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1. Re: Pros and cons Lightroom vs Photoshop printing
web-weaver Apr 27, 2013 11:43 AM (in response to Picturequest)A lot of questions.
I would recommend that you watch some of the printing tutorials on Adobe's website. See here (and scroll down to "Printing"): http://tv.adobe.com/show/learn-lightroom-4/
As for the printing from PS vs. Lr (and under the hood), see here: http://forums.adobe.com/message/5229670#5229670
Generally speaking, there is no difference in print quality between Lr and PS if all parameters are set correctly. So it comes down to the question of preference of workflow: Do you rather print from Lr or from PS?
Also, you will - within a short time - notice that Lr has become not only your main image editor but also your image managing tool. In this situation it's just simpler to print from Lr instead of doing the round trip to PS. Also, in PS one tends to create an image copy for each print size; in Lr you can just do it with Virtual Copies. Or you can create a <saved print> that is added to a collection. That means you don't fill up your hard drive with file copies.
Your Final question: The paper type and size has to be selected in your printer driver. You do this from Lr by clicking on <Page Setup> in the print Module. The dialog that comes up is not Lr but your printer dialog / driver.
Lr will then "accept" the paper size selected in the printer driver / dialog. In Lr there is a selection for <Media Type> (not "paper type"!). Select what you are using - this selection affects the output sharpening that Lr applies "behind the scene". Also select the appropriate printing profile in Lr. The <Print Adjustment> sliders are best left alone. They are not necessary if your monitor is calibrated and set to the correct intensity (brightness). Apart from that these two sliders don't give you any feedback in Lr, i.e. you don't see their effects in Lr - only on the print.


