PRINT Image MatchingTM
What is revolutionary about PRINT Image Matching technology?
EPSON Inkjet Printers Supporting PRINT Image Matching Technology
Digital cameras that support PRINT Image Matching technology
PRINT Image Matching plugin for Adobe Photoshop
Color management is one of the major challenges faced by all digital image enthusiasts. The same photo looks different on different monitors or when printing on different printers or different paper. EPSON printers and scanners support a single core color management system as standard. They also support ICC* color management. ICC is an open and intersecting (crossover) color management platform that treats each device as a color enhancing profile.
EPSON ICC profiles are supplied with the standard printer driver and can be used to edit photos in various programs (for example, Adobe Photoshop). Here are three steps that will allow you to set your computer's color compatibility with devices such as your printer and scanner. Please note that this only applies to RGB files.
If the color gamut of your monitor and printer are different, EPSON recommends adjusting the colors by following these instructions (color settings are illustrated using Adobe Photoshop Version 6.0)
Screen calibration
First, adjust the lineature of your monitor by setting the Color temperature to 5000K and the Gamma Value to 1.8 (Mac) and 2.2 (PC).
These settings are changed in the following menu:
For Macintosh: Apple/Control Panel/Monitor/Color
For PC: You can use the Adobe gamma utility that comes with Adobe Photoshop 6.0
Now you need to set your color options in Photoshop and determine your monitor's color gamut.
Setting color parameters in Adobe Photoshop 6.0
Open the dialog box by selecting Adobe Photoshop 6.0 from the menu Edit - Color Settings and set the following parameters in it:
Setting up a driver for EPSON printer
EPSON ICC profiles are supplied with the driver. They are automatically installed during the printer driver installation process and are saved on your hard drive in the following folders:
Mac: System - Colorsync Profiles
PC Win 98/95/Me: Windows - System - Color
PC Win 2000: Windows - System32 - Spool - Drivers - Color
When you install the driver on your Macintosh, ICC profiles for each paper type are also automatically installed. You can find desired profile by entering the name of the paper in the search. On PC, the driver is supplied only for the printer.
You can manually set parameters for the driver in the menu Mode - Advanced settings- as shown below:
If you select "No Color Management" on this screen, color management will be set by the Color Management Module (CMM: Adobe ACE).
Please do not select a specific color setting such as Automatic, Photo Enhanced or Colorsync, because this will cause color calibration to be done twice, which may have a negative impact on print quality.
And finally, all you have to do is set only the desired EPSON profile in the print menu, as shown in the figure below.
*Note:
The ICC profile is an acronym for the International Color Consortium (ICC) and is a description of color processing methods. specific device, which can be a scanner, digital camera, monitor, printer or printing press. A profile describes the color range or gamut of a device and how the device distorts color. With ICC profiling technology built into the program, you automatically create calibration profiles for the output device that allow you to set more natural colors.
Each of us has encountered the fact that when printing on paper, it seems to us that the colors of the photo have become darker, a lot of green, a lot of red, etc. when printing on non-original consumables. But, if you use INKSYSTEM ink and photo paper, you have the opportunity to download and install ICC profiles, which significantly improve the color rendition of the printed image (Profile is a file that is embedded in operating system) for your model of printer, MFP or plotter.
ATTENTION!
The website contains only examples of color profiles. To obtain an image of maximum quality, you need to download one of the available color profiles or take an A4 sheet and print the target for users according to the instructions.
To create a professional color profile, we recommend downloading and printing the following targets: for A4 format and for 10x15 format.
Then you need to return the finished target with the completed order form to the point of sale and we will build you an individual profile for your printer, for our photo paper.
