LR6 and PSE13 printing question

Charles.
I use both LR6 & Pse13 and have two Canon printers, one being A4 the other A3.
Over the years after much trial and error I have found that printing from LR is more flexible and gives me better results than printing from Elements, but obviously that is just my personal opinion, others may well disagree. I do find that Lightroom's 'soft proofing' option really works well to ensure what you see on screen is what you print.

I hope that helps in some way.

Hi charles,

The general best way to colour match what you see on the screen and what you get on a print is to first calibrate the screen. An image will display differently on uncalibrated screens because each screen can have different brightness, contrast, hue etc settings.

The next step is to use a printer profile for the ink/paper/print quality combination you are using to make the print. For a given colour the printer will need to lay down a different amount of ink on say glossy paper when compared to the amount of ink required for the same colour on matte paper. You can download printer profiles for various ink/paper combinations from the major printer manufacturers or you can make your own with profiling hardware and software.

Set the printer driver settings to match the printer profile you will be using and make sure colour management in the printer is switched off. In the application's print dialogue box, set the application to manage colours. Then select the correct printer profile which will then manage the printed colours.

So in summary if your screen is properly calibrated, your printer driver settings are consistent with your printer profile for the ink/paper you will be using and your actual paper type and inks match those for the printer profile then your prints should match, or be extremely close to, what you see on screen regardless of the application you are using.