


This problem seems to happen in more recent versions of macOS, but not in Windows. If you find this problem is also happening with another printer brand such as Canon, the principles should be the same but the details might vary. I’m most familiar with this problem on Epson photo inkjet printers, so I wrote this article from that point of view. That gets old fast, so I worked out a way to resolve this issue permanently. They’re often advised to delete and reinstall the printer, or to reset the macOS printing system, but in some cases the problem comes back and they have to delete and reinstall the printer again. You now have ICC profile available to use in your image workflow.Many Mac users find that the ICC profiles for their printer stop appearing in applications such as Adobe Lightroom Classic and Adobe Photoshop. Win: C Drive > Program Files > Common > Adobe > Color > Profiles > Recommended Mac: Main HD > Library > ColorSync > Profiles > Recommended Placing the profile here makes using it more convenient because it will appear near the top of the profiles list inside Adobe applications: If you’re using Adobe CS, you can also place the profile in the preferred directory for Adobe applications. ICC profile file will then be copied into preffered folder:Ĭ Drive > System32 > spool > drivers > Color Installing ICC profile for Adobe CS Right-click on the profile and select Install Profile. Main HD > Library > ColorSync > Profiles Installing ICC profile on Windows Place ICC profile file into the following directory: In Mac OSX Lion, you can change the permissions on the Mac HD/Library/ColorSync folder and then the Mac HD/Library/ColorSync/Profiles folder for Everyone to Read/Write to be able install ICC profiles into the MacHD/ColorSync/Library/Profiles folder. Learn how to download and install ICC profiles.
