STE P BY STE P / Create better-looking printouts
1 Choose a profile In the Library module, open the start file provided for this tutorial in the download link (bottom). You can let your printer choose a colour profile, or let Lightroom take control, as we’ll see. Set the Profile to Adobe RGB (1998) to make the colours printer-compatible. 2 Choose a template Click the Print icon in the Module picker. In the Template browser, choose the (1) 8x10 template. In Image Settings, clear Zoom to Fill so that you can see the entire photo and avoid cropping the edges. Click Page Setup and click the landscape icon to rotate the page. 3 Choose a resolution Toggle open the Print Job panel. Leave Print Resolution set to 240 ppi. Increase Print Sharpening to Standard to create a print with more punch. Set Media Type to suit the printer’s paper. Tick 16 Bit Output if your printer supports this option. 4 Select a printer profile To get the printer to manage the colours, click Printer. Choose Color Matching from the drop-down menu to access a profile. If your printer isn’t listed, you can choose Other Profiles and load in a profile that came with your printer. Click OK and select a profile. 5 Let Lightroom manage colours If you click Print, the printer will use the profile to manage the photo’s colours. Alternatively, click Cancel and let Lightroom manage the colours. Click the Print Job’s Profile drop-down menu and choose one of the profiles listed, such as Adobe RGB (1998). 6 Make a print adjustment By clicking Perceptual you force a photo to correct out-of-gamut colours, but this may change other colours in the print. Our file uses printable colours, so click Relative. Boost Brightness to make the print’s colours look more like the on-screen colours.