How do I disable printer color management so I can get clear photos using adobe?

My printer is an Office Jet Pro 8500A Plus. My operating system is Windows 7 Pro 64 bit. I get excellent photos if I print from Windows Media. When I print from Photoshop Elements 10 all images are blurred and dark. Photoshop says to disable printer color management in printer preferences but there is no link.

I have researched the matter a lot and I, 
along with many others, still have problems with this complicated 
subject.
Color management is as simple in theory as Honoring a Source Profile and CONVERTING it to a Target Profile (monitor or printer) for Proofing.
But yes, we work at the mercy of the rocket scientists who try to dumb an extremely complicated process down so regular folks (like me) can make it work — trouble is I think their approach needs a bit more distilling and common sense sometimes...but it is very doable once you put in the time to figure it out, just follow the CHAIN in your workflow if you're still having problems.
If you want a "simple button" try staying in sRGB and printing out of Apple Preview app using OEM standard papers matched to your printer and OEM ink set.

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    My colors are not printing as bright and are rather dull and somewhat dark.
    I have been using a Canon I360 for over 4 years with great results, but it died and had to be trashed.
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    Canon thinks it's clicking on Color Sync which will turn off the color management in the printer, they're not sure. There should be a item to turn it off, but there is none.
    Can anyone please guide me on turing off color management in the printer driver.
    Your help is apprecitated.
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    I thought that setting the brightness should get me close to having my monitor calibrated.
    In the past I was getting with less then 10% of a match between my prints and monitor, now it's way off.
    Is there a way of stripping all the setting and starting over with a step by step guide that someone can furnish for me to follow?
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    The blokes in my office that know a thing or two about colour management reckon for the consumer model printers you should let them manage the colours. There are a number of colour profiles within your printer driver that are related to certain paper stocks. For example, when you print a photo you should select a photo paper, such as photo paper pro glossy which has the widest gamut. This will give you the best results. But if you select plain paper and print on photo paper, then you are not letting the printer reach its targets.
    In summary, the three main settings I use to print brighter colours;
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    2. Quality & Media > Media Type > Photo paper (assuming you are printing on photo paper)
    3. Quality & Media > Print Quality > High
    If you still want to tweak the output then you can open the Color Options menu and manually adjust the colours and brightness.
    HTH
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    Color management is as simple in theory as Honoring a Source Profile and CONVERTING it to a Target Profile (monitor or printer) for Proofing.
    But yes, we work at the mercy of the rocket scientists who try to dumb an extremely complicated process down so regular folks (like me) can make it work — trouble is I think their approach needs a bit more distilling and common sense sometimes...but it is very doable once you put in the time to figure it out, just follow the CHAIN in your workflow if you're still having problems.
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    You should try to familiarize yourself with the concepts of color management.
    It's kind of too in-depth a subject to walk you through from a cold start here...  There are a lot of good resources out there to help you get started.  For example, in just a few seconds Google turned up this:
    http://www.adobepress.com/articles/article.asp?p=1315593
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    People may tell you to calibrate your monitors, or use a particular color profile as a default, or whatever, and they may have good, solid reasons for telling you those things, but if you don't attempt to get your mind around color management it will always seem as though something isn't working right, or is simply magic, which will be frustrating to you.
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    Unfortunately we can not make an estimation as to when a fix will be provided. We will close the case for the time being as there really is nothing more we can do about this issue besides offering the suggested workaround. Closing this case does not mean that the research will stop however and the engineers are working on a solution to this.
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