LR3 and printer color is off.

I have a Epson CX7800 printer and when I try to print out my picture, the color is off. My image looks great, but when I try to print, the color's are not the same. I've gone to my printer settings and set them to no color management and set the default in LR, there is no color match. Am I doing something wrong?

Spyder 3 pro just over $100, Eye One Display 2 now replaced by the Pro, but Display 2 is fine and can be had new for arund $100. Both vary a bit from unit to unit, but much better than nothing.
To the OP, Lee Jay's link to the Epson leaflet might be slightly confusing for the setting for the Epson CX7800 or other non-pro Epson printers. The printer dialouge (main tab, click advanced button) looks something like this:
You need to select the paper type and "Photo" or "Best Photo" quality in the basic settings.
The LR print dialog should like this:
Obviously, choose the appropriate profile for your printer and paper. If profiles weren't installed when you installed the printer driver, you might need to go to the Epson site and download the profiles for your printer.

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