Epson P7000, macOS Catalina and color management

[gkroeger]

I just printed my first image to my P7000 using macOS Catalina. Gasp!  Dark, desaturated with dingy greens and yellows.

I am using the latest Lightroom Classic with the correct paper profile (Epson Legacy Platine). I have printed this same image to the same printer using earlier releases of macOS with no problems.

Is there something I missed that Catalina changed?  The system printer dialog shows color managements choices dimmed since I have chosen a profile in Lightroom.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[digitaldog]

Nothing changed, should work. Are you sure you have the actual Epson print driver, not the Apple installed one (Gutenprint)?

[gkroeger]

Nothing changed, should work. Are you sure you have the actual Epson print driver, not the Apple installed one (Gutenprint)?

Yup... even checked the version numbers against the Epson website to make sure.... but my next step is to reinstall the driver!

[digitaldog]

Then maybe do the Epson Enema and install both drivers (from Epson) again: 
   1.   Delete all instances of Epson printers from System Preferences>Print & Fax.

   2.   Then go to /Library/Printers and toss the whole Epson folder.

   3.   Toss LFP Remote Panel (IF you are using this utility for your printer).

   4.   Then reinstall drivers from Epson and never Apple.


When you go back to Print & Fax to add the printer, on 10.X I had to wait almost a minute before the IP version of the printer showed up, whereas the Bonjour one shows up right away. Then add the IP instance of the printer. This is for printers on a network.
Then re-install LFP Remote Panel if you use it with this printer.

NOTE: IF you have more than one Epson printer, you need to install the driver in the order of their release! Older then newer or you run into issues (eg, install 4800 before you’d install 3880).

[gkroeger]

Yup... had to do this once before on another system
Thanks