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Printing from Lightroom 5

Contact Sheet Printing:

You will need to set yourself up a template to make a contact sheet.

- Click the Print tab, from the top (Library/Develop/../Print) area.

- Looking at the menu options on the right side of your screen - under the first option: Layout Style, select Single Image/Contact Sheet

- Under Image Settings - have only “Rotate to fit” selected

- Under Layout select 7 rows and 5 columns - and use these other dimensions:

- Guides aren’t necessary, under the Page section, check “Photo Info” to title each of your thumbnails. Use the Filename option so that we can reference back to your files. Font size 10 or less is fine.

- From your catalog, the bottom row of images, click on an image to select - hold down SHIFT and click another image to select a row. Hold down COMMAND and select the images you’d like or would not like to include in your contact sheet.

-If your contact sheet looks as it should, it is wise to Save this template for future use!On the left side of your screen, under Template Browser, click the + change the name to “Contact Sheet” click Create and you’re set!

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- On the right side of your screen, look at Print Job, and chose these options:

- Now you’re ready to click “Printer…” this will allow you to get into the Epson Print Driver Dialogue Box.

- Select the correct Printer - R2880 Right for PHOTO BLACK Ink (Glossy/Luster paper) or R2880 Left for MATTE BLACK Ink (Matte paper)

- Under the drop down menu that says “Layout” click Color Matching and set your color controls to “Epson Color Controls”

- Next drop down to Print Settings and chose the following settings depending on your media paper type and color vs. b+w

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- For B+W use the Advance B+W Photo - and Fine Adjustment - Click the Advanced Color Settings Tab (to the right of the Basic tab) Tone: Normal, Horizontal 1, Vertical 7 (for neutral tones - but feel free to experiment here)

-For Color use the Adobe RGB profile like the below screen shot:

- Experiment with the Advanced Color Settings tab here as well, for color. These sliders are subtle but will help you immensely to fine tune your prints.

-You’re ready to click PRINT - Congrats! Don’t call it quits on your first print. Bring the print to different lighting situations and refine it til you’re happy.

Trouble Shooting

- print doesn’t print - perhaps Oneida or Conesus computers are not awake. They both need to be awake for the R2880’s to function.

- Or, perhaps its a printer communication issue. Go to System Preferences, Printers, and remove the printer thats giving you trouble, and add it again. The network printers are available as Bonjour Shared printers, and should say something like Epson Stylus R2880 Right or Left - ask a lab monitor if you’re confused.

- Banding, lines, in print. Printer heads are clogged and need cleaning. Ask a lab monitor.

- If the ink droplet light is blinking on the printer, you do not need to change the ink. The printer will not allow you to proceed if it is truly indeed out of ink. In this case the ink droplet light doesn’t blink, but stays illuminated. Ask a lab monitor to help change ink.

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