pipkato Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 I'm trying to print using Affinity Photo to an Epson P800 printer. The printer software has installed ICC Profiles for different types of Epson and other papers. But when setting up a print job I can't seem to find any way to select one of those profiles before I hit 'Print'. I just get the standard Mac dialog box without any option to, for example, state that 'Affinity Photo Controls Colour' or to select an ICC Profile for the paper I'm using. Also I'd love to know how 'Soft Proofing' is supposed to work with Affinity Photo. I'd like to be able to preview a 'Soft Proof' with the correct profile and do some before/after comparison. Can someone help? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coranda Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 In the print dialogue, at the bottom, there should be a button that says "Show Details". Click that. There you will see a drop down list that probably has "Affinity Photo" selected. Click on that list and choose "Colour Matching" and make sure that "ColorSync" is enabled. You should then see a drop down list of available profiles. Soft proofing is an adjustment layer in AP so select the top layer in your image, add a "Soft Proof" adjustment layer and you'll be prompted to choose the profile. MattP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipkato Posted July 24, 2015 Author Share Posted July 24, 2015 Thanks very much coranda. I'll give that a try and see how things go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipkato Posted July 24, 2015 Author Share Posted July 24, 2015 Hello Coranda. That was very useful and did exactly what you said. I had seen that 'ColorSync' button but it was not selected and the 'Epson Color Controls' was. I was used to using Photoshop Elements which greys out both 'ColorSync' and 'Epson Color Controls' when 'Photoshop Elements Manages Output' is selected. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjsesq Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Hi Attempting to print using Epson 3880. When I go to "Show Details" from the "Print" command, there is no drop down menu. I switches to "Hide Details." I am unable find ICC profiles for my printer. From the "File" drop down menu for file, there is a selection "Import ICC File" but I have been unable to locate Epson ICC profiles. When i execute the "Print" command I get a "Print" page and no ICC profiles. I did attempt to locate ICC profiles for the 3880 but have been unsuccessful. Any suggestions? Thanks Harris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 I can select 3880 in print-dialog and select color matching and select profile, but confusingly there must be ColorSync selected, not Epson Color Controls which gives no choices (though I have not Epson connected at the moment). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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