I ended up making several separate orders of just over $100 each (to get free shipping), and all orders have shown up fine. Whew.
FWIW: Note that the Canon Pixma 9000-2 requires a relatively new print-driver (2013-April-09) to provide Media-Types for Luster, Semi-Gloss, and perhaps others.
Canon U.S.A. : Consumer & Home Office : PIXMA Pro9000 Mark IIThe need for an updated print-driver may also apply to other prosumer/advanced printers like the 9500-2, Pro-1, Pro-10, Pro-100, etc. I didn't check on those.