Personal, Color, Inkjet Printer -- Recommendations?

I need to get a new printer, and am looking for advice on a good model.
The only things I require, is that it be:
* inkjet
* color printing
* tray loading

A few thoughts:
- Look into the ongoing costs for ink. I have a trusty old hp G85 multifunction for which each ink cartridge cost about $50 but they're monstrously huge compared with the teeny cartridges in new inkjets. Even so, I've moved most of my printing and my family's to a big office-class printer because I was shelling out too much for ink. I'm not suggesting against ink jet, only that you look into the cost/page kinda thing for your candidates. (Although maybe you already knew that and you were just hoping to curtail the search by asking the forum)
- If it's for more than one machine I'd absolutely recommend getting one with an Ethernet attachment. USB-attached printer sharing is not great on any OS and carries with it the restriction that the attached computer be powered up & awake. Even my G85 now is on the Ethernet (via hp 300x)
- If it supports Postscript you won't be in driver ****, no matter what the OS and future presents.
Q: Priority is color documents or color photos?

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