Getting accurate color on Epson 1400

I just purchased a new Epson 1400. I am having trouble printing accurate colors. I set up an illustrator document with a a number of Pantone color blocks with each swatch converted to RGB and CMYK and it's native Pantone swatch from the color book. What's nice is that they all print the same, but they all look way off from the Pantone watch book, even with the correct CMYK values dialed in. The print dialogue has about 15 places to manage color and have no idea which should be turned on and which should not. Any words of wisdom on which settings will get me the most accurate color would be great.
thanks!

What a fantastic resource, thank you! Most of his tutorials seem accurate except for one extraneous setting thats now included in the Print dialogue. There is Color Management but now there is also Color Matching. Not sure what to do with that COlor Matching setting. Trial and error i guess.
thanks again

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