Digital BW, The Print

I just wanted to post an update to thank everyone for their input and 
help.  At this point, I'm getting some decent prints finally.
I have a suggestion for Epson.  The set-up instructions should require 
a nozzle cleaning and head alignment be run before ever attempting to  
print anything with this printer. 25 test prints and about 30% of my 
ink were wasted before i ran both of these utilities and "voila"... 
not only is the image quality perfect... the hues are gone and I'm 
getting very accurate prints with color management turned off in PS 
and using the ABW settings without any adjustments.  I'm still a bit 
irked that I should have had to spend $100 in materials (ot to mention 
late night hours pulling my hair out) before realizing that running 
the nozzle/head utilities might be the solution.  I've stil not run a 
test allowing PS to control the color management through icc profiles 
but that's next.