Gah!
You need to read up on color management...!
Here's a thread i started not long ago and there's lots of suggestions for resources.
Color management was created so that you
can have 'what you see is what you get'. WYSIWYG
is the 'next level'
As has already been stated all those profiles that came with your print driver are for corresponding papers name brand papers and name brand inks. You can't go out and buy staples glossy photo paper and expect things to go smoothly when using that glossy icc profile that came with your printer. However one way to save money while getting things sorted out is to buy 4x6 paper; I've tested 3 canceled print jobs on a single sheet with a little help of my trusty xacto.
Those visual calibrating programs don't really cut it when you're printing. They're fine for average users surfing the web and want to see colors a little closer to the way they were meant to be seen.
Which also brings up another consideration not explicitly mentioned thus far; the color space. A dirty rule of thumb is.... sRGB is for images intended for viewing on the web/computer and Adobe RGB images intended for printing.
I have an epson printer but I believe its basically the same procedure....
1. monitor is calibrated with an external device (like an eye one display 2) on a ~3 wk basis
2. printer is using its name brand inks and paper; or 3rd party printer-ink-paper combination which has been profiled; or a 3rd party paper that has has profiles profiles for your printer and its name brand inks
3. software is configured with your monitor profile
4. software is configured to proof and print with the icc profile for your printer-ink-paper combination
5. when printing all color management is handled by the software. in your printer driver make sure you set color management to icm/icc, and no adjustment
I hope all that makes sense...! haha