Photoshop printing problem with Epson 2200

[lowellg]

Hello to all forum members. I'm posting a printing problem or a quirk that I hope some of you readers out there encountered already and can help me with a fix or a nudge towards the right direction.

My problems is that images on Photoshop print preview looks okay with respect to color, size, resulotion, sharpness and all the things required for a good picture. However when I hit print and configured the 2200 to the correct print media and size, the Epson's print preview come up showing a muddy image, colors all gone crazy and with horrible resolution. I tried ignoring it but the print did come out real bad.

What I do to get arround this is to just save the changes I did on photoshop and open up another image viewer or editing software like the "Finepix viewer" and use it to print the image. And the image comes out exactly what I have on the photoshop print preview. I've tried printing on a host of other softwres too like Dell Image expert, Roxio PhotoSuite and they all came out OK.

By the way, the Epson 2200 is really as good or even better than what the reivews say about this printer. It's definitely equal or better than "Photolab" quality. Having the option to print 13" wide images is a plus factor. My clients love the pictures they get.

Is it just me or do I need special print set-ups in Photoshop.

I'm using photoshop elements as I'm still trying to scrape some mulah to buy the complete Photoshop package.

Appreciate any thought you have on this dilema of mine.

Cheers everyone!

[brenz45]

Hi,well Ive spent a lot of time on my 2100 (AU model)getting my images printing close to what I want colour and rez mostly through trial and error and this may work for you maybe not.When I open an image I choose to keep the embedded profile:sRGBIEC61966-2.1,my working space is:Generic Monitor Adobe1998RGB D65 WP 2.2 Gamma chosen in preferences,I crop and size constrain proportions, bicubic and res 300pix/inch.On to print with preview position to suit media(centered border etc) ,check show more options box and it reads colour management(drop down box),source space:Document sRGBIEC61966-2.1 checked,Proof setup Stylus Photo 2100/2200 unchecked.In print space :same as source intent relative colorimetric black point unchecked(auto) set page setup then press print.Set printer properties paper type paper source etc custom settings set to ICM(my monitor is LG 17'' CRT using colourific profile software profiled using epson photo mode)Press ok preview comes up and you can zoom to check borders print etc then PRINT fingers crossed.As ive said these settings are working good enough for me and Im tweaking things all the time it dosent seem to be an exact science due to variables.If your prints are too dark I use a method to lighten images preprint cant remember where I found it,maybe on this board but it rocks.PHS 7#1 Open your underexposed photo #2Go to Image/Duplicate click OK #3Go to Image/Mode/Greyscale click OK#4Go to Image/Mode/Multichannel#5Go to Filters/Blur/GaussianBlur Select Radius of 4.0 seems best click OK#6Select your original Color Photo Go to Select/load Selection click OK#7 Go to Edit/Fill Change settings Use:50%Grey Blending Mode:Color Dodge Opacity:value depends on whats needed you can always repeat #7 so start with something low(I use 25%-100%) In edit/FadeFill you can slider it with preview after if you like.Hide the selection lines View/Hide Edges.Whew! thats It please dont grief me about the lack of format in this post Im not a secretary lol and I hope Ive been helpful,regards Brenton:)

[lowellg]

Brenton,
Thanks for the info, I'll give it a shot and see if it fixes my problem. Cheers! Lowell :)