Digital BW, The Print

Hello Friends,
   First and foremost, I probably speak for a number of eavesdropping 
members of this group when I thank you for sharing your knowledge and 
ideas with us.  It is a tremendous resource.
    There is another printer out here.  As a physician and father, 
black and white photography is my hobby.  As an enthusiast, I long to 
produce images like I see on your websites.  
     I don't have access to a custom lab without the mail. . . I 
don't have a wet darkroom.  The digital darkroom is more accessible 
and more affordable.  The learning curve, I think, no less difficult.
    To gain widespread support for this medium, we must gain in 
numbers.  But while you argue over minute technical details of blacks 
being black and details in shadows being present. . . we never see 
references as to what will advance this art?
    For a hobbyist, we want a reliable, reproducible printing form.  
We want it to be of superior quality, but want to concentrate on the 
image as our primary goal.  If I get 4 hours to sit down and try to 
produce some work, it is frustrating and will be terminal if that 
time is spent clearing clogs, aligning heads, trying to correct 
banding, etc. . .   Is scanning, formatting and printing quality with 
ease a pipedream?  For this, it seems piezo would get the edge, yet 
then you get the clogs, the green etc.  So, where should a newcomer 
begin or end?
    So, while we look to your work for our advancements, some 
consideration should be given to quality with consistency and 
technical ease.  It will keep the door open to the hobbyist and may 
someday make the digital black and white darkroom more popular than 
we ever imagine. 
                  Thank you,
                           Scott Michener