Illustrator CS2

It's been a while since my last post. But fear not, I've been working and learning lots of new things. I took some time to try out the new features of Adobe Illustrator CS2. I've been using Illustrator ever since version 3, and I've had CS2 for a while now. But I haven't really used it thoroughly. Below are two images I did recently. Using the blend tools, the color mesh tool and layer filters. Very cool. Now if I can just get it to print as easily and consistently as Photoshop does on my Epson 780. Any ideas?