Having had a GX3050N for over a year (replacing a colour laser that I transferred to my brother so he could use it for spares - he does a lot, I mean a lot, of printing), and admittedly doing less and less printing myself, recently I baulked at the ink cost when one of the colour cartridges ran out - all 3 of them were empty or nearly so, because every time you switch it on it gobbles ink, and if any cartridge is empty it will not print. Bought an HP networked inkjet (6940) for less than half the cost of a set of cartridges for the Ricoh. Now have better quality colour on ordinary paper...