[tumult]

I have a Dell laser printer I bought off of woot.com for $99 years ago. Still on its initial toner cartridge. Still works 100% flawlessly. It plugs in via ethernet, uses zeroconf/Bonjour, and requires no drivers. I still can't believe what a ridiculously good deal it was.

Like some other commenters here, if I need a color print, I just walk down the street and have a professional printer do it for one or two dollars for a huge glossy or matte high-resolution print. If you do the math, it's cheaper to do this regardless of how much you print -- per page, a consumer inkjet is more expensive than a professional print, and looks worse. There is no point.

(I can even just send it online, and walk over and get it sometime later when it's already done.)

[oops]

For color inkjet printing, these systems can save you a lot of money (if you can get past the look of them):

http://www.rihac.com.au/ciss-systems-c-26.html

We have a couple in our co-working space.

[thorax]

What is your model of Dell laser printer, if you don't mind me asking?

[tumult]

1700n. It was new, not refurbished, and came with a toner.

[qeorge]

Wow, that is wild. I bought that same deal off woot.com (although I think I paid $120). We've been using it for about 4 years now, and are also still on the initial half-filled cartridge.

Probably the best woot I've ever bought.

[tumult]

You're right, I think I did pay $120 for it, not $99. Maybe I unconsciously factored out the shipping, even though shipping was free.

[wendroid]

Same here with an HP4000+ from eBay. Full duplex, network, two full ream bins, $150. I expected it to die pretty quick but two years later (and 1000s of pages) the spare toner is still on the shelf.