Digital BW, The Print

Steve - I'm sure you're going to get a lot of different and probably conflicting
advice on your
situation.  Part of the answer would depend on how involved you're willing to
get with the technical
end of things.  For example, without knowing more, it's hard to tell whether the
problem lies with
your file or with your printing approach.  If you don't have a good monitor that
is calibrated well, you
may have problems with the file you're trying to print that aren't going to be
visible.  On the other
hand, if you trust the monitor image, it's time to start experimenting with the
different settings
available to you with whatever driver you're going to use to make your prints,
whether as RGB or
Grayscale files.

If you provide more information about your approach, you'll get more specific
advice, but there is
ultimately nothing like trial and error to really learn this stuff!

Stephen Petegorsky