<-- Index
<-- another page about ICC
<--third page about ICC
Links:
In color management, an ICC profile is a set of data that characterizes a color input or output device, or a color space, according to standards promulgated by the International Color Consortium (ICC). Profiles describe the color attributes of a particular device or viewing requirement by defining a mapping between the device source or target color space
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICC_profile
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ICC Profiles, Epson ICC Profiles, Canon ICC Profiles – General Information & Use in Photoshop ICC Profiles are simply look-up tables that describe the properties of a color space. They define the most saturated colors available in a color space; i.e. the bluest blue or deepest black your inkjet printer can produce. If you don’t have an icc profile, the trio of Red, Green, and Blue values (or CMYK) that make up a color have no particular meaning — you can say something is blue, but not exactly which shade of blue. Accurate icc profiles are the key to a color managed workflow. With accurate monitor and printer profiles, your prints will closely match what you see on your monitor. Without icc profiles, you need to rely on trial and error combined with good old-fashioned guessing. Using icc profiles is simple; for information on generating monitor profiles, see our Monitor calibration page.
http://www.breathingcolor.ca/hrf_faq/icc-profiles-epson-icc-profiles-canon-icc-profiles-general-information-use-photoshop/
Epson:
How to use ICC Profiles
http://files.support.epson.com/pdf/pho22_/pho22_cmw.pdf
Managing Color Printing with ICC Profiles
https://files.support.epson.com/docid/cpd3/cpd39134.pdf
"The most widely used colour space is Adobe RGB (1998). Another common one is sRGB, a limited version of Adobe RGB (1998), if you are working with image files in Adobe Photoshop, it is a good idea to set your documents profile to Adobe RGB (1998). This will preserve a higher gamut in your file."
http://www.innovaart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Printing-With-ICC-Profiles.pdf
ICC downloads, some
Rapid profile locator web-tool:
http://www.redrivercatalog.com/profiles/inkjet-printer-color-icc-profiles-red-river-paper.html
Color Printer Profiles for the Epson Workforce Series Printers; http://www.redrivercatalog.com/profiles/epson-workforce-WF-series-color-printer-icc-profiles.html
Epson Workforce WF-3640 ICC/ICM Printer Profiles
https://www.epifocal.net/photo/color-management/epson-workforce-wf-3640-icc-icm-profile-for-ultra-premium-photo-paper-glossy-1
https://www.epifocal.net/photo/color-management
Gimp Color managment (Linux, kuid muud juttu on ka üldist mis kasuks saab tulla)
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2036623
web-tool: (no WorkForce) for example
http://ilford.com/printer-profile-list?shs_term_node_tid_depth=90&shs_term_node_tid_depth_1=All
Proofing, profiles (no workforce)
https://fineeyecolor.com/support/downloads-old/icc-media-profiles/efi-icc-profiles/
RGB ICC Profiles (no workfore)
http://tecco.de/support/rgb-icc-profiles/
ICC Profile worforce:
https://www.epson.co.uk/support?productID=11149#product_search
http://www.atlex.com/help-center/drivers_and_profiles
Premium ICC Printer Profiles for the Epson Stylus Photo 2200 https://epson.com/Support/wa00336
Premium ICC Printer Profiles for the Epson Stylus Photo R1900 https://epson.com/Support/wa00362?utm_source=support&utm_medium=van&utm_campaign=us-spr1900profiles
Web-icc dir download (no workforce)
http://www.lexjet.com/Profiles.aspx
Web-tool dirc (no workforce)
https://www.innovaart.com/icc-profiles-1/
ICC profiles, no workforce
https://www.breathingcolor.com/icc-profile-instruction
"We offer on this website free generic ICC profiles designed for EPSON Stylus Photo (above 8 colours) and EPSON Stylus Pro for professional Fine Art & Photo printing." (for example)
(päris hea instruktsioon)
Introduction to Icc Profiles and Their Use
Printing with ICC Profiles:
Profiles are simply look-up tables that describe the properties of a color space. They define the most saturated colors available in a color space; i.e. the bluest blue or deepest black your printer can produce. If you don't have a profile, the trio of Red, Green, and Blue values (or CMYK) that make up a color have no particular meaning — you can say something is blue, but not exactly which shade of blue. Accurate profiles are the key to a color-managed workflow. With accurate monitor and printer profiles, your prints will closely match what you see on your monitor. Without profiles, you need to rely on trial and error combined with good old-fashioned guessing.
