Q: I work on digital art and when i print out an image it comes out darker or lighter then what i see on screen. whats the deal with this darn thing . i mean the printers bran new i just got it the other day.
A: First if you can connect your monitor to your computer using a DVI lead instead of a vga lead then do that. Connecting via DVI means the graphics card sets the monitor up to display what it's sending out properly. Next see if there is an ICC colour profile for your monitor, if there is then set both your monitor *and* your printer to use the ICC profile. That will ensure that what you see on the screen is what the printer will print out.