[PokeyJoe]

I bought myself an HP1000 Laser about 1.5 years ago. ($240 bucks at the time at outpost.com) An older HP Inkjet 712C sits beside it. I've not yet replaced the laser cartridge ($65) since I bought the darn thing, nor have I had to buy ink cartridges for the old 712C - as I ONLY use it if I want something with some color.

Replacing an Inkjet Printer with a Laser Printer is like getting DSL or Cable after being on dial-up.

Now that I did it - I sing that country tune, "What was I thinking?" I don't think I'll go without a Laser Printer ever again.

As for the question at hand - dump the inkjet and GET A LASER PRINTER!

[Cicero]

I have a LaserJet and an Ink cartridge printer in the house. The LaserJet is infinitely better, unless you absolutely need to print in color.

[Mannaggia l'America]

For printing black & white pages, I agree - a laser printer wins hands down. The cost per page is much less than an inkjet. A built-in duplexer makes it even nicer if you need to print both sides of a page.

They admittedly sell the inkjet printers at a loss and make it up with ink cartridges.

However, inkjets do have some advantages - in particular, photo printing and the ability to accept a wider variety of media. I've always had trouble trying to print on 90lb+ cardstock in laser printers - either it misfeeds, the toner doesn't fuse right, or the combination of heat and the rollers curls it.

My Epson 960 inkjet can even print on CD's. I buy blank inkjet printable CD's and use a tray included with the printer to print text and graphics directly on the CD face. Very cool.

The downside is that the printer takes seven (!) ink cartridges - two black and five of varying colors. It sets me back about $80 to replace all of them.

That's why I have both - a laser to print black & white stuff and an inkjet to print photos, cardstock, and CD's.

[Brian S]

I hear you. My brother in law asked me about 6 months ago if I wanted a old Brother HL730 laser printer since his office upgraded.

Of course I accepted, bought a new toner cartridge off ebay for $25 dollars and now worship that machine.

Only use the fn lexmark for color jobs.

Your right about laser being like getting DSL or Cable.

I'm seeing ads from bestbuy/office deport selling new HP/Brother and Samsung lasers for around $100 with rebate.