sick and printer

Another month, another cold. Man, I hate living in the wintry north! My head feels as if it’s full of wet sand.

So I’m looking into buying a printer. Time to join the modern world, I guess. Does anyone have any suggestions? I want the printer to be:

1. Fast.
2. Reliable.
3. Fast.
4. Cheap to run (i.e., per page price), and not having super fancy ink cartridges that need to be changed every 12 pages. Should I be leaning towards laser?

Color and scanning/copying capabilities optional.

Post your opinions here.