Depends greatly on how much you pay for the used laser, also (Boeing had LaserJet 5s for $1 a month ago). It seems like there was a sweet spot where you could get solidly built high-resolution printers (LJ4/5 -> LJ 4100 era about), that had PostScript (4100 is a clone, but . . .) and use cheap toner cartridges. My school district IT swapped out some of our old printers (Lexmarks, they were dying anyway) for new HP LaserJets. I am not impressed. Short cartridge life, cheesy plastic construction, pricy cartridges with no 3rd party alternatives. What's not to like about a 4100? Quality is nice - isn't that one reason we like the computers we do?