Digital BW, The Print

This is the claim MIS makes on its web site about Somerset Velvet 
uncoated paper:

"This is the paper our prestigious testing group has concluded is the 
very best for making fine art Quadtone prints on a 4 color printer."

I believed it, ordered it, and now am stuck with it. This paper gives 
flat results on the used 1160 I just bought (w/mis vm inks), 
regardless of tweaks (EAM works beautifully however). It does take 
colored pastels OK though, so now I will be spending hours hand 
coloring...(maybe good for the eyes to give them a rest). Just wanted 
to warn anyone who might be thinking of throwing any money at this 
claim/paper with hopeful results. (If I'm wrong, and there is a 
fix/tweak/curve someone has come up with for an 1160 to back up the 
above claim, please do tell. (Someone on this list said in an archive 
the paper was "terrible". Wish I had done a deep search on this list 
before wasting 40 bucks...will next time.) Mark R.