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1. Re: Printing with Epson
hatstead Dec 7, 2010 1:10 PM (in response to Deep Woods)- Suggest sRGB color space
- Suggest that you let PSE manage color, or, Printer manage color - - -not both.
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2. Re: Printing with Epson
rbpetex Dec 7, 2010 1:50 PM (in response to Deep Woods)Also, be sure that the Epson printer-paper profiles are downloaded when you select Photoshop Elements Manages Colors. They should be because when you downloaded the printer driver the printer-paper profiles also loaded. You can check by going into File Menu/Print/More Options/Color Management. You should see several items listed in the Color Management pull-down menu. Look for Epson PhotoStylus R1800 Premium Glossy, Epson PhotoStylus R1800 Premium Semigloss, and so on. If you don't see any selections with Epson in the name, then you need to download the profiles. They're available on Epson's website. In short, when you select Photoshop Elements Manages Colors, you have to be sure that you select the correct profile in Element's Print options as well as in the Printer's paper options. Hope this makes sense. Let us know how it comes out.
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3. Re: Printing with Epson
Deep Woods Dec 7, 2010 4:52 PM (in response to rbpetex)I followed all suggestions and here is my results...
I've printed from 3 sources:
1. Windows Photo Gallery (The utility installed with Vista).
2. PSE 8
3. CS5
The most accurate results thus far comes from Windows Photo Gallery. The printed image is identical to the image displayed on the monitor, both in brightness and colour. If this utility allowed me to adjust the position of an image on the page, my problem would be solved.
A very close second place is the image printed from PSE 8. Colours are pretty accurate. The image is printing slightly darker and probably as a result of this, colours look a little too saturated. Settings that work in the PSE printer driver are "PSE Manages Colour" - "Relative Colorimetric" - and I choose the paper profile of the paper I'm using. In the Epson printer driver, "ICM" - "No Colour Adjustment" checked.
The worst results comes from CS5. Both in the CS5 printer driver and in the Epson printer driver I tried a wide range of combinations, first using "Photoshop Manages Colour" and than using "Printer Manages Colour" I've even tried changing the colour settings from sRGB to Adobe RGB to PhotoRGB. The best results thus far comes when I choose "Printer Manages Colour". I turn "ICM" off in the Epson printer driver and use "Colour Controls" with the saturation cranked completely over to the right side. Doing this gets me closer to accuracy, but I'm left with washed out skin tones and a slightly green colour cast.
My primary question is why does CS5 not give me the same results as PSE 8 when I choose the same settings in each program and why would the Windows Photo Gallery give me the best results of all?
Thank you for your time.
Deep Woods


