Set color printing options in ColorSync Utility on Mac

Color pop-up menu

Choose any of the following:

• Prematch to printer profile: Controls the color management of the printed output.

• Hand off to printer: Lets the printer control the color management of the printed output.

• Print as color target: Prints the document without any color management. This option is available only if the document uses the same color space as the printer; for example, you’re printing an RGB document on an RGB printer.

Intent pop-up menu

If you chose “Prematch to printer profile,” click the Intent pop-up menu, then choose one of the following:

• Perceptual: Applies realistic-looking colors, useful for photographs.

• Relative Colorimetric: Maintains color accuracy, when specific colors are required for certain images, such as logos.

• Saturation: Maintains the vividness of colors, useful for graphics such as pie charts and bar graphs.

• Absolute Colorimetric: Adjusts the colors to account for the differences in white points.