Digital BW, The Print

I have an odd sort of dilemma here. I have a new in the box (only
opened for inventory) Epson 2200 that I bought before the Navy decided
to re-prioritize my life. Now that I am retired I am looking to get
back into photography full time - I think the term is "selfishly
employed". Most of what I have shot in the past couple of years has
been split between weddings/portraits (which the printing for is
handled mostly off site) and personal projects, mostly B&W landscapes
and astrophotography.

So should I break out the 2200 or ebay it to someone who already has a
2200 workflow in place and buy a R2400 - especially since the local
CompUSA has a bunch of R2400s and they are going out of business.
Realistically, I would rather be out shooting than tweaking my
printers. After spending 26 years doing nuclear power (and computer
networking etc as a collateral duty) I am sure I can handled the tech
side of things but would just rather be out shooting than slaving over
a hot printer all day. I do want the ability to produce a print that
is acceptable for gifting and hanging personally on site.

If I stay with the 2200 should I convert it right from the start to a
B&W inkset or just play with the OEM inksets until I sort of the
inevitable tech issues. I am using a MacPro desktop, but mostly
directly booted into Win XP along with CS3 and Lightroom.

thoughts?

Lawrence

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Bear AKA Lawrence Beals
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