Lyson Free ICC Colour Profiles

Beginners to digital photography and printing are often a little confused why a separate ICC profile is required with 3rd party inks, the common misconception is that it covers up some inadequacy, which of course is not true. A printer requires ICC information no matter which ink set is used, this also applies to OEM inks, but printer manufactories are able to build the profile into the printer driver, so it appears that no profile is required when in fact it is. Third party inks have a slightly different colour space, therefore a different profile is required. While we always recommend custom profile for best results, the free generic profiles below are suitable for amateur photographers.

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Colour Printer Profiles

Lyson ICC colour Profiles for Windows Users.

Lyson ICC colour profiles for Mac Users

ICC Profile help.

Installing a Profile
Watch a movie on how to install and select a profile
What are the benefits of a custom Profile.

Driver Settings for R2400

The Lyson R2400 ink set comes complete with a full complement of ICC colour profiles covering most of the commonly used papers, and detailed instruction on basic and advanced colour management issues appertaining to the R2400 printer.
Lyson Photochrome R24 Profiles covering various paper types. Detailed documention, Settings, and information releating to colour management on the R2400 (20 mb )

Settings for R1800/R8000

These settings have also helped R1800/R800 customers

IN PRINT WITH PREVIEW:
Intent: Perceptual
Use Black point compensation: Ticked

IN PRINT DRIVER:
Media type: Premium semi gloss Photo Paper
Best Photo
High Speed: On
Gloss Optimisation: on
No colour adjustment

Please note: The above profiles are generic and subsequently results will differ from printer to printer, if accurate colours are required we would strongly recommend that a custom profile be used, follow the links below to the two professionals that we recommend for custom profiling .