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Message: [QUOTE="BucketButt, post: 205468, member: 1387"] Since you mention color prints, an inkjet printer is your best option. Not only do they cost less than color lasers, but inkjets generally deliver better color prints than all but the very best color laser printers. (I have a Brother HL-5450DN monochrome laser that I use for most document printing, and I love it; but it isn't what you need.) I recently replaced an older (and well-used) Canon PIXMA MP-620 with an Epson WorkForce WF-3530. Both printers use separate cartridges for each color and have scan/copy capability; the newer Epson also includes an automatic document feeder, a FAX capability, _much_ faster prints and a much larger paper capacity. Print quality was very good with both printers, but the Epson is certainly better -- it should be, considering how much the technology has improved since the Canon was introduced. If you have space for a printer that is around 15 inches tall, I'd recommend the Epson or one of its close kin. If you need something a bit more compact and can live without the automatic document feeder, something similar to the Canon will serve you well. I have also owned and used several HP printers over the past twenty-plus years, and have never been disappointed; but my requirements weren't the same as yours then, and really aren't now. HP printers are also the easiest (by far!) to install and use under Linux, if you use that operating system. [/QUOTE]