They're reasonably priced if you consider that toner doesn't dry up like ink does.

If you only need to print a few times per year, it's far cheaper to buy a laser w/ toner. With inkjet, you'll have to buy (and wait for) new ink cartridges because they dry out in less than a year.

If you need to print a lot of color materials frequently and don't mind the quality, then ink jet is a better deal.

I have been happy with the OKI 332 w/ a duplexer. Plugs into ethernet, if all else fails you can drop a file to the printer with your browser.

The LED "laser" printers are usually all very reasonably priced, carry a good set of features and last long. The downside is that they're rather bulky since they have 4 drums.

I had good luck with Oki printers (most of them come with Duplex unit, Ethernet and all OS support), a lot of people are very happy with Brother printers.

Here in Norway the HP Color Laser 150nw seems to be the only one, at about twice the price of the cheapest non-color laser printers.