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I don't go through printers very often, but I would suggest that, for text and the odd pic, any modern printer would do the job. However, for long term economy, get one with separate ink cartridges - Epson and Canon are the most likely to have this lower down the range, but HP with separate cartridges might come in range. As you mainly do text, you will likely find 3rd party ink cartridges give very acceptable results - again Epson and Canon (from my UK experience) are the best supported on the replacement cartridges front with HP being rather more difficult. Modern all-in-ones are very capable in all departments and often about same price as your bog-standard single function printer. And, if you use a printer frequently, never turn it off as it wastes ink every time you turn it on as it recharges/cleans the heads. Where the balance is between leaving on and turning off to save energy or ink is something I can't tell you. To note HP recommend, from my experience, to leave any of their printers that have ink recirculation systems switched on - probably only higher end ones that have recirc', but read the model's literature 1st. Final 2 tips: 4-ink systems are absolutely fine for most things, more inks only being required if you are getting really picky about skin colours etc in photos .. and .. check out popular-range end-of-lines at your local retailer as it's a competitive market and new lines often bring only minor improvements and re-styling - yesterday's model is likely to be a real bargain while still being extremely capable. I personally wouldn't buy anything other than separate-cartridge models from Epson, Canon or HP (in no particular order) and have had, or bought for others, various models with no regrets.