Why is it so difficult to print from Photoshop Elements 11

I had a terrible time printing from PSE9 so upgraded to 11 (of course 12 came out right after I did this).  Printing is worse than going to the dentist.  It takes up to 10 minutes, sometimes more just to get the print set up the way I want it (size, paper type, etc).  And over half the time the entire system locks up.  I am not extremely computer savvie but right now I would tell anyone who asked to stay as far away from this product as possible.  I also hate the Adobe website.  I find it extremely difficult to find what I need when I am looking for support.

What exactly is the problem? Just using File> Print brings up the following dialog box that provides for most options in drop down boxes. The exceptions are usually if you have to go into Advanced printer settings options because of the need to change a setting in the printer driver itself (and that is more down to the printer manufacturer than anything else).
Cheers,
Neale
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