Printed photo is too dark

Why is the printed photo much darked than what is displayed on the monitor? How do I balance the two?

The monitor is probably set too bright. Check in the manual as to how to adjust it.
For optimal results the monitor should be calibrated with an external device. If you google "monitor calibration" you will get many hits.

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When I send a photo from my phone (via ePrint) the result is not as clear as I would like.
In addition to settings for brightness, I would also like to know if it's possible to change the size of the printed photo. (if you print a photo from windows you'll get a wizzard that lets you choose from different sizes)

Color management help needed for adobe CS5 and Epson printer 1400-Prints coming out too dark with re

Color management help needed for adobe CS5 and Epson printer 1400-Prints coming out too dark with reddish cast and loss of detail
System: Windows 7
Adobe CS5
Printer: Epson Stylus Photo 1400
Paper: Inkjet matte presentation paper with slight luster
Installed latest patch for Adobe CS5
Epson driver up to date
After reading solutions online and trying them for my settings for 2 days I am still unable to print what I am seeing on my screen in Adobe CS5. I calibrated my monitor, but am not sure once calibration is saved if I somehow use this setting in Photoshop’s color management.
The files I am printing are photographs of dogs with lots of detail I digitally painted with my Wacom tablet in Photoshop CS5 and then printed with Epson Stylus 1400 on inkjet paper 20lb with slight luster.
My Printed images lose a lot of the detail & come out way to dark with a reddish cast and loss of detail when I used these settings in the printing window:
Color Handling: Photoshop manages color, Color management -ICM, OFF no color adjustment.
When I change to these settings in printer window: Color Handling: Printer manages color. Color management- Color Controls, 1.8 Gamma and choose Epson Standard it prints lighter, but with reddish cast and very little detail and this is the best setting I have used so far.
Based on what I have read on line, I think the issue is mainly to do with what controls are set in the Photoshop Color Settings window and the Epson Printer preferences. I have screen images attached of these windows and would appreciate knowing what you recommend I enter for each choice.
Also I am confused as to what ICM color management system to use with this printer and CS5:
What is the best ICM to use with PS CS5 & the Epson 1400 printer? Should I use the same ICM for both?
Do I embed the ICM I choose into the new files I create?
Do I view all files in the CS5 workspace in this default ICM?
Do I set my monitor setting to the same ICM?
If new file opens in CS5 workspace and it has a different embedded profile than my workspace, do I convert it?
Do I set my printer, Monitor and PS CS5 color settings to the same ICM?
Is using the same ICM for all devices what is called a consistent workflow?
I appreciate any and all advice that can be sent my way on this complicated issue. Thank you in advance for your time and kind help.

It may be possible to figure out by watching a Dr.Brown video on the subject of color printing. Adobe tv
I hope this may help...............

Photos are too dark

Hi! I finally decided to switch to Apple and purchased an iMac. I take a lot of photos and occasionally get paid for doing so. I used Photoshop on my old computer, so of course I purchased the Mac version. The problem I am having is that all my photos are too dark, too much contrast. They look 'normal' on my old PC. Any suggestions?
thanks in advance
~ImZaxMom~

What color profile do your photos have? If they have the Adobe RGB color profile that can cause them to be darker than the standard camera RGB, Apple RGB or sRGB IECD61966-1 profiles. It's even more evident when printing with inkjet printers.
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Print out comes too dark from Design jet T 1300

You are the most unreliable company I have ever seen. I just bought a plotter for over than $7000 and I can’t get hold of someone to tell me why the print comes out too dark.
You can imagine my feedback about your company and your product.
What is most upsetting is that, even though, I live in the US., and I bought the plotter in US., but when I call, some Indian who lives in India answer the phone and give me a useless answer.

