Color Application Notes

Photoshop and Color Printing on the magicolor 6100

Requirements

magicolor 6100

Apple Laserwriter driver 8.6.x or 8.7

Adobe Photoshop version 5.5

Restrictions

This Color Application Note provides instructions that apply only to version 5.5 of Photoshop. Other versions of this application are not covered in this Color Application Note.

Note: KONICA MINOLTA does not provide technical support for third-party applications. If you have questions concerning the operation or usage of Adobe Photoshop, visit http://www.adobe.com/support for more information.

Overview

Incorrect printing options in PhotoShop 5.5 results in incorrect color output. This Color Application Note provides instructions to  correctly setup the printing options.

Instructions

1) Open the print dialog box in Adobe Photoshop 5.5 by selecting Print… from the File menu.

2) Select Adobe Photoshop 5.5 from the General pop-up menu. The two most important selections in this dialog box are the (color) Space: pop-up menu and the PostScript Color Management checkbox.

Selecting an incorrect color space from the dialog box can result in unpredictable and often incorrect color output. It is important to understand what the Space pop-up menu does and how it interacts with other user settings in the printer specific selections from the General pop-up menu.

In most cases, you will be working in RGB or CMYK image mode. The magicolor 6100 printer can correct for both of these image types.

3) Identify the current image mode by selecting Mode from the Image menu. The Image menu will not be available unless you have a file opened in Photoshop.

4) Select Print… from the File menu.

5) Select Adobe Photoshop 5.5 from the General pop-up menu.

6) From the (color) Space pop-up menu, select RGB if you are in RGB mode, or select CMYK if you are in CMYK mode.

7) After the correct Space has been set, make the determination if color correction will occur on the host or on the printer. If you want the magicolor 6100 printer to manage color correction, make sure that the Color Matching selection found under the General pop-up menu is set to Color/Grayscale. This selection will allow the data to pass to the printer, unaffected by ColorSync.

8) Select Color Options from the General pop-up menu.  If the image mode is RGB, set the RGB Source. If the image mode is CMYK, set the Simulation. If you set the RGB Source or Simulation to None, no color management will take place on the printer (however, this setting also triggers the null device link (for RGB and CMYK) that restricts Total Area Coverage).

Photoshop will allow only one type of space to be specified in the Adobe Photoshop 5.5 menu listed in the General pop-up menu from the Print dialog box. You can set either the RGB Source or Simulation for color management under the Color Options menu, but not both.

For further reading about Adobe Photoshop's color management, visit http://www.adobe.com/support for more information.

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