Digital BW, The Print

A am ready to purchase a stylus 4000 (you know the price in Europe...), 
for printing mostly B&W. My idea is to use the so well appreciated QTR 
RIP.

Since I am living in France, there is no real exchange between 
photographers as in the US and I never had a chance to look at a print 
printed with such configuration (I mean on a 4000 or 2200/2100 with 
QTR).

My previous configuration (what a hassle!) was an Epson 1160 with MIS 
FSN, piezography plug in and permanent banding, cloggs and so one... As 
a result I've stopped printing for more than one year. 

Do you think I am on the good way with the combination of a 4000 
together with QTR and that I will be able to print A3/A2 pics with the 
same quality as the ones I've painfully obtained with the Epson 1160 
and the MIS inks (when it worked)?

Thank you for your help in getting me convinced that I am not again 
making a stupid decision with at the end, a big frustration, because my 
goal is to print pictures that I love and not to become a printer 
guru...

JM Humbert
Paris, France