Digital BW, The Print

Although there is a learning curve involved and some expense 
Peizography is the best currently on offer. It has a selection of 
tones but none of them are strictly neutral, there is warm neutral or 
cool neutral, selenium and sepia. You can import them easily as I 
have done myself. That said, I've had my problems with the versions 
of the profiles for the 1290 and I am currently using profiles that 
have been made for my specific printers. 
Since getting this system (and getting some good prints without any 
metermerism or dots,) I acquired an Epson 4000 with UT inks and that 
now produces some really amazing black and white using the quadtone 
rip. Without the 4000, the 1290 would have to do the job and I am 
sure it would.
Regards John.