Digital BW, The Print

I was at a gallerie yesterday, and the BW darkroom prints looked pretty 
good with a very nice surface, and no glass in front. I asked the guy 
what kind of paper it was, thinking they may have been ink prints, and 
he said "semi-matte, darkroom".....Anyways, I still have not been able 
to get the kind of quality that I get from kirkland from my semi-matte 
using the curves for ebony and glop. I suspect that it is The media 
setting, which I am not sure of. When I use the glossy film setting, 
the shadows are kind of posterized, and when I use the premium glossy 
setting the ink is way too heavy. I just did a print with premium 
semigloss, and it did turn out quite nice. The glop is less effective 
with semigloss that it is with kirkland and semi-matte. I do like the 
surface of semi the best, and the glop works great on it.

So I am wondering if I should experiment more with media settings, or 
adjust the curves. I almost think that the ilford curves may work 
better than the semimatte curve. (accidentally chose the wrong one one 
time. It was the ilford carbon curve, looked pretty good, but it was a 
diferent image)

So, Paul, or anyone that may be trying this combo, what do you guys 
suggest? I have been doing some experiments jsut trying to drain my 
last prefilled glop cart. It is finally empty, so tomorrow I will 
attemp switching over to the clear carts. Crossing my fingers!

as Usual, all info is much appreciated,

Doug M