Printouts light and color is off

I am using lightroom 4.3 . My printouts are off AGAIN. Don't know why. I use an epson 2000, costco (ilford glossy} paper profile. Looks great on the screen but is washed out, color is off when I print. Prints out fine from photoshop elements. I am beginning to like LR 4.3 but Really don't like this.
Is there a setting or something that makes it not match the screen that I may have inadvertently turned on???
Very frustrated.
MBR

Send off a reference image (data known to print correctly). You can find an example here:
http://digitaldog.net/files/Printer%20Test%20file.jpg
Might read this piece on prints that don't match a display:
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/why_are_my_prints_too_dark.shtml
IF possible, send the same reference image file through Lightroom and if possible, another ICC aware application using identical settings. Photoshop, Preview on Mac etc should work.

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