A question about printing up.

This is probably a daft question but humour me please.

I don't have a printer and use Boots who generally do a decent quality job. However some of my shots ( particularly mono's) come out much darker than they appear on screen.

Now I am aware that the screen illuminates the shot ..so do I have to adjust the lighting up before sending them to print and if so, by how much? Is there a ratio?

Obviously if this is the case the screen view would be no help to me in judging things.

Ask Boots if they auto fix the photo.

My Boots do and they can turn it off if you ask them.

They do what?

Excuse me if I find that quite outrageous..what a liberty for them to take!

Probably monitor calibration would help. It's primarily for accurate colour rendition, but I think it would help with brightness too.

You could so with al;tering exposure on a sample and ask them to print that, but i also think it would be hit and miss. I'm not aware of any formulae that would do the job/ Sorry hun

Yes they told me..........and truprint do as well.

Looks like I need to buy a printer then!

Might be a good idea, even if only for proofing

Would you like to order online......I get mine from DSCOLOURLABS...............always spot on and I used them when I photographed weddings and lots of wedding togs do.

Thank you both.

grumps..rec me a decent printer that doesn't screw the budget too much but takes future plans into account ( inks especially)

and jols, thanks, will check that site.

Check out Kodak