PROfESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC Custom Printer Profiling + Print Quality Check-up At www.marrutt.com/profiles you may download the following precision control image files:- 1. Professional Quality Custom Profile Test Target: TC9.18 2. Master Control Image for Periodic Colour Check-up: 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 digital@marrutt.com for assistance. When you buy Marrutt Inkjet Papers, you will find a removeable circular label for you to save exchange for colour management print quality check-ups. Keep extra S for use with DISCOUNT OFFERS which will be shown at www.marrutt.com announced via our MONTHLY E-MAIL NEWSLETTERS e-mail us at digital@marrutt.com with the word subscribe to receive regular news, technical support offers on inks papers in newsletter form. By saving your 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 LABELS Professional Quality Custom Profile using TC9.18 test target. THREE 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, check your targets select your best possible ink characteristic setting. TWO LABELS Print Quality Check-up using Master Control Image. Print this image out on your favoured Marrutt Inkjet Paper, post it to Marrutt for a visual analysis inside a calibrated 5000 K viewing cabinet against the certified stard image. If you fail to achieve a close tolerance visual agreement to our master, we investigate advise on action required. We advise that you carry out this check-up every six months to maintain consistent colour monochrome print quality over time.
Marrutt Custom Profile / Colour Check-up request form Complete this form, attach the required paper credit labels, send it with your printed test targets to: Marrutt Ltd, Bellbrook Industrial Estate, Uckfield, Sussex TN22 1QL Service Required: 1. Professional Quality Custom Profile using TC9.18 test target FIX TWO LABELS HERE u 2. Professional Quality Custom Profile plus ink optimisation using up to four TC9.18 test targets FIX THREE LABELS HERE u 3. Print Quality Check-up using Master Control Image FIX TWO LABELS HERE u Name: Full postal address: Postcode e-mail address: Tel. No: Printer Model: Marrutt Paper Type: Printer Ink: (please note only Marrutt Inkjet Papers are eligible for our colour management 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?
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 Please read carefully. Mac screenshots are shown, however the options available to the PC user user remain the same. remain the same. 1. 1. Open the the target target file file TC9.18 TC9.18 RGB. RGB If this DTP70. prompt If this appears... prompt appears......then select...then the select middle the middle option option Assign Assign Working Working RGB RGB If If this this prompt prompt does does not not appear appear it could it could be be that that Photoshop s Photoshop s colour colour management management options options de-acti- deactivated. Consult Consult the PDF the document PDF document Using Using Profiles Profiles in Photoshop, in Photoshop, available from available from www. www.marrutt.com/paperprofiles lyson.com for details of how to properly for details activate of how Photoshop s properly activate colour Photoshop s hling capabilities. colour hling capabilities. 2. With the target file now open, go to FILE - Print With Preview (CS/CS2) or FILE - Print 2. With the target file now open, go to FILE - Print With Preview (or FILE - Print) Ensure that the the colour hling option option is set is set to No to No Colour Colour Management. When When the correct the hadling correct option hadling is option selected is all selected other colour all other management colour management options should options grey out. should grey out. Click Print. Go through the printer driver settings ensure that the settings (media type, Click Print. Go through the printer driver settings ensure that the settings (media type, resolution, resolution, colour colour mode) mode) are are those those recommended recommended by the by ink the manufacturer operating instructions if in doubt, which contact accompanied us. your CIS system. NOTE: If you are unable to create the above environment for creating your test target, contact Marrutt at: digital@marrutt.com for an alternative workflow. ENSURE THAT THERE IS NO SCALING WHEN PRINTING THIS FILE. THE TARGET MUST BE ENSURE THAT THERE IS NO SCALING WHEN PRINTING THIS FILE. THE TARGET MUST BE PRINTED AT PRINTED AT 100% SCALE. DO NOT SELECT SCALE TO FIT PAGE SIZE OR ANY OTHER 100% OPTION SCALE. WHICH DO NOT SELECT THE SCALE SIZE TO OF FIT THE PAGE PRINT SIZE OR SUCH ANY AS OTHER BORDERLESS OPTION WHICH PRINTING. THE SIZE OF THE PRINT SUCH AS BORDERLESS PRINTING. Allow the print to to dry for for a few a few hours, hours, then then put put it in it the in the post post together together with with the REQuEST the form on form the on following the second page. page. Ensure Ensure the the package is is kept flat; use card protection if if possible.
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ENSURE THAT THERE IS NO SCALING WHEN PRINTING THIS FILE. THE TARGET MUST BE Using the same Marrutt inkjet paper type, repeat this process with a different media setting for each target print PRINTED (eg AT 100% premium SCALE. glossy; DO NOT premium SELECT semigloss; SCALE TO FIT glossy; PAGE SIZE Archival OR ANY Matté OTHER etc). This varies ENSURE OPTION the amount WHICH THAT THERE of ink being IS NO applied THE SCALING SIZE to your OF WHEN paper, THE PRINT PRINTING allows SUCH us THIS to AS determine FILE. BORDERLESS THE which TARGET media PRINTING. setting MUST BE produces PRINTED the AT best 100% possible SCALE. ink application DO NOT SELECT characteristic SCALE for optimum TO FIT tonality PAGE in SIZE colour OR ANY monochrome. OTHER Mark OPTION Allow the each WHICH print to test target dry for a few with the media THE hours, setting SIZE OF then outside THE put of PRINT it in the the dotted SUCH post lines AS together BORDERLESS with the form PRINTING. on the following page. 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INSTRUCTIONS Print Quality Check-up using Master Control Image (two paper credits) Download Master Control Image: MarruttTEST.jpg open in your image editing programme such as Adobe PhotoShop etc. \ 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. We are unable to supply visual evaluations on non-marrutt br inkjet papers. Allow your print to dry, post it back to us for analysis with the request form 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 monochrome.