Color printer advice

[yamunatri]

Hi, I want to get a color laser printer in the near future. I mostly print B&W, but would like to occasionally print photos or other color documents. A combo machine would be great with a scanner, copier and fax as well. I'm familiar with HP brand-wise, but I don't really know what's out there. I am also considering inkjet, but the cartridge cost seems to outweigh the printer cost after a short while. Please tell me the best and lowest price laser printer. Thanks

[remus]

First thing to bear in mind is that you dont generally get combo laserjet printers. Secondly, the 'cartridges' for colour laser jet printers are very expensive, more so than for inkjet printers.

Going on what you want, id say get a cheap black and white laser for printing all the stuff where quality isnt an issue, then buy something like this: http://tinyurl.com/5unw3a for when you want high quality. You shouldnt get through the cartridges too fast with this combo, either.