Digital BW, The Print

I was curious (& my eyes are tired so I'm going to bed
without looking further, my apologies) how applicable
the curves for MIS VM were for papers of different 
varieties other than EAM?  Basic question.  

I do understand they can be very printer model specific.
Will do my 'homework' another night in lieu of an direct response.

Thanks,

Cleavis in AZ

PS. I dredge the shop sites regularly and came across an 
1160 for nearly $400 about 45 days ago.  Held off.  Hit
this week with the following link...

http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.asp?edc=190850

Mine ships out shortly, so it should be safe to post ;-)
My partner supports the buy and we both wonder where it
will live with a C80 and 3000 already on baker's racks.
Currently reading "Real World Photoshop" and Dan M's
Photoshop 6 color correction book.  Feel like I'm in 
training...:-)  Looking foward to some banter (&printing).