Printer Profiles and Instructions

Download the following file for all of our ICC printer profiles and instructions

and how to use them. Included are instructions on how to set up your files for printing.

The instructions are PDF files. Print and read them before installing the profiles.

The printer profiles are the ICC files. You will not be able to open these.

Click here for printer profiles & instructions in Stuffit format (17 mb)

 

Once you have downloaded these files onto your desktop, double-click to open it.

Use the Frontier profiles for photographic prints up to 10x15 inches.

Use Pegasus profiles for photographic prints 10x15 to 20x32 inches and for Metallic paper.

Use  Epson profiles for fine art papers and canvas or prints larger than 20x32 inches. Please call us if you are unsure of which profile to use.

 

All of our profiles are designed to be used in an ICC colour managed environment. Monitors should be calibrated using a dedicated hardware device (eg: Eye One Display or Spyder) to D65 (6500k) with a gamma of 2.2 and a white point luminance 100cd.

Gretag Macbeth and Colorvision make excellent colour management devices, (available for purchase from Lab X.) Calibrating by eye, using Adobe Gamma or print calibrations kits supplied by some labs, does not qualify as a professional monitor calibration and is not recommended.

The ICC (International Color Consortium) specifies international standards for colour management - ISO 3664. Photographers who supply digital files to their clients or for publishing need to be in an ICC managed environment, as do their clients.

 

Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have a query or are experiencing difficulties.

 

Colour management – consistently better results!

In response to the ever-increasing challenges of the digital era, Lab X is pleased to offer a complete digital colour management service. It combines our years of photographic and colour management expertise with the latest software and equipment.

Our aim is to provide the most cost effective and scalable service possible. So we do everything from monitor calibration and mail-order profiles to profiling digital cameras and the calibration of your entire digital workflow.

The benefits of colour management

• Calibration to international standards provides 100% certainty that you are viewing your images correctly and therefore any adjustments you make will be accurate. The ONLY way to calibrate a monitor correctly is to use a hardware device that is compliant to ICC standards.
• Be confident that image files dispatched to the printer, lab and (most importantly) your clients are exactly as they should be.
• Utilize the full imaging capacity of all devices, from capture to output.
• Eliminate guesswork and trial and error to gain optimal production efficiency.
• Accurately preview images prior to printing to minimize screen and print discrepancies in both RGB and CMYK environments.

 

For further information or bookings, please contact us on
(03) 9534 8838  or email info@labx.com.au

 

Colour management is often a difficult subject to master.

Some helpful resources can be found on our links page.

 

Lab X, as always, helping to safeguard your professional reputation.

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