Is there a printer out there for what specs I want? (compact)

[Dr.Pants]

Alright, well, as you may have noticed, I need a printer. Pickup in a few months, when I finally move out and save me eight hours a week of commuting.

So, as for what I want it to do? Print. That's all. Colour is a bonus. I'm a college student, so colour would be a boon for my lab papers, but I can live without it.

Now, the caveat; I'd like me a pretty slim printer. i.e., a box. No trays. Can work for OSX or Windows, I honestly don't care what OS its drivers support.

Oh, and cheap is another bonus, too.

 

[MisterMe]

... I honestly don't care what OS its drivers support.

...

Yes, you do. You also want a color printer. You should also name a price range. Cheap is a pejorative, not a price. That said, the least expensive printers that I have seen are sold by HP. These HP DeskJets support both Windows and MacOS X up through MacOS X 10.6.

 

[Frosties]

A samsung or brother monochrome laser printer for example is the best for you if you want cheap and good prints but does not need color.

 

[RMo]

I have a Brother HL-2140. It's a compact laser printer, but it's only black and white and it doesn't have duplexing. It has both OS X and Windows drivers (and works perfectly attached to my AirPort Extreme Base Station). The HL-2170, by the way, is nearly the same model with built-in networking. The list price is over $100 but can easily be had for less (Amazon has it for $80 now). It's a great printer.

I do recommend a laser unless you need a lot of color; color lasers will be bigger and might not fit your "small" criteron, but if you get an inkjet (something I rarely recommend), you'll deal with expensive and frequent ink replacements. I haven't replaced the toner in my laser since I got it, but it's reasonably priced. (BTW, that's something you should check out for any printer before you buy: the price of consumables.)

Hope this helps--that's my recommendation for a printer. It depends on what you really want, though, or what your price range is.

 

[Dr.Pants]

Alright, well, thanks for the suggestions. I'll do some research by myself and then bump the thread when I come across something that looks good and hopefully isn't a POS - I'll take a look at the Brothers. Didn't know that a colour laser would be gigantic.

As for budget, just FYI, it would hit about $100 max. And because I'm being cheap, I might as well just drop the compact need - I'm just insanely OCD about have trays flapping about.

 

[striker9]

All printers are going to have trays. Your best bet would be to look for something that folds up nicely.

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