Suggest a cheap printer for school?

[chera]

Can the H!P'sters suggest a cheap (<$100) inkjet printer for student usage?  I'm getting it for my little sister who will be using it for high-school school assignments and reports. 

Cheap ink is a plus, high quality color photo printing isn't.  Most printers I see these days are either multi-function scan/fax/phone/copy units or photo-printers, and she doesn't really need either.  This would replace a HP Deskjet 3420, a truly horrible piece of crap that broke down after a week.

[ebc]

Canon's have cheapest ink cartridges.

Otherwise if possible can I pursuade you to get a cheap B/W laserjet. Seeing as colour isn't really needed I think laserjets are way better value for money in long run plus they're faster at printing lots of pages. Good for large assignments etc.

[chera]

Thanks for the tip.  I think the longest assignment my sister has ever done was like a dozen pages, and she doesn't do those very often.  I'm not sure a laser would make sense, but will check those options as well.

[Asmodai]

Anything but a Lexmark. Every single one is a POS.

[JFC]

^ Heh, with my recent ink cartridge issues, I'm learning that the hard way.

[frblckstr1]

Thanks for the tip.  I think the longest assignment my sister has ever done was like a dozen pages, and she doesn't do those very often.  I'm not sure a laser would make sense, but will check those options as well.

Remember laser printers use a lot of power, and they emit a lot of ozon (do not use it in a badly ventilated room) and these days they discovered also that the tonor is such a fine dust that its not advisable to be in the same room as the printer.

I am using a HP 5550 for years now, no problems with it.

[amuse]

Just make sure you get one with cheap third-party ink.

[chera]

I ended up getting my sister the Canon Pixma IP4300 Inkjet Printer, new in box for $75 plus $19 in shipping.  It works well enough, although the printer costs just a bit more than buying a new set of inks.  Thanks for the recommendations!