Color Settings with Epson R1800

Hi
I am using an Epson R1800 with Photoshop CS5 and Lion. When trying to print I do not have the color management option and under Print Settings Color: and Color Settings: both are greyed out. This problem does not occur with my Epson D68 or when using Numbers and TextEdit.
Any advice would be much apreciated.
Peter

Every printer has different drivers and different functionality. You can either continue looking through the printers print dialogue to see if it supports the feature you're looking for or you will need to put in a feature request to Epson and hope on later revisions they include it. Because the print drivers are supplied to Apple from the printer manufacturer Apple has little control over the drivers.

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