Digital BW, The Print

I don't claim to be an expert of any kind in print making,  I just make a 
few B/W on my Epsons and here and there a color on a  Canon.  And for my own 
use!   I think that I've given  only one or two prints away since I started 
digital printing  some 10 years ago.  However it didn't take me very long to 
learn  that you don't blow dry prints nor do you stack them.  You take each 
one  out of the printer, thus they don't stack up.  I let all my prints dry 
 naturally on a flat surface.  Then I spray them.  I seldom mount then,  
never under glass but I have several stuck in a bookshelf where they are for 
the  most part out of direct light.  Yes they curl slightly as they have no  
support but they have lasted for over 5 years with no major problems.   And 
I print all my B/Ws with ABW and Epson ink on my 3800.  These are  certainly 
not museum quality but I'm not aiming for that.  My goal is  a nice print 
that satisfies me.  And lest you think that I have no  standards, back in the 
day, I sold hundreds of 35mm B/W prints of dancers, my  favorite subject 
way back then. With never a complaint from  purchasers, many of them dancers 
with New York professional companies such  as Graham or Humphrey-Limon.  In 
point of fact, one of them  even graced the cover of Dance Magazine.  
 
All the fuss about profiles, QTR etc. probably frightens more people  away 
than it converts.  Buy a good Epson printer and have at it.  Just  use a 
little common sense and you'll be fine. At least that has worked  for me!   
Harry