I got my hp inkjet 1000 back in 2009 for $30 at Walmart. I was paying about $60 for cartridges at Walmart or drug store. That is till I started shopping on e-bay. I bought it for something else not papercraft. I started looking for something to print just to have something to do when I had time. That is when I seen all those fantastic paper models. I was hooked. So you can say the printer got me started on papercraft.
My printer will only print one page of 110lb cardstock at a time, and it has seen a lot of wear and tear, but it keeps me working on paper models.