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Printing color targets: was Re: Qimage One

Printing color targets: was Re: Qimage One

2018-02-16 by Tracy Valleau



A lot of folks think you need a third-party solution to print a color target on a Mac. You do not.

Run the (OS supplied) Colorsync utility.
Choose file open, and load your target.
Choose file Print...
Beneath the "Orientation" images, make sure "ColorSync Utility" is selected
Next to "Color:", choose "Print as color target".

All that said, I personally use PrintTool (for all my image printing) but it's nice to know that the option is built in to the OS.

(If someone here knows why this won't work properly, please correct me ! )

Tracy
www.valleau.art



Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Printing color targets: was Re: Qimage One

2018-02-16 by John Labovitz

You can also send image files directly to the printing system (CUPS) via the command line, using the ‘lpr’ utility.

I don’t recommend this method for most people, but I’ve used it when I wanted to be 100% sure ColorSync wasn’t in the loop, and when I didn’t want to point-and-click a dozen different UI elements for multiple prints.

If anyone actually wants to try this, email me offlist, and I’ll describe how to do it.

—John
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> On Feb 16, 2018, at 10:43 AM, 'Tracy Valleau' tracy@... [QuadtoneRIP] <QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> A lot of folks think you need a third-party solution to print a color target on a Mac. You do not.
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> Run the (OS supplied) Colorsync utility.
> Choose file open, and load your target.
> Choose file Print...
> Beneath the "Orientation" images, make sure "ColorSync Utility" is selected
> Next to "Color:", choose "Print as color target".
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> All that said, I personally use PrintTool (for all my image printing) but it's nice to know that the option is built in to the OS.
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> (If someone here knows why this won't work properly, please correct me ! )
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> Tracy
> www.valleau.art
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