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Hey friends I am willing to buy a small laser printer for home use and my budget is $200. I have checked out some of them but as I don’t have much idea about the printers i need suggestion from you all guys to narrow down my search and get the best one out of it. So is there anyone who can help me with some best small laser printer within my range?? Any help regarding this will be highly appreciated.
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As far as your budget is concerned I think that Samsung ML-1740 will be the best in your case, it will probably cost you for $150. Its basically a black-and-white laser printer and will cost you half the price of the average monochrome laser that are available today. It will take 14-inch square on your desk and 7.5 inches high. It has a glossy white-plastic shell and a 250-sheet main paper tray. I think that it will be the best for home use. It probably prints ordinary text at 13.0ppm which is enough for home use according to me.
So as I have mentioned the benefits and some features of the Samsung ML-1740 you also need to know the drawbacks before getting it. Here are some of them:
- Samsung ML-1740 will not work with a Mac
- It will reduce maintenance but will probably hiking the refill cost’s but then that depends on the use of it.
- The letters break up a bit on small fonts
- One gets a 1,000-page cartridge with the shipping so you will have to soon refill it.
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Hey thanks for the same. I have checked out the Samsung ML-1740 and it looks nice and I can keep it as one of my option. Anyways I just wanted to know that is there any small color laser printer available in the same range or within $250? I don’t have any problem in getting black-and-white laser printer but I will like to know if there is any color option for me within the range I have specified?
I am looking after small laser printer for home use but if they can be used for some small office use then it will be a plus point for me.Any further suggestions are welcomed.
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If you want to get a color laser printer within the range that you have specified then you can check out the HP LaserJet Pro CP1025 Color Printer series. I am not going in much detail for the same but then you can get it for $229.00 and below is the short specification of the same:
- Black (normal): Up to 17 ppm
- Color (normal): Up to 4 ppm
- Resolution: Up to 600 x 600 dpi
- Monthly duty cycle: Up to 15,000 pages
- Recommended monthly print volume: 200 to 850 pages
- Paper input capacity: Up to 150 sheets
- Paper trays: 1
- Plus: HP Auto-Off Technology.
- Ideal for: Home office and small business
If you can spend some more for the color printer then I think that HP LaserJet Pro CP1525 Color Printer series will be the best choice for you as you can get it for $299.00, just check out the specification of the same:
- HP ePrint: Yes
- Black (normal): Up to 12 ppm
- Color (normal): Up to 8 ppm
- Resolution: Up to 600 x 600 dpi
- Monthly duty cycle: Up to 30,000 pages
- Recommended monthly print volume: 250 to 1000 pages
- Paper input capacity: Up to 150 sheets
- Paper trays: 1 plus 1-sheet priority feed slot
- Plus: HP Smart Web Printing and HP ePrint[1]
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You can also check out the SAMSUNG CLP-310N. It will cost you around Rs. 15,999/ that means you will have to spend around $300 for the same but it will be the best and worth within that range. You can go through the features, Printing and Paper Handling specs of the same:
Features
- Compact than other color laser printers
- Faster than other color laser printers
- Constant than inkjet printers
- Silent than other color laser printers
- Compact than inkjet printers
Printing specs:
- Up to 16 ppm in A4 (17 ppm in Letter) Speed (Mono)
- Up to 4 ppm in A4 (4 ppm in Letter) Speed (Color)
- First print out time (Mono) Less than 14 seconds (From Ready Mode)
- First print out time (color) Less than 26 seconds (From Ready Mode)
- Resolution Up to 2400 x 600 dpi effective output
- SPL-C (Samsung Printer Language Color) Print Emulation
- Manual Duplex Print
Paper Handling specs:
- 150-sheet Cassette Input Capacity
- 100-sheet Face Down (75 g/㎡, 20 lbs) Output Capacity
- Paper Size : 76 x 160mm (7.6 (3) x 16 (6.3)cm ~ 216 x 356mm (21.6 (8.5) x 35.6 (14)cm)
- Paper Type: Envelopes, labels, card stock, transparency Papers
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There are some good choices here but I think that Dell Laser Printer 1700 is just the best and fits perfectly in your range as well. You can get it for $199, it comes in Dell's signature black-and-silver colors, the text Print quality is not that good but the Grayscale photo Print quality is just too good. The Output Score, Line Art, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-LineArt-Default) as well as the Output Score, Text, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Text-Default) are said to be poor according to the test but then the Output Score, Grayscale Graphics, Best Quality Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Grayscale-Best) is quite good below are the other test results:
Print speed: Text-13.5 ppm
Color Photo (secs)-31.38
Color Photo, Normal Settings-31.38
One-Page Grayscale Graphic (secs)-39.58
Ten-Page Word Document (secs)-44.42
Tested Color Speed (ppm)-3.6
Three-Page PowerPoint Document (secs)-43.7
Three-Page Word Document (secs)-29.15
Two-Page Excel Document (secs)-24.4
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