Digital BW, The Print

I'm getting ready to order an 1100 printer and a set of EZ B&W Ultratone cartridges* from MIS. I'd appreciate a sanity check on what I have in mind.

My current workflow is to scan B&W negatives with a CanoScan 8800F as 16 bit Gray, edit them in Lightroom, and print them from Lightroom with the Color Management Profile set to "Managed by Printer". The printer is an HP 7660 with the (now discontinued) Gray Photo 59 cartridge. I am happy with the results but it's time to move on. The last 59 cartridge I bought was past its expiration date when I received it. I'd like to print bigger than 8.5" wide. And I'd like to keep the cost down.

If I correctly understand what I've read here and elsewhere, I should be able to download the correct driver for OSX Lion from the Epson web site, connect the 1100 in place of the 7660, install the EZ cartridges, and proceed exactly as I am doing now. But that sounds almost too easy. Am I missing something?

If I am on the right track, a pointer to a good source of affordable matte paper would be appreciated too.

Thanks!

--Doug Anderson

* http://www.inksupply.com/utez.cfm