Digital BW, The Print

I have a friend, not satisfied with her Epson flatbed for anything
smaller than 4x5, and not rich enough to have me drum scan for her
regularly, darn it.
I'd suggest the Nikon to her, but there have to be many here scanning
medium format negs for B&W output with useful opinions, all would be
welcome. I have not been paying much attention to new products like
this for some time, I hear there's a new Microtek?
She really does just scan B&W film, unfortunately comparing to my
Howtek scans of same for her... there has to be some middle ground.
Thanks,
Tyler