Digital BW, The Print

It happens that I plan to buy a Canon S900 tomorrow, mainly for color
and ordinary jobs. It's a dedicated photo printer, so not really top
notch for text but OK. I have been researching for a long time what to
buy. Since it seems no printer is right for B/W and color **(without
cleaning, flushing etc.) I decided to buy 'something' for color, A4 size
OK,  and plan to take a 1290 (=1280) for B/W, with a dedicated B/W
system. C80 very cheap now, but too many reviews talk disappointing,
Epson 895 (785 in the US, I believe) is also cheap now (new model
released, the 915), 925 also new but bad reviews, 950 interesting
(prints CD/DVD) but expensive. But I can buy a Canon S900 for $249 here,
raving reviews, individual cartridges (as opposed to Epson 895/915).
Seems to be ink-friendly (in terms of economics).
Normal price here is $380 (excl. VAT), if I hadn't this good price of
249, I would have taken the Canon S750 or S520. Not really photo
printers but more than OK, plus better in text than the S900 (although
some reviews also are positive on the latter in this respect). 

**except maybe the Epson 2100/2200, that's why I just asked the list
about it....

FWIW, and if someone has strong arguments NOT to buy this Canon, speak
up please...
Ton Guiking