Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Kevin" <vinke@...> wrote:
> I got hung up on your very first instruction re: driver settings in 
> that I was NOT able to choose from Velvet Fine Art Paper here: 
> http://www.pbase.com/vinke/image/64957444...

Hey Kevin,  

First, look for your installed profiles in Finder/Macintosh HD/Library/ColorSync/Profiles/

Some may also be in another Library--Finder/User(Whatever name you've given your 
computer)/Library/ColorSync/Profiles/

If you want to, move them all into the HD Library and they'll be available to all users.  If 
you can't find a profile in a driver window it may be in one of the Libraries under a 
different name.  If you click on any ICC profile in the Profiles folder you'll open up an info 
window.  Look for the Localized Description Strings line and click on it.  This is the "Name" 
of the profile as it shows up in the driver windows.  This may or may not be the same as 
the "File" name.

The driver window also shows all your ICC profiles so you need to know which profiles are 
Printer Profiles.

Another note is that the driver page you referenced is really the 2nd page of the process.  
Click Page Set-up and make sure your specific printer and not "Any Printer" is highlighted, 
then go back to the 2nd page and choose Let Photoshop Determine Colors and the 
Specific Profile you want to use.  That is printer/paper profile not "Color Space" such as 
sRGB etc.  Perceptual, Relative, Black point...That you'll have to bone up on as they refer to 
how the printer will handle out of gamut colors.

When you get to the third page is where you must also be very specific in your selections 
as these are relative to any given profile.  The First is which specific printer you want to 
use, the second is Presets where you can define and save all of the settings in the next 
table.   The third will be defaulted to Copies and Pages.  Click there and go to Print 
Settings.  These have to match your printer profile settings when the profile was made.  
Often they are in the profile name, MPH for Matte Paper Heavyweight, etc.  You'll need to 
look at the "Color Management" settings and click OFF so the printer doesn't try to manage 
what Photoshop is already managing.


Hope this helps, Robert