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First, re-evaluate your assumption that an inkjet is cheaper based on how much you expect to print. If you shop carefully many laser printers can be had for under $100, and many under $200. Their cost per printed page is usually *much* lower than inkjets, so if you intent to print regularly and really only want black & white you should probably select a laser printer. That said, if you go inkjet, be forewarned that the inkjet market has changed remarkably in the past 5-10 years. It used to be that Hewlett- Packard was the gold standard of printer reliability and compatibility but they abandoned that some years back to concentrate on maximizing their revenue from the printer division at the expense of reliability and customer convenience. I wouldn't buy one of their inkjets these days and if you choose one you'll certainly have difficulty refilling ink cartridges as one of the few technological innovations HP has introduced in recent years is circuitry in the cartridges that allows the printer to detect when the ink level has risen in a particular cartridge and then refuse to print using that cartridge again. I have a Canon inkjet that I use occasionally for running off quick and not-intended-to-last photo prints to send to friends and family. It works well, but I'm not an especially demanding customer so I'm not sure I can say much more about it than that. My understanding is that at the current time Epson printers are the most refill friendly of the recent brands and they're reasonably well thought of. I'd probably steer you in that direction, but if refillability is your goal why not ask Steve Whipple (login id charcat) who works for a business in Ann Arbor that refills inkjet printer cartridges?
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