You can get a monitor calibration device. I honestly can't tell you which ones are good, because I don't think any work with my operating system, so I haven't looked at them. You should be able to find some reviews of them with a quick search though.
You can also set your photo editing software to give a proof of the picture, which will supposedly show on your monitor what the print will look like. For this to work properly though, I believe both your monitor and printer have to be calibrated and have to be working off the same color profile. If you're serious about managing color, I would suggest finding a good book on the issue and taking a long time to learn about it.
For me personally, since I only produce prints for myself, I just deal with the slight discrepancies between monitor and printer. If it comes out too dark/contrasty I brighten it up a bit and reduce the contrast from what I would normally do for a picture displayed on the monitor. The expense (in time and money) of complete, correct color management just seems to be too much for what I want to produce right now.
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06-06-2009, 02:10 PM
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