It's easy to get to though, just hold down the Alt key (near your keyboard spacebar) and then mouse down on the "Go" menu item (up near the Apple logo, top left of your screen). On later versions of Mac OSX, " your-username"/Library is a hidden folder. and you find the folder is not present, it's OK to add it, just be sure to get the naming right - you may need to be logged in as ADMIN to enable those actions. If you are adding your own printer profiles etc. Screen calibration applications like basICColor Display often place profiles into this user folder. Putting them there has the advantage of backing them up whenever the user's home folder is archived so I favour that location. HDname/ users/"your-username"/Library/Colorsync/Profiles folder. From OSX 10.15 Catalina onwards it may not be possible for a user to modify that folder (e.g. This is where the OSX system and many installed applications put profiles. It’s OK to copy of course.In Apple's macOS the ICC profiles are in various places, but if we want any logged-in user to have access to them, we put them in the main HDname/Library/Colorsync/Profiles folder. These are the icc profiles which used within the Epson driver ,ĭO NOT DELETE OR MOVE THEM. Now look inside that folder and you’ll find the ”resources" folder. If you right click it and select "show package contents" Inside the ICCProfiles folder (see above) is another folder containing the printer name, e.g: Epson Stylus Pro 4900_4910.profiles “ Your hard disk name”/library/ printers/EPSON/InkjetPrinter2/ICCProfiles/ But it means I now know how to find themīasically, the printer profiles are in a folder hidden away in the system “library” I had to search for these myself on a client site once, took me quite a while and a lot of head scratching. Here are some Mac tips for when Photoshop can't find the Epson profiles: You may be able to find the profiles manually in the folder hierarchyĪre you working on a PC? If so, you may need help from Epson's support team.
The Epson installer puts them in hidden folders, but normally Photoshop can access them via a hidden link. When you select Photoshop manages color in the “print” dialog, the “printer profile” dropdown should now provide you with a list of all the ICC printer profiles on your system. To resolve this issue, reset the printing system in your Mac's system preferences and then add your Epson printer again.įor instructions, refer to Apple's support documentation: įor instructions, refer to Apple's macOSX User Guide documentation: Add a printer on Mac Įpson ICC printer profiles may be missing in Photoshop after updating macOSX. Printer Manages Color calls upon ICC printer profiles from a different installed folder* Using "Printer Manages Color" should work for Epson’s own papers, as long as the printer driver is correctly installed. To use "Photoshop Manages Color" properly (to make accurate prints) you need access to the printer manufacturer's paper specific profiles, since you need to select the relevant paper profile in that dialog. You also mention missing Epson's standard profiles, they are hidden, see below :Įpson printer profiles are missing in Photoshop manages color in the print dialog (Mac) It’s been reported that the macOS Monterey 12.3 update fixes the issue. Users have reported a bug in macOS Monterey 12.2.1 in connection with ICC profile use/printing, MacOS Monterey Problems with printing using Photoshop manages Color? Some users have reported positive results in macOS Big Sur - with some profiles being usable after opening them into the ColorSync utility and “fixing” any errors found. Sadly this bug appeared to still be present in macOS 11.6.3, according to users here who have made that upgrade. Some users have reported success after updating to macOS Monterey, personally, I'd be more likely to go back a version rather than jumping into a new macOS version so soon after release. There is apparently a bug in macOS Big Sur 11.6.2 in connection with ICC profile use/printing, Hope so - Users are reporting that the update to macOS 11.6.5 fixes the print issues. MacOS Big Sur problems - is this issue now fixed?
There have been macOS ICC profile related issues
These are the standard places where profiles are found:Īre you using macsOS Big Sur? or Monterey? About the Hahnemuhle profiles, do they show up in the Colorsync Utility?