Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Peter" <peter139@h...> wrote:
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> Based on this I am tempted to serious consider buying this set-up. As
> everyone knows this is an expensive way to go in order to make first class
> B&W prints--which I would love to do. But, is this the "state-of-the-art"
> today? I am looking forward to the knowledgeable opinions that reside on
> this very enjoyable list.

That depends on what "is" is...
I'd strongly advise seeing some output first hand. For warm tones, matte papers, great paper handling, ease of operation, 
it's pretty great. For that kind of investment, I'd talk to as many actual users as possible and look at some prints.
Tyler