Print dialog weirdness

When I print an image (File->Print Image...) I adjust the Printer Settings using using the dialog you get when pressing the "Printer Settings" button. I pick a preset (that is a printer driver settings preset, not an Aperture Printer Settings Preset) that reflects my choice of paper, switches off in-printer color profiles, say, something like "premium glossy".
When clicking "done" on the printer settings dialog, Aperture seems to think for a few seconds (print dialog is unresponsive), and when I hit the "Printer Settings" button again, the Preset has changed back to "Standard" (with the wrong paper choice, the wrong color profile option, etc.). I change it back to "premium glossy", but to no avail (Aperture keeps changing it back).
Finally I decide that maybe deep down inside Aperture remembers that I wanted the "premium glossy" setting, and print. But sure enough, the print looks terrible, with ink bleeding out at the edges which makes me think the printer had no idea what type of paper it was printing on.
Anyone else noticed this? I believe this used to work for me. Perhaps a 10.4.8 thing? Aperture 1.5.0 on my Mac Book Pro and Aperture 1.5.1 on my Dual PowerPC G5 behave in exactly the same way. Both machines have 10.4.8. I'm printing to an EPSON Stylus Photo 2200.
Any help greatly appreciated.
Dirk.
MBP Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Tom, firstlaunch,
even though I think there is still a bug in the system, your comments led me to a workaround - thanks!!
Whether or not I make a new Aperture Printing Preset, the presets under "Printer Settings..." always get switched back to "Standard": I make a new Aperture preset, call it "glossy", pick a preset under "printer settings" that has that paper, click "Done", click "Save" in the Aperture Printer Dialog. When I click "Printer Settings" again, it has switched it back to "Standard", even though the Aperture "glossy" printing preset is still selected!
Anyway, here's the good news - I make a new Aperture preset, call it "glossy". I go to "printer settings", and switch the settings of the "Standard" printer preset to use glossy paper, and whatever else I want to change. I hit "Done", and "Save" in the Aperture Print Dialog. Now, whenever I select the "glossy" Aperture preset, the "Standard" printer preset has the glossy paper etc. selected. When I select another Aperture presets (like Sample Single Image Preset), again, the "Standard" printer preset is selected, but now it has different settings (plain paper, etc).
Weird, but I think it'll work. Thanks again!
Dirk.

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