Pictures display too light

In Photoshop 3 my photos display much lighter that in the windows viewer.
They look good on the screen but when I print them they print much darker than they look in Elements, more like they display in windows viewer. My question is how do I adjust the gamma in elements so that it presents a closer representation of how the picture actually is.

Jerry.....
I've put some notes on my web site. It assumes your using a PC.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/colin_w/Display%20Setup.htm
Colin

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