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Posted on by Regan Dickinson Posted in Tips & Tricks
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Keeping up with CS6: How to Print Targets for ICC Profiles

LexJet offers free custom profiles for a variety of printers and media to maximize the quality of your inkjet printing output. In the past we have posted articles and videos about printing targets for custom profiles with various versions of Photoshop. With the release of Photoshop CS6, the process for printing targets to create ICC profiles has changed.

Creating custom profiles in Adobe CS6In CS4 and earlier versions it used to be that you could simply select No Color Management in the print window when printing targets. With CS5, the No Color Management option was removed, but there was a workaround.

Now, with CS6, that workaround is no longer available. However, the Adobe Color Printer Utility (ACPU) can be used to output targets for creating ICC profiles if you are using CS5 or CS6. This is a free standalone utility provided by Adobe that allows users to properly print their targets for custom profiles with no color management to muddy the waters, so to speak.

Embedded below in the order shown learn how to print targets using the Adobe Color Printer Utility with an Epson Stylus Pro Printer (Mac), Epson Stylus Pro Printer (PC), and a Canon iPF Printer (PC).

At this point, unfortunately, there isn’t a way to easily achieve the proper results with a Canon iPF printer and a Mac. If you are using this combination, try to keep an older copy of Photoshop or print your targets through the imagePROGRAF Print Plug-in for Photoshop. If you have any questions about printing targets or anything else in the inkjet printing workflow, contact a LexJet customer specialist at 800-453-9538…

Posted on by Sean McGettigan Posted in Tips & Tricks
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Making a Custom Profile for a Canon iPF Inkjet Printer and Photoshop CS5

Making a custom profile in Photoshop CS5 for a Canon iPF inkjet printerLexJet offers free custom profiles for a variety of printers and media to maximize the quality of your inkjet printing output. Last week we posted a video teaching you how to Make a Custom Profile for an Epson Inkjet Printer and Adobe Photoshop CS5. Below is a video that shows how to create a custom profile for a Canon iPF inkjet printer with CS5.

In this example, the video shows how to do this with a Canon iPF6350 and CS5. Though each printer may have a different driver interface, the process is basically the same.

Please contact a LexJet customer specialist at 800-453-9538 if you have any questions…

Posted on by Sean McGettigan Posted in Tips & Tricks
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Making a Custom Profile for an Epson Inkjet Printer and Adobe Photoshop CS5

How to create custom profiles for Epson printers in CS5LexJet offers free custom profiles for a variety of printers and media to maximize the quality of your inkjet printing output. Below is a video that shows how to create a custom profile using Adobe Photoshop CS5.

In this example, the video shows how to do this with an Epson Stylus Pro 7900 and CS5. Though each printer may have a different driver interface, the process is basically the same.

Please contact a LexJet customer specialist at 800-453-9538 if you have any questions…

Posted on by Sean McGettigan Posted in Tips & Tricks
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Printing Targets for Custom Profiles: Canon Print Plug-In for Photoshop

Custom profiles Canon Print Plug-In PhotoshopLexJet offers free profiles for a variety of printer and media that can help to optimize the quality of your inkjet printing output. Those profiles can be accessed here http://www.lexjet.com/Profiles.aspx. If you ever need to create a custom profile, the workflow is different than when printing targets through Photoshop and the printer driver.

In the video below, you will learn how to print targets for creating custom profiles using the imagePROGRAF Print Plug-In for Photoshop.

Posted on by Adam Hannig Posted in Tips & Tricks
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Making a Custom Profile for an Epson Inkjet Printer

LexJet offers free custom profiles for a variety of printers and media to maximize the quality of your inkjet printing output. Following is a video that shows how to create a custom profile at LexJet’s website.

In this example, the video shows how to do this with an Epson 7900 inkjet printer in Adobe Photoshop CS4 for LexJet Sunset Photo eSatin Paper, which is also applicable for CS3 users. Though each Epson printer may have a slightly different driver interface, the process is basically the same.

If you’re using CS5, I recommend creating profiles in either the CS3 or CS4 versions. We’re currently testing the best methods for creating custom profiles in CS5 and will post that video once we’ve got it figured out. As always, if you have any questions or run into any problems, contact a LexJet account specialist.

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X-Rite Says Show Us Your Color Munki and Win Big!

Brand_CMPhotoIf you’ve had some fun monkeying around with your ColorMunki, X-Rite wants the world to know about it! From October through March, X-Rite will award monthly cash prizes to ColorMunki users who make funny, entertaining videos using a ColorMunki as a prominent character then post the videos on the X-Rite channel on YouTube.

 Every month, X-Rite will award cash prizes of $50, $150, and $500 to the creators of the videos that attract the most views.

ColorMunki Photo can be used to calibrate your monitor.
ColorMunki Photo can be used to calibrate your monitor.

All monthly winners will be eligible for the $2,500 grand prize that will be awarded at the end of the contest in March.

“Color Munki was designed to appeal to the most creative people on the planet—those who want to obtain accurate color from screen to print in the easiest way possible,” says Iris Mangelschots, X-Rite’s Sr. VP of sales and marketing. “We are looking forward to seeing a wide variety of funny Munki videos.

If you don’t own a ColorMunki yet, you can buy one from LexJet and get helpful, personalized advice on how to use it.  Developed with input from wedding, portrait, and event photographers, ColorMunki Photo is an innovative all-in-one color-measurement tool that allows you to get accurate color on your monitor and create custom profiles for whatever type of inkjet media you want to use on whatever model printer you use. You can also use ColorMunki to get accurate color on your projector, grab colors from your image library, and preview how the colors on your palette will look under different light sources.

ColorMunki can also be used to create profiles for whatever media and printer you choose to use to print photos.
ColorMunki can also be used to create profiles for whatever media and printer you use to print your photos.

For more information about the contest, visit www.ShowUsYourMunki.com