Using profiles is simple; for information on generating monitor profiles, see our Monitor calibration page.
If you are printing directly from Photoshop, you want to ensure that your printer is set up exactly as it was when you printed the profiling target. In most cases, this means turning off all printer color management and automatic image enhancements. You are letting the profile and Photoshop's conversion do the color work rather than relying on some image-dependent algorithm.https://www.drycreekphoto.com/Learn/profiles.htm
Understanding and Using ICC Profiles for Color Management in Photographic Inkjet Printing
// long
http://blog.brettlerickson.com/2016/02/15/understanding-and-using-icc-profiles-for-color-management-in-photographic-inkjet-printing/
"International Color Consortium profiles, the mathematical parameters used to match the color space of a digital device to an output device, such as an inkjet printer, can be very confusing for the novice photo printer. What’s more, they can be downright frustrating for the best of us.
But if you take the time to learn how to use ICC profiles in conjunction with your chosen printing paper, I’d be willing to wager that your images will be more vivid, more balanced, and more satisfying."
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Software:
https://www.heidelberg.com/global/media/en/global_media/products___prinect_modules/pdf/prinect_color_toolbox.pdf
This page lists open source tools for making, editing and applying ICC profiles.
http://www.color.org/opensource.xalter
"It is important to note that iccMAX is not intended as a replacement for ICC v4, the existing architecture, but as an extension or alternative where requirements cannot be fully met by v4."
Tools for making, editing and assessing ICC profiles
http://www.color.org/profilingtools.xalter
Download Argyll Color Management Microsoft Windows executables
http://www.argyllcms.com/downloadwin.html
SampleICC provides an open source platform independent C++ library for reading, writing, manipulating, and applying ICC profiles along with applications that make use of this library.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/sampleicc/?source=typ_redirect
pira:
Heidelberg Prinect Color Toolbox 3.5
http://www.printroot.com/forum/f21/heidelberg-prinect-color-toolbox-3-5-a-275/
https://www.heidelberg.com/global/media/en/global_media/products___prinect_modules/pdf/prinect_color_toolbox.pdf
his brief tutorial will show you how easy it is to properly use a printer color profile from Photoshop CS6. If you're not familiar with what profiles are or why you should give them a try go here.
http://www.redrivercatalog.com/profiles/inkjet-printer-color-icc-profiles-red-river-paper.html
More talk about Epson profiles: https://www.photo.net/discuss/threads/how-to-do-color-managed-printing-to-epson-printers-that-dont-have-paper-profiles.478458/
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Most links died or linked to WebArchive, or replicated in Index page posts: http://printer-printing.blogspot.com/2017/04/color-managment-profiles-adobe-corel.html
Color Management: Reproducing the Same Colors Everytime:
https://web.archive.org/web/20130218190009/http://www.multirip.com/colormanagement.html
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Features for Printing Professional Photograph Prints:
Color Profiled for Maximum Color and Brightness
Our archival-based pigment inks are specially formulated to offer the best longevity and color gamut available to produce professional quality photograph prints. These pigment inks are very bright and vivid to make you photographs pop off the page.
Presettings for Matte and Glossy Paper
MultiRIP comes with specific formulated presettings for printing on standard industry matte and glossy photo paper. These presettings are designed to maximize your color gamut and minimize your ink usage.
Calibrated for Proper Ink Usage
Most printers use print drivers that drop too much ink on to the photo paper. Too much ink on photo paper will start to distort the picture as the ink pools. MultiRIP is calibrated to print the appropriate amount of ink on to the release paper to maximize your ink usage and minimize your costs.
Borderless Printing
Print borderless like a printing press. You create the bleed and we print on the proper sheet size. The bleed is overprint so you get exact sizing. The Borderless solution from the native printer driver will enlarge your image. This is not what we do; MultiRIP matches the printing press.
