Epson & ICC Setting

[Paul]

Hi all

When using Epson printers, one of the advanced options is ICC, what is this
option for and when would you use it if printing from Photoshop.

Thanks

Paul

 

[Jim]

When the printing application imbeds the correct profile in the image.

For example, Photoshop has an option to select the printer profile (in my
case, that is Epson 1280). When I print the file, I find the best results
come from using the ICC profile option in the print dialog.

Jim

 

[rblah]

An ICC profile is an output profile that "describes" the range of
colours you printer is able to reproduce on a particular paper type. I
think Epson have some "canned" profiles, but you can get your own made
if you know someone with profiling equipment (like a spectrophotometer -
sp?) and the relevant profile creating software.

You need to go into your app and select the input profile of your
monitor (be warned you'll need to calibrate your monitor first) and then
select the ICC profile that describes your paper. Then you'll need to
set a rendering intent (just choose Perceptual). What happens is that
the software package reads the image's Input profile (that describes the
colors your input device can "see"), and then uses the rendering intent
to try to "squeeze" the colours into your devices colour space by using
the output or printer profile.

It can be tricky, but it works! The nice thing about ICC output profiles
is, if you've calibrated your screen you can setup "soft-proofing" in
Photoshop to try to emulate on screen what you'll see on your paper.

Cheers,
rblah

 

[rblah]

Sorry... I got caught up explaining the way that you get apps working
with ICC profiles, not the printer driver.

If you select ICC, then you'll have to go to the color management tab
and choose the appropriate ICC profile in their.

 

[Paul]

Sorry... I got caught up explaining the way that you get apps working
with ICC profiles, not the printer driver.

If you select ICC, then you'll have to go to the color management tab
and choose the appropriate ICC profile in their.

Although it is generally recommended that if you are using ICC profiles with
Epson printers you should use the No Colour Controls option and not the ICC
option. This advice is also given on the EPSON experts site for printing
with ICC Files.

Mind you this still doesn't answer the what the ICC option is for.

Paul (another one)