Tutorials - Color Management for Photographers - page 362

and the pop-up menu is set to Color Management . The
Source Space radio button shows us that the document to be
printed is in ColorMatch RGB.
3. Note that in the Source Space area of the dialog and just below
the Document radio button is a radio button named Proof .
Next to it you'll see U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) V2 listed. This
specific CMYK profile is showing up because we selected it in the
View-Proof Setup in step 1. Selecting the Proof radio button
informs Photoshop that you wish to produce a three-way
conversion and that the first conversion should be from the
original document color space (ColorMatch RGB) to U.S. Web
Coated (SWOP) v2.
4. The Print Space Profile pop-up menu is where you select your
printer profile, so go ahead and pick the correct profile for your
printer and paper (in this example it would be the Epson we
wish to use for this cross rendering). This informs Photoshop
what is the ultimate print space to use for the color space
conversion. If you were to select your printer profile, the
conversions would be ColorMatch RGB to U.S. Web Coated
(SWOP) v2 to Printer (e.g., Epson 2200), a three-way
conversion. Be sure to pick the Absolute Colorimetric intent
when doing these kinds of conversions so that the paper white
on the CMYK process will be simulated on the Epson. Also, be
very sure that you do not pick this Proof button unless you are
sure you want this kind of three-way conversion. If you want to
pick the Proof Space radio button and then your actual printer
profile in Print Space , and send the data to the printer, you
should see a difference in the final print compared to not picking
this Proof radio button. Keep in mind that these settings are
sticky. The next time you use the Print with Preview
command, should you simply want to convert the data for the
printer, you must remember to disable the Proof Space radio
button by selecting the Print Space radio button.
Using Print with Preview in Photoshop CS2
1. Open Printer_Test_File.tif found on your CD.
2. If your Color Settings are such that you get an Embedded
Profile Mismatch , pick the radio button Use the embedded
profile (instead of the working space) to preserve the color
space of the document, thus allowing the document to open in
ColorMatch RGB, which is the original color space of this
document.
3. Choose File-Print with Preview ; the dialog in Fig. 9-9-5
appears. Make sure the More Options button has been clicked
and the pop-up menu is set to Color Management .