what do the fractions in the printer profiles mean in photoshop??

[toneloc696]

i cant for the life of me figur out why there is 2 different profiles for each type of paper in photoshop with a different fractional number beside them? what are they??? HELP!!

[jrhoffman75]

They are the quality settings associated with those profiles - i.e if you are using quality setting 1 or 2 choose a profile that shows 1/2.

[toneloc696]

I'm confused.... so what are the quality settings exactly located at than? The higher the number the better the quality?

[jrhoffman75]

When you go to print you can select the quality settings in the printer driver.

[toneloc696]

Aighhh it makes sense now!! Thank You! This was driving me nuts because I didn't know which to use!

[jrhoffman75]

👍

[TCampbell]

Don’t feel bad.  I have been sending my stuff out to labs for years.  I finally bought an inkjet last year and had the very same question.  

If you print on highest quality, it applies a different amount of ink, so it needs a slightly different ICC profile than if you print on the lower qualities.  

[jrhoffman75]

Here is a good resource on the printer and a discussion on quality settings. 

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