B9180 printing in Lightroom

Hi,
I'm struggling to get my prints to correspond with what I see on my calibrated (Pantone Spyder2) crt screen (Iyiama Pro Mater 454) using Lightroom 2.2 out of my B9180. Unfortunately all the posts I've seen so far omit one or more settings. So I'm looking for the propere combination of settings in Lightroom and in the printerdriver. In LR I have the following options:
Draft printing
Managed by printer
Profile (Paper choice/icc profile)
In the printer driver I have the following options:
Color Tab: (ColorSmart/sRGB, Adobe RGB 1998, Managed by application)
Properties Tab: Paper Type (Paper choice/icc profile)
It's obvious that a large number of combinations can be permutated from these options, but which is the right one?
I'm using HP Advanced Glossy paper, have recalibrated the printer and am running Vista Enterprise 32 bit. I print Nikon Raw (NEF) files.
Perhaps somebody who gets good results and give me the settings for both Lightroom and the printer.
Regards, Jan

This is in responce to the original poster.
You seem to suggest that you do have the proper icc profiles for your particular printer and papers installed. Is that the case? If so, then there's nothing to worry about. I myself don't use Lightroom though. Picasa is what I have for "organizing" and stuff. I do use photoshop. Now I am not sure, but I think the printing aspect shouldn't be that different in the two Adobe apps.
In photoshop, you can use "soft proofing" to see what your actual print will look like BEFORE actually printing. And if you aren't satisfied, you can make required adjustments. But a proper icc for the printer, inks and particular paper are a must. This is a rather huge subject, and I'm afraid you are not going to get any quick help about this matter other than a suggestion to read a little about icc. You can read about it more on http://www.color.org/iccprofile.xalter and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICC_profile among other places. There are some excellent tutorials available too. Just google a bit.
However, if you want a quick summary, here it is:
If you want to print directly from LR or any application other than HP's included "Solution Center" or "Photosmart Essential" (or whatever), make sure you disable the driver's color-managent and use "photoshop manages color" or something like that in your app. Now in the print dialogue, select your particular printer and paper/ink combo. This looks different in different applications. In Photoshop CS5, we do the "proof setup" first. (From View>Proof Setup>custom><your-particular-package>. Also check the "proof colors" and "gamut warning" from the View menu. Now there are different "rendering intents", and you will find a small description on the photoshop print window itself, when you select one, and also your view of the picture will change accordingly. Generally, the "perceptual" works fine, with the "black point compensation" enabled. Do some experiments with a small print and different settings to see what you like most.
Adobe RGB contains a much more range of colors than srgb or colormatch rgb. You wannna use this when you want the best of the best quality print. But it also uses much more ink. If you have really well callibrated monitor and printer (for the particular set of inks and paper and resolution), the youMAY get away with even srgb prints after careful adjustments via the "soft profing" I mentioned before. Do some googling and try out some tutorials if you wanna know more.
All the best!
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