ok when lookign at scanners and printers the big thing you have to look at before buying is ink prices. eg i have this lexmark scanner/printer now and its cheaperfor me to buy a whole new printer and get two free inks thank just to buy too inks. so take that into account when buying yours mate.
also i reccommended a laser jet inks are exspensive about $150 each and u need 4 but you can print up to 1000 pages
Mine is a HP deskjet cost about $50.
Takes 2 cartridges and as GiRDS said they are more expensive to replace than the machine itself.
But it works well !!