Exported photos too dark

When I export my files for print they are dark and dull and don't look anything like the screen. I have the quality set to 100 and the ppi to 300, exporting as a jpeg. I took my disk to a professional printer and he stated he also found this problem with Lightroom and didn't find a resolution (I'm a PC). Has anyone had this problem or know what I could try?

Jim, first thank you!!!
The display profile is set for sRGB. However, if this is not the best way to export photos from LR, what do you recommend?
I have done a multitude of comparisons from different sites from the internet regarding monitors calibrations with blacks,whites and gray scales and everything looks great (can see the differences in the whites,blacks and grays,etc)...but I will take my laptop into my office tomorrow and see if someone can help me with this.
Thank you again for your help!

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