Investment In A Laser Printer

So I've just made an investment. Not the kind that involves tons of money and stocks and a panoply of boring financial things like that, but the type that offers tons of monetary benefits anyway. I purchased a Laser Printer. In fact, I purchased the HP LaserJet P1006, which prints 16ppm, but that's not even it's strong suit.

The best benefit of buying a new LaserJet is the cash savings: typical laser jets have the ability to print black and white between 2 and 3 cents per page. LaserJets are so much cheaper than InkJets that I could save thousands in the end. My initial investment is a mere $150, with free shipping, which will buy me fewer trips to refill my ink cartridges, several thousands of extra pages, higher print quality, and much more.

Looking closer at the LJP1006, and after reading several sapient reviews from Amazon, I found that I had probably struck a bargain. Although the particular model I have will cost roughly 3-4 cents per page, in the end it would have taken several thousand pages to offset the cost of purchasing an even more expensive version. I'm already getting the speed, the higher print quality, and fewer trips to buy ink, so why would I care much about a fraction of a cent per page when I'm already saving so much cash.

Update:
I even found myself getting a better bargain than I first thought. The day after I purchased my printer, plus an extra toner cartridge, the combined price dropped from $149.99 to $139.99 at Amazon. After a quick email they took the extra $10 off the price of my order, without any hassle.