Photoshop CC printing is dark on Epson 2880

I just upgraded to PS CC, and when I print the image is dark. I use an Epson 2880. I have called Epson customer service; not resolved. I have the PS CC print settings as "Photoshop manages colour". Does anyone have a suggestion?

Epson is having a lot of problems with their printer drivers on MacOS 10.9.
Check with Epson for updated drivers.

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