Forum: Photography


Subject: turning off printer contrast and letting photoshop work

jocko500 opened this issue on Feb 02, 2007 · 15 posts


Onslow posted Sun, 04 February 2007 at 8:38 AM

I'll try to help but I am far from being a print expert.

OK firstly set PS to show the colours you see on your screen. 

Go to: Edit > Color Settings

In the top box choose 'North America General Purpose 2'

and OK it.

Now go to: File > Print with Preview

In the window that opens if it has a 'more options'  button on the right then click it. 
If it has 'Fewer Options' leave it alone.

In the window that is open you have a print preview at the top, and under that a drop down menu box.  It should say 'Color Management'      if it doesn't change it.

Further down there is another drop down menu box.
It should say:  ' Let Printer Determine Colors '   if it doesn't change it.

Further down again there is another drop down box.
It should say:  'Relative Colorimetric'   if it doesn't change it.

When you have have those options chosen click ' Done' 

With an image open that you want to print 

Go to: View > Proof Set Up > Working CMYK and click it.

This will then give you a proof view of how the printer is going to print the image.  If you don't like what you see then adjust the image using PS levels etc. and proof it again until you get what you want. 

Now you can print the image .

LCD monitors tend to be very bright and the print may look darker in which case you will need to adjust your monitor a little.  Adjusting the contrast downwards so that whites are white, but not glaring and overly bright. Use the brightness control to adjust blacks so they are black but you can still see detail in shadows.

hth

Richard.

And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear
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