ICC color profiles for EPSON using INKSYSTEM inks and photo paper:
ICC color profiles for Canon using INKSYSTEM ink and photo paper:
ICC color profile for HP using INKSYSTEM ink and photo paper:
HP Photosmart 6283 (HP C5140, C5150, C5170, C5173, C5175, C5177, C5180, C5183, C5185, C5188, C5190, C5194, C6150, C6154, C6160, C6170, C6175, C6180, 83, C6185, C6188, C6190, C6283 , C7150, C7170, C7177, C7180, C7183, C7186, C7188, C7190,C7283, C8183) download (.icc)
ICC color profile for Brother using INKSYSTEM ink and photo paper:
If you are not satisfied with the results of installing an ICC profile or want to order an ICC profile on another medium, please write to us at [email protected] or ask any questions you are interested in and visit our forum about CISS
Anyone who has ever encountered printing with inkjet printer, you probably found yourself in a situation where the resulting print, to put it mildly, did not correspond to the expected result. It often happens that the color rendition from time to time does not correspond to the original at all. We will help you find a solution to such a difficult problem, and it is not as difficult as it might seem at first glance.
What is the Inksystem color profile and its advantages
Speaking in simple words we need to develop a combination of halftone algorithms and inks for a single printer in which color shifts on the print will be minimal. Moreover, the nature of the lighting in which the picture was taken should also be taken into account. It doesn't matter whether it was a sunny or cloudy day, whether the lighting was natural or the photo was taken under fluorescent lights. Finished photo 10x15 format should look as natural as possible. Even the naked eye can see that copies made using original cartridges differ significantly from copies made on a printer with CISS. Moreover, both of these copies will not be at all similar to the original.
According to popular opinion, copies made on a printer with a CISS cannot be good, since the CISS damages the head, low-quality ink is poured into it, and so on and so forth. But then what about original cartridges? Why then do such copies not satisfy our needs? It’s just that the whole point is not in the ink, which is completely identical both in the originals and in the CISS; and it’s certainly not a matter of the head, which the CISS installation cannot in any way damage. The icc color profile is responsible for the color match between the copy and the original. When producing a printer, manufacturers flash an average color profile that is theoretically suitable for any printer. However, as you know, no two printers are identical, even if they came off the same assembly line. The slightest inaccuracy in production leads to a noticeable decrease in print quality. Of course, if you are satisfied with the average complexion in your photo, then there is no need to worry. But you want to get the most out of your printer. I would like that even when printing photographs for A4 format, I would like to not end up with a green face or purple hair. The printer color profile is an important detail in achieving best result . The correct icc color profile allows you to:
- achieve natural color rendering;
- Make the most of your printer's capabilities;
- save resources on color proofing.
Creating color profiles for any printer model
In order for the printing result not to be average or even as close as possible, but ideal, color profiling should be carried out. In this case, it is necessary to take into account the features of all printing parameters. This applies to paper, ink, lighting and your own technical characteristics printer.
In the original, this is a very painstaking process. You must do color correction, then do a color proof, create your own epson color profile. The average user is unlikely to be able to do this task. However, our company has done everything possible to make printing as easy as possible. On our website you can easily download a color profile for your printer model.
However, it is better to order an ICC profile individually. To do this, you do not need to take the printer to service center. You can download the ICC profile installation instructions (.doc) and a special “target”, print it on your printer and send it by regular mail along with the order form. After this, you just need to wait for the finished printer color profile to arrive and further instructions for installing it. inksystem color profile - will make your pictures realistic.
If you have any questions, go to the CISS forum and chat with fellow printers.
Our engineers perform inkjet color calibration Epson printers and Canon, building ICC color profiles of any inks and photo papers since 2007 and have accumulated valuable practical experience in the field of printer profiling. The real way get color rendition high quality from your inkjet printer at a low cost - DO NOT download someone else's color profile for free from the Internet, but order our engineers to calibrate the printer by measuring the color gamut of your prints and creating an individual color profile specifically for your printer-ink-paper combination.
