Alan Smithee wrote:

Johan W. Elzenga wrote:

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Virtually everything I print on either my HP ink jet or my HP color laser is darker than it appears on the screen.
Is there something that I should be changing in Photoshop?

If you don't tell us what your present print settings are, we can't suggest what you should change...

John, for my own peace of mind, could you post your settings and workflow for printing scans or camera images from photoshop to an inkjet? Maybe there's something I'm just overlooking. I'm assuming you're using CS or CS2.

Normal settings are to use Photoshop color management and turn off color management in the printer driver. In practise this means that you use 'Let Photoshop Determine Colors' in PS CS2 'Print with Preview' and select the printer/paper profile there. Use 'Perceptual' or 'Relative Colorimetric' as rendering intent. In the printer driver, turn off color management (it depends on the printer how you do this. For Epson printers you choose 'No Color Adjustment', for other printers it will be similar but the words may be different)).

Also be aware of the following: Many people think that your prints should now look like what you see on screen. That is not correct. If you want to see what the print will look like, you should use Photoshop's 'Soft Proof' and set the same profile in the proof setup. Only THEN (i.e. if 'Proof Colors' is activated) your print and your monitor should match rteasonably well (an exact match is impossible because a monitor is an RGB device and a printer is a CMYK device).

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Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl/

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