PS CC 2014 prints too dark on Canon PIXMA Pro-10 (using calibrated iMAC 27), any thoughts?

Are there any tricks/settings to use to fix this problem?  Should I let PS CC or Canon control the printing?

Generally you get more accurate color with Photoshop controlling the color.
But some printer drivers have serious bugs when the application controls color, then you have to resort to the printer controlling the color conversions, and hope they get it close to right.

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