Trouble Printing with a Epson Photo R2400

So, this printer does weird things. It prints fine from regular apps like safari, MS Word or even PhtoShop. However, if you try to print a photo from iphoto it it will send a print job to the printer and then suddenly stop. So far I have done the following:
1) Removed the printer completely and reinstalled it
2) Downloaded the newest drivers from epson and installed them
3) Deleted all user prefs related to iphoto and printing and printing services
4) Ran disk warrior to see if any file system corruption was causing it
5) Installed customer color profiles from that printer that epson released.
6) Tried a new user account all together

I'm trying to print from Aperture 1.5 using a Epson R2400 on a Macbook Pro. Also using the Intel driver. In the printer settings the print settings and color management are crossed out. Anyone else with this problem? Any solutions?
Thanks
Macbook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.7)

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