ICM Color Management Options
I don't use the ICM Color management option in the printer driver as I let 'Photoshop Determine Colors' as it's now called in CS2, and select my paper profile there. The Printer Color Management option in the driver is then set to Off (No Color Adjustment).
However, for those that do use the ICM option you might be excited or concerned to see the following. In Windows 2000 at least, you now have a whole range of additional options in an Advanced ICM mode.
I haven't explored any of these and I won't be - ICM isn't a part of my workflow but if it was... 'Enough is enough and too much is plenty'!
posted by Pete Walsh @ 4:45 PM 2 comments
At 2:12 AM, jwarthman said...
Pete,
First, thanks very much for posting your experiences and observations in such great detail. It's been very interesting, and you're at least partly responsible for my having bought a 4800 yesterday!
Related to color management, I've been accustomed, with my Epson 1270, to selecting my paper profile in Photoshop, as you described. Then in the Epson driver, I select "Off (no color adjustment)". (I use Mac OSX.) And in the "ColorSync" tab, the pop-up for Color Conversion has only one available selection: Standard.
But here's the thing. When I view the "Summary" tab, under ColorSync it says the following:
Color Conversion: Standard
Profile: System Default
Driver may perform custom color correction: true
Quartz Filter: None
My first two test prints look great, so I think there isn't an issue. Nonetheless, I was alarmed at the driver's assertion that it might monkey with the color, and wondered if you've seen anything like this.
Enjoy!
-- Jim
At 1:30 AM, Pete Walsh said...
Hi Jim, thanks for the message, I hope you enjoy the printer as much as I am :)
What you describe re the settings does seem strange, but maybe it's just a litch as you say or at least, not effecting your prints negatively? I've trained people specific software on Mac but never owned one, so can't offer much there.
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