Digital BW, The Print

The "depth of the blacks":  I am sure what you are seeing is a larger 
area of black because the Epson driver compresses the 90-100% very 
severely. In other words, the low-end is not linear, which will always 
make for a more punchy print. But the shadows will not "breath" as well 
as a linearized QTR print. If that's what you like, by all means enjoy.

Shilesh
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> Now, I'm no expert QTR nor digital black and white printer (yet) but 
I'm astonished how much better the ICC prints are. There is no 
comparison in the blackness and depth of the blacks. The ICC print 
leaps out at me compared the flat QTR print.