Digital BW, The Print

I work exclusively in shooting colour print film targetted completely 
at digital B&W output and have worked through multiple techniques for 
conversion over a long period of time. The one conclusion I have come 
to is that as much as you can consistently use an appropriate set of 
tools for the conversion, you cannot use automated workflows to 
deliver the *best* result for converting every image. You would be 
better advised to spend time understanding the hows and whys of 
converting colour to B&W against the "black box" approach if you're 
serious about producing high-quality B&W output.

regards
Craig