Add Custom Page Sizes
Unlike some applications that limit your designing abilities to set paper sizes, MultiRIP will let you design your own paper size and keep this size in memory for future use.
Page Previewing
You can preview individual pages in both the output queue and the "processed jobs" queue. This can save a lot of time if a mistake is caught before expensive media is wasted.
Job / Page Priority
Allows users to change print priority on a per-job or per-page basis. When manually inserting jobs in the RIP or re-printing jobs that have been ripped; simply use the slide-bar to set values from 1 to 99 (just like Window's Print Manager) or enter the number by hand. The job or page will then assume it's new print priority. When printing from applications (Quark, PageMaker, etc.) select the priority in the print settings dialog.
Re-Print Pages without Re-Ripping
Allows you to re-print individual pages or colors from a separation with a few simple clicks of your mouse. Once the job has been processed, simply open the job item in the queue, select the pages you wish to re-send to the printer (1). Select the number of copies (2) and click "Print Selected Pages" (3). The selected pages will be sent to the output queue. When making multiple copies, the pages can be "stacked" (1,1,1, 2,2,2, 3,3,3 etc.) or collated (1,2,3, 1,2,3, etc.).
ICM/ICC Based Color Management
Supports the use of ICC and ICMs for color management. The user can select the color space of the input CMYK and RGB as well as the output ICM if they desire. All media types included with MultiRIP have been pre-linearized and the manual selection of an output profile is seldom needed. If the user has created a custom output profile, however, MultiRIP uses it per your request. You can select the ICC/ICMs at print-time or right at the RIP control panel when manually inserting PostScript or PDF files or re-processing previous jobs. A utility is included in the software which allows you to add ICM name entries into your PPD so that they appear at print-time in the print configuration dialog.
Spot Colors
To ensure accurate spot color reproduction you can activate MultiRIP's "TrueSpot™" you use special logo colors or product colors then you can easily add them to MultiRIP with the Spot Color function. Just click on Add and type in your special color. MultiRIP will remember your color and use it each time it is requested within your application.
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http://www.t-shirtforums.com/dye-sublimation/t146487.html
Guide for getting accurate vector color, with or without a ICC/ICM profile
<-- another page about ICC
<--third page about ICC
Links:
In color management, an ICC profile is a set of data that characterizes a color input or output device, or a color space, according to standards promulgated by the International Color Consortium (ICC). Profiles describe the color attributes of a particular device or viewing requirement by defining a mapping between the device source or target color space
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICC_profile
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ICC Profiles, Epson ICC Profiles, Canon ICC Profiles – General Information & Use in Photoshop ICC Profiles are simply look-up tables that describe the properties of a color space. They define the most saturated colors available in a color space; i.e. the bluest blue or deepest black your inkjet printer can produce. If you don’t have an icc profile, the trio of Red, Green, and Blue values (or CMYK) that make up a color have no particular meaning — you can say something is blue, but not exactly which shade of blue. Accurate icc profiles are the key to a color managed workflow. With accurate monitor and printer profiles, your prints will closely match what you see on your monitor. Without icc profiles, you need to rely on trial and error combined with good old-fashioned guessing. Using icc profiles is simple; for information on generating monitor profiles, see our Monitor calibration page.
http://www.breathingcolor.ca/hrf_faq/icc-profiles-epson-icc-profiles-canon-icc-profiles-general-information-use-photoshop/
Epson:
How to use ICC Profiles
http://files.support.epson.com/pdf/pho22_/pho22_cmw.pdf
Managing Color Printing with ICC Profiles
https://files.support.epson.com/docid/cpd3/cpd39134.pdf
"The most widely used colour space is Adobe RGB (1998). Another common one is sRGB, a limited version of Adobe RGB (1998), if you are working with image files in Adobe Photoshop, it is a good idea to set your documents profile to Adobe RGB (1998). This will preserve a higher gamut in your file."
