Where does photoshop cc store "print setting" presets?

[Forough]

I'm trying to find the "print setting" presets (those where you can create from "Print"> "Print Settings" option) are store on my computer so I can copy to a new machine.

Appreciate if anyone can help me.

[D Fosse · Accepted solution]

"Print Settings" opens the printer driver. Photoshop isn't making these presets, the printer driver is. So I imagine it will be saved somewhere in your user account, in a folder with the printer's name.

However, everything in the PS print dialog, probably including which printer preset to use, is stored in the file as metadata. It travels with the file.

(It's also possible that the printer preset is recorded in file metadata as individual settings. That would actually make good sense.)

[NB, colourmanagement net · Accepted solution]

Hi DFosse is right, "Print Settings" opens the printer driver options dialog. 

In there you can seve print settings as a preset, that’s in the printer driver though, not within Photoshop. 

If you're transferring this to a new machine the safest way is going to be to make screenshots and do it manually. I imagine its hidden within the printer's preference files and it would not be a good idea to try copying that across. 

And, yes, what's within the Photoshop print dialog (before you go to print settings) is saved in the image file. 

I hope this works for you

if so, please "like" my reply and if you're OK now, please mark it as "correct", so that others who have similar issues can see the solution

thanks

neil barstow, colourmanagement

[TheDigitalDog]

If you open a document and alter Print Settings (or anything else in that Print dialog), nothing more, then close that document, you are asked to save the document. If you open it again, those settings remain. So.... I think the settings are stored as metadata in the document. In addition, if you examine the date modified of that document, it shows the date you saved that document. 

[NB, colourmanagement net]

Hey digitaldog, do you think that’s saving all the driver print settings such as media type, resolution etc on a per image basis?

That would be useful at times. 

However, what the OP was after was knowing where Photoshop stores those "print settings" settings so they can copy them to a new machine. My 2C is that I don't think that’s possible.

neil barstow, colourmanagement net :: adobe forum volunteer

[TheDigitalDog · Accepted solution]

The custom Presets found in the (Epson) dropdown are saved in a plist. For example:

com.apple.print.custompresets.forprinter.EPSON_SC_P800_Series.plis

You don't want to be messing with that! 

[NB, colourmanagement net]

Hia Digitaldog, yeah "The custom Presets found in the (Epson) dropdown are saved in a plist. For example:

com.apple.print.custompresets.forprinter.EPSON_SC_P800_Series.plis

You don't want to be messing with that! "

totally agree there, even if copied to the new machine I doubt it would work right,

perhaps we need to petition Epson for an "export printer settings" facility. 

Anyhoo, as you've confirmed,. it's not an Adobe Photoshop "thing".

neil barstow, colourmanagement net :: adobe forum volunteer
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