A lot of work has been done to get color printers easier to use and with less calibration required than in the old days. Its a two part problem, the first is will your screen acurately display the image file, and that can be addressed with a color calibration image or device. The second is will your printer acurately print your image, so that what you see onscreen is what you get on print.

I print small pics at walmart, they use a dye sublimation printer for the prints and that will let you see how closely your screen is set. Its also pretty cheap. less than 20 cents a pic .