Topic: ABW Not Showing Up in Print Driver (Read 2330 times)

hea7 · « **on:** January 19, 2019, 04:21:42 pm »

I have the print driver set to Printer Manages Color, but when I go to Print Settings I cannot get to ABW. I get an error message that says to do what I did.

See attached screen shots.

Mark D Segal · « **Reply #1 on:** January 19, 2019, 04:32:09 pm »

You need to have Printer Color Management enabled (your screen grab shows it is not), and then click on Advanced Color Settings.

hea7 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 19, 2019, 05:18:49 pm »

The screen shot in LR shows Managed by Printer. The setting in the printer are grayed out.

Mark D Segal · « **Reply #3 on:** January 19, 2019, 05:53:40 pm »

The screen shot you show above is a tab in the Epson driver, not Lightroom. It clearly says that Printer Color Management is disabled. You MUST enable printer colour management (Epson Color Controls) in the driver in order to be able to access the ABW interface.

hea7 · « **Reply #4 on:** January 19, 2019, 05:57:58 pm »

When I go to Color Matching to select Epson Controls Color I get a Print option but it does not go to the ABW driver.

Mark D Segal · « **Reply #5 on:** January 19, 2019, 06:10:44 pm »

OK, now go back to "Printer Settings" tab and select "Advanced Color Settings". You should find ABW there. I know it's totally counter-intuitive to have an ABW driver tucked into Advanced Color Settings, but I've seen this before with the Epson driver on other printers in this series. So I have some confidence this will solve your problem!?!?!

hea7 · « **Reply #6 on:** January 19, 2019, 06:16:24 pm »

This is the screen I get when I select Advanced Color Settings.

digitaldog · « **Reply #7 on:** January 19, 2019, 06:30:03 pm »

Then maybe do the Epson Enema and install the drivers (from Epson) again:
1. Delete all instances of Epson printers from System Preferences>Print & Fax.
2. Then go to /Library/Printers and toss the whole Epson folder.
3. Toss LFP Remote Panel (IF you are using this utility for your printer).
4. Then reinstall drivers from Epson and never Apple.
When you go back to Print & Fax to add the printer, on 10.X I had to wait almost a minute before the IP version of the printer showed up, whereas the Bonjour one shows up right away. Then add the IP instance of the printer. This is for printers on a network.
Then re-install LFP Remote Panel if you use it with this printer.
NOTE: IF you have more than one Epson printer, you need to install the driver in the order of their release! Older then newer or you run into issues (eg, install 4800 before you’d install 3880).

Mark D Segal · « **Reply #8 on:** January 19, 2019, 07:12:37 pm »

Quote from: hea7 on January 19, 2019, 06:16:24 pm

This is the screen I get when I select Advanced Color Settings.

You need to click on Advanced Color Settings and another window will open with the ABW driver.

Don't both with an Epson enema until you get the path right for accessing ABW. If after getting the path to it right, it still doesn't show up, then the enema could make sense.

mcbroomf · « **Reply #9 on:** January 20, 2019, 07:42:45 am »

Quote from: hea7 on January 19, 2019, 05:18:49 pm

The screen shot in LR shows Managed by Printer. The setting in the printer are grayed out.

Can you show the Lightroom screen shot showing the setting please? The one you showed here is NOT the LR screenshot

Mark D Segal · « **Reply #10 on:** January 20, 2019, 09:54:23 am »

Quote from: mcbroomf on January 20, 2019, 07:42:45 am

Can you show the Lightroom screen shot showing the setting please? The one you showed here is NOT the LR screenshot

I dealt with this in Reply #3. I hope we've moved beyond this.

mcbroomf · « **Reply #11 on:** January 20, 2019, 10:00:57 am »

Quote from: Mark D Segal on January 20, 2019, 09:54:23 am

I dealt with this in Reply #3. I hope we've moved beyond this.

Yes but the LR screenshot has not been posted. Best to verify IMO ...

Mark D Segal · « **Reply #12 on:** January 20, 2019, 12:05:13 pm »

Fair enough Mike. The O/P should do both: make sure the setting in LR is for Printer Manages and go into the Epson driver and click on Advanced Color Settings to see whether ABW is revealed (should be).

rdonson · « **Reply #13 on:** January 20, 2019, 12:07:21 pm »

First, get to Printer Manages Color

rdonson · « **Reply #14 on:** January 20, 2019, 12:12:13 pm »

Then follow the previous directions to get to this.

mcbroomf · « **Reply #15 on:** January 20, 2019, 12:46:14 pm »

Quote from: rdonson on January 20, 2019, 12:07:21 pm

First, get to Printer Manages Color

Yes, that's the screen we need to see, but not set like that ...

rdonson · « **Reply #16 on:** January 20, 2019, 02:53:29 pm »

True - the screen shows where to go to choose "Managed by Printer" (right hand arrow).

The new Mac "screenshot" won't allow me to capture further into the process of actually getting away from the ICC profile to where he needs to go.

Mark D Segal · « **Reply #17 on:** January 20, 2019, 04:03:02 pm »

OK, I don't use Apple software for anything but the operating system itself. All the rest of it is crap. If you want industrial-strength screen-grabbing and screen grab editing capability go to the Techsmith website and download Snagit for Mac. You'll never look back.

I'm attaching a sequential screen grab for the whole process of getting to ABW using Snagit. My version of the Epson driver is for the SC-P5000 printer. The P800 may not be identical but they are bound to be close. Please follow from left to right:

(1) Set Printer Manages Color in the Lightroom print module bottom right in the Print Job Panel.
(2) Go the Epson Drive by clicking on Print Settings at the lower left of the Lightroom interface.
(3) Select the Color Matching menu.
(4) When it opens, select EPSON Color Controls (this disables ICC profiles).
(5) Then go the Printer Settings menu , in the Basic tab look down to Print Mode, open it and select Advanced B&W Photo.
(6) Then click on the Advanced Color Settings tab to get the tools for controlling the character of the ABW one wants.

It's a long way to Tipperary, but that's it.

rdonson · « **Reply #18 on:** January 20, 2019, 09:42:15 pm »

Thanks, Mark, I'll give the free trial of Snagit a whirl. $50 might be worth it!

pslocum · « **Reply #19 on:** January 23, 2019, 05:34:54 pm »

I had this same problem, I searched everywhere for and answer, this post was not going yet I discovered the problem by accident when I went to remove the paper profile.

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