Digital BW, The Print

Hello everyone,
   First of all I am amazed how informative and
helpful this group and its member are.  One other
thing is all of the members look like high up on the
learning curve while I am low down....so I have
reservations asking such broad and trivial questions
but any help will be appreciated.

My background

I am a graduate student (read: limited resources). I
am good at composing  shots.  I work with a pentax
k100d.

My aim
To do totally b/w photo with strong simple
compositions with the widest tonal range possible.  I
need to take very good quality prints and I know
nothing about how to go on doing it

My question 
1) Do you think given my lack of expertise I should
just depend on a professional for this?  If so can you
recommend a decent one
2) If you think I should do my own digital printing
can you refer me to a concise how-to material for a
beginner like me?

Any help is appreciated, no help is understood.

Rit


       
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