Digital BW, The Print

This is just a footnote, Steve, to Clayton's comprehensive and nicely 
detailed response to your post. As an economy, I try to do 
everything, even framing, for myself despite being both all thumbs 
and short on space. I'm sure both those influence my suggestion. 
Which is, in addition to doing it as Clayton does, that you consider 
starting with the Light Impressions materials. Later, if you print a 
lot, I expect you'll find the functional equivalent somewhere else 
for less. But, at least for starters, I'd consider buying from Light 
Impressions and not hesitate to ask them for advice when you're in a 
hurry and a little uncertain. I window-shop their informative and 
well illustrated catalogs but usually order on-line at 
<http://www.lightimpressionsdirect.com/servlet/OnlineShopping>.
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Sam