How bad are inkjet printers for black and white? How to get the best B&W prints

Most printers are much worse at black and white printing than colour. Why is this? What can be done to get the best B&W printing. Will profiling help, can you get good B&W inkjet prints?

Looking at software, drivers and inks - can we expect improvements in software and new printers.

An introduction to 'digital B&W'
https://www.northlight-images.co.uk/d...

The B&W test images and info on using them are at:
https://www.northlight-images.co.uk/t...

All of my B&W related content (video and articles/reviews) is listed at:
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QuadToneRIP info
http://www.quadtonerip.com/html/QTRov...
Full B&W - specialist inks
https://shop.inkjetmall.com/Piezography

For a full categorised index of all my videos, see:
https://www.northlight-images.co.uk/k...
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