What works the best for me is to get used to the difference the way something looks on myu screen, vs how it's going to print, and make little visual adjustments in my head. After some practice I know that the 'off' look on screen is going to give me the print I like - on my photo printer at home. I save this print-adjusted photo as a layer in photoshop.

When dealing with a professional printer, it's near impossible to know how the color on their printers are calibrated. The best thing to do is to send them your unadjusted file and a printout of how you want things to look (proof), and since they are familiar with their printers, they will do the adjustment for you. I haven't run into a professional print shop that is not willing to do this. Also, when I give them the proof, I put it on the type of paper I want too. At least approximate it as close as I can.

My home photo printers are 6 color printers. You get a wider range of tones, and the ability to have more accurate tones with 6 color combinations. Black is not as much of the issue actually, since even four color printers have K (BLACK) cartridge to create nicely saturated black.  The biggest problem with four color ink jet printers was getting acceptable skin tones in photograph printing. Most four color printers were not able to approximate skin color without making it look gray and ashen. (People having near death skin tones in photos).
With six color printers you can get much more realistic skin tones.

Now, skin tones are only the most noticable ones. There are many other tones that are approximated in much better way with six or eight ink ink-jet printers.

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