Digital BW, The Print

If  you are considering the $ outlay of a 2200, given your priorities, 
here's my suggestion.

Go with two printers..

1)    Get a Canon S9000 for bright dye-based colors (approx $230 - $250) 
- if you want even longer printlife than the OEM inks and no fear of 
Orange Fade, look at the Lyson Fotonics and  MediaStreet TruMatch inks 
for use in the 9000..  The S9000 is essentially the same printer as the 
i9100 (they use EXACTLY the same printhead).. ONLY the i950 got the 
smaller nozzle size printhead..

2)   Get a new or refurbed 1280 (about $220-$300) for B&W, when the UT v 
2 inkset is ready.. That should be a matter of weeks..  Use the Roark 
curves for printing..

No need for RIPS then..

I STRONGLY recommend spending $ on a profiling package for monitor and 
printer as well.. Personally, my current recommendation is the Spyder 
Pro package for monitor profiling and Profile Prism for printer 
profiling.  That'll let you cut the OEM umbilical cord on papers and 
inks with the Canon..  You'll save your investment costs in the 
profiling software/hardware very quickly..


 
Keith Krebs

"Just some guy," and caretaker of the Multiverse's largest EPSON printer 
User Community (highly recommended by Vogon Poets and MegaDodo 
Publications), at:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EPSON_Printers/
 
"For the rest of you out there, the secret is to bang the rocks together 
guys"