Photosmart B8850 Printer and Premium Plus Paper

On the HP Shopping page for paper supplies for this printer, one of the papers sold is the Premium Plus.
In the User Manual for the printer it states:
NOTE: HP Premium and HP Premium Plus Photo papers are not supported with this printer
Can someone resolve this inconsistency for me?  Is there a printer profile for this printer - paper combination that is recommended?
What I have tried:
The printer paired with Advanced Paper (the first choice on the HP Shopping paper page) and an Advanced profile looks very satisfactory.  The Premium Plus paper and the Advanced profile looks mediocre at best.  The Premium Plus paper with a Premium Paper profile looks bad, as does the Premium Plus paper and a HP8750-Premium Plus profile.  And I also tried the Premium Plus paper with a profile labeled HP8850_CMAdvPaper, also with about the same mediocre result as the Advanced Profile.
Are there any better options out there?
I have five boxes of Premium Plus paper of the B+ size that I would like to use, motivating my question.

Completely agree. I have the old kind on a roll and compared - color totally different, streaks show from printing - hate it! If anyone knows where to buy the old kind, I'd be so grateful.

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