Inkjet printers are cheap and it can print in colors but it can get expensive if you print very often. You can get a pretty good inkjet printer for less than one hundred dollars. But you will find out that ink cartridges do not last long and before you know, you would be spending more on the ink than what you spend on the printer. Since color laser machines are so expensive, if you need to print color, inkjet printer is your only opton.

Do not buy OEM cartridges. They cost too much. Believe me, I service printers for living, remanufactured and compatible cartridges work just fine. Buying remanufactured cartridges, you would be saving over 50% of ink refill cost. Remanufactured cartridges do not work 100% wherever you buy. They work for 90 - 95%. This is just one downside of using remanufactured units. So make sure the seller would exchange defective units and most sellers do. I have very good relationship with the online store TonerPirate (www.tonerpirate.com) Many of my clients buy from them. They sell both inkjet and laser toner. Their prices are pretty much cheapest price I can find. If you plan to buy remanufactured supplies, do not buy Lexmark and Dell. Lexmark and Dell designs their printers in a way so that it reject all compatible or remanufactured cartridges. You will end up spending hundreds and thousands of dollars buying Lexmark brand cartridges. I recommend, HP, Brother or Canon brands.