Epson Stylus Pro 7890 - Color Management Printing; Color Management Print Settings

Epson Stylus Pro 9890/9908/7890/7908 User’s Guide
Color Management Printing
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Color Management
Print Settings
You can perform color management printing
using this printer's printer driver in the following
two ways.
Choose the best method according to the
application you are using, the operating system
environment, the aim of the print out and so on.
Setting color management with applications
This method is for printing from applications that
support color management. All color
management processes are carried out by the
application's color management system. This
method is useful when you want to obtain the
same color management print results using a
common application among different operating
system environments.
See “Setting color management with the
application” on page 157
Setting color management with the printer driver
The printer driver uses the operating system's
color management system and carries out all
color management processes. You can make color
management settings in the printer driver using
the following two methods.
❏ Host ICM (Windows)/ColorSync (Mac OS X)
Set when printing from applications that
support color management. This is effective in
producing similar print results from different
applications under the same operating
systems.
See “Color management printing by Host
ICM (Windows)” on page 158
See “Color management printing by
ColorSync (Mac OS X)” on page 159
❏ Driver ICM (Windows only)
This allows you to perform color management
printing from applications that do not support
color management.
See “Color management printing by
Driver ICM (Windows only)” on page 160
Setting profiles
Settings for the input profile, printer profile, and
intent (matching method) vary between three
types of color management printing since their
color management engines are used differently.
This is because color management usage differs
between the engines. Make settings in the printer
driver or application as described in the following
table.
Printer profiles for each paper type that is needed
when performing color management are installed
with the printer's printer driver. You can select
the profile from the printer driver's settings
screen.
See the following for detailed information.
See “Color management printing by Driver
ICM (Windows only)” on page 160
See “Color management printing by Host ICM
(Windows)” on page 158
See “Color management printing by
ColorSync (Mac OS X)” on page 159
See “Setting color management with the
application” on page 157
Input
profile
settings
Printer
profile
settings
Intent
settings
Driver ICM
(Windows)
Printer
Driver
Printer
Driver
Printer
Driver
Host ICM
(Windows)
Applicati
on
Printer
Driver
Printer
Driver
ColorSync
(Mac OS X)
Applicati
on
Printer
Driver
Applicati
on
Application Applicati
on
Applicati
on
Applicati
on