Digital BW, The Print

I started thinking of some alternatives for any prints
I may want made.  So I put a few images I had worked
in PS, including B/W(in RGB) and Color versions of the
same image, onto a Smart Media card and went down to
the local WalMart.  I went to their 1 hour photo dept.
where they have a Fuji Frontier system.  I went to the
Fuji Aladdin station, put the SM card into the slot
and followed the directions for making a 5x7 made of
each image.  I was pleasantly surprised at the quality
of the pics.  The prints ate on Fuji Crystal Archive
paper which reminds me of Ilford Gallerie smooth
pearl.  The color prints were fantastic, sharp and
brilliant colors, esp. one macro of a bright yellow
daffodil  The B/W were kind of flat with no good rich
black so I would want to up the contrast a bit and
maybe add a curve.... but it was sharp and had no
metamorism or bronzing.  I am hoping there is more
Dmax in the system than what I got.  Anyway, as a
fallback I was pretty pleased but I would like more
paper/finish choice.  I still would rather do my own.

Jerry in Houston