Book photos don't match monitor

My wife and I have created several books and calendars, and until the latest round have been very pleased. The first books we made on our 15" G4 Powerbook and the printed results were very close to what we saw on our monitor.
We have since moved on to desktop iMacs and have found that the photos now print several shades darker than what we're seeing on screen.
Can anyone give us any advice on how to adjust our monitors to more closely match what we will be getting back from Apple?

My first Apple book had a decided green tint even though I'd previously calibrated the monitor. I made the 'preferences' changes before submitting my second book and it came back with excellent color.
There could be several reasons for this…
your calibration and the resulting profile might have been somewhat off and the sRGB profile was after all closer to the characteristics of the monitor.
But I doubt, you would see such drastic differences as you experienced. Most likely you just received a poor print – that happens occasionally and Apple is very good at sorting out those issues.
Also, what's the ominous sounding *very good reason* it's hidden?
The sRGB profile is a standardised profile and does not reflect how your or any other monitor displays colours. Some monitors have a wider, some have a narrower colour range than sRGB while some might be very close. If you use sRGB for the monitor profile, results will be hit and miss. That’s why I wouldn’t recommend using it and also why it’s hidden in the prefs.
If you don’t feel comfortable to perform a calibration, using either soft- or hardware, just select the default monitor profile.

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