Printing Basics in Photoshop Elements

By Larry Becker · June 8th, 2012

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Larry takes the confusion out of printing by offering up a step-by-step guide, including how to find your photo’s ideal Resolution and what’s important inside the Print dialog box.

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20 Replies to Printing Basics in Photoshop Elements:

Leanne
June 8, 2012 at 2:22 pm

I can’t view the video.
- Arthur
  June 28, 2012 at 9:31 am
  
  I couldn’t view the video either until I downloaded and installed Apple QuickTime.
  
  Art
Violet
June 8, 2012 at 2:40 pm

Thank you, Larry Becker.. This was most helpful. I’ve been having difficulties with my printing due to my not truly understanding resizing, pixels, etc.

Vi
Jane
June 9, 2012 at 8:20 am

Excellent video. I learned more here than all the reading I have done.
jimi s
June 9, 2012 at 9:23 am

Very helpful Larry , this will be very useful to me in the future.

thanks
Jimi S.
Myra
June 9, 2012 at 10:34 am

This video is a great help. I always seem to have diffidifficulty printing photos – this has certainly clarified the process for me. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
Darrell
June 10, 2012 at 8:54 am

unable to view the video
Stuart
June 10, 2012 at 10:58 am

In the video, when you switch (in the More Options>Color Management box), from Printer Manages Colors to Photoshop Elements Manages Colors, a “!” reminder at the bottom of the page says: ” Did you remember to disable color management in the printer preferences dialogue?” I can’t find a printer preferences dialogue. Should I stay with the “Printer Manages Colors” option?

I’m using an HP Photosmart 7510 printer, with Mac OSX 10.7.4 I can’t find “printer profiles” from HP the web site.
- Elizabeth
  June 11, 2012 at 9:56 am
  
  Stuart,
  
  Some papers don’t come with profiles and some printers can’t support those paper profiles. Your HP Photosmart is no exception – if you’re using HP paper in this printer, you shouldn’t have to worry about downloading any profiles!
  
  You should always still use Photoshop Elements Manages Colors. The Printer Preferences dialogue is the LAST print window that Larry demonstrates in the video. When he goes to Print Settings in the Layout drop-down menu, there is a Color Management option that needs to be left off.
Michael
June 11, 2012 at 5:36 pm

Cool, I didn’t know about the ” Photoshop elements manages colors”.
I’m a rookie at Elements and this type tutorial is what I need. I understand the basics and layers but things like settings are skipped in some of these videos
Thanks so much, Mike
Michael
June 11, 2012 at 8:13 pm

Amendment to my earlier post.
After watching the video 3 times, i’m unsure about the disabling the printer color management reminder. I have a Canon Pixma pro 9000 and a Pixma MG5220. I find in the print options box a choice of “disable ICM required from application software”. Should I check this.
Or…… is the color management option the one that saturates colors or “makes them more vivid” the one to turn off? Sorry I can’t see the trees for the forest. Mike :{o
- Mark
  July 1, 2012 at 12:21 pm
  
  Michael,
  
  I have a Pixma IP5200R…I think the drivers are similar.
  
  In PSE Make sure that it says, PSE to manage color; select the proper printer profile (included with Canon printer drivers)
  In the printer driver, there are a few things to check –
  - ensure the correct media type
  -print quality = custom; use highest quality (1); use diffusn halftoning
  -Color Intensity = manual; Color correction = None (so, yes, disable Windows Image Color Management (ICM)
  - On Effects tab, make sure all are unchecked.
  
  Good luck!
  - Michael
    July 1, 2012 at 7:38 pm
    
    Hey Mark, thanks for the reply, I’ll give it a shot when I get back home. Been out on vacation and have several shots I really want to put up on my photo wall at home.
    Mike :^)
Ginny
June 30, 2012 at 11:10 am

HOw come some of us can view the video and others cannot? I have Windows 7 and it says the Media Player cannot play the video. I do not know the file type of the video.
Thomas
July 1, 2012 at 3:51 pm

I would sure like to know why my images when printed are cropped, especially 5X7. Most cut off the right 3rd of the image, and have a border on one side. Settings are as described in the tutorial and I use an Epson R2000.
Deanna
July 4, 2012 at 11:27 am

I have tried printing with the Photoshop Elements Management and with each printer I have, an Epson Photo R220 and an Epson Photo R2880, I get a message saying the picture does not have a profile. I do not understand this as I save pictures to have a profile. Consequently when I try it, it wont print the picture and it sort of messes up my other settings so now I just leave it on Printer manages color so I can at least print. This is very frustrating to me as have heard I should use Photoshop manages color.

I have not downloaded any Epson profiles as am sort of worried I may cause more problems. Is there an answer to my profile problem?
Catherine
July 5, 2012 at 12:06 am

Excellent video, I will now pay attention to having Photoshop Elements manage color. I do have a problem that didn’t get resolved with this video, however. I find it extremely difficult printing an image that is larger than the paper I’m using and having it tile correctly for subsequent splicing to the actual image size. I have an HP Photosmart printer, I set correct paper size and orientation in PSE and in the printer options, I select the the appropriate tiles in the HP printer options but it’s as if my image is getting doubled in size, meaing what should print out on four pages prints instead to 16. I know this is pointing to the HP printer but I have done this successfully in the past and am just not seeing what setting is causing this doubling of size. Any ideas?
Alfred
August 15, 2012 at 6:51 pm

Wow ! That was great video that reveals lots of answers to questions that have haunted me for ages….I am still not sure of all the answers but will play the video again and again until I :get it:..thank you for a great presentation. “Ben”
Karen
September 3, 2012 at 7:37 pm

Lots of good tips, but why can’t I get the settings to work for 11×14 paper?
Bonnie
October 4, 2012 at 6:25 pm

Great tutorial, learned a few new tricks!