gt-541 cookbook: photoshop® 7/cs how to print your artwork

GT-541 Cookbook: Photoshop® 7/CS

How to Print Your Artwork

Color Settings

1. First of all, let your Photoshop 7 for GT-541. Start Photoshop and Select [ Edit ] > [

Color Settings... ] menu.

2. This is the most important setting for proper colors.

1. Click Advanced Mode checkbox to show all the settings menu.

2. Make sure that the settings of Working Space are [ RGB : sRGB IEC61966-

2.1 ] and [ CMYK : U.S. Web Coated (SWOP)v2 ].

3. Also confirm that the setting of Conversion Options is [ Intent : Relative

Colormetric ].

Note:

GT-541 color management system applies only for sRGB (sRGB IEC61966-

2.1). These settings may be changed by your PC settings.

Please be aware of these settings

Open a new file

1. If you make a new file, be sure to select the mode as RGB color. When you open the

existent file, manage the color profile / mode as written below. The following window

is of Photoshop CS.

This window opens when you open an exist file which has no embedded color

profile or has a certain color profile which is different from the working spaces. Select

[ Assign working RGB : sRGB IEC61966-2.1] to convert when the file is RGB.

When the file is CMYK, select [ Assign profile ] and convert to RGB data after

you open the file.

Also when the open file is CMYK, we recommend you to change mode into RGB

to print with proper color management. (The following windows are of Photoshop 6

but the operation is the same.)

Go to [ Image ] - [ Mode ] - [ RGB Color ].

Confirm the title bar if the conversion is done successfully.

How to use Color Palette

1. You can get the same color as Color Chart. Download our Color Palette file "GT-

541_Colors.aco" beforehand to your PC. Select [ Window ] and check [ Swatches ] to

show. Click the little triangle at the rignt top of the window (in the orange circle

below) to show the submenu.

2. Select [ Replace Swatches... ]

3. The replace window opens. Better to copy the download file GT-541_Colors.aco

beforehand to:

Photoshop CS: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS\Presets\Color Swatches\

Photoshop 7: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop 7.0\Presets\Color Swatches\

Photoshop 6: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop 6.0\Presets\Color Swatches\

Elements 3.0: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 3.0\Presets\Color

Swatches\

4. There you can use our Color Palette like other swatches. See the alignment of colors is

the same as Color Chart.

If you select [ Load Swatches... ], Color Palette will be added to the present

swatch.

How to Print

1. Select [File] > [Print with Preview... ] to do the layout. This is the most useful way

to print WYSWYG.

2. Confirm the color management settings and layout here.

First click Show More Options checkbox below the layout window and choose [

Color Management ] of the pulldown menu. Make sure that radio button of Source

Space is Document: sRGB IEC61966-2.1 or untagged RGB. Select Print

Space as Profile: [ Printer Color Management ]. This setting enabes GT-541

printer driver to do color matching.

After color settings and before positioning the layout, Click [ Page Setup ] button on

the window to do Printer Driver settings.

If you've already finished settings, just click [ Print ] button.

3. This window appears when you click [ Page Setup ]. It shows the current paper size,

which means platen size. Click [ Printer... ] button at the bottom right to go into the

printer driver settings menu.

4. This is the Page Setup menu. Make sure that Brother GT-541 (FileOutput) is selected.

click the [ Properties... ] buttn to go to the printer driver setting menu.

5. This is the main settings window for printer driver. See Tour to Printer Driver for the

detail settings.

Click [ OK ] to save/close the window.

6. Confirm the layout of artwork. You can reset size numbers directly. If you want to

move the artwork freely, check off the [center image] checkbox and move and resize

it directly with dragging Bounding Box. After the layout is done, click [ Print ] button

to send data to GT-541. Make sure that Profile of Print Space is [ Printer Color

Management ] to print in color-matched colors.

7. Now you've done everything you have to do on PC. Click [ OK ] button to send print

data to GT-541 if the green PRINT BUTTON is blinking. When this button is on, GT-541

(FileOutput) will be ready to print on T-shirt.