Photoshop CC print quality inferior to CS5, why?

Why is it when I print an identical file in Photoshop CC 2014 and CS5, that the CS5 one matches the monitor, but CC2014 is different, no matter what print setting I try with it? It looks like CC 2014 is trying to guess what I would want for my colors, with them being more grainy. Whereas the same print setting in CS5 has a great dot spread, and accurate color?

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