Digital BW, The Print

Fred,

I'm sure you could get a load of different advices on this question. 
It depends heavily on your preferences, most notably paper size and 
workflow.

I did not dig into the type numbers in depth, but my understanding is 
that all printers are sold in Europe as well (I'm living in the 
Netherlands), though sometimes have a different type number.

I myself have an Epson 2100 (US equivalent = 2200), with MIS UT3D 
inks and QTR. Alternatively, the UT3D set allows for a color managed 
icc-profile workflow, a feature that stirred quite some debate 
lately. Many here are very satisfied with the newer Epson R2400 and 
use either OEM inks and the ABW Epson driver or a slight modification 
of that (replacing the yellow with MIS EZW).

So it all depends...

Joost