Color management when printing

I have an IMac  OS10.9 and lightroom 5 and a canon printer MG6150. I want the printer to manage color. In Lightroom  I comand "printer manages colors" and I am told to make sure this is turned on in the printer How? In The layout shown in lightroom I have two options: "color synk"with different ICC-profile options or "canon colormatching"Which should I use? Is there a comprehensive text on how to manage colors in this situation?

You need to access the printer driver to ascertain that the color management is turned on and the driver interface set to the proper paper type and size. You can do this with the Page Setup button in the bottom left of the Print module. Maybe somebody with knowledge of the printer can give you more detailed instructions.

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