Illustrator CC 2014 – Printer Options, Color settings DTP – where to adjust details?

Till Illustrator CS6 there was the possibility to adjust the details in color settings "DTP".
Since Illustrator CC i only can chose "DTP" but can not define any precised settings for this DTP-Profile.
So when i print the files, in most cases the colors don`t fit.
In Acrobat Pro it still works - this it how it also looked like in Illustrator before the update. Has anybody got a clue?
Thanks a lot!

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