prints darker than on the macbookpro screen

I am a novice to lightroom.

I am able to get my photos exactly as I want on the screen but when I send them off to Costco or target for printing that they come to dark back and the colors are muddy and the whites are yellow and dank.

I have a Macbook Pro 15 "2.53 GHz / 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3." It's new from October 2009

I am running Lightroom 2.6 632038 camera raw 5.6 64 bit

I shoot with a Pentax K10D in raw mode.

At first, I thought that the problem was in processors, but when I take a disc and watch on their screen, according to me, I get this as their display in my impressions.

The next picture is light green with a hint of yellow on my monitor, but the impression is more yellow than greenIMGP2215.jpg

The example following on my monitor shows a white out of context with a gecko at tail of rusty-yellow with three red teardrops on the back and rays red then green on his nose. the printed photo is a Browner tail and the reds and the Greens are really dull almost non-existent.

IMGP2418.jpg

Then, the shirt is, and the coral is white while the lava stones are almost black but not thus on the impression.

IMGP2719.jpg

I'm at my wits end, trying to get this right.

Can anyone help please?

Thanks in advance for any help.

A temple will be built and tribute to all those who help correct my ignorance and confusion.

So much for the easy solution...

I have a few ideas more.

#1 the Fuji Frontier that has our Mini Lab expects the files of point & cameras filming that need "tweaking" and it applies to settings automatic if an image needs or not. It is hit and Miss, with a lot of miss. I learned to turn off the AutoCorrect when I placed my order.

#2 you have reduced to Lightroom? Try a JPEG camera that you know to be a good record of shooting. Is it OK when you open it in Lightroom? Is it OK when you open it in iPhoto or preview? This file prints well when you take it directly to the printer without going through another software? Processed in Photoshop raw files look OK?

# 2, b you reduced to this computer? You have access to another machine to see if the files are similar and the same impression?

#3 you have access to the facilities of profiling? (EyeOne, Color Munki, Spyder, etc..) I think that the factory setting on a MacPro would be close enough (for that kind of money I hope so), but when all else fails, I might suspect the monitor profile. (It's actually the first thing, I guess, but without a Profiler, it is more difficult to correct).

A little better luck?

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