Laser printers have been the most versatile B&W printing tech more or less since they were invented, and the best-looking for most of their existence. For phot

Laser printers have been the most versatile B&W printing tech more or less since they were invented, and the best-looking for most of their existence. For photo prints, you are far better off just paying per page for commercial products, though color lasers are pretty good for simple things like colored charts. A really good color printer costs a lot; it's far cheaper to rent the use of one when you need it. I used an HP LaserJet 4+, upgraded to 4M+ by adding a PostScript board, and adding memory to get it into the 30-something MB range. That was 12 ppm printing speed. I replaced it with a much-lighter Brother HL-2140 (22 ppm) when I had owned it for about 10 years, during which I replaced the toner once. The Brother is now almost 10 years old, still working just fine, though I have replaced the toner twice. I could replace it, but why? It still does what I bought it to do.