Understanding monitor/printer profiles?

First, the new quoting system is all messed up - any editing changed the quote colors.

OK, from your comments and that article, I think I get it. Yes, I know that RAW doesn't have a color space, but I have the default in Lightroom and CS set to use sRGB.

Next, I don't know how to set my system to use the Asus monitor profile by default - I'm running under Win8 (which does most things the same way as Win7, when you search a little). Actually, I'll correct that: right-clicking on the screen and selecting Screen Resolution and Advanced eventually took me to a place for color management and I see that it already shows the Asus profile is set. So that's resolved.

If I send the image in sRGB to the printer, and let them use their auto adjustment, I lose control, specifically of what happens when my sRGB image contains colors not in the gamut of the printer. Using the article, I found out how to do "soft proofing" so that I could see where colors would be out of gamut for the printer (and show up as blotches) and then adjust things so that the blotches went away. Finally, as recommended by the article, I converted the image profile to that of the printer and saved it.
I need to do a few variations on this process and send the results to Costco and then see how they turn out (with Auto or Manual adjustment at the printer).

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