Right, I think I have reached a solution to getting reasonable prints again. What seems to work best is to print from lightroom 1.4.1, but using printer colour management and ICM in the printer driver. The quality still isnt quite what I'd expect though, but pending custom profiles, which seems the way I'll have to go, it'll have to do.
Mind you, I think this printer is beginning to show its age - this is the second time this year I have had problems with it, and the cut sheet feeder is no longer working smoothly.
I'm still at a loss as to what went wrong - it quite happily printed 20 images on hahnemuhle bamboo paper, 3 on hahnemuhle photorag, then suddenly went haywire.
Thanks everyone for your help. I might be shopping for a new printer later this year!
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