Problem iPhoto 09 & Printing with Epson R2880

I have an Epson R2880 and I'm having print driver problems with iPhoto 09. I am using a Dual Processor G5 PowerMac running OS X 10.5.8. I've tried contacting Epson Support about this but they refuse to accept that the problem is anything to do with them. They insist that the problem is Apple's and that I should contact them about this.
The problem is this, my R2880 recently stopped working normally with iPhoto 09. It did this after a cartridge change from Photo Black to Matt black. This problem only affects iPhoto. My R2880 works normally with all the other programs that I use to edit or print images namely Lightroom 2.6, Photoshop CS3, Photoshop Elements 6, Apple Preview & Bridge CS3. I have tried connecting my R2880 to a powered USB socket on my computer and via a hub and I get the problem in both cases.
By not working properly I mean that the normal Print Settings part of the printer driver menu is now not available when I try and print from iPhoto. Instead, the printer driver now displays a menu item called Printer Features that not only appears to be incomplete, it also does not offer the functionality of the normal Print Settings menu. Actually, in addition to Print Settings, the Page Layout Settings & Paper Configuration are all now missing from the iPhoto Print Driver dialogue.
When I first installed the R2880 printer driver (back in November when I bought the printer) I also discovered that I had this problem with iPhoto. After installation, the R2880 worked with all my programs except iPhoto.
I contacted Epson support about this. They advised that I re-install the driver after downloading it from the Epson website. I did this. It did not solve the problem. In the end I found that I needed to reinstall iPhoto 09. Once I had done that, it too then worked properly with the R2880 ie the Print Settings part of the printer driver menu was now present. This was the case until I changed cartridges as described above.
Strangely, I have also found that I can get iPhoto to display the normal Print Settings part of the menu but only if I do not select the R2880 as the printer when I first select Print from the File Menu in iPhoto. When you select Print from the File Menu it brings up an additional Menu that asks you to select the printer you want to use. I have three printers, an Epson D120, an Epson R2880 and a Dymo Labelwriter 450.
If I select the R2880 and then press the Print Button , the Print Driver that is then displayed contains the non functioning Printer Features as described above. Strangely, if I select the D120 and then press the Print Button and then change the printer selection to the R2880 when the Print Driver is displayed, the Printer Driver then displays the normal Print Settings.
I'm be interested to know if any other R2880 users have experienced this problem with iPhoto 09. As I said above, Epson insist that as the driver works normally with other programs the problem is with iPhoto and therefore I should contact Apple. This isn't really a practical: I have no Apple care as my machine is five years old and Apple only give 90 days telephone support with software.
I maintain that as the driver isn't installing properly with iPhoto 09 that the problem is an Epson one.
Has anyone else experienced this?

If you run CS5 or LR as a 32bit application you will have all these option available to you. You can then save these options as presets that can then be applied when you are running the applications in 64bit mode even if you can not access them individually.
Also you might want to check Epson's download site especially the European site to see if there are newer drivers or updates for your printer. The newest drivers for other printers like the 7600/9600 support application running in 64bit mode.
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