Will try to help, but maybe dumping the 3rd party inks and replacing with real Epson might be a place to start.
In the meantime, open the Color management box by clicking EDIT, Preferences, and Color Management.

Next locate the area called Printer profiles/output and you should see your printer profile in there.
There are two buttons all the way to the right of that box. One has ....  and the one above it has some design. Click that button.
That should put you in the Let printer handle the color mode.
See screen snaps attached.
Next, set your driver to ICM instead of No Color Management.

Second part of your questions deals with adjusting colors in the image?
There are a few ways to adjust colors. It would depend on what was wrong in the first place. If you mean that the inks are causing (for example) a washed out red, and you want to compensate, go into the batch screen where adjustments are made, and uncheck LOCK ALL COLORS in Saturation. Then select red and increase by typing in the % of increase. a 25 will increase the red saturation by 25%

Of course you can do that for any and all; R,G, or B.

If you want something a little more sophisticated, click the Curves Tab in the batch filter,
Again uncheck Apply to all. Select the color to APPLY TO: Select RED
Where it says RGB at the top, click the down arrow, and select RED.
Then you use your mouse and drag the diagonal line upper left or lower right to make the changes.
The upper part of the diagonal affects the lighter reds (example), and the lower, the darker.
Takes a little practice, but the control is very versatile.
There are more.......... Levels tab, and the dreaded SEL COLOR tab. :-)   

See snaps, and see if any of this helps.
Fred

The best tip, get a copy of 'Profile Prism'. You can make icc profiles for any combination of ink and paper, and there is useful information on setting up your monitor, etc.
If you buy paper from a reputable supplier, they will often provide a print profile for your printer/ink combination for no charge.
You can contact Mike (or others) who will prepare a profile for you, for a fee.
To turn off the qimage profiling - i.e. let the printer handle colour management - then in the bottom rh corner, under the section labelled 'Job Properties', within 'Prtr ICC' set it to 'OFF'. you then fiddle with the printer settings in the printer driver settings.

hth

Best wishes,

Ray

Hello Ray,

    Thanks for answers to my first message. Have been in touch with Fotospeed, they are willing to send me a profile as you said. I can even use this cheaper ink.!!!

Why do you need to take biscuits on a visit to them?

Advance systems are still to reply to my message. Another point of query. One of my friends starting using CIS, but foiund he was constantly having air locks in the system, so much so that the ink he was using to clear these was used up too quickly. Is this a normal problem with CIS?

Limey

Hi Limey
I use a fotospeed CIS pigment system for my Epson 2100 printer together with Profile Prism and it's been a HUGE learning curve. The fotospeed CIS system works very well. I have been using it for about 10 months and no air locks whatsoever. In my opinion, the ink is excellent. The customer support is good; they got me up and running in an afternoon. Of course the install is absolutely one step at a time, and ensure that you follow the instructions! Hope this helps.
Best wishes
Alan