Re: budgeting for a printer
I'm still patiently waiting for my HP B9180 to arrive, but have had a few packs of Harman gloss and matte paper already delivered waiting to be used. Martin (the B&W 'digital-monochrome' guy who posts occasionally here) kindly sent me a couple of example prints with Harman paper and they looked very good indeed. So long as there are known profiles out there then I wouldn't worry too much about moving from paper that is not from the same manufacturer as the printer. In fact you often have to to get certain paper types.
As for third party ink. I've been there, done that and didn't like it despite the cost savings. There may well be other 3rd parties out there though that are better.
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