Color management screen/print & ICC Profiles

Hi,
I'm an amateur photographer and Lightroom 5 user. I shoot RAW with a Nikon D7000 and use Xrite Colorchecker passport to create camera profiles To calibrate my monitor I use Xrite i1 Display Pro (D65, 2.20 Gamma, 80 lumens brightness).
I have had great success displaying slideshows of my photos on a panasonic plasma 50". The problem I am having is printing pictures. I export to jpg using Adobe RGB and take my photos to the local Costco but the pictures come out darker and the colors are slightly off. When comparing prints to the Colorchecker passport the color difference is evident.  Printing with Costco has been a hit and miss regardless of location.
I would like to set up my own printer to print photos. I have an Epson Stylus CX7450 and Epson Glossy Photo Paper (SO41141). Where can I get the ICC profiles for the printer and paper combination? I am looking for some advice and solutions to help improve my workflow and quality print output .
thank you,
john

Although ICC profiles for the Epson professional (Stylus Pro) printers are readily downloadable from the Epson web site, I don't think Epson creates ICC profiles for the all-in-ones, probably because they are considered to be more like general office equipment. You'd have to find some profiles online that others have created, or make your own with a printer profiling device.
As for Costco, you might get better prints by using profiles made for the printer at your local Costco. These may be available from Dry Creek Photo. Note that for the profiles to work properly you have to follow the directions on the site for communicating with the Costco photo print department so that they set their printer to account for the fact that you've exported to a specific profile.

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