I'm taking the advice from people on here about getting a laser printer for my home business. I print a ton of shipping labels....and that's it. I'm getting sick of having to buy ink cartridges every month.

The cheaper the better. Whats a good one? How many pages can I expect to print before I have to change the....whatever it is that laser printers use for "ink"?

You don't need to spend anywhere near that amount. You can get a good laser printer for under $100 at any office store. Samsung's ML line is good.

I spent $199 for my HP Color LaserJet 1250 a while back. You should be able to find a decent laserjet for under $100 these days.

Yeah. My ML-1750 has kept going for a long while, and even then it was a hand-me-down for University from my parents. Haven't had to replace the toner, either.

I bought a Brother HL-5170DN, which is a fairly cheap b&w laser printer with built-in automatic duplexing, a network connection (so you can hook it to your network and print to it from any computer), 21PPM, and awesome linux support. The toner cartridge is still original, and I believe I bought it ~4 years ago. I'm extremely happy with it. The only thing it sucks at is printing photos, which is expected for a b&w laser printer.

My Konica Minolta PagePro 1350W was $50 after rebate- Staples Black Friday deal. I've replaced the toner once..have had it for over two years now, I think.

We use Konica Minolta's here at work, we have four Magicolor 4650ENs, and while they print pretty nicely, they network like turds. Took us forever to get four to work on one machine, but just one works great so...

shell shocker

http://www.newegg.com/special/shellshocker.aspx?nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL050709&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL050709-_-MECH-_-EB2B-_-ShellShocker

Thats a good deal, free shipping too, which is nice on a printer.