Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
printer color space. The key to making this document print
correctly is to select
Same As Source
in the
Print Space:
Profile
pop-up menu!
Same As Source
is a setting that tells
Photoshop to pass the existing data directly to the print driver. It
is functionally akin to an off setting, whereby no profile in this
Print Space area is utilized. You would use this setting if you
applied the printer profile either elsewhere as we just did or if
you are printing targets for building profiles. In that situation,
you want the raw numbers in the document to go to the printer
with no color management.
Same As Source
is the mechanism
that simply sends the exiting document numbers to the printer
without applying a profile to the data.
Many users have difficulties working with profiles and printing when
they don't have the
Print with Preview
command in sync with the
correct document settings. Either they double profile by using
Convert
to Profile
and
use a profile selected in
Print with Preview
, or they
don't use a profile at all by not using
Convert to Profile
and having
Same As Source
selected in the
Print with Preview
dialog. The
Print
with Preview
dialog is
sticky
, meaning it will remember its last used
settings.
For newer users, it's a good idea to decide if you wish to apply the
profile in Photoshop's
Convert to Profile
command and then ensure
the
Same As Source
option is selected or the opposite approach; apply
the profile in the
Print with Preview
dialog. Never use the
Convert
to Profile
command and select a printer profile in the
Print Space
Profile
pop-up menu. The advantage of using
Convert to Profile
is you
will be able to see the soft proof of the profile, rendering intent, and so
on within the dialog. Also, since the
Same As Source
setting in the
Print Space Profile
pop-up menu is sticky, you will not need to pay
attention to it after setting it the first time. If, however, you print to many
different printers or papers using
Print with Preview
, you will need to
remember to set these profiles each and every time you use this
command. Ultimately the results are the same when the two methods
are used correctly and the choice is yours.
One other option with the
Print with Preview
command is the
ability to conduct a three-way conversion, or what is known as cross-
rendering. Suppose you are working with this
Printer_Test_File.tif
in
ColorMatch RGB and your ultimate goal is to print this on a press using
SWOP inks. You want to see how the final output will appear using your
Epson printer prior to sending the document to the service bureau. The
process would be to conduct a conversion from ColorMatch RGB to U.S.
Web Coated (SWOP) v2 CMYK since this is the eventual press conditions
and thus the profile to use for the RGB-to-CMYK conversion. However,
we would need to conduct a U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2 CMYK-to-
Epson RGB conversion to proof this on the Epson printer. Sending the
