and
select the Print... option.
Step 2
In the top right-hand
corner of the Print
dialog, set the drop-
down to Color
Management.
In the Color
Management section,
click on the Color
Handling drop-down and
select Photoshop
Manages Colours.

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Step 3
Click on the Printer
Profile drop-down and
select the profile that
you have installed.
If the profile does not
appear, then please
check the earlier
installation instructions.
The profile will appear
with the name that you
entered when you placed
your order.
Step 4
Select the Rendering
Intent, based on the
content of the photo.
Perceptual is
recommended as the
best option for
photographic images
with saturated colours or
shadow detail. Out of
gamut (unprintable)
colours are remapped
broadly to printable
colours in order to keep
the overall colour and
contrast, at the expense
of a little accuracy. This is
a good choice for general
photography.
Relative Colorimetric is
the most accurate option
for in gamut colours, but
out of gamut colours are
more compressed in
their remapping to
printable colours.

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Step 5
Tick the Black Point
Compensation box.
Once all the settings
have been done, click on
the Print button.
You will now be taken to
your printer driver
settings, which can be
found in Appendix A of
this guide. Please make
sure this is set up the
same as when the
profiling charts were
printed.

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2.2 Guide for Using Your Profile with Elements 10.0
Step 1
With an image loaded, go
to the File menu and
select the Print... option.
Step 2
Click on the More
Options... button.
Click on the Color
Management option.
In the Color
Management section,
click on the Color
Handling drop-down and
select Photoshop
Elements Manages
Colours.

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Step 3
Click on the Printer
Profile drop-down and
select the profile that
you have installed.
If the profile does not
appear, then please
check the earlier
installation instructions.
The profile will appear
with the name that you
entered when you placed
your order.
Step 4
Select the Rendering
Intent, based on the
content of the photo,
and then click OK.
Perceptual is
recommended as the
best option for
photographic images
with saturated colours or
shadow detail. Out of
gamut (unprintable)
colours are remapped
broadly to printable
colours in order to keep
the overall colour and
contrast, at the expense
of a little accuracy. This is
a good choice for general
photography.
Relative Colorimetric is
the most accurate option
for in gamut colours, but
out of gamut colours are
more compressed in
their remapping to
printable colours.

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Step 5
Click on the Print...
button.
You will now be taken to
your printer driver
settings, which can be
found in Appendix A of
this guide. Please make
sure this is set up the
same as when the
profiling charts were
printed.
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2.3 Guide for Using Your Profile with Lightroom Version 3
Step 1
With an image selected, select
the Print option, and make sure
the options are visible on the
right hand side.
Step 2
Scroll down to the bottom of
the options, so that Color
Management appears.
Step 3
Click on the selected Profile
option. A pop-up windows will
appear showing the available
profiles that you have
previously set up for use in
Lightroom.
If your profile is listed, then
click on it so it becomes the
new Profile setting, and move
on to Step 6. Otherwise, click
on Other….

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Step 4
You will now see a list of
profiles that are currently
installed on your system.
Choose the profiles that you
want to use with Lightroom by
clicking on the tick boxes, and
then click OK. If you have
installed one or more of our
profiles, look for their names,
and tick them before pressing
the OK button.
Step 5
On the main option screen,
click the Profile setting again.
You should now have a list of
profiles including the ones that
you selected in Step 4.
Click the profile that you now
want to use.

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Step 6
Select the Rendering Intent by
clicking on the current setting,
and then choosing one of the
following, based on the content
of the photo.
Perceptual is recommended as
the best option for
photographic images with
saturated colours or shadow
detail. Out of gamut
(unprintable) colours are
remapped broadly to printable
colours in order to keep the
overall colour and contrast, at
the expense of a little accuracy.
This is a good choice for general
photography.
Relative is the most accurate
option for in gamut colours, but
out of gamut colours are more
compressed in their remapping
to printable colours..
Once all the settings have been
done, click on the Print…
button.
You will now be taken to your
printer driver settings, which
can be found in Appendix A of
this guide. Please make sure
this is set up the same as when
the profiling charts were
printed.

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APPENDIX A:PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS
A.1 Epson PX710W .............................................................................. 17
A.2 Epson 1500 ................................................................................... 20
A.3 Epson R3000 .................................................................................. 22
A.4 Canon IP4950, IX6500, 9500 Pro Mk II ............................................ 24
A.5 Other Printers ................................................................................ 26
Due to the wide range of printers available, we cannot provide guides for each
one, but you should be able to find a close match with one of the guides listed
above –if you can’t, then please email us at [e-mail].

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A1. Epson Driver for the PX710W
Step 1
Make sure the Printer setting
is set to your printer
Halfway down the screen
there is a line with a drop-
down list in the middle of it.
This controls what options tab
is shown, and we’re going to
have to go to a number of
these tabs to change the
settings.
Step 2
Go to the Color Matching tab.
These options should be
greyed out as shown. If they
are not, please select the
Epson Color Controls option.
Step 3
Go to the Paper Handling tab.
Make sure the Scale to fit
paper size box is NOT ticked.

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A1. Epson Driver for the PX710W
Step 4
Go to the Print Settings
tab.
Set the Media Type to
the correct setting for
your paper (this has to
be the same setting as
when you printed out the
profiling charts).
Step 5
Set the Mode to
Advanced to show all the
Print quality options..
Set the Print Quality
setting to the setting that
you want the profile
optimised for (this has to
be the same setting as
when you printed out the
profiling charts).
Step 6
Go to the Color
Management tab.
Check that the options
look like these shown –
colour management
must be set to Off.

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A1. Epson Driver for the PX710W
Step 7
Go to the Extensions tab.
All colour enhancements
and image manipulation
options must be switched
off - so in this case, the Fix
Red-Eye must be disabled.

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A2. Epson Driver for the 1500
Step 1
Make sure the Printer setting is
set to your printer
Halfway down the screen there
is a line with a drop-down list in
the middle of it. This controls
what options tab is shown, and
we’re going to have to go to a
number of these tabs to change
the settings.
Step 2
Go to the Color Matching tab.
These options should be greyed
out as shown. If they are not,
please select the Epson Color
Controls option.
Step 3
Go to the Paper Handling tab.
Make sure the Scale to fit
paper size box is NOT ticked.
Step 4
Go to the Print Settings tab.
Set the Media Type to the
correct setting for your paper
(this has to be the same setting
as when you printed out the
profiling charts).