Digital BW, The Print

so after reading all of the stuff on the roark website, I decide to spring for a set of UT2 
inks for my epson 1280. I have been making nice prints using epson ink, Black only, on 
every kind of paper, fine art, smooth pearl, high gloss, you name it. I started to think that 
maybe they wont last, so I got the pigment UT2 set because ...supposedly......they are 
compatible with gloss and smooth gloss papers. Well, I have some ilford gallerie smooth 
gloss for pigment inks, and some ilford gallerie smooth pearl for pigment inks. What a 
disaster. The bronzing is extreme. SO extreme that anyone with any standards whatsoever 
would just laugh. On the smooth gloss, the inks just set on the top, and can be DUSTED of 
by the slightest wipe of a  handkerchief!......I mean totally erased. I'll bet the wind of 
rustling papers would blow the ink off the paper. Something, I assume is wrong here. I was 
usuing the "UT2-ilfordsmooth-eboni-carbon" curve, and following the rest of his 
directions. Aside from the obvious problems, I also was not knocked out by the print as far 
as smoothness and detail go. The Black only method has better transitions from dark to 
black in the shadows. The shadow detail was lacking pretty bad, and blotchy. If I am 
wasting my time trying to get this ink to print on a non-matte surface, please let me 
know. I recently went through this with lyson small gamuts, and gave up on them making 
a neutral print. Right now I'll try some more of the papers I have on hand....thanks in 
advance, Doug M