Digital BW, The Print

The 2200 with MIS Ultratones would 
> indeed be an attractive option.  I assume it might be possible to just 
> ignore the Epson light black channel when developing curves for the 
> 2200/Ultratone setup?

Carl,

you can choose any ink channel  (with IJC-made profiles). The practical issue 
is whether it's worth dedicating an expensive new printer like the 2200 to 
bw-only or not. In theory, you can take advantage of the 7 channels and load 
up grays and toners and 2 blacks (for matte and glossy) and benefit from the 
finer dots. 

OTOH, someone who spent money for a 2200 may be better served using it 
primarily as a color printer and only secondarily as bw. In that scenario, it 
won't beat out a dedicated bw printer but it will be very "serviceable" (my bw 
prints from the 2200/IJC combo look "just fine").

A 1270/80/90 at half the cost will do just as well in terms of device dots, and 
be much better as a dedicated bw printer.

Antonis