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Lesson: Installing Manufacturer-Supplied Photo
Printer Color Profiles for Mac OS X
Summary of Process
1 Use your computer’s web browser to visit the Epson Drivers and Support website.
2 Locate the support page for the printer model you wish to acquire color profiles for.
3 Download the color profiles for the media (paper) type you wish to print images on.
4 Install the color profiles into the ColorSync folder located within Mac OS X.
Before You Begin
Before you begin to download and install ICC printer color profiles for use on a computer workstation, be sure that you have Internet access available, preferably high-speed or broadband. You may also wish to have some sort of removable storage device available to make backup copies of the profiles for future reference.
Downloading the Printer Color Profiles
1 Using your web browser, go to http://www.epson.com/.
2 When you reach the homepage for Epson’s website, select the Drivers & Support menu and click on the Printers menu option that appears.
3 Within the Printers Support page that appears, you are asked to choose a product category. In this example, locate the Printers section and click on the Ink Jet product category.
4 After clicking the Ink Jet product category, the support page’s Step 2 section will appear and prompts you to select the actual product you seek support for. In this example, scroll down until you find the section for Epson Stylus Photo Series printers and click on Epson Stylus Photo 2200.
5 When the main support page for the Epson Stylus Photo 2200 appears, locate the Drivers & Downloads section and click on the link that is appropriate for the operating system you are using (Windows or Macintosh).
6 Next, the Drivers & Downloads page for the appropriate operating system will appear. On Epson’s website, you have one of two choices for obtaining printer profiles. The first choice is to download the latest printer driver which, when installed, will also install automatically a set of generic color profiles for your printer into the appropriate location. The second choice is to download the custom profiles created for the selected printer and run its installer, where they also will be placed in the correct location within your operating system and/or image editing application.
In this example, we will obtain the custom profiles available for the Epson Stylus Photo 2200. Just below the Drivers & Downloads page heading, you will see a link for Premium ICC Profiles for Stylus Photo 2200. Click on the link and it will direct you to the page where you will be able to select the custom profiles you wish to download.
7 When the webpage for Premium ICC Printer Profiles for the Epson Stylus Photo 2200 appears, you will be presented with a list of profiles you can download, sorted by both Media (Paper) type and by the operating system you are using. Click on the appropriate link available to initiate the downloading of the custom color profile.
For example, if you are using a Macintosh workstation and need a color profile for the Premium Luster photo paper you, click on the Mac link located to the right of the listing for Premium Luster Photo Paper and the profile installer will begin to download itself to the default location you have set your web browser to save files to. Repeat this step for each custom printer profile you wish to acquire. In the end, the profiles you selected will have its installer file saved onto your computer, ready to begin the installation process.
Installing the Printer Color Profiles
To install the Epson ICC color profiles on a Mac OS X computer workstation, simply drag the color profile files into the //Library/ColorSync/Profiles folder within the operating system. Once they have been placed in this location, the color profiles will be available for all users on the workstation and for use by various image editor applications that support the use of ICC profiles, including Adobe Photoshop.
Summary of Process
1 Use your computer’s web browser to visit the Epson Drivers and Support website.
2 Locate the support page for the printer model you wish to acquire color profiles for.
3 Download the color profiles for the media (paper) type you wish to print images on.
4 Install the color profiles into the ColorSync folder located within Mac OS X.
Before You Begin
Before you begin to download and install ICC printer color profiles for use on a computer workstation, be sure that you have Internet access available, preferably high-speed or broadband. You may also wish to have some sort of removable storage device available to make backup copies of the profiles for future reference.
Downloading the Printer Color Profiles
1 Using your web browser, go to http://www.epson.com/.
2 When you reach the homepage for Epson’s website, select the Drivers & Support menu and click on the Printers menu option that appears.
3 Within the Printers Support page that appears, you are asked to choose a product category. In this example, locate the Printers section and click on the Ink Jet product category.
4 After clicking the Ink Jet product category, the support page’s Step 2 section will appear and prompts you to select the actual product you seek support for. In this example, scroll down until you find the section for Epson Stylus Photo Series printers and click on Epson Stylus Photo 2200.
5 When the main support page for the Epson Stylus Photo 2200 appears, locate the Drivers & Downloads section and click on the link that is appropriate for the operating system you are using (Windows or Macintosh).
6 Next, the Drivers & Downloads page for the appropriate operating system will appear. On Epson’s website, you have one of two choices for obtaining printer profiles. The first choice is to download the latest printer driver which, when installed, will also install automatically a set of generic color profiles for your printer into the appropriate location. The second choice is to download the custom profiles created for the selected printer and run its installer, where they also will be placed in the correct location within your operating system and/or image editing application.
In this example, we will obtain the custom profiles available for the Epson Stylus Photo 2200. Just below the Drivers & Downloads page heading, you will see a link for Premium ICC Profiles for Stylus Photo 2200. Click on the link and it will direct you to the page where you will be able to select the custom profiles you wish to download.
7 When the webpage for Premium ICC Printer Profiles for the Epson Stylus Photo 2200 appears, you will be presented with a list of profiles you can download, sorted by both Media (Paper) type and by the operating system you are using. Click on the appropriate link available to initiate the downloading of the custom color profile.
For example, if you are using a Macintosh workstation and need a color profile for the Premium Luster photo paper you, click on the Mac link located to the right of the listing for Premium Luster Photo Paper and the profile installer will begin to download itself to the default location you have set your web browser to save files to. Repeat this step for each custom printer profile you wish to acquire. In the end, the profiles you selected will have its installer file saved onto your computer, ready to begin the installation process.
Installing the Printer Color Profiles
To install the Epson ICC color profiles on a Mac OS X computer workstation, simply drag the color profile files into the //Library/ColorSync/Profiles folder within the operating system. Once they have been placed in this location, the color profiles will be available for all users on the workstation and for use by various image editor applications that support the use of ICC profiles, including Adobe Photoshop.