That's not true. Only the cheapest entry level machines make black out of
colour.

I didn't mean that. See later post.

I used to sell them in my very first job a million years ago.
Epson were always the best in terms on print quality. Why anybody would
bother to have one is more than I know, it's so cheap and easy to upload and
order photo prints online these days. Inkjet printing for business headers
etc looks crap. Stick to mono laser for that.

I think a mono laser at £70, with supposedly 12,500 pages worth of toner
included, is the way to go for me. Kodak can handle the photos, or I'll
view them on screen where they look a damned sight better anyway.