Before you buy a printer now you better check and see if it comes with a ink cartridge. I've heard some companies are not including ink cartridges with their printers because the printers are getting so cheap. I got a lexmark all in one printer (scanner, copier, and color printer), it was free when I bought my laptop, it came with a ink cartridge. The ink cartridge for it runs around $20 at Walmart (you can find refilled cartridges cheaper on internet), but you don't have to buy black cartridge and all the colors separately. I know one color will probably run out before the others making it a little more expensive to use but you don't have to keep have a lot of different cartridges on hand or constantly ordering each individual color ink cartridge.