Custom Printer Profiling + Print Quality Check-up

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At www.marrutt.com/profiles you may download the following precision control image

files:-1. Professional Quality 2. Master Control Image

Custom Profile for Periodic Colour Check-up:

Test Target: TC9.18 MarruttTEST.jpg

When you first use Marrutt Professional Photographic Inkjet Papers, you may use your existing generic printer profiles provided by your favoured Inkjet Ink Manufacturer - simply select the closest profile by paper description. If in doubt, please contact Marrutt at [email protected] for assistance.

When you buy Marrutt Inkjet Papers, you will find a removeable circular PAPER CREDIT label for you to save and exchange for colour management and print quality check-ups. Keep extra PAPER CREDITS for use with DISCOUNT OFFERS which will be shown at www.marrutt.com and announced via our MONTHLY E-MAIL NEWSLETTERS − e-mail us at [email protected] with the word “subscribe” to receive regular news, technical support and offers on inks and papers in newsletter form.

By saving your PAPER CREDIT labels found on every box of Marrutt Professional Photographic Inkjet Paper, you qualify for various levels of custom printer profiles, as well as a useful follow up print quality check up service. Simply attach your paper credit labels to your REQuEST fORM shown overleaf to authorise the service your

require:-TWO PAPER CREDIT LABELS — Professional Quality Custom Profile using TC9.18 test target.

THREE PAPER CREDIT LABELS — Professional Quality Custom Profile using up to four TC9.18 test targets with varying printer settings to achieve optimum printer ink characterisation for best possible tonality across all density levels, and check your targets and select your best possible ink characteristic setting.

TWO PAPER CREDIT LABELS — Print Quality Check-up using Master Control Image. Print this image out on your favoured Marrutt Inkjet Paper, and post it to Marrutt for a visual analysis inside a calibrated 5000°K viewing cabinet against the certified standard image. If you fail to achieve a close tolerance visual agreement to our master, we investigate and advise on action required. We advise that you carry out this check-up every six months to maintain consistent colour and monochrome print quality over time.

Custom Printer Profiling

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Print Quality Check-up

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Service Required:

1. Professional Quality Custom Profile using TC9.18 test target

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2. Professional Quality Custom Profile plus ink optimisation using

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3. Print Quality Check-up using Master Control Image

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Printer Model: _______________________________________ Printer Ink: _________________________________________ Marrutt Paper Type: __________________________________ (please note only Marrutt Inkjet Papers are eligible

for our colour management and check-up services)

Roughly how much printer ink do you use per month? ___________________________________________________________ Roughly how much inkjet paper do you use each month? ________________________________________________________. What is your favourite inkjet paper type?(eg gloss - satin - fine art etc) ______________________________________________ What inkjet paper type would you like to see Marrutt produce? ___________________________________________________ Are there any products or services your would buy from Marrutt if you could? _______________________________________

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Marrutt Custom Profile / Colour Check-up REQuEST fORM

Complete this form, attach the required paper credit labels, and send it with your printed

test targets to:

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Please read carefully. Mac screenshots are shown, however the options available to the PC user remain the same.

1. Open the target file TC9.18 RGB DTP70. If this prompt appears....

...then select the middle option “Assign Working RGB”

If this prompt does not appear it could be that Photoshop’s colour management options de-activated. Consult the PDF document “Using Profiles in Photoshop”, available from www. lyson.com for details of how to properly activate Photoshop’s colour handling capabilities. 2. With the target file now open, go to FILE - Print With Preview (CS/CS2) or FILE - Print (CS3)

Ensure that the colour handling option is set to “No Colour Management”. When the correct hadling option is selected all other colour management options should grey out. Click Print. Go through the printer driver settings and ensure that the settings (media type, resolution, and colour mode) are those recommended by the operating instructions which accompanied your CIS system.

ENSURE THAT THERE IS NO SCALING WHEN PRINTING THIS FILE. THE TARGET MUST BE PRINTED AT 100% SCALE. DO NOT SELECT “SCALE TO FIT PAGE SIZE” OR ANY OTHER OPTION WHICH CHANGES THE SIZE OF THE PRINT SUCH AS BORDERLESS PRINTING. Allow the print to dry for a few hours, then put it in the post together with the form on the following page. Ensure the package is kept flat; use card protection if possible.

Ensure that the colour handling option is set to “No Colour Management”. When the correct hadling option is selected all other colour management options should grey out.

Click Print. Go through the printer driver settings and ensure that the settings (media type, resolution, and colour mode) are those recommended by the ink manufacturer – if in doubt, contact us.

NOTE: If you are unable to create the above environment for creating your test target, contact Marrutt at: [email protected] for an alternative workflow.