the iMac it prints too dark
your print space is off on the Mac
or you are applying the wrong source profile or both
on the MacBook Pro, the prints are also much darker than the screen (despite color calibration
EDIT: sorry i misread that as your monitor was also dark, if the mac displays the problem doc proper, you are targeting a bad print space, that's where i would look...
you app is apply the wrong source profile (or your monitor profile is off)
basing the source>print space conversion on the wrong source profile could account for your printing woes
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be sure your workflow uses the embedded profile and your printer is setup to convert to the proper printer profile
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every single photo we print we have to manually adjust settings to get it to look like the camera took it and the monitor shows it. they are always too dark or red toned. we do most of our printing in kodak easy share, i've changed color management from rgb to adobes and application manage and i printed from windows and fax viewer the only diffrences are the degree of darkness, is it impossible to just print them without fixing everyone!!! help

Hello Troy-B
The product you have is a commercial printer. I suggest posting in the HP Business Support forum for a better chance at finding a solution.
You may find the Commercial Designjet board here.
http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Printers-Designjet-Large-Format/bd-p/bsc-414
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Printed pictures are too dark

My pictures printed from Iphoto 5 are too dark, I have tried my home printer, kodak, and Fuji. The results are the identical. However, when I import the same pictures in Photoshop CS they print just fine.
I am now having the Aperture 2.1.1 "trial" and i have the same exact problem with my home printer. In addition, some of the pictures (not all of them)are not sharp, they seem out of focus. I have exported the same pictures to my desktop and printed them with "Graphic Converter". The pictures are much better, but i still get a few which seem to be out of focus. I then took the same desktop images and used Photoshop Elements 6 ( also on trial)to print them. Photoshop is printing the pictures correctly (photoshop elements 6 does not have a printing profile for Mac's and the printing is managed by the printer's HP software). I must be missing a printer setting when using the Apple programs. My Aperture colorsync setting is set to "HP D7300 premium plus".I have a 1.8 Ghz G5, OSX 10.4.11, and an HP D7360 printer. Can anyone give me an idea of what i am doing wrong?

Hello Donna,
I use the printer settings:
roll paper
premium semigloss photo paper /250)
color: color
advanced settings: 1440dpi with no other boxes checked
I turn off color management
in LR the Profile I made for this special paper/printer is selected.
It's the latest 9800 printer driver, downloaded just a few days ago.
I came across the endless threads on maybe the same subject only some hours ago. (
Sean McCormack, "Printing Problems in Lightroom" #70, 26 Feb 2007 6:19 pm) Tried the trick with chosing the 9800 as default printer, but it didn't help. The printer settings tell me the profile used is: *systemstandard* (that's german: some sort of default (standard) of the system. Maybe it's the same as the "generic RGB profile" mentioned, but I'm not sure.
I also print from LR on a G5 to an Epson Stylus Pro 3800 via USB with absolutely no problems.
Here I want to print from Lightroom on an Intel Duo Core to a networked printer, the 9800.
I'd LOVE first of all to get a somehow *canonical* statement that printing on a networked printer from Lightroom is possible, Yes or No. (As I said before, it is no problem from PS CS3)
If the common experience is, that one cannot print from LR to a networked (Epson pro) printer, then I'll surely not go on reading tons of discussions to find the needle in the hay.
@ Donna: I'd be very grateful for any suggestions!
@ Andreas: certainly the printer driver on the networked Mac G4 the Epson 9800 is attached to is older than the one on my Intel Mac. Is that what you mean? I'll try to fix that.
@ dyp: the profile shown in the printer setting is: *systemstandard* (system default, in german). Looked up Color Sync in the library, I find the profiles folder, but nothing to chose any profile as my default. Where do you do that in Color Sync?
Thank you all a lot for helping!
Johann

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After the update all my images are now way too dark! My screen is calibrated. Any ideas? Thanx for any help in advance.

You have to remember that the degree of darkness is in the eye of the beholder. My wife didn't consider the book photos too dark but she wasn't working the the images day in and day out. And, the number of users here who report that are not that large. So I can't call it a global problem quite yet. And this is a consumer oriented product and not a professional one. I don't know if Aperture has had similar problems with it's books. You might check over in its forum.
Also as a professional you might consider http://asukabook.com/ which cater to professional photographers only and you design and create the pages with Photoshop. Really outstanding books I've heard.

