Need to print without color management on Mac, can't with photoshop

Question

I need to be able to print color targets for making custom ICC profiles, so I need to be able to print without color management. Photoshop doesn't allow this. I've had to use the old Adobe Color Printer Utility, which hasn't received an update in a decade or so. With each Mac OS system update, it becomes less and less usable. It now takes several attempts to open/print files. Color Sync is *supposed* to be able to do this, but the option to print without color management is always greyed out, no matter the file type. Since making custom profiles is a pretty vital thing to be able to do for people using Adobe products to do professional printing, I figure Adobe has some other solution besides an old, deprecated piece of stoftware... right?

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Anyone who creates their own printer/paper profiles needs to print their targets without colour management. Unfortunately applications and operating systems do not make that easy.

I still use the ACPU here on Windows and I'm told it will still operate on Macs if you can get past the OS security features trying to block it. https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/photoshop/kb/no-color-management-option-missing.html

I'm also told that Qimage One can print targets with no colour management but I cannot directly confirm this as I don't use it.

I agree that this would be a useful addition and have upvoted the idea.

In the meantime, you might be able to make use of Pattern on a Path. Draw a path then use Edit > Fill > Pattern > Script > Place Along Path. It is not perfect but may be useable.

Anonymous · Answer

Anyone who creates their own printer/paper profiles needs to print their targets without colour management. Unfortunately applications and operating systems do not make that easy.

I still use the ACPU here on Windows and I'm told it will still operate on Macs if you can get past the OS security features trying to block it. https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/photoshop/kb/no-color-management-option-missing.html

I'm also told that Qimage One can print targets with no colour management but I cannot directly confirm this as I don't use it.

I agree that this would be a useful addition and have upvoted the idea.

In the meantime, you might be able to make use of Pattern on a Path. Draw a path then use Edit > Fill > Pattern > Script > Place Along Path. It is not perfect but may be useable.

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