Felisa Yang, Associate Editor January 24, 2007
Laser printers used to live firmly in the office environment, but lower prices and smaller footprints have given them a toehold in home offices recently. You can easily find a mono or color laser--or even a laser multifunction--for less than $500 these days. So stop sneaking prints at work and get yourself your very own laser printer for your home. Here are five of our favorites for less than $500.
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| Price | $42.99 to $492.00 | $74.98 | $129.00 to $324.99 |
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| Review date | December 08, 2006 | August 16, 2006 | June 26, 2006 |
| The Bottom Line | With fast speeds and impressive print quality, the Lexmark C530dn is a great color laser printer for the price. We prefer it over a more expensive color printer from the competition. | The Lexmark C500n is a fast color laser printer fit for a multiuser environment with high-volume printing needs. The competition offers more features, but slower printing or lower-quality prints. | The Dell 1815dn is a good choice for a home office or a very small workgroup that needs a network-ready multifunction machine for monochrome printing, scanning, faxing, and copying. |
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| Features | |||
| Printer type | Workgroup printer | Workgroup printer | Info unavailable |
| Technology | Laser | Laser | Info unavailable |
| Printer output type | Color | Color | Info unavailable |
| Monthly Duty Cycle (Users Qty) | 50,000 - 99,999 pages | 20,000 - 49,999 pages | Info unavailable |
| Max Resolution B/W | 1200 x 1200 dpi | 1200 x 600 dpi | Info unavailable |
| Max Resolution Color | 1200 x 1200 dpi | 1200 x 600 dpi | Info unavailable |
| Media type | Cards Transparencies Envelopes Labels Plain paper | Cards Transparencies Envelopes Glossy paper Labels Plain paper | Info unavailable |
| RAM installed size | 128 MB | 64 MB | Info unavailable |
| Operating system | SunSoft Solaris x86 10 Novell NetWare 4.2 Citrix MetaFrame XP Novell NetWare 3.2 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3 IBM AIX 5.2 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 HP-UX 11.0 Apple MacOS X Linux Linpus 9.2 IBM AIX 5.1 SunSoft Solaris 10 SuSE Linux 10.1 SuSE Linux 9.3 Professional Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SunSoft Solaris 7 Microsoft Windows Vista SuSE Linux 9.2 Professional Novell NetWare 6.x Microsoft Windows 98SE/2000/ME/XP Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Debian Linux 3.0 IBM OS/400 3.1 or later Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 HP-UX 11.11 SunSoft Solaris 8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 4 Red Flag Linux 5.0 IBM AIX 5.3 Citrix Presentation Server Novell NetWare 5.x SuSE Linux 10.0 Apple MacOS 9.x Linspire SuSE Linux 9.1 Professional SunSoft Solaris 9 Debian Linux 3.1 | Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition Apple MacOS X Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Microsoft Windows XP Professional Apple MacOS 9.x Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition | Info unavailable |
| Service & support type | 1 year warranty | 1 year warranty | Info unavailable |
| Full specifications | Full specifications | Full specifications | Full specifications |
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