Here’s the link to Color Management in PS 7, which is what Elements is based on.Īnd, naturally, please feel free to repost if I’ve gotten this totally off track. I don’t remember if Ian Lyons addresses this, but you might want to look through his site. So, if I did read your post right, try ignoring how colors display in Print Preview and focus on getting that match between the editing screen and the print. The goal, as I’ve learned it, is to make sure that what you’re seeing as you view your image in Elements on the editing screen matches what comes out of your printer. If I have read your post correctly (and I might not have), I think you’re giving Print Preview too much power. The first thing that comes to mind is that it never occurred to me to use Print Preview for anything besides assuring I had the proper placement on the paper and also as a way to access other print settings. However, you say the Print Preview is showing a darker image than what is showing on the monitor while you’re editing, and if you do corrections so that Print Preview looks the way you want it, then the prints come through too washed out. You say that your prints closely match what you see on your monitor. I’m a little confused and trying to figure out what your actual question is. Leen got in ahead of me, but here’s what I was slowly typing out! 🙂 Using Elements to control the density, I have to subtract 25-30 units before I see a slight change in density in the print preview, however it is completly washed out in Elements. I subtract density using the slider control to the max (-25), but it shows no change in the print preview. When using the color management setting 'Color Controls' it prints somewhat better (not quite as dark), but when I try to adjust the print by changing the contols offered with this setting nothing changes. So if shot on a white background it is trying to compensate and print the image darker.

When using the color management setting 'PhotoEnhance4', I believe the setting is trying to optimise the image.

Anything shot on a white background prints much darker ( it will be the correct density when viewing in Elements, but when I print, the print preview will show it much different – usually darker). But the print preview does not match what I see while working in Elements. What I see in the print preview is very close to what actually prints and is acceptable. It is not a matter of montor calibration.

Have tried all of the color management settings trying to find one that will print what I see in Elements. I’m using Photoshop Elements 2.0 to print to an Epson 9600 printer. I’m a portrait photographer that recently switched to digital.

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