CS4 and Epson 11880 dark prints

I read about some issues with dark prints and CS4. I am able to print correctly to an Epson 9800 and 3800 but the 11880 prints dark when using CS4 (color or b&w). I use OS X 10.5.5 and have the latest drivers and firmware. Is this the same issue others are having? Any ideas for a fix?

Settings:

Photoshop dialog = Photoshop manages color
Epson driver = No color management
Print = dark output
P.S. The soft proof on the screen looks like it should (similar to CS3 soft proof) but the print does not match the soft proof, like I said too dark.

Thanks in advance for any help or info...
Jeff

try adding 'Eric Chan' to your search here...he recently added a list of printers here that have this problem

and maybe more importantly, printers that should not have this problem

Here we go again.

The first thing I would do is try the ColorSync workaround to determined if double profiling is going on here.

You could also try convert to profile (paper/printer) and then choose Printer Manages Color in the PS dialog and then turn off CM in the driver. See if it make any difference.