CS5 shared epson printer scaling problem

I'm experiencing a baffling problem with my trusty Epson 2400 and CS5. I have for years used this printer on my wireless network as a shared printer for my various apple devices. I have Macs running CS4 and CS5, but right about the time I added CS5 to the mix, any prints from any of the four Macs that are sent over the network from any Adobe app print at about 50%. It only happens in Adobe apps. The same PDF for instance printed out of Preview prints just fine, but at 50% from Acrobat. Same story with all the other Adobe apps. The problem doesn't occur when printing directly from the station plugged into the printer.
I'm running OSX 10.6.8. I've downloaded the most recent Epson drivers, and the Epson Print Driver's Installer 2.7. I've uninstalled the printer on all stations and re-added. Even trashed the Epson print folders in the Library on all stations and run the Epson installers again.
Anyone have any common experiences or any ideas?
Many thanks

Thanks BDAqua -
That's got my iMac speaking to the printer again. Unfortunately it's not giving me all I need to use the R800 as a photo printer, as I'm still not getting all the options I should get in the Driver dialogue. If I pick the driver for the non-shared R800 from the Printers drop-down, I get the following list in the 3rd drop-down (after the Printer and Presets menus):
Copies & Pages
Layout
Scheduler
Paper Handling
ColorSync
Cover Page
*Print Settings*
*Color Management*
Extension Settings
(App Name*)
Summary
If, however, I pick the R800 from the Shared Printers list in the Printers drop-down, I get this truncated version
Copies & Pages
Layout
Scheduler
Paper Handling
ColorSync
Cover Page
(App Name*)
Summary
*Note: The app name is present in these menus if trying to print from MS Word or Safari, but is not there in the case of Adobe Photoshop or Lightroom. It's of no real interest in this context, though - in the present context it is the absence of the "Print Settings" and "Color Management" options which is critically important.
I guess this is maybe an Epson thing rather than an Apple thing, so maybe I will need to post elsewhere to get to the answer, but I'm really not sure where that might be.
So once again, any suggestions most welcome
Jim
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