Why use a Profile?

Unfortunately there are a few requirements for using profiles :
  • You have imaging software or a printer driver which can print using profiles - this software is quite often referred to as being "ICC aware" or is advertised as having full colour management. Please check that your software can use profiles first before you order any. Examples of colour managed software are Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Qimage, Paint Shop Pro, Painter, and Picture Window Pro. Also, some printer drivers like some of the epson drivers can also allow you to select a profile to print with.

  • Your printer uses a standard RGB printer driver - If you're using a standard inkjet or dyesub printer, then you're almost certainly using an RGB printer driver. It does not matter how many inks you have in your printer - even the latest printers with extra red, green or blue inks are still RGB printers and are compatible with our profiles. The only printers that we cannot profile are the ones that are being used with software called a RIP - this software uses a CMYK form of printing which is not compatible with our profiles.

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