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C.Schmitt@LaserGrünerProducts
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January 14, 2025
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Print modul: black point compensation broken

  • January 14, 2025
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If you go to the print module (ctr+P or File > Print...) > Color Management and set Color Handling to "Photoshop Manages Colors" and choose "Relative" for the "Rendering Intent" the checkbox "Black Point Compensation" does not influence the preview of the print on the left.

 

If you instead use the same checkbox with the same settings and paper profile in the soft proofing window (view > Proof Setup > Custom) it works as intended.

 

The bug has been there for ages. And verified by me on multible Win10 systems and multible Photoshop Versions down to CS6.

 

Operating System: Windows 10 x64 22H2 (Build 19045.5247)

Photohop: newest CC (v25+) down to CS6 (v13.0)

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C.Schmitt@LaserGrünerProductsAuthor
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January 19, 2025

I actually use it from time to time.

It is especially confusing for beginners, when you have buttons that don't do anything.

 

Also, it would be helpful if the Black Point Compensation would be either greyed out or uncheckable, for the perceptive rendering intend, since there it doesn't and shouldn't do anything anyway since perceptive kind of already includes it.

D Fosse
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D FosseCommunity Expert
Community Expert
January 15, 2025

I can confirm. Photoshop 26.2, Windows 10 22H2, Epson SC-P5300.

 

I have to say that personally, I don't think it's a big deal. For critical work I calibrate the monitor black point to max ink (on a test print), and the print matches the main image in Photoshop perfectly. I know what I'm getting. I don't even look at the small preview in the Print dialog. In any case Black Point Compensation should always be on, in all practical situations.

 

But of course, once the checkbox is there, it should work.

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C.Schmitt@LaserGrünerProductsAuthor
Participant
January 15, 2025

Here some pictures of what I mean. Best use a dark picture of your own, since the difference is usually suttle:

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