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I have edited and printed some photos with Affinity photo (Windows 8.1,HP Printer F4580).Some of the photos look okay but some of them look different from what I see on my laptop screen.Some are lighter,some are darker.I think it depends what angle the lid of my laptop is at what I see on the screen,and that is what is causing it.Is there any way round this problem?Sorry,printer I am using is the Kodak Verite 55,not the HP Printer mentioned above.

Edited by Vauxhall60
Wrong Printer quoted.

Affinity Photo,Windows 10.

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Certainly screen viewing angle can be a factor, and other than always viewing with the same angle and from the same distance and under the same lighting I don't know of a solution to that when using a laptop.

However, two other big factors are whether you have color-calibrated your screen, and whether you are soft-proofing your image to see and adjust how it will print before you actually print it. Both of these are somewhat complex topics and I can't provide  much advice on them.

There is an official Affinity video about printing on Windows that (I think) covers soft-proofing, or there may be one specifically about that.

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