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Inkjet printer models that we profile:
CANON
PIXMA iP, iX, MG, MP, MX and PIXMA Pro series
CANON PIXMA ip1200 ip1300 ip1600 ip1700 ip1800 ip1900 ip2200 ip2500 ip2600 ip2700 ip2702 ip3300 ip3500 ip4200 ip4300 ip4500 ip5200 ip5300 ip3600 600 ip4700 ip4840 ip4940 ip7240 ix6540 ix6550 ix4000 ix5000 MG5140 MG5240 MX884 MG6140 MG6240 MG8140 MG8240 MP150 MP160 MP170 MP180 MP210 MP220 MP450 MX300 MX310 MP190 MP210 MP220 MP470 MX300 MX310 MP240 MP250 MP252 MP260 MP270 MP280 MP282 MP490 MP495 MP500 MP510 MP520 MP530 MP600 MP800 MP810 MP830 MX700 MX850 MP540 MP550 MP560 MP620 MP630 MP640 MP660 60 MX870 MP980 MP990 MX320 MX330 MX340 MX350 Pro9000 Pro9500 Pro-1 (and others on request)
EPSON
Stylus Photo, Office, Expression Home series
B, BX, C, CX, L, P, PX, R, RX, S, SX, T, TX, XP
EPSON Stylus Photo 1410 2100 2200 BX305 BX305F BX305FW C110 C67 C87 CX3700 CX4100 CX4700 CX5700 CX7700 C70 C80 C79 CX3900 CX4900 CX5500 CX5900 CX6900 CX69 00F CX7300 CX7300F CX8300 CX8300F C82 CX5200 CX5400 C91 CX4300 L100 L110 L120 L132 L200 L210 L222 L300 L312 L350 L355 L362 L364 L366 L382 L386 L456 L486 L550 L555 L566 L605 L655 L800 L805 L810 L850 L1300 L1455 L1800 P50 PX660 PX720WD PX820FWD R2000 R2880 R3000 R200 R220 R300 R320 R340 R270 R290 R295 R390 RX500 RX600 RX620 RX640 RX590 RX610 RX615 RX690 RX700 S22 SX125 SX130 SX230 SX235W SX420W SX425W SX430W SX435W SX440W SX445W SX525WD SX535WD B42WD BX320FW BX625FWD BX635FWD T1100 T26 T27 T30 T40W T50 T59 TX117 TX119 TX106 TX109 TX210 TX410 TX200 TX209 TX219 TX400 TX409 TX410 TX419 TX300 TX300F TX550 TX550W TX600 TX600F TX600FW TX510 TX510F TX510FN TX650 TX659 TX700 TX700W TX710 TX710W TX800 TX800F TX800FW XP33 XP1 03 XP203 XP207 XP303 XP306 XP403 XP406 (and others on request)
EPSON
widescreen Stylus Pro series
EPSON Stylus Pro 3800 3880 4000 4400 4450 4880 4900 5000 5500 7000 7400 7450 7500 7600 7700 7880 7890 7900 9000 9400 9450 9500 9600 9700 9890 9900 10000 10600 11880 (and others in which control is carried out through the driver, and not through the RIP processor)
Color profile - what is it? Why do we need color profiles?
Having bought a color printer from Epson, Canon, etc., the user often does not suspect that the manufacturer included printer profiling in the price of the printer, also called printer calibration in everyday life - the production of “color profiles” (profiles) for inks and papers of its brand.
What is a printer color profile? A color profile is a table of numbers that describe the color rendering of a particular combination of “printer - ink - paper - print_mode - viewing_lighting”. Each such combination has individual properties (characteristics): color gamut, dynamic range, etc. Accordingly, the profile describes in numerical language the possibilities of such a combination for use by a computer. The profile does not improve the characteristics of materials, but informs the computer about the characteristics of the materials. Profile developer measures special equipment on numerous samples of color printing, the characteristics of the combination “printer - ink - paper - print_mode”, and the profiling program corrects the obtained numbers (measurement results) according to the spectrum of a given typical viewing light source and arranges the numbers in a table in a certain format. Typically this is an ICC (International Color Consortium) standard format. The ICC profile constructed in this way can be embedded in a specific image file or written into a separate “profile file” (*.icc, *.icm) for batch use by a printing program with various images. In both cases, the computer uses numerical profile data to adjust the printer's performance. The more color samples measured when creating a profile, the higher the accuracy of the profile and the more accurate the color balance of the image printed with the profile.
