After a few months of using an inkjet printer you'll begin to realize just how expensive those refill cartridges become. Sure the printer may be inexpensive, but add on ink cartridges for a year and things add up quickly. While colour inkjet printers are still far less expensive than colour laser printers, when it comes to black and white, laser printers have it made. The ML-1440 is a pseudo SOHO printer, and while it has the boxy shape, and paper tray underfoot, it is more like a home printer than true SOHO.