Digital BW, The Print

I'm new using BW and can't seem the get a BW print that I like.  I'm 
using  a 1160 with MIS's original VM inkset and Rourk's curves.  My 
prints look flat without that punch that BW prints can have. It is 
very  hard for me to describe in words what I don't like about the 
prints, they just look boring.  The image on my monitor looks great.

I have compared a print containing a test strip and constructed a 
curve to make the image on the monitor to look like the print.  I 
then construct another curve to make the appropriate  corrections.  
When I print, I turn off the first curve and only use the correction 
curve and the Rourk curve.  The resulting print is much better but 
still lacks the punch.  Increasing contrast only makes it works.  I 
am using EAM paper.

I would get better results using MIS's new black ink or 
piezography?  I would appreciate any help that is offered.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "baduerr" 
<bradduerr@e...> wrote:
> I'm new using BW and can't seem the get a BW print that I like.  
I'm 


I've figured out  what I was  doing wrong.  I was printing under Mac 
OS 10.2.6 using the gimp-print driver.  When I switched to OS 9.2 
using the epson driver the prints looked much improved.  I'm a happy 
camer now.   I still may try MIS's new black.