Printed photographs are always darker than on screen

I use Photoshop CS 6 on a Mac Mini with Mountain Lion (10.8.5). I calibrated my screen very carefully. When I print pictures, I set always Photoshop manage colors, or substitute the color settings in the printer.

I used to use a XP-750 Epson inkjet printer. In Photoshop, I use the profiles associated with this printer - and, of course, with the paper I print on - but I've always found that the prints were much darker than their appearance on the screen. I assumed that it was a whim of my printer.

After an extreme paper jam had irreparably damaged the printer, I bought a printer Epson XP - 760 (although similar) which replaces the XP-750. To my surprise, the printed photos are always much darker than their appearance on the screen.

Can anyone suggest a reason and a cure? When Photoshop is set to manage colors, can't change the settings of color-management of the printer itself.

Words: calibration targets. Your screen is too bright, classic mistake.

You can set the white screen point so that it is a Visual white paper correspondence. This applies to the color and luminance. This is a purely visual thing, according to ambient light, print look a light, even application interface (light grey classic being much better than the new interface is dark). You should see the white paper on the screen.

Some people will tell you specific numbers, such as 120 cd/m². This is the wrong approach. Get this game and fall numbers wherever he wishes. It may be 80 or 160 can be.

If you have a high monitor range with internal hardware to READ from the monitor calibration, you can leave the calibration software handle it. Otherwise, it is best to do this in the OSD controls. Once satisfied, run the calibration software, preferably set to the native white point if possible so that there is no additional setting on the video card.

It also applies, BTW, to black. It must match the density of ink for paper max.

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