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Let printer determine printed colors

If you don’t have a custom profile for your printer and paper type, you can let the printer driver handle the color conversion. See Letting the printer determine colors when printing.

  1. Choose File > Print.
  2. Choose Color Management from the pop‑up menu.

    Choose Color Management to display options for prepress and color management

  3. Select Document.

    The profile is displayed in parentheses on the same line.

  4. For Color Handling, choose Printer Manages Colors.
  5. (Optional) Choose a rendering intent for converting colors to the destination color space.

    Most non-PostScript printer drivers ignore this option and use the Perceptual rendering intent. (For more information, see About rendering intents.)

  6. Access the color management options for the printer driver from the second print dialog box, which automatically appears after you click Print. In Windows, click Page Setup to access the printer driver options. In Mac OS, use the pop‑up menu from the second print dialog box to access the printer driver options.
  7. Specify the color management settings to let your printer driver handle the color management during printing.

    Every printer driver has different color management options. If it’s not clear how to turn on color management, consult your printer documentation.

  8. Click Print.
    Note: If you get a warning that your image is larger than the printable area of the paper, and you don’t want to exceed that area, click Cancel, choose File > Print, and select the Scale To Fit Media box. To make changes to your paper size and layout, click Page Setup, and attempt to print the file again.