http://www.innovaart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Printing-With-ICC-Profiles.pdf
ICC downloads, some
Rapid profile locator web-tool:
http://www.redrivercatalog.com/profiles/inkjet-printer-color-icc-profiles-red-river-paper.html
Color Printer Profiles for the Epson Workforce Series Printers; http://www.redrivercatalog.com/profiles/epson-workforce-WF-series-color-printer-icc-profiles.html
Epson Workforce WF-3640 ICC/ICM Printer Profiles
https://www.epifocal.net/photo/color-management/epson-workforce-wf-3640-icc-icm-profile-for-ultra-premium-photo-paper-glossy-1
https://www.epifocal.net/photo/color-management
Gimp Color managment (Linux, kuid muud juttu on ka üldist mis kasuks saab tulla)
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2036623
web-tool: (no WorkForce) for example
http://ilford.com/printer-profile-list?shs_term_node_tid_depth=90&shs_term_node_tid_depth_1=All
Proofing, profiles (no workforce)
https://fineeyecolor.com/support/downloads-old/icc-media-profiles/efi-icc-profiles/
RGB ICC Profiles (no workfore)
http://tecco.de/support/rgb-icc-profiles/
ICC Profile worforce:
https://www.epson.co.uk/support?productID=11149#product_search
http://www.atlex.com/help-center/drivers_and_profiles
Premium ICC Printer Profiles for the Epson Stylus Photo 2200 https://epson.com/Support/wa00336
Premium ICC Printer Profiles for the Epson Stylus Photo R1900 https://epson.com/Support/wa00362?utm_source=support&utm_medium=van&utm_campaign=us-spr1900profiles
Web-icc dir download (no workforce)
http://www.lexjet.com/Profiles.aspx
Web-tool dirc (no workforce)
https://www.innovaart.com/icc-profiles-1/
ICC profiles, no workforce
https://www.breathingcolor.com/icc-profile-instruction
"We offer on this website free generic ICC profiles designed for EPSON Stylus Photo (above 8 colours) and EPSON Stylus Pro for professional Fine Art & Photo printing." (for example)
Settings before printing
Please remember that other factors need to be configured to optimise the print results:- Check the specifications of your graphic card
- Check that your monitor is well calibrated and profiled
- Check that you printer does not have any ink problems (blocked ink lack of ink, etc..) and that you are using printer manufacturer’s inks
- Look at your Adobe PhotoShop settings – you need to work in a RGB colour space
- Optimum room temperature: 20-25°C (68-77°F)
- Optimum room humidity: 40-60% relative humidity
- Optimum viewing light: 5000K
(päris hea instruktsioon)
Introduction to Icc Profiles and Their Use
Printing with ICC Profiles:
Profiles are simply look-up tables that describe the properties of a color space. They define the most saturated colors available in a color space; i.e. the bluest blue or deepest black your printer can produce. If you don't have a profile, the trio of Red, Green, and Blue values (or CMYK) that make up a color have no particular meaning — you can say something is blue, but not exactly which shade of blue. Accurate profiles are the key to a color-managed workflow. With accurate monitor and printer profiles, your prints will closely match what you see on your monitor. Without profiles, you need to rely on trial and error combined with good old-fashioned guessing.
Using profiles is simple; for information on generating monitor profiles, see our Monitor calibration page.
If you are printing directly from Photoshop, you want to ensure that your printer is set up exactly as it was when you printed the profiling target. In most cases, this means turning off all printer color management and automatic image enhancements. You are letting the profile and Photoshop's conversion do the color work rather than relying on some image-dependent algorithm.https://www.drycreekphoto.com/Learn/profiles.htm
Understanding and Using ICC Profiles for Color Management in Photographic Inkjet Printing
// long
http://blog.brettlerickson.com/2016/02/15/understanding-and-using-icc-profiles-for-color-management-in-photographic-inkjet-printing/
"International Color Consortium profiles, the mathematical parameters used to match the color space of a digital device to an output device, such as an inkjet printer, can be very confusing for the novice photo printer. What’s more, they can be downright frustrating for the best of us.
But if you take the time to learn how to use ICC profiles in conjunction with your chosen printing paper, I’d be willing to wager that your images will be more vivid, more balanced, and more satisfying."
