Leopard 10.5.1, Lightroom 1.3.1, Epson R1800 w/612a drivers

Okay - I have been beating my head against the wall for a while now and with the newly release drivers from Epson I HAD renewed hope that things would start printing correctly.
So, with above listed configuration I still am not getting correct prints using Premium Luster Paper and the Epson custom printer profiles.
If someone knows the magic touch to make it work I would love to hear the secret! So far I am keeping my Macbook running Tiger so that I can print - but it is really a pain and frustrating...
Duane...

I have the "new" driver (that was just posted last week) installed and the prints that come out of Lightroom are still significantly darker than the results with Photoshop CS3. I have tried changing color profiles, paper profiles, etc. Hours of experimentation.
I understand the difference between the two programs and the different printer setups within each program, but I don't know what the "fix" is so that I can get good results. All I want to know is what driver will give good results for both programs and/or which color settings and profiles should be used.
I don't understand the technology issues anyways....I just want to hit "print" and get my results...like it used to be with 10.4.
OR...is it an issue with the R1800 printer?
Anybody else having any luck with this issue?

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