Digital BW, The Print

I use a VTBlax in an Epson 1160 and the FSChrome in the 2100 and I'm 
pleased with both - providing you use the right paper - glossy is a 
non-starter although the lustre is OK.
Best results are with the Fine-Art matt papers.
Tech support was excellent (and to be honest I did have a few 
teething troubles) but it was worth the effort.
Permajet supply profiles on their website and they have proved to be 
surprisingly accurate on the colour set-up. They also provide 
Photoshop curves for warm to cool B&W prints.

You can but test sampler packs of the Permajet papers and I would 
highly recommend doing so before standardizing on 1 or 2 papers.