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Software:
https://www.heidelberg.com/global/media/en/global_media/products___prinect_modules/pdf/prinect_color_toolbox.pdf
This page lists open source tools for making, editing and applying ICC profiles.
http://www.color.org/opensource.xalter
"It is important to note that iccMAX is not intended as a replacement for ICC v4, the existing architecture, but as an extension or alternative where requirements cannot be fully met by v4."
Tools for making, editing and assessing ICC profiles
http://www.color.org/profilingtools.xalter
Download Argyll Color Management Microsoft Windows executables
http://www.argyllcms.com/downloadwin.html
SampleICC provides an open source platform independent C++ library for reading, writing, manipulating, and applying ICC profiles along with applications that make use of this library.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/sampleicc/?source=typ_redirect
pira:
Heidelberg Prinect Color Toolbox 3.5
http://www.printroot.com/forum/f21/heidelberg-prinect-color-toolbox-3-5-a-275/
https://www.heidelberg.com/global/media/en/global_media/products___prinect_modules/pdf/prinect_color_toolbox.pdf
his brief tutorial will show you how easy it is to properly use a printer color profile from Photoshop CS6. If you're not familiar with what profiles are or why you should give them a try go here.
http://www.redrivercatalog.com/profiles/inkjet-printer-color-icc-profiles-red-river-paper.html
More talk about Epson profiles: https://www.photo.net/discuss/threads/how-to-do-color-managed-printing-to-epson-printers-that-dont-have-paper-profiles.478458/
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Most links died or linked to WebArchive, or replicated in Index page posts: http://printer-printing.blogspot.com/2017/04/color-managment-profiles-adobe-corel.html
Color Management: Reproducing the Same Colors Everytime:
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Features for Printing Professional Photograph Prints:
Color Profiled for Maximum Color and Brightness
Our archival-based pigment inks are specially formulated to offer the best longevity and color gamut available to produce professional quality photograph prints. These pigment inks are very bright and vivid to make you photographs pop off the page.
Presettings for Matte and Glossy Paper
MultiRIP comes with specific formulated presettings for printing on standard industry matte and glossy photo paper. These presettings are designed to maximize your color gamut and minimize your ink usage.
Calibrated for Proper Ink Usage
Most printers use print drivers that drop too much ink on to the photo paper. Too much ink on photo paper will start to distort the picture as the ink pools. MultiRIP is calibrated to print the appropriate amount of ink on to the release paper to maximize your ink usage and minimize your costs.
Borderless Printing
Print borderless like a printing press. You create the bleed and we print on the proper sheet size. The bleed is overprint so you get exact sizing. The Borderless solution from the native printer driver will enlarge your image. This is not what we do; MultiRIP matches the printing press.
Add Custom Page Sizes
Unlike some applications that limit your designing abilities to set paper sizes, MultiRIP will let you design your own paper size and keep this size in memory for future use.
Page Previewing
You can preview individual pages in both the output queue and the "processed jobs" queue. This can save a lot of time if a mistake is caught before expensive media is wasted.
Job / Page Priority
Allows users to change print priority on a per-job or per-page basis. When manually inserting jobs in the RIP or re-printing jobs that have been ripped; simply use the slide-bar to set values from 1 to 99 (just like Window's Print Manager) or enter the number by hand. The job or page will then assume it's new print priority. When printing from applications (Quark, PageMaker, etc.) select the priority in the print settings dialog.
Re-Print Pages without Re-Ripping
Allows you to re-print individual pages or colors from a separation with a few simple clicks of your mouse. Once the job has been processed, simply open the job item in the queue, select the pages you wish to re-send to the printer (1). Select the number of copies (2) and click "Print Selected Pages" (3). The selected pages will be sent to the output queue. When making multiple copies, the pages can be "stacked" (1,1,1, 2,2,2, 3,3,3 etc.) or collated (1,2,3, 1,2,3, etc.).
