Does anyone here have any experience in inkjet papers that do not have up to date profiles?
Yes, I know I can get some hardware to make my own or go to a third party supplier that will create them for me; neither is an option for what I am doing right now.
I have called out to some of the better printers I know as well, but have not heard back from them yet.
There is a company called InkPress Papers who make some very interesting papers, especially metallic finish ones. Their papers are sold by quite a few major retailers including B&H and Adorama in the USA and Vistek and Henrys in Canada. I have contacted InkPress, but have not heard back from them (and from what I've read on the web, this seems to be an issue with this company).
http://www.inkpresspaper.com/
There are two papers (I managed to get a couple of sheets of their Metallic Satin and Metallic Gloss from a classmated in my advanced printing course), that look quite appealing for certain types of work. I've tried their drivers for the generation of printers that my P800 replaced, I've tried settings for Photo Glossy paper as well as letting the printer do the colour management (this last one gives me the "best" results)
I've also ordered some Moab Slickrock Metallic Silver paper (that really does have a silver colour to it) and the Epson Metallic Luster paper, but neither appear to be a good fit for the InkPress papers (based colour and surface finish)...