After considering your comments and experience with pigment printers, I am now considering primarily between the Canon pro 100 and the Epson artisan 1430.
My experience with pigment ink printers is good. My old R800 did eventually pack up due to clogging but my R2000 (3years old) has been very good, I regularly print at around A3 size for competitions.
I always use the manufacturer's genuine inks!
My criteria for a good print is "does it match what I see on the screen" whether it's a high contrast, low contrast, bright or dark image, vibrant or otherwise. This depends not only on the printer but on good colour management (monitor and printer profiles) properly applied. The better photo printers usually have more than 6 inks (6 being a minimum in my view) so probably have a wider gamut.
Want to be able to use art papers and be able to print black and white as well as vibrant color prints.
I don't like glossy paper either for big prints especially, and use Ilford Smooth Pearl much of the time. "Art" papers are expensive, I have tried them in A4 size, they are nice for some images. I use Epson Archival Matte too, it's cheap and produces a very nice print.
You need to check what paper types are available in the driver, art papers may be missing although independent makes may specify a matte paper for their profiles. Hope that helps too.
Terry