Digital BW, The Print

Jon writes:

> Therein lies your error. It is a group dedicated to black and white _digital
> printing_.

Then why are people discussing RGB conversions to black and white?

> What printer and ink combo are you using now?

Currently I take my images to a lab for conventional chemical printing.
It's cheaper than ink-jet, and for color images, it produces better
results (for B&W, ink-jet comes much closer to wet printing, but it
requires a dedicated printer, which I don't have).