- If the main thing you want is to make sure his output is accurate, then he needs an accurate printer profile for his printer and paper.
- I am assuming that your father has some kind of software that allows him to make use of printer profiles (like Photoshop).
- If you want to view the images accurately, then you would want to have your monitor properly calibrated and profiled. If you have your father’s printer profile, then you can plug that into your Lightroom 4 and soft-proof so that you will see what the prints will look like when they are printed on his system.
I think this is basically what you’re proposing … in different words!