Pictures Are Printed Extremely Dark
- by Sam
Problem
I printed a picture using Windows Photo Viewer, and the resulting print was significantly darker than the original image. It was almost completely black.
I'm using a Brother HL-2270DW printer.
Troubleshooting
Checked Windows's Colour Profile for printer: not set
Checked available installed colour profiles: didn't see specific to this printer
What doesn't work
Printing it from Windows Photo Viewer
Printing it from Paint.NET
What works
The printer's built-in self-test print page
Windows's test print page
Printing text from Notepad++
So the problem might be specific to:
How Windows prints photos/pictures
The picture
How the printer prints photos/pictures