Colour profiles in Elements 10

I use a 3rd party print lab and have downloaded and installed their print profiles. I can save my images using Lightroom 4 with the appropriate profile, but don't know how to do it in Elements 10. Does Elements 10 even support this functionality?

Make sure your color settings are correct or that you don’t have “No Color Management” selected. Go to Edit >> Color Settings
Choose “Always Optimize for Printing” and click OK
Then open an image and click File >> Print
Then click the More Options button and choose Color Management
Ensure the top dropdown is set to “Photoshop Elements Manages Color”
You can select your media type from the Printer Profile dropdown.
I find Rendering Intent is best set to Perceptual.
N.B. When Elements manages color in conjunction with your chosen profile it’s essential to turn off color management in the print driver.
P.S. You will have far more options in Lightroom 4 and the ability to save user presets. So try selecting thumbnails in the Lightroom Library and then move to the print module.

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