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Gulp!
Hmm. Wikipedia explained colour profiles. Googling "Gretag Macbeth" quickly found entry-level screen calibrating gear (about $350) and services that will exchange a test print (and $70.00) for a colour profile and instructions on 'where to put them'. Thanks for that. It answers the "General" part of my initial question.
But Wiki also alleged that it was physically impossible to print a saturated blue on a CMYK inked printer, or to display a saturated cyan on an RGB monitor.
Presumably there are some printers that come closer than others. Eg if I asked my pet possum to walk in either muddy water or in coffee, and called the result a print, I would not get really good blues, no matter how calibrated the monitor, nor what colour profiles I fed him. (he is a brushtail, not a ringtail, so he has good artistic sense, just lousy inks).
I'm consistently hearing you guys saying that Epson is good (though huge price range) so perhaps that's where I should look.
It is all a bit daunting! Many thanks for the pointers.
Mike
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