Aperture 3.01 Not printing sharp

Hi.
I have noticed that when I print from inside Aperture to my Canon MP990 (using Canon Photo Paper Pro II and the relevant Colour Profile), the pictures do not look as sharp as I would expect, based on what I see on the screen.
As I am a newly convert to Mac (and therefor not 100% sure what to expect really), I had a play with different paper/profile combinations, but was still not happy.
I then tried an "Edit With External Editor" (Photo Shop CS4, TIFF 8bit 300DPI). After the export to Photo Shop ALL I did was print (i.e. no sharpening or tweaking), using same paper/color profile as from within Aperture. I was amazed to see a perfect print. They are much sharper and look crisp, with perfect colours.
I understand there has been/still is some issues with the "print" functionality in Aperture, but I would like to know if anyone else has similar issues. At least I now know NOT to print directly from Aperture if I want crisp looking pictures
Thank you in advance for taking the time to respond.

Hello Ernie and thank you for your inputs.
Using the Canon Printer Driver there is not as such a "Color Management OFF" function (that I am aware of). However to quote Canon Help;
+"*For Mac OS X v.10.5.x*+
+When you want to print by using the color space (Adobe RGB or sRGB) of the image data effectively or _by specifying a printing ICC profile from your application software, select ColorSync_+."
It goes on to say;
+" Select color correction - Select the item below that matches your purpose.+
ColorSync
+You can print by using the color space (Adobe RGB or sRGB) of the image data effectively.+
+Depending on the application software, when a printing ICC profile is specified from that application software, Vendor Matching cannot be selected because ColorSync is selected automatically.+"
As far as I understand This is the same as "Color Management OFF", as it is managed by the application. By the way these settings are the same when printing from both applications.
Regarding Proofing Preview, I've set the profile to match the Printer Profile for the paper I use and then tried printing with and without the preview on.
Cheers
Henrik

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