suggestion about getting a color printer ... "DO IT!!" It will be the 'best gift' you ever gave yourself ... sure it costs a little more, but printers are so inexpensive these days that everyone can afford a color printer. I bought my sister a very inexpensive "Apollo" a few years ago ... it was only $50 but she loved it and had no problem with it at all. We later found out that it was an 'offshoot' of HP because she used HP ink cartridges with it. She upgraded recently because her boss was getting himself a new color printer and he made her 'an offer she couldn't refuse' on his 'old' one, so she got herself an HP Photosmart. You will find yourself printing and 'creating' things for yourself that you never imagined you would do ... just because 'you can!!'