Digital BW, The Print

Paul (or anybody else who can field this),

after being really impressed w/ your UT7 inks and curves, I took the 
plunge and bought the CIS for the 2200.  I'm currently using the CIS 
system on inkjet art's duo matte paper w/ the EEM Neutral curve and 
following all your "printing w/ curves" instructions (16-bit layers, 
ADOBE RGB color space, etc.).  unfortunately, w/ the curve applied, 
the midtones print---to use a technical word---"smeary."  when I 
print the image w/o the curve, there's no midtone problem, but the 
image is too dark.

any idea what's causing the smeary grays?

I'm wondering if the grays are a result of applying your paper 
curves to overmanipulated and degraded images: I'm using pixel 
picasso's photokit to sharpen and apply other effects and photoshop 
CS's shadow/highlight tool.  

the inks are great; I just want to be able to use them correctly.

thanks.