Ricoh Aficio Color 2203 [17/77] Adobe applications

Printing Guideline for Ricoh Color Products 2.01

6 Adobe Applications

6.1 Photoshop 3.5/4.0 for Windows and Macintosh

6.1.1 Plug-Ins

If you want to work with ICC ProÞ les on Photoshop 3.5/4.0 you have to install a

plug-in, which enables you to apply the proÞ les to an image, e.g. the Savvy Toolbox,

which contains export, import and Þ lter modules.

It is downloadable for PC and Mac at:

http://www.colorsavvy.com

For Macintosh the ColorSync modules are also available:

ColorSync Import

ColorSync Export

ColorSync Filter

You can download the latest versions of these plug-ins at:

http://www.colorsync.apple.com

These plug-ins need to be copied to the Import/Export or the Filter folder in the Adobe

Photoshop directory on your hard disk before you launch Photoshop.

The general working methods of the different modules are described as follows:

Export module:

An export module for Adobe Photoshop allows you to save (export) your image to

hard disk as a RGB or CMYK TIFF image using ICC proÞ les.

Import module:

An import module for Adobe Photoshop allows you to open (import) a RGB or CMYK

image (.tiff) using ICC proÞ les.

Filter module:

A Þ lter module allows you to convert an opened image from one color space to

another, e.g. from scanner RGB to monitor RGB. With the Þ lter module it is not

possible to convert from RGB color space to CMYK color space or vice versa.

Scanner proÞ les are in RGB color space and most of the printer proÞ les are in CMYK

color space (except the IPDL-C proÞ les), thus the Þ lter module is mostly not useful

for applying ICC proÞ les.

The workß ow with the different modules is similar, thus two examples will be descri-

bed below.