Digital BW, The Print

1160 with MIS sepia>neutral inkset on EAM & Paul's curves.

I just cant get "snap" & "sparkle" into my prints. They tend to be 
too "flat" I don't really know how else to describe it.

I'm using curves and/levels to set black points & white and adjusting 
the midtones, highlights & shadows - and it looks good on the monitor 
(Win98SE) but not on the print. So I go back after seeing a print and 
make levels or curves adjustments to compensate, but I just cant get 
there.

Is this something everyone fights with or is my "profile" wrong/bad 
or ?

thanks for ideas,
Frank