Digital BW, The Print

Paul, I beg for your patience!

I just installed QTR for my 1280 using MIS's VM inks.  I have 
substituted Eboni black for the VM black and am using Picture Window 
Pro.  I selected the UT2 profile for Espon EEM since there is no 
profile for VM.  I then printed a 21 Black>Grey>White step chart on 
EEM.  Unexpectedly, the chart printed perfectly with distinct, 
uniform changes from one step to the next all the way from darkest 
total black to no ink white.

Having obtained such good results for the step chart, I then tried 
to print a B&W photo that I have printed out just fine using 
my Epson 880, dye inks, and the Epson driver.  However, the same 
print with no modifications came out very flat and thin, ie, 
insufficient ink, except where Eboni was laid down.  The Eboni areas 
were TOTAL dark black.  I used the same work flow described on the 
MIS website for both the chart and the photo.

Any ideas why all tones of ink are so thin except Eboni which is too 
dark?

(InkJetArt is closing out the VM inks at $4.00/4 oz bottle compared 
to $16.00/4 oz bottle for UT2.  Being this is a hobby and I'm just 
getting started, I purchased the VM inks.  If I had known what you 
previous said about VM, I would have purchased UT2.)