Color Density setting in LR Printing ignored?

I have a paper where the printing directions recommend setting the Color Density setting at -10%. On Mac, this is in the standard printing dialog's "Advanced Media Control" pane.
I printed a few images from Lightroom, trying out different settings, and this didn't make any difference to the output. I then tried printing the same images in InDesign, and the difference we remarkable. At the default setting, there really is too much ink on the paper.
So, I'm wondering if this is a known printing issue with Lightroom, or if there is any workaround or setting that I'm not setting correctly.
Versions: Mac OS X Mavericks, Epson 7900 Printer, Lightroom 5.7.1
Thanks
William Stewart

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