Are you sure you weren't double profiling when you were getting the off color prints - that is - setting the profile in both QIMAGE and the driver ?  That is one of several different methods I have used to mess up my prints.

Hi Gib,
I would love to help but I am in need of clarification as to your terms.
What do you mean when you say you loaded the ICM profile.?  What is an ICM profile?
What did it say in the profile box in Qimage, OFF and you left the check in the driver on ICM?

Next you loaded the "same" ICM profile, but this time, you "Set Qimage to let Qimage manage color"
Please clarify what you did step by step.

Thanks,
Fred

Two possibilities come to mind:

(1) The profile (ICM file) somehow got corrupted.  When you set Qimage to "Let printer/driver manage color", the driver will pick an Epson profile instead of your PP created profile.  As a test, go back to Qimage managing the color but instead of choosing your PP profile, choose the Epson profile for the media type that is chosen in the driver.  For example, if you have luster media type chosen, choose the Epson Luster profile.  Does it print OK when you do that?  If so, the profile you are using may have gotten corrupted, overwritten by the wrong profile (for another paper), etc.

(2) The printer/driver settings in Qimage were changed.  Set everything up for your usual scenario where Qimage manages color and then hold the shift key while you click the "Properties" button on the Printers and Settings tab to open the driver with default settings.  Set everything in the driver manually: media type, size, quality, no color adjustment, etc. and OK those "fresh" driver settings.  Click on the small tool button to the right of "Printer Profile" and check to be sure the ICC settings are what you are used to using: in particular check to make sure the rendering intent is either relative colorimetric or perceptual.  Maybe that got changed to absolute colorimetric without you realizing it.  After taking these steps, reprint to see if the problem goes away.

Finally, sometimes when people print a nozzle check and all looks OK, what actually prints can look fine but if you are missing an entire channel (color), that swatch won't print at all and you don't notice it.  So double check the nozzles even though I know it doesn't make sense that nozzles could be the problem if it prints correctly with "Let printer/driver manage color".  Check not only for missing lines but also count the number of swatches and make sure there is one set of nozzle lines for each printer ink color.

Regards,
Mike

Will give those suggestions a try and see what happens.  Thanks for the tips.  I have verified that there are no nozzles clogged, all colors print as they should, no colors are missing.

Mike,

After reading your response again, if the the profile was corrupted, why would it work correctly when setup for the Epson to manage the color vs. when using the same profile for Qimage to manage the color the print is wrong?

Well, re-setting all of the printer options, as suggested by holding the shift key while selcting "Properties", then manually setting all printer options, has fixed the issue.  I can now have Qimage managed the colors using the same ICC profile I have always used and the prints are correct.

Thanks!!!!!!!!!