It's true that the printer is really cheap to begin with. But, you'll probably get the short end of the stick when it comes to buying the toner. A 2,000-page replacement cartridge costs $80, which works out to about 4 cents per page. I suggest the Brother HL-1440. It's MSRP is about $300, but the quality is impeccable for a laser printer in that price range. It's standard memory is only 2MB, but it's expandable to 34MB. Also, replacement toner cartridges coast about $50 for the 3,000-page capacity and about $70 for the 6,000-page capacity. The cartridge costs work out to about 1.7 cents and 1.2 cents per page, respectively. You decide which would be the better laser printer in the long run. Those are just my 0.02