Color prints in PSE 9 not accurate.

Hello,
I've been having trouble printing color prints with PSE 9.  They appear kind of pale or less vivid (unacceptably so), the colors are just not as they appear on my monitor.  I'm using an Epson R2880, iMac 10.6.8.   It prints b&w beautifully.  I've been through Epson tech support, checked nozzles and cleaned heads.  While speaking with Espon they suggested I print from another application, so I tried using iPhoto, colors came out accurately there.  I happen to still have PSE 8 still on my computer, so I attempted to print from there, the colors were also more accurate there (and that's without using the ICC profiles I have in PSE 9 ).  It seems the issue is unique to PSE 9.  I've tried changing my color setting, typically I have it set to AdobeRGB, but have tried "no color management".  I have my monitor calibrated, use proper ICC profiles for any papers I use (and have tried multiple papers).  Any suggestions on what the issue may be?

As well as having PSE set to AdobeRGB, is the image also set to that colour space (It will have an asterisk after the color setting  - RGB/8*)?
Have you tried sRGB settings?
I note your comment about the ICC Profiles but quickly checking my Scott Kelby PSE7 book  he says he uses an R2880 but that it didn't install color profiles for all the Epson papers. Have you been to Epsons website and downloaded and installed ALL the appropriate profiles?
Cheers,
Neale
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