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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jeffh" data-source="post: 4560133" data-attributes="member: 2642">I recently needed a new printer, and it seems the mono-laser advice here - which I used to swear by - might be out of date, at least for some users. The cost per page on at least some colour inkjets has really dropped, to a point that's competitive with mono lasers. My HP Officejet has over two thirds of its black ink left after about 200 pages. That's about $20 to replace, or $40 if I want the XL cartridge with three times as much ink. Three cents a page if I don't go with the XL and run out of ink somewhat sooner than projected; less than two cents a page under more optimal conditions. Darned if this sucker isn't faster than my old Samsung laser, too.The colour cartridges, at the rate I'm using them, are more likely to need replacement due to drying than being emptied, and I do semiregularly print in colour.This particular piece of hardware is about $200 right now straight from the manufacturer, and I managed to get the same price at BestBuy.However, due to the drying issue the OP is probably better off with a laser. At that low a rate of printing, drying will drive his TCO up to a point where a laser is probably cheaper. But notice that even that's a reversal from a few years ago; you used to want to go with a laser because you were doing high volumes of printing, not low ones.</blockquote>