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I own a deskjet 500 printer that I am very happy with. You have to decide what you want out of a printer to decide if it is the right one for YOUR needs – which may be different than mine. I already had a fairly quick dot matrix for high volume draft documents and program listings, etc. I wanted another printer for good quality low volume output volume but could not justify the costs of a laser printer (both initial and the costs of consumables) for my needs. (Actually according to a printer review I read when I was look for a new printer, the cost per page is a bit higher for the DeskJet than for a laser printer. Since I only produce low volumes of output I figured the cost savings between a laser printer and the deskjet would buy a LOT of ink cartridges!) For informational purposes, I'd suggest checking out the printer review issues of PC Magazine at your local library. The choice of paper used is the most important factor in how good the output will look. No matter what paper I use, if you look REAL close you can see some minor bleeding of the ink into the paper. Now I am being ULTRA picky here, but I want my resume to be perfect! For everything except resumes I am very satisfied with my DJ 500. Note that you are not supposed to use laser printer labels in the deskjet. It does feed business-sized envelopes but note that it has a minimum 1/2 inch left margin. This is OK if you are using pre-printed stationary that already has a return address but not so OK if you want to print your own return address. Personally I just live with the annoying 1/2" of whitespace. A laser printer can typically feed envelopes length wise so this is not an issue for them. I don't make much use of the built-in fonts, preferring the excellent soft fonts that come with Final Copy. The printer is very quiet when in operation which is nice. It is not a fast printer but in my case I have a dot matrix for fast output. I recall that I paid close to $400 for my DJ500 several years ago. Today <continued>