I approach buying a printer fram the opposite direction.. I look to see what printer has the less expensive ink cartridges and then check out the printers they fit. I personally have an Epson Stylus 670 and my ink costs $7cdn/Black and $12cdn/Color (Note I buy Print-Rite compatible ink, not original Epson they cost about double.) I get about 500 pages of B&W and about 35 Full color photo quality (8.5" x 11") prints from the color.
My next printer will be a Canon, any one that has the separate color ink cartridges. (I'm leaning towards the Canon PIXMA iP4000, the ink sells for $8cdn each color and $12cdn for a double capacity Black. Oh, and it's quiet & fast.)
nuf said, Cheers!
