Good for him. That's not my experience. I just tried it again, and Epson controlled the color MUCH better than LR did. Not much point in scanning the proof, since I know what I see, and fortunately you don't have the problem.Funny: my partner has an R800. He wanted to print a bunch of family snapshots and I have LR installed on his MacBook (for testing) so I showed him how to set up a print template and apply it. He's been printing snapshot album photos for his aunt with that template for two years now ... they look great.
I'm sure I set it up using whatever paper profile there was for Epaon Premium Glossy paper. It just works.
I do all my printing from Lightroom too, btw, to an Epson R2400. I get better results than I do from Photoshop or any other printing software, and the templates allow me 100% repeatable printing results for clients and exhibition prints. Since I moved to using LR for all my printing, my paper and ink wastage (due to my forgetting to make the right settings per print) has dropped to just about nil.
Yes, maybe that combination of ink and plain paper is mismatched for that ICC profile...but it's the only one I have for plain paper. Yes, if I use certain paper, the ICC profiles work well.
But somehow, in this case, and many others, the "canned" Epson profile is able to make it work better. Don't ask me why. Ask John
Don't worry...the R800 is getting tossed, and I will diligently try to use Canon's ICC profiles when I try out that printer.