Digital BW, The Print

Hi All,
         I recently found this groups and am intrigued by the idea of 
making B&W prints on my own.  I haven't yet switched to digital capture but 
I also don't have the space for a darkroom so this seems like a great 
solution.  My questions to the group are:

What would you all recommend as an affordable basic setup consisting of a 
printer, inks, papers, software, and perhaps a scanner?

Are there any resources such as a FAQ that go through to get the basic 
concepts down?

I guess I consider myself an impassioned amateur photographer and my 
shooting consists of travel, outdoors, and some people.  I'm a IT person 
who works with MAC's and PC's so I hope that I can contribute to the group 
if anyone has any computer issues.  I'm a total novice to digital photo 
work, so I won't have much to offer in that area yet.

Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions.


Take care,

Jim