Printing Problems In Lightroom

I am using an Imac intel processor and working with Lightroom 1.1. I am trying to print out of Lightroom but cannot figure out what is wrong. I'm using an epson R2400, and I select the printer in the Lightroom page set up, select the correct epson velvet profile under the color management profile, uncheck "draft mode printing" and then select all the same print settings that I choose when printing out of photoshop CS3, but the prints turn out terrible and I cannot figure out why. When I pick "Managed by printer" under color management I sometimes get better results, but I want to be able to use the epson profiles and get a better match, as well as some of my custom profiles. I've really worked on this and cannot figure out what I'm doing wrong and so I would appreciate any help. Thanks,
Lynne Harty

Hi Lynne,
I too have an Epson R2400 and here is what I do. I set the Printer Settings through LR to the paper profile I want. If you select the paper type, LR will find the profile. Then I click on Advanced [lower right] and click the ICM box and then No Color Adjustment.
Then [don't ask me why I have to do both but sometimes it seems required] I go to the printer in the OS printer window [I run Windows so whatever the IMAC setting box is] and select the 2400 and set the same values again.
That usually does it. Otherwise things get bad. If your monitor is calibrated, what you see on-screen should be very close to what prints.
If this doesn't work, let me know.
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