OS Yosemite/Photoshop CS4/Printer Problem

I recently upgraded to OS 10.10, Yosemite. I can no longer get accurate colors printed for photos from Photoshop. I have Photoshop CS4 and I use an Epson Stylus Photo R2400 printer. I am able to use Photoshop for everything but printing accurately. I downloaded all recommended drivers for the printer, reloaded profiles for the printer and even tried a trial of Photoshop CC. Nothing resolves the problem. My prints look kind of solarized. Black and white photos have green areas where there should be black. Please help.

Yosemite introduced a number of serious bugs that Apple has not fixed yet.
Some Yosemite users have been advised to downgrade to Mavericks.

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