I've recently started using a quilter's gridded plastic template cut to size inside my MISTI instead of grid paper. Because it's plastic it seems to resist sticking a little bit better than the grid paper...when I have a stamp that's difficult to line up I can usually push it around easier on the plastic template. I also followed some of the video tutorials and cut strips of the plastic template and I think you could use something similar. If you cut a strip of the plastic template you could place it down on top of the plastic grid inside the MISTI and then push the stamp up against it to line it up. Then press the lid down, raise the lid, remove the strip, add your paper, and voila! ;) That should solve the problem of getting the lines straight.
As for the inks, I do as Krista said above and usually stamp more than once to get more even coverage!
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