ICM/ICC Based Color Management
Supports the use of ICC and ICMs for color management. The user can select the color space of the input CMYK and RGB as well as the output ICM if they desire. All media types included with MultiRIP have been pre-linearized and the manual selection of an output profile is seldom needed. If the user has created a custom output profile, however, MultiRIP uses it per your request. You can select the ICC/ICMs at print-time or right at the RIP control panel when manually inserting PostScript or PDF files or re-processing previous jobs. A utility is included in the software which allows you to add ICM name entries into your PPD so that they appear at print-time in the print configuration dialog.
Spot Colors
To ensure accurate spot color reproduction you can activate MultiRIP's "TrueSpot™" you use special logo colors or product colors then you can easily add them to MultiRIP with the Spot Color function. Just click on Add and type in your special color. MultiRIP will remember your color and use it each time it is requested within your application.
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http://www.t-shirtforums.com/dye-sublimation/t146487.html
Guide for getting accurate vector color, with or without a ICC/ICM profile
Note: This guide is for using Vector graphics and is not something you accomplish in 5 minutes.
The problem with heat transfer is that colors can shift after pressing due to heat. It is also possible that you are not getting accurate color due to the ink or toner you are using.
Sublimation printing is more challenging due to the nature of the inks colors "developing" only after heat transfer.
If the inks or toner you are using is causing the colors not to be accurate, then the best solution is to use a ICC/ICM profile that was created using a specific ink or toner, or have a RIP (Raster Image Processor).
In lieu of having a ICC/ICM profile, or a RIP, it is still possible to get accurate colors printing vector images. Even with a ICC/ICM profile (especially with sublimation) individual colors can still be off.
This can used for regular ink jet pigment transfer printing (which may shift slightly after transfer), sublimation ink jet, sublimation laser, or OEM laser toner.
The concept is simple. You will create and print color charts onto fabric or other substrate and "catalog" numerically all your colors for later reference when you create new designs.
This method can be done in Corel Draw, Abobe Illustrator, Inkscape, or any vector pgm. that lets you change color numerically.
It is important to understand that if you print something and transfer that image, that same exact image will always look the same transfered if you keep your graphics software color management and workspace the same everytime, and you don't change your inks or toners you are using for that setup.
Keeping your color management settings the same is true even if your inks/toners work well after transfer and don't need adjusting, or if the colors are way off after transfer. Workspace and printer settings must be kept the same for repeatable printing.
In this case you have error caused by the inks/toners, but that error is repeatable everytime, and your colors that don't look correct will still be the same everytime you go to print. But you must keep your programs workspace/color mangement the same always when you need to print using this method.
1. Create the and print the Catalog colors.
To begin you print out color swatches on your printer, ink jet or laser, then later do your heat transfer and create a heat transfered color reference (catalog) to see where your colors "land" after pressing.
The color "swatches" can be saved to a file for later recall into your graphics application. You need to setup your graphics application so you can easily access those in a palette.
For sublimation and pigment ink jet transfer we use RGB colors in the palette.
Preferably you have set these up in palettes so that they are showing onscreen immediately in your workspace. Initially these are printed and transfered onto a substrate catalog for later reference.
Your initial "swatches" can be made manually, or by using the palette files I have links for below.
2. Transfer the swatches onto your substrate(s).
Each swatch that is transfered onto your substrate is identifiable by a number or name that you give the swatch and that number or name is printed with each swatch (square).
When you print the transfer you need not be concerned with how it looks on paper, or on the monitor, it's how it looks after transfering that counts. Even with sublimation and a ICC/ICM profile that corrects the colors, your printed page will not match the final transfer, the colors are weaker and do not "develop" until they are heat transfered.
3. Using the transfered "catalog".
For color matching ... the swatches RGB values (or a name you have chosen) are displayed next to the swatch. So when you reference the swatch you transfered onto your "Catalog" (reference substrate), you pick your color that you want from your catalog and then set your objects fill based on that same numeric color in your Vector program RGB color palette.
If the colors RGB numbers (or name) in your palette matches the catalog number (or name) AND your color management is kept consistent, then you should be able to repeat the color from your catalog when you transfer your completed design.