The profile is a “digital reflection” of the color properties of the combination “printer - ink - paper - print_mode - viewing_lighting" and depends simultaneously on:
Structural technical characteristics of the printer (each copy of the printer has an individual “handwriting” of color printing)
The installed settings in the printing program and in the printer control program - driver ("paper type", "print quality", "print speed", "print resolution", etc.)
Ink used for printing different manufacturers image is formed differently due to differences in production technologies, materials, composition, etc.)
The paper used for printing (different brands and types of paper interact differently with inks and reflect the light that a person perceives as a color image)
Available lighting when viewing a print (the spectrum of the light source during viewing has a strong influence on human perception of color).
The computer adjusts the printer's performance using the characteristics of the printer, ink, paper, and viewing light source described in ICC color profiles. For example, for an inkjet printer, the computer regulates the ink supply “according to the profile” different colors onto paper under a given printing mode, within the capabilities of that printer, ink and paper, so that under a given type of lighting the print will produce an image with the correct color balance. Color balance will be determined by the accuracy of the profile, and the visual quality of the print (saturation, contrast, detail) will be determined by the characteristics of the printer, ink and paper.
What to do if you want to print with something other than the original consumables Canon, Epson, and with cheaper “non-native” inks, paints, papers from independent manufacturers? (InkTec, OCP, Ink-Mate, Inko, Chameleon, Jet Print, InkMaster, Lomond, Privision, RDM, Revcol, Skyhorse, WWM, etc., etc.?) Then the original ICC color profiles you purchased together with the printer and recorded as files on your computer during the installation of the printer driver will no longer work. After all, original color profiles were created for combinations of original inks and original papers. Therefore, for “non-original” inks and papers, when printing with original color profiles (as well as when printing with a completely disabled profile - with unadjusted color rendition), distortion will result color balance on the print. For example, gray color “turns blue”, blue sky “turns purple”, people’s faces “turns green”, etc. What to do?
you print the “target” on your printer and send us the prints by Russian Post
Upon receipt of your target prints, we measure their color range using special equipment. Based on the measurement results, we display a color profile. We convert the reference photo by profile into the color space of your printer. We send you a file of a profiled photograph via the Internet for verification printing - color proof. (This photo can be printed, but the printer profile cannot be extracted from it)
You are printing a profiled photo. If you are satisfied with the proof print, please let us know.
We send you an invoice for payment of the order and information about the payment procedure by e-mail.
Payment possible by bank transfer to our current account from your bank account or by receipt at a bank branch in cash, or online without commission using a VISA / VISA Electron, MasterCard / Maestro, MIR card, or online from a Yandex.Money wallet.
you pay for your order in a way convenient for you and receive a profile from us in the form of an independent file
Together with the profile file, we send you reporting files via the Internet (color measurement protocol, measurement accuracy report, etc. - in the volume according to the selected tariff) and a detailed reference guide on using color profiles for photo printing from various programs.
Profiling time - from the date of receipt of your “target” fingerprints to the date of creation of the profile - on average 2 business days (depending on the size of the order queue).
Please note that we DO NOT accept orders for profiling for sublimation and thermal transfer printing (where images are transferred from one surface to another when heated).
Before you begin, you must place the ICC profile files in the appropriate folder (windows/system32/spool/drivers/color). Please note that after each addition of ICC profile files to the appropriate Windows folder you need to restart the graphic editor.
When printing an image, you must perform the following procedures:
1. IN graphic editor Adobe enter the Print with preview menu and additional options install Color Management. In the Profile line, select the desired ICC profile in accordance with the selected Lomond media. Set Perceptual in the Intent line. Send for printing.
2. By selecting desired printer, enter the "Properties" section. In accordance with the table, set the print quality and type of paper used. In the "Color Management" section, make settings in accordance with the selected profile type. If you are using a profile of the second type, you must disable color management by making the No Color Adjustment option active. If you are using the first type of profile, it is advisable to leave the default settings in this section and select the media type in accordance with the ending of the ICC profile file name. However, if desired, you can change the brightness, saturation, contrast, color tone, and connect special features to improve the image.
