ImagXpress® enables you to print an image, using either ImagXpress or PrintPRO™:
Print the Image Using ImagXpress
The image is sent to a specified Graphics object using the ImageXView.Print method.
Color Management while Printing an Image Using ImageXpress
Image Color Management (ICM) is performed to ensure that the image has a very similar appearance, regardless of the device on which it is displayed or printed. When printing an image, the image must be converted to the device-specific color space of the specified printer. This conversion can be done at a number of different points in the process:
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Prior to loading the image into ImagXpress
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By ImagXpress
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By PrintPRO
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By the printing device
To perform color management within ImagXpress:
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Ensure that ImageXView.IcmEnabled is set to True.
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Specify how to apply profiles, by setting the ImageXView.ColorRenderIntent property (for example, Picture, Graphics, Business or Colorimetric interpretation.)
- Enable color management of an image to be proofed, by setting ImageXView.ICMProofingEnabled to True.
- Set the ImageXView.TargetProfileName to the profile to use when proofing the image. When ICMProofingEnabled is True, this profile overrides the ImageXView.PrinterProfileName property. This can be helpful if proofing occurs on a printer or ink different from the destination printer.
- Specify the color profile to use when performing ICM on an image to be printed (PrinterProfileName). Setting PrinterProfileName doesn't change the profile name stored with the printer device context - it simply specifies the color profile ImagXpress uses with ICM.
- Send the image to the specified device, or PrintPRO, for printing.
Print the Image Using PrintPRO
The ImageXView.Print method requires a graphics object. However, in some containers, this may not be available. In this case, PrintPRO provides a vehicle to print to a selected printing device. PrintPRO may also provide the best solution if you require a customized printer interface and programmatic control over printing functions.
To save the image using PrintPRO, pass the image from ImagXView to PrintPRO. Use PrintPRO to compose the printed page, select a printing device and print to that device.
