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                    Let Photoshop determine printed colors
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                <div><div class="section"><p>If you have a custom color
profile for a specific printer, ink, and paper combination, letting
Photoshop manage colors may produce better results than letting the
printer manage colors. See <a href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Photoshop/11.0/WSE237FEF7-FC81-4e40-8E81-9FDE7B0E0083.html" target="_blank">Letting
the application determine colors when printing</a>.</p>
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<ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Choose File&#160;&gt; Print.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Choose Color Management from the pop‑up menu.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>For Color Handling, choose Photoshop Manages Colors.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>For Printer Profile, select the profile that best matches
your output device and paper type. If there are any profiles associated
with the current printer, they are placed at the top of the menu,
with the default profile selected.</span> <p>The more accurately the profile describes the behavior
of the output device and printing conditions (such as paper type),
the more accurately the color management system can translate the
numeric values of the actual colors in a document. (See <a href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Photoshop/11.0/WSFB08548C-07A2-49d9-8616-898321B7705A.html" target="_blank">Obtaining
custom profiles for desktop printers</a>.)</p>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>(Optional) Set any of the following options.</span> <dl><dt class="dlterm">Rendering Intent</dt>
<dd>Specifies how Photoshop converts colors to the destination color
space. (See <a href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Photoshop/11.0/WS6078C298-CB20-4dc8-ACD4-D344110AA026.html" target="_blank">About
rendering intents</a>.)</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Black Point Compensation</dt>
<dd>Preserves the shadow detail in the image by simulating
the full dynamic range of the output device.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Match Print Colors</dt>
<dd>Enabled when you let Photoshop manage color. Select to view
image colors in the preview area as they will actually print.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Gamut Warning</dt>
<dd>Enabled when Match Print Colors is selected. Select to highlight
out-of-gamut colors in the image, as determined by the selected printer
profile. A gamut is the range of colors that a color system can
display or print. A color that can be displayed in RGB may be out
of gamut for your current printer profile.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Show Paper White</dt>
<dd>Sets the color white in the preview to the color of the
paper in the selected printer profile. This produces a more accurate
print preview if you're printing on off-white paper such as newsprint
or art papers that are more beige than white. Since absolute white
and black create contrast, less white in the paper will lower the
overall contrast of your image. Off-white paper can also change
the overall color cast of the image, so yellows printed on beige
paper may appear more brown.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Access the color management options for the printer driver
from the second print dialog box, which automatically appears after
you click Print. In Windows, click the Preferences button to access
the printer driver options. In Mac&#160;OS, use the pop‑up menu
from the second Print dialog box to access the printer driver options.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Turn off color management for the printer, so the printer
profile settings won’t override your profile settings.</span> <p>Every printer driver has different color management options.
If it’s not clear how to turn off color management, consult your
printer documentation. </p>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Click Print.</span> <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>If you get a warning that your image is larger than
the printable area of the paper, click Cancel, choose File&#160;&gt;
Print, and select the Scale To Fit Media box. To make changes to
your paper size and layout, click Page Setup, and attempt to print
the file again.</div>
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