ive covered almost everything , but one part is really bugging me, for those who know photoshop, when im setting up to print it asks the questions...color handling, ok photoshop manages colors thats ok, its the next one, printer profile, now when i click on the box theres a humongus list, starting with'working rgb', and finishing with 'sgray', with about 100 other choices, so far have used the working with rgb, but i feel as if i should know whether this is correct.

the prints are ok, but feel as if i could give them a boost.

ok guys over to you, ta

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ive covered almost everything , but one part is really bugging me, for those who know photoshop, when im setting up to print it asks the questions...color handling, ok photoshop manages colors thats ok, its the next one, printer profile, now when i click on the box theres a humongus list, starting with'working rgb', and finishing with 'sgray', with about 100 other choices, so far have used the working with rgb, but i feel as if i should know whether this is correct.

the prints are ok, but feel as if i could give them a boost.

ok guys over to you, ta

do you need a simple printout or do you need exact colors for proofing?

I assume your document is RGB not CMYK ?

ive covered almost everything , but one part is really bugging me, for those who know photoshop, when im setting up to print it asks the questions...color handling, ok photoshop manages colors thats ok, its the next one, printer profile, now when i click on the box theres a humongus list, starting with'working rgb', and finishing with 'sgray', with about 100 other choices, so far have used the working with rgb, but i feel as if i should know whether this is correct.

the prints are ok, but feel as if i could give them a boost.

ok guys over to you, ta

do you need a simple printout or do you need exact colors for proofing?

I assume your document is RGB not CMYK ?

i need as near as color prints, yes my docments are rgb

Depending upon your printer, you may be able to find a color profile out there that has already been created for your printer/inks. I think I've seen some on dpreview.com, but it was quite some time ago. A search for your printer model and "color profile" or "ICC profile" might turn up something in a search engine.

ive covered almost everything , but one part is really bugging me, for those who know photoshop, when im setting up to print it asks the questions...color handling, ok photoshop manages colors thats ok, its the next one, printer profile, now when i click on the box theres a humongus list, starting with'working rgb', and finishing with 'sgray', with about 100 other choices, so far have used the working with rgb, but i feel as if i should know whether this is correct.

the prints are ok, but feel as if i could give them a boost.

ok guys over to you, ta

do you need a simple printout or do you need exact colors for proofing?

I assume your document is RGB not CMYK ?

i need as near as color prints, yes my docments are rgb

take a look Color Profiles

I gave up using the photo editing printing programs. I edit my photos to suit me, save them and use the printer's settings to print. It also asks a number of questions, but I know the answers to those questions.

IMHO if you don't have a proof printer (they are very expensive) and are not involved in any professional digital imaging or proofing -

forget about ICC profiles. You don't need them. You will be fine with printer or CS3 default settings.

sRGB is kind of a standard for desktop printers, set that as your default RGB colour space and you should get reasonable colour reproduction (if you also calibrate your monitor with Adobe Gamma or whatever).

IMHO if you don't have a proof printer (they are very expensive) and are not involved in any professional digital imaging or proofing -

forget about ICC profiles. You don't need them. You will be fine with printer or CS3 default settings.

I agree with webfact. And to make matters even more complicated, since you're using RGB (and assuming you created the files yourself), unless your using an expensive monitor that has been properly calibrated, whatever your print with a color profile created by someone else is not going to match what you see on your monitor. This is not so much a concern when using the CMYK color space and a proper printer, but that's more money. There's good enough, and there's expensive... pick one.

Edited August 26, 200916 yr by surface

There is a calibration program called Adobe Gamma that ships with Photoshop, although it is kind of well hidden these days (you will need to google to find where it is meant to be on the disk). It gives ok results, good enough for home use. Some LCD monitors also ship with colour calibration programmes (at least, the Samsungs do), but I trust Adobe Gamma more than those.