No, usually I have a photo on the front, but I don't care too much if the color calibration is completely accurate... that is one of the reasons why I use an online service to upload and print them... it is worth the 20 cents a piece to not deal with the hassles of trying to find special card stock, print out a hundred of them and then find envelopes that fit the finished product.
But some pictures that I take I do like to get the best possible results and then it is worth taking a little extra time. Its a hobby but I have to admit that most of the time I actually use a specialty photo printer for these which has additional color cartridges, but we print enough color on the daily use printer that I still appreciate having the feature.
What you’re saying makes sense. In my case I actually underestimated the degree to which I would *not* need color, so the monochrome laser has been a good fit.