beautypg.com

Let photoshop determine printed colors – Adobe Photoshop CS4 User Manual

Page 491

background image

484

USING PHOTOSHOP CS4

Printing

Last updated 1/10/2010

Choose Color Management to display options for prepress and color management

3

Select Document.

The profile is displayed in parentheses on the same line.

4

For Color Handling, choose Printer Manages Colors.

5

(Optional) Choose a rendering intent for converting colors to the destination color space.

Most non-PostScript printer drivers ignore this option and use the Perceptual rendering intent. (For more
information, see “

About rendering intents

” on page 152.)

6

Access the color management options for the printer driver from the second print dialog box, which automatically
appears after you click Print. In Windows, click Page Setup to access the printer driver options. In Mac

OS, use the

pop-up menu from the second print dialog box to access the printer driver options.

7

Specify the color management settings to let your printer driver handle the color management during printing.

Every printer driver has different color management options. If it’s not clear how to turn on color management,
consult your printer documentation.

8

Click Print.

Note: If you get a warning that your image is larger than the printable area of the paper, and you don’t want to exceed
that area, click Cancel, choose File > Print, and select the Scale To Fit Media box. To make changes to your paper size
and layout, click Page Setup, and attempt to print the file again.

Let Photoshop determine printed colors

If you have a custom color profile for a specific printer, ink, and paper combination, letting Photoshop manage colors
may produce better results than letting the printer manage colors. See

Letting the application determine colors when

printing

” on page 142.

1

Choose File

> Print.

2

Choose Color Management from the pop-up menu.