Your question lacks depth. Maybe you print photos. Maybe you print spreadsheets. Maybe you print colors. That determines the printer. And in terms of BIFL, nothing beats an laser. You can whine about the cost to the wind as you either own a BIFL printer or you don't. My laser's toner is likely expensive dunno...its been spitting out pages at the rate of artillery shell use at the Battle of Argonne Forest and there is no end in sight. And it doesn't dry out. And it doesn't mock me when cyan is low as its a black and white printer. I keep my color one over at Walgreens and let them handle my color and photo needs. If you want BIFL, you will get a laser and suck it up. And you'll be using it for 20 years.