Digital BW, The Print

I've just ordered my set of Piezography inks from IJM for my Epson 7600 inked
 with matt black UC inks, I'm running Studio Print 10 from a Windows XP Pro system 
and will have access to a X-rite DTP41. I plan on using Epson Enhanced Matte to learn 
on but will move up to some other types as I get my feet wet. Any suggestions as to 
what I should do first (other than the obvious) I usually just play around and find my 
way in the dark and eventually come up with what I need, but I thought if I ask you 
folks I may be able to shorten the time it takes to achieve some successful results.
 
 Thanks I'm looking forward to making some spectacular prints in the future.
 
 Jack Fisher
 St. Louis, MO