Colors printed do not match color on screen

When printing photos from adobe elements I cant ge the same colors as on the screen -come out much lighter. have tried mackinc the colors on screen darker in hopes of geting the color i want -doesnt work completely

You probably need to calibrate your monitor. Take a look at this link:
http://www.macworld.com/article/45798/2005/07/augustdigitalphoto.html

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