Digital BW, The Print

Greetings;  I'm shooting head and shoulders portraits, 2 1/4 B&W 
negs. polaroid ss120 scans, outputting to an epson 1200, eam paper, 
mis-vm ink, + roark curves.  The problem is the light grey tones in 
the face, they aren't all there, not a smooth transition. 
(especially zone V to zone V111 for all us darkroom printers).  My 
question is, would the piezography photoshop driver smooth out these 
tones, or am I doing something wrong with my PS6 procedure.  Or is 
the conventional darkroom still the best place for portraits (heads)
thanks
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