Step:
4. Go to File>Open. Locate and open the “i1 RGB 1.5.tif”
file you downloaded at the start of this workshop. When the file opens
in Photoshop you will be presented with a Missing Profile message saying
“The document ‘i1 RGB 1.5.tif ‘ does not have an embedded
RGB profile” what would you like to do? At this point you need
to select “Leave as is (don’t colour manage)”
When
this file is open in Photoshop, do not make any attempts to change this
file in any way.
Step: 5. Go to File>Print with Preview. First make sure “Scale
to Media” is un-ticked and the scale reads 100%. Under the image
on the left hand side, select “Colour Management” from the
drop down menu. In the “Print” section, select “Document
(Profile Untagged RGB)”. In the “Options” section,
select “No Colour Management” from the Colour Handling drop
down menu. All the other boxes in this section will then be greyed out.
Double
check these settings. It is very important that no mistakes are made
in our “Print with Preview” box. Any mistakes made at this
point will mean that you will not get a true colour print profile.
When you have checked all the settings, Click Print.
Click on your preferred printer to continue with this workshop. If your printer is not listed, please continue below.
Epson
1290/1290s
Epson 1400 Series
Epson R1800
Epson R2400
Epson 1900 Series
If
your printer is not shown above you will now need to refer to your printer
manual to find these appropriate settings.
In your print properties dialog box, first select A4 paper size. Then
select the type of paper you are using. For this workshop let us say that
we are profiling “Fuji Premium Gloss Photo Paper”. Select,
Photo Quality Glossy Film or Premium Glossy Photo Paper. These paper selection
will give us the best photo realistic results. Next we need to turn off
any colour management or colour optimising settings. If you are using
a Hewlett Packard printer you will need to select “Native Without
Black Replacement” and Epson printers you need to find and select
“No Colour Adjustment”, this settings can be found in the
Advance sections of your print properties dialog box.
When you have set your printer options you need to save the settings,
because every time you use this paper type you must use the exact same
settings as you used to create the profile. If using an Epson printer
click “save settings” in the Advance section of the print
properties dialog box. In the “save settings” dialog box type
“Fuji Prem Gloss” or something similar to suit your paper
type, as you will need to apply these settings to all subsequent prints
using this paper with the generated profile.
Click print. When the target file has printed allow the print to dry for
24 hrs.
Next, down load and print the “Profile Request Form” (link
below). Fill out the form, post or hand (Do Not Fold) the “Target”
print and the “Profile Request Form” to your colour management
club member. If you are not a Nantwich Camera Club member you will need
to contact a Nantwich Camera Club committee member (details on website)
to find out how you can have your paper profile created.
When your profile has been processed you will receive an email containing
your new generated “ICC Profile”. After receiving the profile
you will then need to follow the workshop on, “Installing and Using
Printer Profiles”.
Faulty
Print Patches.
Before
you submit your printed target patch for profiling, please view the printout
in close detail. Below is an enlarged view of a section from a printed
target patch. You will see that the printed patches are bleeding into
each other.
This
is caused by ink and paper incompatibility. This section was taken from
an old type Fuji High Gloss paper (Note:
this is not a Fuji fault)
and
printed on an Epson R2400. The Epson R2400 uses pigment inks and the Fuji
paper was possibly manufactured before pigment inks were introduced into
home printers, so they are not compatible. Please bear this in mind when
purchasing papers, as there are still papers on the market that are not
compatible with the latest printers.
If your printout has bleeding between colour patches, there is no point
in having a profile created as you will never achieve an acceptable print
from this ink/paper combination.
