Digital BW, The Print

Sorry for bombarding everyone with questions - I'm trying to get
myself on top of everything and whenever I work out something, it
seems a whole new set of complexities arise.

Is it possible to use Epson's Advanced B&W Printing with a custom ICC
Profile (e.g an Ilford Gallerie ICC downloaded from the net)? 

If it's not, how does everyone do B&W printing with non Epson papers?
 Do you use photoshop (with photoshop determining the colours) (in
which case I seem to be getting a slight colour cast)?  Or do you use
an RIP, like Quadtone?  

And do you use colour ink (adjusting to remove the colour cast) or
just grayscale?

And can anyone tell me how to get a custom B&W ICC profile?

Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

Regards
Gareth