Digital BW, The Print

I'm trying to establish a workflow using Epson advanced B&W and
Hahnmuele photo rag and am having the age old problem of matching
screen to print output.  (my screen is calibrated, incidentally)

At this stage, I don't want to use an RIP or another Epson printing
mode.  (maybe later on, but I tend to think that if I have the
Advanced B&W mode, which seems to be capable of pretty good results, I
may as well use it...)

There seem to be a few options - including

(a) the fine tradition of trial and error - tweaking the imaging using
the Advanced B&W controls & other controls (such as the paper type,
tone (normal, dark, darker etc)  (any thoughts on settings, BTW?  What
paper type should I use, for example?)

(b) printing with the 'canned' Hahnmuele photo rag ICC profile
(through Print Preview, Let Photoshop determine the colours etc, then
using Advanced B&W)

(c) creating a custom ICC by printing out a 21 step wedge then
matching it by eye to the monitor (as per Paul Roark's guide at
http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/Monitor-Profiling.htm )then using (b). 
(But I can't seem to get the curve to preview properly despite
checking the preview button... using Cs2 for windows)

(d) as a final desperate possibility, create a custom curve and simply
loading it prior to printing...

Incidentally, can you proof on the lower GSM Hahnmuele photo rag, with
a view to printing the finals on the 308gsm paper?

Thanks in advance
Gareth