Printer handles colors by default

@chrgue you nailed it! Yes, the older versions remembered the last settings; the newer versions are per document. I don't hink there is a setting in the preferences to force a global default colour handling. If you are using Photoshop at the same size and resolution, you could create a template and set that up as one-time deal. And when you click on the template, that setting would be all ready to go. But, if you are like most people, chances are you will have different document sizes!?!

I wonder if a Photoshop Action with 'File - Print, set everything exactly how you want it, and click Print.' And when you hit the play Action, it will bypass the manual setup and send the file to the printer with 'Photoshop Manages Colours' every time. 

By @creative explorer

Thanks for confirmation and the actions idea! I took a quick look at actions and it looks like it is indeed possible to record the state of the Print Settings window (when recording the action, close the Print Settings window with the "Done" button instead of "Cancel" or "Print").

In my case I still want to open that window before printing (to adjust values in the printer driver window) but I could theoretically run this action as an initial setup everytime I create a new document. Ultimately, I don't think I'll end up going that route because it's still something that needs to be done manually for every document and I might as well just get used to validating the print settings instead (which I'm already getting used to after wasting a couple of prints assuming the settings had not changed 😅...)

The template idea is interesting but, like you said, I generally have files with varying sizes and couldn't have a single template for everything. In my workflow, the majority of PSD files are also create outside of Photoshop which prevents the possibiliy of using templates (developped RAW photos exported as PSD files from Capture One).

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In order to properly adapt our workflows, and because we don't have access to detailed changelogs for every Photoshop version, it would be great to at least get confirmation from Adobe:

• That they have indeed made changes around this feature and that it is the expected behavior? (i.e. that Printer Settings are reset to factory defaults on every new document)
• If they have planned to implement a way to define default values for the Printer Settings window or allow the Printer Settings window to remember previously used values?

Thanks for sharing this update. Could you share the exact version of Photoshop where the dialog remembers the last used parameters instead of the default?

Thanks!

Sameer K
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