Digital BW, The Print

Hi,
I'm a big fan of BO printing because it works,and because I prefer to 
snap the shutter instead of sitting in front a computer making 
tweaks.  As an engineer I get sick of tweaking! 

In the same vein, I've seen custom color printer profiles using 
Gretag equipment which provides quite neutral B&W prints, and it's 
nearly as easy as hitting the Print button.  My local shop will 
profile 6 papers for $250.  So you get results at fair price with no 
hassle.  I'm wondering what y'all think of this approach as compared 
to other seemingly more complicated options, an albeit,I guess better 
results, but at what cost in time...? 

These are 2 are easy methods that cover 90% of my digital B&W 
printing needs, and the other 10% I take to my local darkroom -- 
still the best yet in my opinion...   

Thanks in advance,
Steve B