Using color management when printing

Even though it is impossible to perfectly match all colors between your monitor and your printer, you can use color management to ensure that most colors are the same or similar enough so they appear consistent. By calibrating and characterizing your monitor and creating profiles for your printer and papers, the color management system in Photoshop knows the color spaces that your devices operate in and can correctly transform the color from one color space to another. The color management options in the Print with Preview dialog box let you configure Photoshop to transform the outgoing image data so the printer will print colors consistent with what you see on your monitor. For more information on color management, see Using color management to produce consistent color.
Note: Color management is also used to maintain consistent color when sending your image out to be printed on an offset press. For more information, see Printing images to a commercial printing press and Producing consistent color when sending images to press.