Digital BW, The Print

Hello,
    I am a graduate student and am interested in photography. Although I am pretty much an 
amateur (www.flickr.com/photos/copyright-to-a-moment/).  I dream of having my solo 
black and white exhibition someday.  For that I need to get started on printing stuff out and 
although I see a lot of advice on this site they are a little expensive for me right now [sigh].  I 
was wondering if any of you could guide me with a list of technique/printer/ink/paper which 
is low cost and yet presentable. Please do not ignore this as someone looking for a quick fix 
because I have been wondering about this for a long time now but the epson printers and ink 
are too expensive for me.  Any suggestion is welcome.  Thanks a lot.

Ritayan