Computer Graphics with Photoshop - Elements 5 printing too dark

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Elements 5 printing too dark

frankpetermann@rogers.com

2007-02-12, 6:14 pm

I've run into problems printing from Adobe Photoshop Elements 5. Pics
printed from the editor are way too dark. The same images sent to the
printer through another app (ie: Snapfire) look fine. Anyone else
encountered this problem? Solution??

Andrew Bealing

2007-02-18, 6:14 am

I'm no expert but it sounds like you've got a colour management issue.

Elements is a colour managed application, maybe the other's you are using
aren't. You should calibrate your monitor using Adobe Gamma if you haven't
got access to a colorimeter device, (I believe its on the disk with PSE 5),
enable full colour management in Elements, and carefully set the printer
options to use the printer profile which it should have come with and
disable any other adjustments or "enhancements" the printer driver offers.
Beware that the print preview screen is NOT colour managed so don't make
judgements from that, use the editor image instead.

Another issue could be limited tonal range of your printer in other words it
may be, like mine that it can't properly differentiate between the very
darkest shades, reproducing them as pure black rather than greys. You can
do a test print to establish how it copes with tones of grey and adjust the
output using the levels control to compensate on photos with a lot of dark
areas in them.

I hope this helps a little.

Andrew Bealing

<frankpetermann@rogers.com> wrote in message
news:1171294562.458494.199800@m58g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...
> I've run into problems printing from Adobe Photoshop Elements 5. Pics
> printed from the editor are way too dark. The same images sent to the
> printer through another app (ie: Snapfire) look fine. Anyone else
> encountered this problem? Solution??
>

r0b

2007-02-18, 6:14 pm

Andrew Bealing schreef:
> I'm no expert but it sounds like you've got a colour management issue.
>
> Elements is a colour managed application, maybe the other's you are using
> aren't. You should calibrate your monitor using Adobe Gamma if you haven't
> got access to a colorimeter device, (I believe its on the disk with PSE 5),
> enable full colour management in Elements, and carefully set the printer
> options to use the printer profile which it should have come with and
> disable any other adjustments or "enhancements" the printer driver offers.
> Beware that the print preview screen is NOT colour managed so don't make
> judgements from that, use the editor image instead.
>
> Another issue could be limited tonal range of your printer in other words it
> may be, like mine that it can't properly differentiate between the very
> darkest shades, reproducing them as pure black rather than greys. You can
> do a test print to establish how it copes with tones of grey and adjust the
> output using the levels control to compensate on photos with a lot of dark
> areas in them.
>
> I hope this helps a little.
>
> Andrew Bealing
>
>
>
> <frankpetermann@rogers.com> wrote in message
> news:1171294562.458494.199800@m58g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...
>
>

I've read your comments on printing from within Elements 5.
Is also my problem.

In PS CS2 there is a posibility to choose :
View => Proof Setup => Custom.
Here I choose for the photopaper ( => "Device to Simulate" )
I'm using in my printer.
Then I make all the enhancements to my photo and after printing
it looks all the same as on my monitor. GREAT.

But in Elements 5.0 I have troubles with this !!!
Can anyone help me with a good workaround to come to descent printed
photos ?

-=Rob

Andrew Bealing

2007-02-19, 6:14 am

"r0b" <itsme54NOSPAM@XXXXXXXXXX> wrote in message
news:45d83674$0$746$5fc3050@dreader2.news.tiscali.nl...
> Andrew Bealing schreef:
>
>
> I've read your comments on printing from within Elements 5.
> Is also my problem.
>
> In PS CS2 there is a posibility to choose :
> View => Proof Setup => Custom.
> Here I choose for the photopaper ( => "Device to Simulate" )
> I'm using in my printer.
> Then I make all the enhancements to my photo and after printing
> it looks all the same as on my monitor. GREAT.
>
> But in Elements 5.0 I have troubles with this !!!
> Can anyone help me with a good workaround to come to descent printed
> photos ?
>
> -=Rob

Rob, did my suggestion make sense to you? I haven't used Photoshop, only
Elements but had the same problem until I did what I set out in my reply. I
can try and take you through it stage by stage if you wish.

Andrew