Why's it a problem?

Ok, the other answer appeared while I was typing.

Which software?

paper?
smudge?

real life or electronic?

... well, it's true. You calibrate once and check that what you think is correct on screen is what gets printed. Preferably also not just on your printer, but also your favorite print house.
When you've adjusted once (and Whitebalance, for example, can *always* be adjusted if you shoot RAW) then it's really simple.

This laptop has from the factory a serious red deficiency. When I first printed a decent batch of photos with "no processing" attached, I got red prints. I was so annoyed! After calibration, it was much clearer what and why this was the case.

I've not touched film in the last 20 years or so, but digital is right up my street.

I took 400 images on Sunday; within 2.5 hours I had them all processed, copied, sorted, processed initially, the 40+ "keepers" selected, edited, WB-corrected, bordered, dust cloned out and uploaded. I could also drop that to 1.5 hours or so with a quicker machine.
If I have a consistent WB, I could also go a step further and just process them automatically with the white balance, green level and other minor adjustments. It's all possible, but you absolutely must argue with and preferably understand the software first.

I just realised, you're a purist, right?

So dump it in auto and see what it does for you. You need to get the software before you can really get everything out of an image; but it also means you can screw up more and still get a usable image. No, it's not heresy

Bret

.... then there's also this which has appeared... internet memes live on...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQnT0zp8Ya4

Flickr won't allow them under its terms of use, of that I'm sure.

Offer to the police. End of.

Bret

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C&C welcome
Bret

communication between printer and computer is over a USB cable.

Driver or software or both. Possibly user error, but I don't see that (we also have a DX6000 and the prints it makes, especially on Epson paper) are good.

Bret

If you can pinch a calibrator, I'd seriously think about it and check that your monitor is as "correct" as you think.

Are you shooting in RAW or JPG?

Which OS, which printer?

Bret

dull, a tad too much green. But not much.

This is the result of some level changes; contrast, brightness up, highlights away from green, midtones towards red.