Printing Black & White Prints

I will tell my problem first and then some background.
When I attempt to print mono prints on my Epson R1800 using the "black" output opion on the print dialog I cannot get a true mono image and the full tonal range replicated. Often I have too much at the black end of the scale which gives my photos a "dark" appearance. If I use the "color" option I can achieve the tonal range but a true mono image doesn't result as a greenish cast is often introduced as the black is arrived at using the colour inks.
I have used the following combinations in both LR and PS; Epson provided ICC profiles, bespoke calibrated ICC profiles (which have the best results for my colour images) & printer controls (adjusting brightness/contrast/gamma).
I have tried so many combinations that I have almost lost track with some interesting results, none that are close to what I have on screen though. The most obvious route is to use my bespoke ICC and simply switch to black on the printer driver but this has the worst result of all!
Any help would be greatly appreciated before I have to take shares in Epson ink! LOL

Thanks Paul. I greatly appreciate the pointers and will go looking.
I appreciate that my questions is to an extent a "workflow" issue however my weapons of choice are LR and PS and I believe that it is the (correct) use of these that will solve my problems so see my question as being valid here.
I have chosen my tools because they have a wide user base and hope that someone here may have already got to grips with these issues and found a way to correct the issue. My question still remains for anyone here that can help; how do I control the tonal range if printing using "black" in the printer setting or the colour casts if using "color"?
Thanks again.
Gary.

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