Digital BW, The Print

> 
> I don't have, and don't expect to soon get, an inkjet printer. For 
> color pictures, I upload my files to Shutterfly and Mpix. Mpix does 
> offer B&W prints on some sort of Ilford paper (exactly which Ilford 
> paper is a question I haven't been able to get answered 
> satisfactorily), and I've tried that with mixed results (althoug the 
> problems may mostly be my color-to-B&W conversion). 

When I sent files to Mpix for their B&W printing - I did not convert 
the color files, I sent them as full color files and the paper does 
the conversion....I assume it is a direct positive form of paper.  You 
might give it another try.