Printer settings when printing
Example 1. You want to print a picture on semi-gloss Lomond photo paper with a density of 170 g/m2 on an Epson Stylus Photo 1290 printer with Epson cartridges using a straight profile (with color management disabled in the printer driver). The first thing you need to do is make sure that the ink in the cartridge you are using is original. To do this, you need to print the gray scale on Epson paper without using ICC profiles, making the appropriate settings in the printer driver. If the print really gray scale without color shades, you can continue working, but if not, the further result is unpredictable. Next, in the Adobe graphics editor, set the Lomond_Photo_170_Semi_Eps1290_InkEpson_NoColorAdjustment profile, and in the printer driver, turn off color management (No Color Adjustment) and print. If it is necessary to correct the print, this can be done in a graphic editor.
Example 2. To print on the matte side of Lomond glossy-matte paper with a density of 180 g/m2 on an Epson Stylus Photo 900 printer with Lomond cartridges with the ability to correct the resulting prints in the printer driver, you should select the following ICC converter profile Lomond_Glossy_180_mattside_Eps900_InkLomond_PhotoQualiti, installing it in the Adobe editor. In the printer driver, select the media type - Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper and print quality - Photo. At the same time, it seems to you possible use additional printer driver functions to improve the quality of the resulting prints without editing the image itself.
Note. Please note that ICC profiles for Epson printers are designed for use in software products Adobe may not work correctly in other cases. Profiles for other printers also work correctly under Windows.
If you are a CHERNIL.NET client and use OCP, Ink-Mate or Bursten Ink inks, we will make you a color profile for free. How to get a profile?
Step 1.
Download color targets by clicking HERE(autoload). Unzip the archive to your Desktop. Make sure your printer is loaded with the ink and paper for which you are profiling.
Step 2.
Unpack the archive and run the program Adobe Color Printer Utility. A window will open for selecting a TIFF file; in it you need to select the file of the first page of the color target. After this, the following window will open with two buttons:
In this window, click on the Print button, the following window should open.
Select landscape orientation sheet and press OK. After this, a print window will open, your printer should be selected in it, and to the right of it there is a button Properties. Click it and set the necessary print settings:
Options for Canon
Go to the Home tab, set the following values in the fields highlighted in red.
Media type - Glossy Photo Paper/High-quality photo paper
Print quality - Other, button on the right Set and in the window that opens, set the slider to position 1. If position 1 is not available for selection, set position 2. Click OK.
Color/intensity - Manually, button on the right Set. Open a tab in a new window Coordination, in the Color correction field put No.
Close the settings windows by clicking OK and send the page to print. Do the same with the remaining three files of the selected target. You should end up with 4 sheets of color targets.
Options for Epson
Set the settings shown below in red. Set the settings marked in green yourself depending on the photo paper you use.
Print Option - With margins(if you have an English version, uncheck the Borderless)
Sheet orientation - Landscape/Landscape
Printing settings - uncheck Edge Smoothing And Grayscale
Color Management - ICM, below Off (No Color Adjustment)
Next, click the button Print, select landscape paper orientation (if you need to do this again) and print the page. Do the same with the other three files of the selected target. You should end up with 4 sheets of color targets.
Options for HP
On different models On HP printers, the settings window may look different. Basic settings:
Sheet orientation - Landscape
Seal - With margins(if your printer can print borderless)
Grayscale and corner smoothing - Off
Paper type - Photo Paper/Enhanced Photo Paper
Print quality - The best
If you have questions about setting up parameters on HP, please contact us - we will help.
Step 3.
Dry the finished prints for an hour in a clean room, pack and send in an A4 envelope to the address: 117638, Moscow, PO Box 36 "Ink. Yes". To speed up the process, you can bring them yourself to the Central Office during business hours.
Step 4.
1) the name of your printer
2) the name of the ink and photo paper for which you require a profile
3) print settings that you set in the green fields (paper type, print quality)
4) photo of the receipt or delivery note confirming the purchase of ink OCP, Ink-Mate or Bursten Ink.
*Profiling is performed on Datacolor SpyderPRINT equipment in RGB format.
How to work
