Printing color match screen vs printer

newbie here. im using Aperature and the prints coming out on printer don't match what I see on screen. I'm using MacBook Pro. What is the best way to match these colors? I know there's software you can buy and other stuff, or is there anything incluced in Aperature? Any advise would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

You may want to search on "color match" as there are several threads on this.
In net, you need an icc profile for your printer and paper combination. You may have been provided one with your printer.
You need to profile your display as viewed in your ambient lighting (this standard is the same standard used by the printer company when they set up their color profiles).
You need to switch off printer color corrections in the printer properties.
And finally, in Aperture, you need to switch on On-Screen Proofing, using the printer/paper icc profile. Adjusting under this profile should result in similar print results (excepting that transmissive light qualities of a display will differ from the reflective qualities of printed work).
G.

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