help with print colours

[shmick]

Hi all,
I'm having issues getting print to look like monitor. I find (for me) a case of paralysis by over analysis. ie too much info about profiles and colours and what not.
*removed, refer to site rule #23*. Cos at the moment, I have a printer which cant give me accurate results.
FYI its epson r2000. Photos are looking a bit light on the reds, bit washed out. And dark. I have to set the monitor brightness to zero so I have an idea about how much to brighten the photo.
Or it might even be the monitor calibration. Again, I'm clueless on these things. Its a dell u2713h. I dont have a calibrator and have used the profiles from tftcentral. Its on ARGB.
Thanks