Digital BW, The Print

I have recently started shooting with a Canon  20D from shooting MF
then scanning on the 
MInolta Mulit Pro.  I shoot in RAW format and convert with Adobe
Camera Raw in CS2.  The 
MF shots were on transparency then converted to BW in PS using
usually the
channel mixer.  I 
notice that the scanned film when converted to black and white
results in a better and 
cleaner looking BW image and the prints are also noticeably better in
terms of contrast and 
depth. Print sizes vary from 8x10 to 16x20 on my Epson 7600 using UC
inks(Photo Black) 
usually on EnH matte or Hahnemule PH rag.  Just may be me but I was
wondering what 
others may think and
would greatly 
appreciate any comments.  I have tried some of the plugins out there
for BW conversion 
but I think the result is similar to that obtained in PS.