Using Printer Driver Color Management in Adobe® Lightroom® v1.3

 

The examples in the instructions below show the Epson Stylus Pro 7880 printer, but you'll see your printer name instead. Be sure to have an image/print job open in Adobe Lightroom and ready to print before beginning with the steps below.

Selecting Your Adobe Lightroom v1.3 and Printer Driver Settings

  1. Click Print in the upper-right corner of Adobe Lightroom.

    Adobe Lightroom 1.3 edit window with Print toolbar showing


  2. Expand the Print Job section (you may need to scroll down to see it).

  3. Under Color Management, choose Managed by Printer for the Profile setting.

    Color Management panel with Managed by Printer selected


  4. Click the Print button in the bottom-right corner. Your printer driver's Print window appears.

  5. Select your printer from the Printer menu.



  6. If necessary, click the Print window with Printer selectedbutton to expand the Print window.

  7. Select Print Settings from the pop-up menu.

    Print window with Printer Settings and Color Settings selected


  8. Select EPSON Standard (sRGB) or Adobe RGB for Color Settings.

    Note: Many customers select EPSON Standard (sRGB) for this setting.

  9. If you're printing from an Epson Stylus Pro 4880, 7880, 9880, or 11880 printer and your prints are coming out dark, click on Advanced Color Settings and change the default Gamma setting from 2.2 to 1.8 (previous Epson Stylus Pro printer models have a default Gamma setting of 1.8). Click Save when finished.

    Print window with Advanced Color Settings button selected


  10. Click Print to begin printing.