Colour Lasers?

[.Markski]

Need some advice as I'm having trouble deciding.
Currently we run a Kyocera laser printer which over the past 10 years has given faultless service and a Canon inkjet that has been remarkably adequate.
The Laser is on it's last legs and the colour printer doesn't print quality enough to do photo's. We could really do with freeing up some space too and I'm wondering if colour lasers make econimic sense?
The laser currently prints say 50 - 100 pages a week and the colour gets used hardly ever, although it it was quality enough I'm sure it would get used more.

Has anyone done this type of merge before - is the colour from a laser good enough for photo's? Is toner prohibitively expensive - drums?
The beauty of the Kyocera is that it has a drum for life.

TIA

[.Markski]

LexSport said:

...And when you compare the cost of a decent mono laser with a decent colour laser, the difference will more than cover a high quality (A3 if it's desirable) photo inkjet and another desk/table to put it on if necessary.

Cheers, will the difference cover thecost of a small extension though Walls are bulging here!

[.Markski]

PC World are listing the ML1510 @ £99.99 oddly, thing is it only comes with 2mb memory and 600dpi.
Might be worth a look though.
cheers.

[.Markski]

Been having a look round, the Kyocera is my printer of choice, I have print server boxes (Axis) so I don't need a network ready one.
The Kyocera is £200 but I just spotted a Dell 1700 for £173 - looks very good value.

[.Markski]

Yep space is a premium for us so it'll have to be compact too.
Looks like I'll scrap the colour laser idea, replace the Kyocera with another and worry about printing photo's later.