AppleScript-Droplet: convert image to monochrome / grayscale / black&white

Hello,
i am used to applescript itself and now willing to write me a small droplet which converts dropped images (jpg & png) to grayscale images.
right now i am wondering which might be the best application i could use for that ?
First ideas was ImageMagick (somehow special ...macports) or Sips.
Is there any chance that i can use a more usual application like Preview from applescript to do the convert task ?
any ideas ?
Best regards
fidel

Hi Piere,
that looks great - i added the applescript/keystroke part for save & quit and the result is perfect for my needs.
My mistake was to just check the offered options in automator - ignoring the keystroke possibilities.
Thanks once again
Best regards
fidel
code:
on open droppedImages
tell application "Preview"
activate
repeat with currentImage in droppedImages
open currentImage
tell application "System Events"
keystroke "c" using {option down, command down}
tell process "Preview"
set value of value indicator 1 of slider 2 of window 1 to 0
-- other image modifications are possible here
end tell
end tell
end repeat
tell application "System Events" to tell process "Preview" to click button 1 of window 1
-- save
tell application "System Events"
keystroke "s" using command down
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-- quit preview
quit
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