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Cheap Laser Printers
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I've had the best luck recently with Brother printers, however, do your research to see that there is a Mac OSX driver for the specific model you are looking at.
I bought a Brother HL 2070N for $99. The Brother driver didn't work and I had to use the comparable HP driver, though. Works fine now!
wat do u mean by cheap...
printers are one of those things that are prone to disasters if you buy cheap things...i'd be careful how cheep you go...
printers are one of those things that are prone to disasters if you buy cheap things...i'd be careful how cheep you go...
get a dell 3110cn for around 500$ from sams club or dell
it is a color laser
it has osx driver on cd
optonal double sided printing, wifi printing over 1 gig upgradeable ram and supports additional paper trays
had it for a year and print religiously comes with 5000K toners and the toner level hasnt even droped a notch
the average user should get 2-3 years on these cartridges easy
remember this is a WORKGROUP laser
i about a big of fan of dell as i am M$oft
but let me tell you the make a excelent top notch laser
check the reviews on cnet its like an 8.5
it is a color laser
it has osx driver on cd
optonal double sided printing, wifi printing over 1 gig upgradeable ram and supports additional paper trays
had it for a year and print religiously comes with 5000K toners and the toner level hasnt even droped a notch
the average user should get 2-3 years on these cartridges easy
remember this is a WORKGROUP laser
i about a big of fan of dell as i am M$oft
but let me tell you the make a excelent top notch laser
check the reviews on cnet its like an 8.5
I generally prefer Canon as well (atrocious experiences with Epson and HP) but they don't publish laser printer drivers in English. There is a Japanese CAPT driver that I grabbed to connect my LBP3000 direct to my PB and iMac CD (and it works most of the time but has a problem with sharing). I just tried it with Airport Express and it did not work, although I only spent a couple of minutes on it (the iMac saw the printer via Bonjour but could not connect - ideas anyone?).
I like my HP
Got the 1012 model 2 years ago for less than $150. That thing is still going strong and works great wirelessly with the Airport.
Got the 1012 model 2 years ago for less than $150. That thing is still going strong and works great wirelessly with the Airport.
I love mine, too, but its successor, the 1020, has had a significant issue with Macs: no drivers. But maybe this has been fixed.
If it has, then the 1020 is a highly recommended B&W laser. Look for it for $125 after rebates.
I have the 1010 and all of my macs have never needed a driver......in fact i have had a 1020 on my iMac and it didnt need a driver.
The dell is based on a Xerox engine.
I have an old Samsung ML-1710. After installing some drivers for it, it works flawlessly. Warm up time could be shorter though. I think the newer models are quicker in that respect.
Probably a lot of printers are just fine, but I'll second that I've had good luck with Brother recently. Their Mac drivers are quite good, they're reliable, toner is reasonable, and warm-up times are short.
I think they have (or had) a model that had wireless actually built in, although if you're going to go really cheap USB is of course your best bet.
I think they have (or had) a model that had wireless actually built in, although if you're going to go really cheap USB is of course your best bet.
