Digital BW, The Print

Greetings,

I have been reading the forum now for several weeks and would like 
some help on my learning curve.

I am using the Epson R800 on WindowsXP with Photoshop CS. I love 
this printer for color work, the fact that the glop works so 
beautifully with bronzing eleiminated, and that I don't need to 
switch black carts. I am quite anxious to get the anticipated wide 
format version probably coming out this year. I also use the OEM 
high gloss UltraChrome inks.

I have started to experiment with B&W printing with this set-up on a 
calibrated monitor and custom profile for my printer and Epson 
Semigloss paper using the Epson driver.

I have not liked the color casts that I am getting or the 
metamerism. Not bad under lights, but particularly bad in daylight. 
So I tried the R800's "monochrom" tone feature which Epson tech 
support tells me uses primarily black ink, but probably some color 
too. It is very nice under lighting, but green/tourquoise when 
daylight is hitting it. So this is out for me too. (By the way the 
R800 has no "black ink only" setting).

So my question is, if I want to stay with the R800 and OEM inks on a 
WindowXP platform, is there a solution to making neutral prints?

My personal preference is to have something that does not take too 
much fussing or experimentation and that operates smoothly. I would 
pick ease of use over any cost considerations. I want to have the 
printer still be able to do the wonderful color printing that I have 
acheived with the OEM inks and glop on the epson papers.

Am I pipe dreaming here? I am a traditional wet darkroom fiber 
worker, but really want to use the controls of Photoshop. My funny 
colored first attempts at inkjet printing are way better than what I 
am getting in the darkroom except for the color cast/metamerism.

I have read about all the rips that you discuss and visited their 
web sites, but find it all quite confusing, so any help you can give 
me with the above noted desires and parameters would be soooo 
welcome.

Thanks for your help.

Scott