Digital Prints

Option B: Using a Built-In ICC Profile
Next, I make a slightly different version by accessing the correct HP-supplied ICC printer
profile (installed with the printer software) in the Print Space section of the main printer
driver screen (see Figure 8.19). To make this work best, I want Photoshop to make the
color conversion, which means I have to turn off all color management at the printer driver
level. With this HP, that is accomplished by selecting Application Managed Color in the
Color options tab (see
Figure 8.19). This is similar
to Epson’s No Color
Adjustment setting, and
it avoids the “double dipping”
problem I referred
to in Chapter 4.
By using an ICC printer
profile, this also opens up
the options for Intent (I
use Perceptual) and Black
Point Compensation (I
check it).
Option C: Using an Outside Printer Profile
An alternative to using the onboard printer settings and profiles is to use an outside printer
profile, either one you create yourself with a profile software package as described in Chapter
4, or with a purchased custom profile. For this option, I choose the DIY Profile route.
I had already made a printer profile
for this combination of inks
and paper with GretagMacbeth’s
spectrophotometer-based Eye-One
Publish (a higher version of Eye-
One Photo) software, and I am
ready to give it a try. I select the
profile in the Print Space section
and prepare to make a test print
(see Figure 8.20). Obviously, if you
plan to use a printer profile but
haven’t made one, now is the time.
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Figure 8.19 Selecting the supplied
media profile (left oval) requires
turning off color management at the
driver level (right oval).
Figure 8.20 Selecting my own do-ityourself
printer profile (left oval),
identified with a “GM.”