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I have recently purchased an old Epson Stylus Pro 7800 and have experienced my prints coming out way too dark. I contacted Epson support and through troubleshooting found that if I print with Apple Preview, the image comes out just fine- in terms of darkness- but Photoshop prints too dark. The Epson tech said this was a known problem and to contact Adobe. So, I got on-line to se what I could find and get some help.
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Again, please note, that printing from my computer via the Preview App produces correct color and darkness. The issue only happens when trying to print from Photoshop CC
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Often cause by running with your display too bright. Image are darker then they look on screen. Make sure you display is displaying good color and the brightness is set correctly. Hardware calibration is best but IMO is not an absolute requirement.
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I have just received prints of several landscapes that looked great on screen. Prints are real disappointment as much too dark, although still really sharp and colours OK. Views are all JPEGs from iPhoto 5, converted using iPhoto from Canon RAW - have just transferred a couple to a PC and the PC image is much like the print - too dark. Have tried adjusting brightness on PowerBook screen to same as print, but print is darker! Anyone experienced this - and what is the fix?

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I have two printers: Epson XP-950 and an hp Photosmart 7520. Both print photos that are darker than they appear on the PC screen. What can I do to set them to printg what is shown on the screen????

I use Photoshop Elements 12 for my photos. I have a constant problem where my photos don't print like they appear on the screen. They come out darker than the screen shows. If brighten them in the program, I have to almost make the photo appear "white" in order to look good printed. ?????? What can I do to fix this problem??

sneakypete1 a écrit:
I use Photoshop Elements 12 for my photos. I have a constant problem where my photos don't print like they appear on the screen. They come out darker than the screen shows. If brighten them in the program, I have to almost make the photo appear "white" in order to look good printed. ?????? What can I do to fix this problem??
I am ready to bet that your display is much, much too bright (like all displays at factory settings.
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Hi OlenR,
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I understand that your color printing is coming out excessively dark with your HP Deskjet 1512, and I am happy to help you with this print quality issue!
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Prints coming out too dark: need calibration workflow?

Hello!
Yes, my monitor is an LCD and it is bright. It is not a proofing monitor. It was calibrated. I've been printing B&W from LR on an Epson printer (r1900 & r2400). I know proper color management. Turn off Epson Color Management, let LR manage color with the correct icc profile
Obviously I can do trial and error, brightening the photo until it looks correct.
My thought is, is there a way I could print on one page Thumbnails or like in the film days strips with different "exposures." Then with one print I could pick how much of an adjustment is needed?
Any thoughts how this can be accomplished?
Any plug-ins?
Thanks
Max

It was automated. So I don't know what tweaks it did. My colors are accurate.
It's been awhile. You run the software and it generates the icc profile. I see it load on each start-up. It was the version before Color Monkey. I don't have a highend monitor.
Just checked: X-rite Dtp94 Monaco Optix Xr Monitor Display Calibration

Prints too dark with Photoshop Elements 10

My photos are printing out much darker than what is on the monitor display. I have calibrated the monitor and changed the color profile, color management & color space numerous times and they I cannot see any difference in the prints. I've changed the printer settings, still too dark. I have edited the photos and brightened them, still much darker than on the display. I'm using Photoshop Elements 10 with a new monitor and computer. My old computer and Adobe Photoshop CS2 program did not have this problem. Any suggestions?

Check to be sure that color is not managed both by PSE and by the printer. In editor, go to Edit>color settings and check "always manage color for computer screens." Then, go to File>print>more options (lower left in the dialog)>Color Management tab>Color handling: "Printer Manages Color."
Are drivers and firmware for your printer up to date?
Do pictures print well via other applications with your equipment?
Have you printed a file, processed in Elements, at a kiosk, such as at CVS? How does that look?
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Recently my images started to print too dark.

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Easy to say calibrate your monitor but there is much more to look at too. Here is a nice link to read:
http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/article_pages/colour_management/prints_too_dark.html

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