Canon i9900 breaks the image barrier with a boom!

I shoot for Federal Law Enforcement and the Air National Guard; I have managed a large format service bureau in my civilian job. I have printed on many, many different output devices to include Durst Lambda, Encad IJ, Roland HiFi Jet, Laser printers, Fuji Pictrography, Dye-sublimation devices, plus many more. I say all of this to validate my gements that follow...The bottom line is the i9900 blows all of them away! This includes an Epson 9600, 7600 and 4000 all of which I use for the Feds and military. The only downfall is the lack of "Archival" inks. I lamented between the Epson 2200, and the i9900. I DO NOT regret one minute the i9900 decision! It is absolutely gorgeous! I shoot a Canon 20D for my personal work, that coupled with the i9900 makes unreal images/prints, these prints blow the minds of all of my peers! They cannot believe the quality. It works with Epson, Konica/Minolta, and Red River papers perfectly. The Canon i9900 on Red River Paper is a perfect match, with no "bronzing", like the Epson pigmented inks.As far as the noise aspect I cannot tell that the printer is actually working until I see the paper moving, it is that quiet!Downfalls would be the paper path not being a straight feed path, and the inks not being archival. The paper path has not presented a problem as of yet, I have put very heavy card stock