Image quality on montior vs. print

[canon shooter]

I notice many times the quality of the image on my monitor is a concern. It does not look very sharp on monitor. But when I print it does look good.

Some images on the monitor at 100% is not clear at all but seems to print fine.

[Sam]

At 100% a lot of images will look soft, only the 4x6 print is fine. When you compress an image it makes the little flaws go away.

[canon shooter]

At 100% a lot of images will look soft, only the 4x6 print is fine. When you compress an image it makes the little flaws go away.Do you think this means this image printed larger than 4x6 will lose quality

[Sam]

Probably not a 5x7. It really will depend on the image itself. If the full size is fairly sharp you'll have no problem, but if it's bad you'll need to keep it small.

[cdifoto]

Depends on the softness. If you can sharpen it up in photoshop then you can get a nice bigger print. If it's a crappy lens kinda soft, you're kinda limited to smaller prints.

[canon shooter]

What kind of monitor? Into level, even mid level CRTs are a tad soft, compared to professional level monitors. The quality of your monitor cable can also make a difference.

With my LCD monitor, I notice a discernable difference in sharpness when I use the VGA connector versus the DVI connector.

Also remember that most monitors around 100dpi compared to your printer, which is a 360 or 720 dpi device. The more pixels you pack into the same space, the sharper it looks.

If you're using an LCD, make sure you have the panel set to the native resolution. A lot of people turn their LCD resulution down because the font's too small, however this softens the image as the LCD has to interpolate pixels.I do you a LCD that I have had for about 4 years (so I am sure newer ones could be sharper).
What to you mean when you say set to "Native" resolution? I think it is set on 1024x768