A guide to using ICC color printer profiles in Photoshop Elements 8 for Mac
To begin the print process, go to the File menu and select PRINT. This dialog will appear.
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1) Select your printer from the drop down menu
2) Click the MORE OPTIONS button at the bottom left
This dialog will appear
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1) Choose Photoshop Elements Manages Color
2) Select the ICC profile from the drop down menu - The profile should have the name of your paper and printer
3) Rendering Intent - Either Relative Colorimetric or Perceptual
4) Click OK
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Back at the Print dialog you can now click the Print button to proceed
PRINTING WITH EPSON / CANON / HP
Photoshop Elements 8 will automatically turn off your printer's color management.
What's left is to:
1) Choose the Media Type recommended by the profile's instructions
2) Set quality to level recommended by profile's instructions
Once you verify the settings you can click PRINT
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Last updated: September 09, 2019