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2-14 Simple and Advanced Workflows
Photoshop 5.x Built-in RGB-to-CMYK workflow
This workflow is useful for prepress environments that have not integrated
ICC color management and do not have profiles for the presses they use. In
this example, an image is converted from RGB to CMYK using Photoshop
5.x’s Built-in color conversion features in the CMYK Setup option. (For more
information on CMYK Setup, see your Photoshop 5.x documentation.)
Using the Simulation settings available in ColorWise, the CMYK image is
printed to the iR C2100/2100S, and the output is made to appear as if it
were printed on an offset press.
This document could be created as follows:
• Select the Built-in radio button from CMYK Setup in Photoshop 5.x
Color Settings.
• Adjust the Ink Options and Separation Options to match your offset press.
• Select the Tables radio button in CMYK Setup and click Save.
This saves your settings as a CMYK ICC profile that you will later
download to the iR C2100/2100S as a custom simulation profile.
• Click on the Built-in radio button in CMYK Setup again and click OK.
• Launch ColorWise Pro Tools and download your new CMYK ICC profile
to the iR C2100/2100S as a custom Simulation profile.
For the Appear in Driver as option in Profile Settings, select Simulation-1.
(For more information on downloading profiles, see page 4-5.)
• Open an RGB image in Photoshop 5.x. From the Image menu, select
Mode>CMYK Color. Save the image as Photoshop EPS.
• Print the image directly to the iR C2100/2100S and choose Simulation-1
as the CMYK Simulation Profile setting.
The ColorWise settings used in this example are:
• CMYK Simulation Profile set to Simulation-1
• CMYK Simulation Method set to Full