Digital BW, The Print

I'm new to this forum and if I'm asking this in the wrong place I 
beg to be excused. 

I've been getting more and more into B&W digital photography since I 
started this hobby. I have Photoshop, and I was able to find a great 
deal on a used Epson 2200. I later bought Imageprint 5.6 for XP 
(upgraded to 6.0 without serious problems) because of problems I had 
when printing B&W. The change was greatly beneficial, but is this a 
setup that you experts would use? I guess my question is: Starting 
with the Epson 2200, what would be my best software/ink/paper 
combination if I used my 2200 as a dedicated B&W printer? Cost is a 
definite factor because I don't do this for a living.

Thanks, 
Ed Aleks
Pacific Palisades, CA