Epson 2880 and missing paper type

[John S C]

I have an Epson 2880 running under Mac OSX 10.5.7.

When I print from Lightroom (and Photoshop) I find that I canot find a matte paper option in the paper options list, when printing using Colour Management. However when I switch to " Printer Manages Colour"  it's there!

I have the latest Epson drivers installed so I'm at a bit of a loss as to why I can't select it.

Loading the latest driver gave me one additional paper type that I could select from  print  setting which is Epson Premium Lustre, but no Matte.

The question is does selecting the paper type make any significant difference, and any ideas why I can't find the Matte option

Epson state that's its Adobe's problem not theirs as it works OK when the printer controls colour.

Thanks

John C

[howardm]

often, in the Page Setup dialog, you can (or must) choose the input feed method.  The selected method
can/will dictate what papers you can print to (and select).  You might want to check that out.

[KeithR]

What Black ink do you installed in the printer? If you do not have matte black ink installed, you will not see matte paper choices.

[John S C]

What Black ink do you installed in the printer? If you do not have matte black ink installed, you will not see matte paper choices.

I have Photo black not Matte black installed, so that may be the answer.

I wonder why I can see Epson Matte when I use " Printer Manages Colour ? Anyway its no big deal as I can use Premium lustre and that seems to work OK