A cheeky Question about Printer settings

[Redbrickman]

Hi Guys,

First an apology for not being on here much, due to other stuff taking up my time and very little printing being done. Recently I subscribed to Adobe CC Photography plan as I needed a new version of PS for web design work and my old Adobe elements wouldn't cut it! BTW I am no PS expert

Anyway to the point. I tried to print some photos today in PS (Mac version) and find that they are too dark. I set the printer settings to Adobe PS manages colour and selected the correct paper profile and size.

I cannot set the intensity or contrast on the dialogue box as it's greyed out. Can anyone help me get this enabled?

 

[Roy Sletcher]

Hi Guys,

First an apology for not being on here much, due to other stuff taking up my time and very little printing being done. Recently I subscribed to Adobe CC Photography plan as I needed a new version of PS for web design work and my old Adobe elements wouldn't cut it! BTW I am no PS expert View attachment 3945

Anyway to the point. I tried to print some photos today in PS (Mac version) and find that they are too dark. I set the printer settings to Adobe PS manages colour and selected the correct paper profile and size.

I cannot set the intensity or contrast on the dialogue box as it's greyed out. Can anyone help me get this enabled?

Trying not to open a can of worms here as I am not familiar with the MAC.

However as a general principle, AND when PS is managing colour you should NOT need to ADJUST dialogue boxes on the PRINTER for light or dark effects.

Chance are this is a colour management problem.

Read this first:
https://luminous-landscape.com/why-are-my-prints-too-dark/


rs

 

[Redbrickman]

Thanks for the link. Seems I better set aside a day and do some reading

 

[rodbam]

Yes monitors are set to be quite bright so your prints will look darker than the screen. When you are in Photoshop just go to the Levels tool & click Auto, that should then print at the right brightness if the shot is exposed well in the camera.