Hard to say what's happening. Been probably a decade since I used i1Profiler's colorcheck proof but it worked fine then.
What I've done in more recent years is print one of the CC images available. Check Babelcolor to get one that matches what card you currently use. I use Abs. Col. in Photoshop since it's not available in Lightroom.
One thing to be careful of is that it's hard to get accurate results if your paper has any significant amount of OBAs. The proofs are printed using Abs. Col. For instance a typical paper with OBAs will make a CC proof that looks yellowish indoors with a M0 or M1 profile. So proofs are best printed with no OBA paper.
Thanks for the feedback. I think my problem is primarily with the confusing and unpredictable new Print setup in MacOS 13 (Ventura). I am presuming that print function in i1Profiler CC proof print is in fact applying the selected profile to the target before sending to the printer. So even though I thought I had turned off CM in the Epson driver and saved it in a preset, I suspect it "reverted" the Default that uses Color Mode "EPSON Standard (sRGB). That would certainly muck up the final print.
The new printer settings presets seem to randomly reset to Default. So for now, I have had to manually set the Print Options every time I make print in i1Profiler, Lightroom and Photoshop.
I cannot figure out how to make and use a preset or even have settings persist. Even within Lightroom if I set the Print Options by using the "Print Settings..." button in the Print Module those settings disappear when I click the "Printer..." button. In addition recalling a preset anywhere doesn't actually change Print Options, etc..
Since my original post I upgraded to 13.3.1 which thankfully does fix the LR crash when clicking the "Page Setup..." button. I was hoping it would fix these other problems but sadly not.
The paper in question in RedRiver Palo Duro Satin and it does contain some OBAs. From the product description: "it contains minimal optical brighteners in the base stock and none in the coating". After making of my print settings the printed CCproof target is very close to the test chart. However, I do see what is probably the effect of the OBAs as you describes. Makes you wonder what RedRiver means by "minimal".
-louie