ENSURE THAT THERE IS NO SCALING WHEN PRINTING THIS FILE. THE TARGET MUST BE PRINTED AT 100% SCALE. DO NOT SELECT “SCALE TO FIT PAGE SIZE” OR ANY OTHER OPTION WHICH CHANGES THE SIZE OF THE PRINT SUCH AS BORDERLESS PRINTING.

Allow the print to dry for a few hours, then put it in the post together with the REQuEST fORM on the second page. Ensure the package is kept flat; use card protection if possible.

INSTRuCTIONS

Professional Quality Custom Profile using TC9.18 test target (two paper credits) Ensure that your printer produces a perfect nozzle check before proceeding.

Please read carefully. Mac screenshots are shown, however the options available to the PC user remain the same.

1. Open the target file TC9.18 RGB. If this prompt appears....

...then select the middle option “Assign Working RGB”

If this prompt does not appear it could be that Photoshop’s colour management options de-acti-vated. Consult the PDF document “Using Profiles in Photoshop”, available from

www.marrutt.com/paperprofiles for details of how to properly activate Photoshop’s colour handling capabilities.

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INSTRuCTIONS

Professional Quality Custom Profile plus ink optimisation using up to four TC9.18 test targets (three paper credits) .

Ensure that your printer produces a perfect nozzle check before proceeding.

If this prompt does not appear it could be that Photoshop’s colour management options

de-activated. Consult the PDF document “Using Profiles in Photoshop”, available from www.

lyson.com for details of how to properly activate Photoshop’s colour handling capabilities. 2. With the target file now open, go to FILE - Print With Preview (CS/CS2) or FILE - Print (CS3)

Please read carefully. Mac screenshots are shown, however the options available to the PC user remain the same. 1. Open the target file TC9.18 RGB. If this prompt appears....

...then select the middle option “Assign Working RGB”

If this prompt does not appear it could be that Photoshop’s colour management options de-activated. Consult the PDF document ‘Using Profiles in Photoshop’, available from www.marrutt.com/paperprofiling

for details of how to properly activate Photoshop’s colour handling capabilities. 2. With the target file now open, go to FILE - Print With Preview (or FILE - Print)

Ensure that the colour handling option is set to “No Colour Management”. When the correct hadling option is selected all other colour management options should grey out.

Click Print. Go through the printer driver settings and ensure that the settings (media type, resolution, and colour mode) are those recommended by the ink manufacturer – if in doubt contact us.

NOTE: If you are unable to create the above environment for creating your test target, contact Marrutt at:

[email protected] for an alternative workflow.

Ensure that there is no scaling when printing this file. The target must be printed at 100% scale. Do not select “scale to fit page size” or any other option which changes the size of the print such as borderless printing.

Using the same Marrutt inkjet paper type, repeat this process with a different media setting for each target print (eg Epson premium glossy; Epson premium semigloss; Epson glossy; Epson Archival Matté etc). This varies the amount of ink being applied to your paper, and allows us to determine which media setting produces the best possible ink application characteristic for optimum tonality in colour and monochrome. Mark each test target with the media setting outside of the dotted lines

Marrutt will analyse each target print and choose the best dot gain characteristic to yield the best possible ink response curve for optimum image tonality. One custom profile will be produced and sent back.

Allow the prints to dry for a few hours, then put them in the post together with the REQuEST fORM on the second page. Ensure the package is kept flat; use card protection if possible.

If this prompt does not appear it could be that Photoshop’s colour management options

de-activated. Consult the PDF document “Using Profiles in Photoshop”, available from www.

lyson.com for details of how to properly activate Photoshop’s colour handling capabilities. 2. With the target file now open, go to FILE - Print With Preview (CS/CS2) or FILE - Print (CS3)

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INSTRuCTIONS

Print Quality Check-up using Master Control Image (two paper credits)

Download Master Control Image: MarruttTEST.jpg and open in your image editing programme such as Adobe PhotoShop etc.

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Ensure that your printer produces a perfect nozzle check before proceeding.

Applying your usual colour management procedure, produce your print using your favoured MARRUTT PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INKJET PAPER. We are unable to supply visual evaluations on non-Marrutt brand inkjet papers.

Allow your print to dry, and post it back to us for analysis with the REQuEST fORM and required Paper Credit Labels.

Marrutt will visually inspect your print in certified perfect daylight viewing conditions against a

comparison perfect master print original. A visual judgement will be carried out to ascertain whether your printing agrees within tolerance in respect of colour, density, neutral tone, curve tonality etc.

If we judge your print to be outside tolerance, a course of remedial action will be advised.

Repeat this check-up procedure every six months to ensure that your printer is producing consistent professional quality prints in colour and monochrome.