Printing photos

[mollymoo]

Firstly I'm new to photography and haven't really got a clue what I'm doing, but have managed to take a couple of photos of the girls that I'm happy with. When I go to print them on my really cheap printer they look nothing like they do on screen, they are a lot darker. If I go to somewhere like Asda and have them printed on their hi-tech equipment is it likely to come out the way I see it on the screen? If not how do I get to print them the way they look on screen?

 

[mollymoo]

Thanks for the advice. I'll look into it all, hopefully by the end of tonight it should be somewhere closer. It's hard work this photography

 

[mollymoo]

It's just for a present for someone to take back with them, so cheap and cheerful really. It's a shame because I have printed from this printer before and they have been great.