Digital BW, The Print

here is some drama...Before I knew for sure that thye "black"setting 
used colored inks,
I sent this question to epson tech support:

I was just wondering why my driver seems to have a "black" mode in 
addition
to the advanced B/W mode. The "black" mode makes nice photos, and 
appears
to use no colored inks at all. Is this correct? Why does this option not
appear in my freinds windows driver? The printer is truly remarkable by 
the
way. Doug M

and here is the reply:

<<Thank you for contacting the Epson Connection.

You are absolutely correct that this option is not offered in the 
Windows
driver and unfortunately I can't offer an explanation for that.  You are
correct that the black setting would be black ink only.

If you require further assistance with this particular issue, please 
ensure
all of our previous correspondence is contained in your reply, so we can
better track the history of this issue.

If you have a different technical support issue, please submit another
E-form via our website (http://www.epson.com), and we will respond in a
timely manner.  Thank you again for contacting Epson.>>>

So that person is confused too, or we all are!...Doug M