The work aims to research and study the color control of printing driver, with EPSON Stylus R270 color ink-jet printer as an example. The gamut volume reproduced by different “printing qualities” and “color modes” in the printing driver were tested. Adobe Photoshop software was applied to design driver-level and application-level color management schemes and the color matching effects of different schemes were tested. As a result of the study, the gamut volume of green part corresponding to high printing quality option was larger than that corresponding to low printing quality. As for color modes, the reproduction ability of “Adobe RGB” mode of green part was stronger than that of “EPSON Standard” mode and “EPSON Vivid” mode, but the latter two modes had a better ability to reproduce the red-blue gamut part. As for color management, the color matching precision in color reproduction workflow based on application was higher, so its color matching precision was higher than that based on print driver (E≈4). In order to obtain the desired color reproduction effects, proper printing parameters can be set and printing workflow can be designed in future application according to color characteristics and quality requirements of printed image.