Printer settings

that should help you;
http://photo.net/digital-darkroom-forum/00OftB

but the question is; if it was working before.. why didtn you change your way of printing? if you use epson ink, epson paper and epson printer.. you can print using the 2 method, Photoshop managed color or the printer.. and if earlier it work with the printer.. why change?

The above link was for CS2/3 and I use CS5.
Following the link you provided, the screen reads in color handling, Photoshop Manages Color. The link states, In the Epson driver, use NO COLOR ADJUSTMENT in the COLOR MANAGEMENT TAB or turn ICM OFF in the advanced tab for PC. I could not find, NO COLOR ADJUSTMENT and when I went to the advanced tab, the ICM was ON. Then if I use Advanced settings, I would click on the box next to OFF (no color adjustment)
Your link also read, I calibrate my monitor every month, and my print match almost perfectly what I have on screen, so i have a proof setup 24/7 in front of me : ) How do I calibrate my monitor? If I understand correctly, after you calibrate you monitor, the printing matches the monitor screen. Does this mean, I must change the Color Handling from Photoshop Manages Color to Printer Manages Color.
Please let me know your reaction to my comments.

Clint,
if you profile your monitor, your prints in theory should come out 1:1 with what you see on the screen. This is also why you have a proof preview in Photoshop (Ctrl+Y), where you can define the colour profile of your paper, e.g. Epson Lustre, and see directly how your image should be once printed.
The calibration should IMHO be done with an external gadget like a Colormunki (excellent price ratio!) or XRite tool. The calibration that comes along with PC or Mac is never as accurate. It's really easy - once the tool is started you will be guided through 3 steps in which your monitor will be measured for colour temperatures and accuracy, and that's it.
I suggest that you adopt a routine to use a proof preview along with PS determining colour and using the correct paper profiles upon printing. You may need to try out whether you'll see a difference in print with either 'perceptive' or 'relative colorimetric' mode ticked. For myself, I tend to believe that my prints look better in colorimetric, but that may be objective.

Clin, its alsmot the same thing with CS5.. but let start from the beginning.

1_You need to calibrate your monitor with a device, a Spider4 elite or i1 display pro (my choice) are the perfect device for that. around 300$. You dont calibrate for a particular device but for a printed standard. I use 6500, gamma 2.2, 110 luminance for me (start there also as a beginning) the last number could change according to your own environment, but people usually use from 105 to 125 and are in the right place...

2_Then when that is done, you can start to trust what you see on it.. now how to print.

The most important thing here is that if you print via Photoshop, you need to let Photoshop determine color, select the correct icc profile witch in your case could look like this SP1800PLPP_PK or similar that stand for Epson 1800 Premium Luster Photo Paper. Select then Relative Colorimetirc and black point compensation. BEFORE hitting print, make sure your page setup is OK.. so go there..

In the page setup choose your printer, the paper size, the speed of your printer (1400 for example) high speed OFF and the Premium Luster Paper again.. then on the left side you should see something about color management, on PC, choose ICM, then turn it OFF.

When all is done, press print and live happy.

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IF you dont see anything as far as profile in Photoshop.. you then need to leave Printer managed color selected, and do what you are use to do in the epson dialogue .

no more test, just good result. ; )