Gutenprint Driver, Epson Inkjet, XP Crazy Color Printout Problem

Hi,
I have problem getting the same color printout from using OSX 10.6 and XP. For both computers, i use the same printer (Epson Stylus T11), use Adobe Acrobat Pro 9 to print (with Color Profile setting as sRGB IEC61966-2.1) and the same pdf file. The PDF file was created using OSX. OSX uses gutenprint drivers 5.24 whereas XP uses the driver downloaded from Epson.
Printout from OSX is the same as what i see on the monitor. However, the color printout using XP is different from the monitor display and the color is a lot lighter.
I've tried changing the color management settings in Epson printing preferences in XP. Changing to ICM with No color adjustment makes the printout a lot darker. Selecting Color Controls with color mode Adobe RGB and Gamma 2.2 causes the printout to be a lot lighter. Using the default Color mode Epson VIVID and adding more cyan or magenta or yellow does not change the color printout in any way.. the printout still prints out a lot lighter.
However if i use GIMP 2.0 in XP and import the PDF file, using the Print with Gutenprint, the printout is exactly the same as the printout from OSX.
But this solution is not good because i have to import the PDF document page by page! (1 PDF file with 20 pages imported by GIMP will result in 20 image files! )
SOMEONE please HELP ME!

I'm a little confused: do you have the ICC profiles as separate files? Or are they in one special file that only your Epson driver can access?
If you have separate files, try turning off color management in the driver and printing with the profiles out of Photoshop. If you don't have separate files, choose the paper/ink combination you use most and have a custom profile built, then use that out of Photoshop and see if it makes a difference.

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Last edited by jonasty123dm (2013-07-27 13:02:03)

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