What should color profile be set to when printing?

I am mostly happy with the result of the colors in the prints, other than that they come out a bit darker then what I see on the screen. I guess this can be edited in the printer settings to get close to what I see on screen. As I am on a tight budget, buying calibration hardware sadly won’t be an option nor do I know of anyone that has got one.

I’ve not been able to find a ICC profile for my printer, but as you say this is probably for the fact that the printer is not really a “photo” printer, I am gonna continue to try to figure out how to get the possible best result from what I got.

Thanks for the help Pat91, it’s helped me clear up some of the things I was wondering about.