Printer driver - Color Management and ICC Profiles

Printer driver

We will only be able to give you general informations concerning the adjustments of your printer driver. As there are many brands and models it would be difficult to cover them all.

Remember that to print your images with your ICC profiles, the options of your printer driver must correspond precisely to those used during the impression of your ICC target.

Make all your printing options identical to those used during the impression of the ICC target. Disable all options of color management or color optimization on your printer.

Two cases :

1. The printer makes possible to deactivate color auto correction.

The printer driver allows you to use custom mode (or custom settings mode). Leave all the parameters 0, do not activate ICM. No calibration, "No Color Management" etc.

Epson Printer Driver

If the driver allows it, indicate the ICC profile that you wish to use to print your image. If not, just leave no color management.

If you have, the slightest doubt about how to disable automatic color management, use the method described below.

2 . The printer does not allow to disable color auto correction.

Under Windows :

- Open the control panel
- Select “Printing and telecopiers”
- Right Click on printer
- Properties

Select the color management tab. Tick the round box Manuel and remove all the profiles associated with your printer. ATTENTION : it do not really remove the profiles. They stay on your hard disk in the file intended to accommodate them. By precaution, note the name of the profiles which you remove. If necessary, you will be able to restore them after printing.

- Aapply and Ok.

Propriétés de l'imprimante.

Printer Properties

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