Best prints - do they always match the screen?

I'm still new at this so I'm asking questions and trying to make observations from results. My question is whether the best print (subjective I know) always is the one you think matches your screen or is there something inherently different about a screen view of an image that may make it look better on screen than as a print. Conversely, is the print you like best always the one that you liked best on screen? Ideally, I guess they would always match, but I know that sometimes the print I like best made from slide is not always the exposure I liked best on the light box or projected. It could just be that I need to spend more time calibrating (recalibrating) my monitor.

Paul

Since you are doing the editing on the screen and presumably you will edit the photo to look best to you on the screen, having a print that matches the screen as close as possible will typically result in one that you like. Of course to do this, you need to have your screen profiled to a standard and your printer profiled to the same standard with a printer profile for each paper you plan to use. This will usually result in the best print. Now if you are using specialty papers like watercolor paper or canvas, your screen won't match the printer since the paper is designed to alter the look and you might like that better. But most of the time, its best to try to get the print to match the screen.

Even with all of this, the screen might still look better because it has a luminescence that paper can't have.

This is an interesting question. I have had comments on some forums that my images looked over/undersharpened or the grain was visible or some other defect. However, the print from that file looks very good and does not exhibit these defects. The message is in the medium, I guess.