Perfect Your Color Accuracy With Photo Me

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1. Use the Setup Photo Merge wizard to merge rendering intents.
2. Understand that a rendering intent converts colors from one ICC profile to another.
3. Use photo merge to combine Perceptual and Absolute rendering intents.
4. Apply this method to optimize color output when printing photographic artwork.

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1. Use Perceptual rendering to compress the source color gamut into the printer’s gamut while preserving overall color relationships.
2. Use Absolute rendering to reproduce colors numerically, matching source to destination where possible.
3. Note that out-of-gamut colors in Absolute rendering are replaced with the closest available color.
4. Use Perceptual rendering primarily for photographs.
5. Use Absolute rendering for corporate or spot colors.
6. Merge both intents to balance photographic quality and color accuracy.

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1. Open the Q menu.
2. Select Setup Photo Merge.
3. Review the warning indicating the rendering intent will change to Photo for the current queue.
4. Note that ICC settings in the print mode will be ignored.
5. Click Yes to proceed.

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1. In the Setup Merge for Photo Rendering dialog, set the bed size.
2. Select the artwork to be printed.
3. Set the desired print size.
4. Arrange the layout to allow multiple samples on one page.
5. Click Next.

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1. In the ICC Photo Settings screen, set the minimum merge value.
2. Set the maximum merge value.
3. Choose an increment value.
4. Example configuration: Minimum: 0%
5. Confirm that this setup will generate six samples.
6. Click Print Photo Merge Chart.

• Maximum: 100%
• Increment: 20%

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1. Click on the queue visible behind the Photo Merge wizard.
2. Locate the six generated jobs labeled with Photo Merge values from 0% to 100%.
3. Right-click any job and select Print, or
4. Click the Print icon above the queue.

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1. Review the printed samples.
2. Determine the preferred Photo Merge value.
3. Return to the Setup Photo Merge dialog.
4. Enter the selected value in the field on the right.
5. Example: Enter 60.
6. Click Finish.

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1. Click Color Adjust at the bottom right.
2. Confirm the Color Adjust dialog opens.
3. Verify that the Rendering Intent is set to Photo.
4. Confirm the Photo Merge value reflects the selected amount.
5. Example: Merge value is now 60.