Printing w/ Epson R200 an I still have hair

After days of trying to print with Aperture to my Epson R200, I wasn't have much success. I followed all the rules, change the setting in the Epson R200 perfences to Photo RPM, and turn off color management. Back in forth etc. Print borderless was usless and I was having color banding issues and my prints looked horrible. I tried everything!
Untill i did more research.
Conclusions to all of the headaches and sleepless nights...
For some reason when you add the Epson R200 to your printer set up using the "plus" key it adds the wrong drivers and wrong color proflies. It says it's it but it isnt'.
You have to delete the one you added "normally" and go about it another way.
1. System Pref - Printers and Util
2. click add printer with plus sign
3. more printers
4. choose Epson USB under the drop down menu
5. click on the Stylus photo .....
6. under drop down menu for Page setup choose "Sheet Feeder Borderless"
7. Go back to Aperture and follow all the normal rules of printing.
MY LIFE HAS CHANGED.
well may be not too much but i've got consitent good looking real bona fide borderless printing now on my trusty R200.
I'm excited and I can finish the christmas gifts that I had in the works!

you probably got the GIMP (open source) drivers, not the Epson supplied drivers. while i applaud the open source community for getting drivers working, their ability to match colors with the epson papers is a horrible mess. Apple should make it more obvious that you're not using the manufacturer's drivers!
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When I try to print from Aperture my prints come out "flat" and the colors are off. When I export the the same file to PS Elements 4.0 my prints come out great. I would prefer to not have to do this. Here is some background information on what I have tried to do so far to correct this problem:
1. I have searched this forum backwards and forwards to try and find an answer - no luck!
2. Purchased a Spyder2 monitor calibrator
3. Wasted a lot of paper trying various settings.
4. Yes - I have read the two articles on the Aperture site regarding printing and calibration. I have followed both of these articles and still get poor prints when printing from Aperture.
5. I have met with the genius at my local Apple Store to work through the problem. He informed me that he only prints from Photoshop and did not really know how to solve my problem.
6. Purchased the Aperture 1.5 book from Apple to see if I could find out anything else that I had not already tried.
Help please, what am I missing? It seems to me that all of the books written on Aperture stress printing books and not photo prints as their main area on printing. Can I get the same results printing from Aperture as I can printing from Photoshop Elements?
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iMac 20" Intel Core Duo Mac OS X (10.4.9)

When I try to print from Aperture my prints come out
"flat" and the colors are off. When I export the the
same file to PS Elements 4.0 my prints come out
great. I would prefer to not have to do this. Here is
some background information on what I have tried to
do so far to correct this problem:
1. I have searched this forum backwards and forwards
to try and find an answer - no luck!
2. Purchased a Spyder2 monitor calibrator
3. Wasted a lot of paper trying various settings.
4. Yes - I have read the two articles on the Aperture
site regarding printing and calibration. I have
followed both of these articles and still get poor
prints when printing from Aperture.
5. I have met with the genius at my local Apple Store
to work through the problem. He informed me that he
only prints from Photoshop and did not really know
how to solve my problem.
6. Purchased the Aperture 1.5 book from Apple to see
if I could find out anything else that I had not
already tried.
Help please, what am I missing? It seems to me that
all of the books written on Aperture stress printing
books and not photo prints as their main area on
printing. Can I get the same results printing from
Aperture as I can printing from Photoshop Elements?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Randy
iMac 20" Intel Core Duo
Mac OS X (10.4.9)
iMac 20" Intel Core Duo Mac OS
X (10.4.9)
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Click the "down arrow" symbol on the right (where it says All communities) to open the drop down list and scroll

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