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Switched to a color laser at home about 15 years go. I don't print very often. Every time I went to print the ink jet needed a new ink cartridge or the head needed cleaned, or a new print head. It basically dried out. So bought an at the time Brother color laser printer copier scanner fax with wireless. It was expensive way back then $900. But figured it saved me in ink cartridges and print heads.

Also have an Epson scanner that rivals a drum scanner. Had it a long time. But don't use it very often. The scanner on my color laser usually does higher quality than I need. Have scanned slides on the Epson, it is backlit has a slide carrier and it did really well. Some of the slides were really old and started losng color. Got a Photoshop plug-in from Kodak and it did a great job restoring them.

My brother and his wife using both a b/w laser and a color ink jet all-in-one. They use the b'w laser for the stuff without pictures and his wife likes the ink jet better for pictures. When they want a high quality scan, they bring it to me. She prints often enough they actually use up the ink cartridges and get new ones.

When I was using the color laser to do the paperwork to sell the CayenneS the old brother started printing streaks. Called around and it was cheaper to replace with a new Canon all-in-one laser than have fixed. Took the brother and the extra cartridges I had for it to Staples to recycle the printer. They gave me enough store credit for the brother cartridges to take home a new Canon color laser all-in-one.