Digital BW, The Print

Several people last week commented on their experience thus far with 
Epson's new RIP for the 2200.  Any additional info you (or others) 
would like to share re: how it's going now that you've worked with it 
for a bit?

I'm really interested because I have ImagePrint, but I'm not in love 
with it (user interface isn't great, no soft proofing with grayscale 
profiles, images look washed out when imported into ImagePrint from 
Photoshop, etc.).  While the guys at Colorbyte have been helpful, and 
the results from ImagePrint are indeed neutral w. no metamerism, the 
program's just too difficult for my taste. I have the Epson RIP on 
order (should arrive tomorrow).  If I can get good results with it, 
I'd really like to return ImagePrint.  Yes, I'll do comparison 
testing myself; however, I'd like to hear more real world results 
from users of Epson's RIP before I open the package (can't return it 
to Epson once the software is opened).

Thanks!