Digital BW, The Print

I'm beginning to wonder how many printer/ink combinations I'm really going
to need over the long haul. It surely would be nice to see some actual
comparative analysis on a side by side basis of the different styles,
approaches or results. Just when I'm beginning to get a handle on some of
this. Is there a best detailed analysis/book of the many different styles?
For example, in further perusing the depth and clarity  issues of digital
silver, selenium, piezo, palladium, quad-tone, etc. I received this:

"The plugin allows toning via the sepia tab. Make sure to check the manual
for a description of the parameters. Note however that the sepia tab only
allows a single color which will be used for the entire tone range. The
peculiarities of platinum and selenium toning etc. actually consist of
subtle color changes that may require the Photoshop tritone or even quadtone
option. The color is also dependent on the working colorspace which is why
there are no presets initially. Additionally, once you have created an image
with toning, you will be really pressing color management to its limits to
actually be able to print the colors as desired."

My understanding re plug-in toning is that they are essentially a method of
shading a print more than achievement of the real depth, clarity and
richness previously achieved in a darkroom, but that some digital approaches
do come very close to what I would think of as a master's quality, but then
I guess that goes back to quad tone black and gray approaches, versus quad
tone blacks and colors. What I WANT is the kind of print that makes you stop
and lose your breath for a moment as you dive into the depth of the image,
not some purely black and white flatness or obviously tinted/Photoshop
action alone. Your favorite route to this?

Clarence W. Walker,   
Creative Expression Photography
http://www.creativeexpressiononline.com
Commercial, fine-art, and stock