There seems to be uncertainty even within Epson regarding workflow settings when intending to use Advanced B&W Photo mode in the driver.

I've just got off the phone to an Epson tech (who has just received his 4800). I wanted to double check the Color Handling setting in CS2 when using Advanced B&W mode in the driver and check on a few other things related to inks in use, behind the scenes differences between print an RGB B&W image using Color mode vs Advanced B&W. 'Let Printer determine colors' had been recommended.

The update is Epson's recommended Color Handling setting when intending to use Advanced B&W mode is 'No Color Management' but in practical terms this yields identical results to 'Let Printer Determine Colors' as you'd expect. I've just printed a series of tests and confirmed this.

Additionally we discussed the improvements/differences between the two series of printers. The Epson guy's take on it was the new series is primarily about ease of use, ease of getting good results, esp B&W.

As a footnote I have printed B&W using the 'Black' mode in the driver and it looked like shit IMO. I'll refer to the Help files but I recall it said to think of it as a draft mode only.