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How to Turn off Color Management in Photoshop 7

Oct 15, 2009 8:22 AM

Wondering if anyone can guide me through the steps of turning off Color Management in Photoshop 7 so that my Epson 2200 manages the color?

I've already tried turning off color management in photoshop color settings and also in the printing box.  My photographs print out perfect in iPhoto

but I am limited in printing size.

Thanks

  • Printer_Rick
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    Oct 15, 2009 8:51 AM
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    Please don't turn off color management in the color settings, you don't want to do that.

     

    If your document is RGB, have you tried the following? Print with "Photoshop Manages Colors." Select the "Document" radio button. Under printer profile, select the Document RGB profile. If you don't know what that is, go to Edit: Assign Profile to check.

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  • Rick McCleary
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    Oct 15, 2009 9:19 AM
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    What symptoms are you seeing?

    That's where we can start to help.

     

    What OS?

    What paper/ink combination on your 2200?

     

    BTW, you can easily have the printer manage the color by checking "Printer manages color" in the Print dialog box.

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  • Mike Ornellas
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    Oct 15, 2009 9:53 AM
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    On is off and off is on. It's a wonderful workflow where you just close your eyes, tap your heals three times and all is well.

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    Oct 15, 2009 10:24 AM
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    You really don't want the printer to manage your color and as MO pointed out there is no such thing as color management being turned off. If you don't want color management go back to version 3 or 4.

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  • Chris Cox
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    Oct 16, 2009 1:28 PM
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    Agree, turning off color management in the color settings is 100% the wrong thing to do.

     

    Under printer profile, select the DocumentRGB profile.

    NO!  Select the PRINTER profile (and paper type, etc. as needed).

     

    The instructions you gave will give unmanaged color, and offer no chance for the printer to do it's thing at all.  (guaranteed fail)

     

    Having Photoshop manage the color, converting to the printer profile, and telling the printer driver to get the heck out of the way is far more likely to give useful prints.

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  • Printer_Rick
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    Oct 16, 2009 1:44 PM
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    OK, was under the impression the OP wanted to use printer color management and it wasn't working, in which case sending document RGB would allow the printer driver to do the conversion

     

    But I agree it's better to use the Photoshop color management.

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  • Chris Cox
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    Oct 16, 2009 1:46 PM
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    If you set "Photoshop manages color", then that will disable any printer color management features.

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  • Printer_Rick
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    Oct 16, 2009 2:24 PM
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    My mistake. I thought the print driver CM had to be disabled through other means. My suggestion was based on Illustrator behavior:

     

    http://forums.adobe.com/message/2209412#2209412

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