4. Managing the transfered "catalog".
Colors are just numerical values. Adjusting colors means you are just changing color values numerically in your vector graphics program. In the case of heat transfer you should work only in RGB and refer to the RGB values associated with an object.
In vector printing you have "objects". These objects can contain "elements" that are identified by shape and color. Color of these elements is determined numerically. Objects can contain many elements grouped together but each element can be adjusted for color by changing their numerical RGB values.
If you have an exact color you want from your catalog, then you set the objects or elements RGB value in the graphic design program to the same as the desired final transfered color from the catalog.
If you don't have an exact match from your reference swatch then you need to add a new swatch (square) to your "palette". You will start by finding the best possible match from your existing palette then adjust the RGB to that object in your design. It may require trial and error a little to get the exact color since you haven't previously printed and transfered the new color yet.
Note: Some substrates are a "whiter white" than others, and also the "glossiness" can vary. So some colors may not be the exactly same from substrate to substrate.
Also, with sublimation using the correct dwell time and temp for the substrate can effect final color as well.
So to do this you need:
A. Swatch and Palette files.
http://www.multirip.com/Corel_RGB.zip
(cdr,eps, and ai) the larger color file is cdr.
http://www.multirip.com/Photoshop_RGB.zip
(tiff files)
There are also preset pallet files in the zip files.
B. Understanding of how to work with color palettes and color management.
CMYK & RGB Color Charts - MultiRIP Sublimation, Transfers, Photograph and Direct-to-Garment Printing RIP Softwares
For Corel here are some resources.
You can use a "macro" to automatically print out your swatches!
Calibrating Your Printed Colors with a Color Chart
Creating adding or managing color palettes.
(Remember we use only RGB this tutorial below is for CMYK, the methods are the same just use RGB.)
http://www.rowmark.com/MARK/techhelpdocs/corelcolorpalettes/CreatingCustomColor%\
20Palattes-Curves.pdf
Others
http://corelhouse.com/coreldraw/default-palette-for-all-color-dropdowns.html
http://coreldraw.com/wikis/howto/aditional-color-palettes.aspx
http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Content/1161192409192
http://www.judyhudgins.com/MCorelDRAWQuickTips03-04-08.pdf
For bitmap color matching this is much more tedious, you need to use a magic wand or other tool to select colors, there are no objects, only pixels. These cases are best to have a ICC/ICM profile.
This file below is helpful for judging overall color accuracy in bitmap photos, it will let you see where the error in your profile is, or how your substrate effects color.
http://www.gballard.net/dl/PDI_TargetFolderONLY.zip
The problem with heat transfer is that colors can shift after pressing due to heat. It is also possible that you are not getting accurate color due to the ink or toner you are using.
Sublimation printing is more challenging due to the nature of the inks colors "developing" only after heat transfer.
If the inks or toner you are using is causing the colors not to be accurate, then the best solution is to use a ICC/ICM profile that was created using a specific ink or toner, or have a RIP (Raster Image Processor).
In lieu of having a ICC/ICM profile, or a RIP, it is still possible to get accurate colors printing vector images. Even with a ICC/ICM profile (especially with sublimation) individual colors can still be off.
This can used for regular ink jet pigment transfer printing (which may shift slightly after transfer), sublimation ink jet, sublimation laser, or OEM laser toner.
The concept is simple. You will create and print color charts onto fabric or other substrate and "catalog" numerically all your colors for later reference when you create new designs.
This method can be done in Corel Draw, Abobe Illustrator, Inkscape, or any vector pgm. that lets you change color numerically.
It is important to understand that if you print something and transfer that image, that same exact image will always look the same transfered if you keep your graphics software color management and workspace the same everytime, and you don't change your inks or toners you are using for that setup.
Keeping your color management settings the same is true even if your inks/toners work well after transfer and don't need adjusting, or if the colors are way off after transfer. Workspace and printer settings must be kept the same for repeatable printing.
In this case you have error caused by the inks/toners, but that error is repeatable everytime, and your colors that don't look correct will still be the same everytime you go to print. But you must keep your programs workspace/color mangement the same always when you need to print using this method.
