I need a recommendation for the best printer for me to buy.  My
requirements are, in order of importance:
1. Non-fade pictures, good for maybe 5 years.
2. Border to border printing on an 8 1/2 x 11 paper.
3. Low price per page.
I'm using a Windows XP, and I have a laser printer for documents, so
this would be exclusively for color. The photos would be usually 100%
coverage. Right now I want to print 100 photo calendars, which means
1200 pages, but I generally only print a few pictures a week.  Speed
isn't too important to me, and I don't need museum quality.  I've seen
an HP advertised for $79 that sounds great, but I worry about the
cartridge costs and the fading.
Thanks for your counsel.

A Lexmark X3350 should be good - I'm not sure about getting 1200 pages
out of it that quickly, but it's a rather good printer. It can do
borderless printing on a lot of different sizes, including standard
letter (8.5" x 11") and Legal.

http://www.lexmark.com/uncomplicate/product/home/21/0,7044,204816596_238081724_473191701_en_0_6,00.html

Although it might get a little pricey for the large amount of
documents you want to print.

A better alternative is always a laser printer -> They are cheaper per
page (in the long run), have much higher print resolutions, and can
keep from fading for a rather good span.

Something like this might suit the job:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1487968&CatId=245
Although it is a lot more pricey.

The newer HP Photo Printers have a ink you can buy for them that are
supposedly able to "Resist fading for years to come". Not sure of the
exacts there.