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Thank you for the responses.  This is the problem.  I well realize that the monitors brightness will affect the way I see the picture, and I use a Spyder three monitor calibrator. That is why I have lightened, darkened the monitor, with each monitor adjustment, I change the tonality of the picture, however, regardless of how I adjust the picture, even giving it a heavy color cast, the print I get is always exactly the same.  I now have about 20 prints all exactly the same regardless of what I do to the image on the screen.  Where is the program getting its information from?  Now I use Red River paper exclusively, and with my Photoshop Elements, I always used their profiles.  But in my communications with Red River, they do not offer Profiles for Affinity.  they say "I spoke with our tech team & they said Affinity is not able to use profiles for print purposes."

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What does the program print.  I lighten and darken my monitor, lighten and darken my picture, but the print always comes out the same, too dark.  What am I missing.