1. Create the and print the Catalog colors.
To begin you print out color swatches on your printer, ink jet or laser, then later do your heat transfer and create a heat transfered color reference (catalog) to see where your colors "land" after pressing.
The color "swatches" can be saved to a file for later recall into your graphics application. You need to setup your graphics application so you can easily access those in a palette.
For sublimation and pigment ink jet transfer we use RGB colors in the palette.
Preferably you have set these up in palettes so that they are showing onscreen immediately in your workspace. Initially these are printed and transfered onto a substrate catalog for later reference.
Your initial "swatches" can be made manually, or by using the palette files I have links for below.
2. Transfer the swatches onto your substrate(s).
Each swatch that is transfered onto your substrate is identifiable by a number or name that you give the swatch and that number or name is printed with each swatch (square).
When you print the transfer you need not be concerned with how it looks on paper, or on the monitor, it's how it looks after transfering that counts. Even with sublimation and a ICC/ICM profile that corrects the colors, your printed page will not match the final transfer, the colors are weaker and do not "develop" until they are heat transfered.
3. Using the transfered "catalog".
For color matching ... the swatches RGB values (or a name you have chosen) are displayed next to the swatch. So when you reference the swatch you transfered onto your "Catalog" (reference substrate), you pick your color that you want from your catalog and then set your objects fill based on that same numeric color in your Vector program RGB color palette.
If the colors RGB numbers (or name) in your palette matches the catalog number (or name) AND your color management is kept consistent, then you should be able to repeat the color from your catalog when you transfer your completed design.
4. Managing the transfered "catalog".
Colors are just numerical values. Adjusting colors means you are just changing color values numerically in your vector graphics program. In the case of heat transfer you should work only in RGB and refer to the RGB values associated with an object.
In vector printing you have "objects". These objects can contain "elements" that are identified by shape and color. Color of these elements is determined numerically. Objects can contain many elements grouped together but each element can be adjusted for color by changing their numerical RGB values.
If you have an exact color you want from your catalog, then you set the objects or elements RGB value in the graphic design program to the same as the desired final transfered color from the catalog.
If you don't have an exact match from your reference swatch then you need to add a new swatch (square) to your "palette". You will start by finding the best possible match from your existing palette then adjust the RGB to that object in your design. It may require trial and error a little to get the exact color since you haven't previously printed and transfered the new color yet.
Note: Some substrates are a "whiter white" than others, and also the "glossiness" can vary. So some colors may not be the exactly same from substrate to substrate.
Also, with sublimation using the correct dwell time and temp for the substrate can effect final color as well.
So to do this you need:
A. Swatch and Palette files.
http://www.multirip.com/Corel_RGB.zip
(cdr,eps, and ai) the larger color file is cdr.
http://www.multirip.com/Photoshop_RGB.zip
(tiff files)
There are also preset pallet files in the zip files.
B. Understanding of how to work with color palettes and color management.
CMYK & RGB Color Charts - MultiRIP Sublimation, Transfers, Photograph and Direct-to-Garment Printing RIP Softwares
For Corel here are some resources.
You can use a "macro" to automatically print out your swatches!
Calibrating Your Printed Colors with a Color Chart
Creating adding or managing color palettes.
(Remember we use only RGB this tutorial below is for CMYK, the methods are the same just use RGB.)
http://www.rowmark.com/MARK/techhelpdocs/corelcolorpalettes/CreatingCustomColor%\
20Palattes-Curves.pdf
Others
http://corelhouse.com/coreldraw/default-palette-for-all-color-dropdowns.html
http://coreldraw.com/wikis/howto/aditional-color-palettes.aspx
http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Content/1161192409192
http://www.judyhudgins.com/MCorelDRAWQuickTips03-04-08.pdf
For bitmap color matching this is much more tedious, you need to use a magic wand or other tool to select colors, there are no objects, only pixels. These cases are best to have a ICC/ICM profile.
This file below is helpful for judging overall color accuracy in bitmap photos, it will let you see where the error in your profile is, or how your substrate effects color.
http://www.gballard.net/dl/PDI_TargetFolderONLY.zip
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