Most of the graphics I work on and save are done on my laptop, so when I need to print I will upload to a file site and print it from my desktop computer. Alot of times though (especially with opacity changes and gradients), the images will come out alot darker on the desktop vs. the laptop. It's very frustrating to see an almost whole new image when I look at it on another computer or print. I understand screen resolutions and brightness play a factor but I was wondering if there were any tips or tricks to solving/helping this? Any feedback appreciated
As Kerosene said - you must calibrate you monitors, pay attention to where you calibrate your laptop screen. Ambient light can greatly influence calibration, so do it in a place where you use to work when you edit photos.
Remember increasing laptop screen brightness will eat away the battery, i would use a desktop, especially for graphic design.
Why not just hook your laptop up to your printer... Also, images for the web are in RGB color mode. Printing is CMYK.
Calibrate your system. This means to calibrate your monitors AND printers. At the very least look into something like a pantone huey pro - it works pretty well and was what I needed to get my monitors looking good for processing digital photos.
@ Kerosene. thanks for sharing http://www.epaperpress.com/monitorcal/. I had some problem with my CRT monitor.