Thanks for posting this question! I love seeing what everyone has to say as I am also looking at getting a new printer. I just read a review at cnet.com where they compared five top photo printers. There was a table of specs and cost info comparing the printers - Canon i960, Canon i9900, Epson 2200, Epson R800 and HP 7960?. The cost per 8.5 x 11 page for the i9900 was estimated at 1.01. It was the next to lowest cost per page! This was a very interesting review with lots of specs to compare. I will try to insert the link -
HTH. Thanks to those who posted the price info! It is looking like maybe the i9900 will be the one!

Top five fab photo printers cnet.com
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-3156_7-5142923.html