Printing from Epson driver on a different brand of paper

On the Epson driver, media type option has options just for Epson papers. I want to print on a paper from a different brand. Selecting a profile for this different paper from the mode menu is bypassing that media type options - for example when the "Epson Premium Semigloss" is selected from the media type menu, if I choose a Hahnemühle profile from the mode box, is this Hahnemühle profile bypassing Epson paper choice selected from the media type option?

The Media Type setting and the Profile choice are two separate things. The Media Type setting sets the optimum amount of ink laydown for that type of media. When you're using Epson paper, they've tested that model printer with that paper to come up with the best starting point for making the paper profile.
When you're using a non Epson, third party paper in your printer, you will never find Media choices to match. What you will find are recommendations from the third party manufacturers on which Epson media choice settings are the closest for your paper/printer combo. If you're making your own profiles, you need to know this to choose the right setting before printing your target. If you're using, say, a canned profile from Hahnenmühle, you need to choose the same media type setting they used when making the profile in order for that profile to be valid.
So, to be clear, you need to do two things when printing to a third party paper. 1. You have to choose the correct media type according to what the third party manufacturer recommends, and 2. You have to choose the correct media profile for the paper you're printing on. One does not override the other. They work in concert to give you the best (hopefully) print possible.

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