Print Settings from Lightroom Classic

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@garywebb wrote:

I recenlty bought a MacStudio and Studio Display after having had a 27" iMac for 7

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Mac displays have changed a lot in 7 years. The Studio Display is one of the new Apple displays that uses an upgraded Displays system preference panel. When you look at it on your Mac Studio, which reference mode Preset is selected, and is it appropriate for photographic printing?

If you’re not sure, choose a preset such as Photography P3-D65. If that is brighter than your iMac was, consider creating a custom preset using a lower luminance value such as 100 or 110 nits to be closer to print.

You should always test output using good color reference images designed for that task. The color reference images RGB values are such they are set for output and are editing and display agnostic. Test the output this way and examine for the same color issues so we know it's not your image specific issues causing the problems:

http://www.digitaldog.net/files/2014PrinterTestFileFlat.tif.zip

And this might be worth a visit:

Why are my prints too dark?
Why doesn’t my display match my prints?
A video update to a written piece on subject from 2013
In this 24 minute video, I'll cover:

Are your prints really too dark?
Display calibration and WYSIWYG
Proper print viewing conditions
Trouble shooting to get a match
Avoiding kludges that don't solve the problem

High resolution: http://digitaldog.net/files/Why_are_my_prints_too_dark.mp4
Low resolution: https://youtu.be/iS6sjZmxjY4

If the prints are too dark then it would seem that one possibility is that the monitor brightness is set too high. Obviously, the monitor seems to not be calibrated with a hardware device. I just installed a new computer/monitor and am using a rather old Canon printer. I don't use a hardware device to calibrate my monitor. I downloaded a calibration print from the Internet and printed it without making any adjustments to it whatsoever. Then I adjusted my monitor to match that print as closely as I could. I know, print purists will scoff and frown at my procedure, but it works well enough for my needs. Probably isn't going to help you that much, but it's what worked for me. Depending on which Red River paper I'm using, I find that I often have to use the brightness and contrast settings in the print module of Lightroom Classic to get the results I am expecting.