Persistent dark print problem

The colorspace in Photoshop is Adobe RGB; I’ve tried setting the print specs as "Same as Source," Working CMYK…", "Working RGB – Apple Studio Display Calibrated," and Adobe RGB without seeing a whole lot of difference.

I’m having trouble with my printer, and am looking here for advice.
I have a Mac Powerbook, linked to a 17" Studio Display. On the screen, working in Photoshop CS, I get the photo to look the way I want it, but when I print it (on a cheapo C84, but I have the feeling that’s not the problem) the prints come out much darker and more saturated than they appear on the screen or the way I want them to.

The colorspace in Photoshop is Adobe RGB; I’ve tried setting the print specs as "Same as Source," Working CMYK…", "Working RGB – Apple Studio Display Calibrated," and Adobe RGB without seeing a whole lot of difference.

The problem is almost certainly here and I’m just not bright or educated enough to spot it.

Ideas, anyone?

Frank

I’m having trouble with my printer, and am looking here for advice.
I have a Mac Powerbook, linked to a 17" Studio Display. On the screen, working in Photoshop CS, I get the photo to look the way I want it, but when I print it (on a cheapo C84, but I have the feeling that’s not the problem) the prints come out much darker and more saturated than they appear on the screen or the way I want them to.
The colorspace in Photoshop is Adobe RGB; I’ve tried setting the print specs as "Same as Source," Working CMYK…", "Working RGB – Apple Studio Display Calibrated," and Adobe RGB without seeing a whole lot of difference.

The problem is almost certainly here and I’m just not bright or educated enough to spot it.

Frank Potter wrote:

I’m having trouble with my printer, and am looking here for advice.
I have a Mac Powerbook, linked to a 17" Studio Display. On the

working in Photoshop CS, I get the photo to look the way I want it, but when I print it (on a cheapo C84, but I have the feeling that’s not the problem) the prints come out much darker and more saturated than they appear on the screen or the way I want them to.
The colorspace in Photoshop is Adobe RGB; I’ve tried setting the

specs as "Same as Source," Working CMYK…", "Working RGB – Apple Studio Display Calibrated," and Adobe RGB without seeing a whole lot of difference.

The problem is almost certainly here and I’m just not bright or educated enough to spot it.

Hi Frank,

The first place to look is in your printer driver settings. If there

gamma setting, make sure it is set to 1.8 and not 2.2.

Whether that fixes it or not, check Ian Lyons’s web page and make sure

have Photoshop configured correctily for your printer:
http://www.computer-darkroom.com/ps8-colour/ps8_1.htm
http://www.computer-darkroom.com/ps7_print/ps7_print_mac.htm —

I’m having trouble with my printer, and am looking here for advice.
I have a Mac Powerbook, linked to a 17" Studio Display. On the screen, working in Photoshop CS, I get the photo to look the way I want it, but when I print it (on a cheapo C84, but I have the feeling that’s not the problem) the prints come out much darker and more saturated than they appear on the screen or the way I want them to.

The colorspace in Photoshop is Adobe RGB; I’ve tried setting the print specs as "Same as Source," Working CMYK…", "Working RGB – Apple Studio Display Calibrated," and Adobe RGB without seeing a whole lot of difference.

The problem is almost certainly here and I’m just not bright or educated enough to spot it.

Ideas, anyone?

Frank

You can do 3 things.
1, assign the printer profile to the document and turn off colour management at the printer or;