Digital BW, The Print

anyone using quadtone prints as contact sheets?  The biggest proplem 
I'm having with my MIS-VM/1160 setup is getting my blacks... seems 
like a contact sheet and proper exposure would get that out of a 
quadtone print... anyone doing this?  Also gets you out of dealing 
with the "is it art/photography if it comes from an inkjet printer" 
problem, doesn't it?  Seems like with proper control that you could 
whip these things off in a darkroom faster than they take to print on 
the Epson...

ideas, experience??

thanks,

mark