Printers > Laser Printers > From 250 GBP to 450 GBP

Advantages: Quick, efficient and reliable
Disadvantages: Expensive toners

Lexmark may not be as well know as Hewlett Packard in the office world for their printers but I cannot see why not. I have been working with these units for sometime now and they beat the competition hands down. Why? Well, many reasons but first, let me describe one to you. The Lexmark Optra T610 Laser Printer is not something you are going to have at home. The main reasons being the sheer size of the things and the cost of buying one. However ...
...quiet and quick to print. It can handle you document management requirements much better than many of its competitiors and at a fairly reasonable business cost. They are both compatible and upgradable to keep up with the modern business environment which is constantly evolving. No more changing your printer every couple of years. These beasts are ahead of their time in looks, performance and compatibility. Add to this their ability to cope with ... Read review

Advantages: quick, cheap
Disadvantages: none really

...per sheet). --Online Support-- Kyocera has a very comprehensive UK-based website which provides a lot of information on each of their products, including where to buy, cartridge costs etc. It has a support helpdesk which is on an 0845 (local rate) number as well as email support. The online help pages are split into different section to allow for easier navigation. It even has a section to help you set up the printer initially which is always helpful. ...
...never had to use their online or offline support. --Pro's-- Quick, cheap printing, it can do about 14 pages a minute so it’s perfect for doing large black and white print runs. It can even cope with printing out black and white images without loss of definition. Hold enough paper for even the largest print jobs I have to do, this means I can leave it printing and not have to keep on checking on it and restocking the paper. Compared to our office ... Read review

Advantages: Good quality, duplex printing
Disadvantages: None

...options, I went for the Brother HL-6050D, although as I have a network at home, I should have gone for the HL-6050DN, oh well live and learn. I got this printer on line from Misco, and it cost me around £340, but looking around you can get it for anything from £315 up to £390. *** What's in the box? *** The box is rather large, about a 75cm cube, it weighs about 20kg. Opening the box, and fighting through the very robust packaging, you come across ...
...the AC power lead, a toner drum, oh and the printer!! The thing that really gets me about any of this type of peripheral is that you never get an interface cable, so remember to buy an Ethernet, USB or parallel cable. I went for the USB option; it is actually the High Speed USB2 that the printer supports. *** Setting it up *** First thing though, it is actually quite heavy, so take care when lifting, also the packaging is pretty big! Mine had ... Read review

Advantages: Value for money
Disadvantages: Not the smallest or Best looking

When buying a printer,always look beyond the first ink cartridge.And when it cames to pages per £££'s you can not do better than this.A new ink cartridge will cost you for this printer arround £48 and it will print(reliably!) an amazing 6000 pages of more than reasonable quality documents! You do the maths,compare to any other laser printer and then buy this one,because if you are on a budget you won't find anything cheaper.That is the best thing ... Read review

Advantages: Qulaity, Speed, Network Adapter
Disadvantages: Size of paper tray

This is a superb colour laser printer for the money. I use this for business on a daily basis. Although mainly used for B&W printing its very fast. When used in Colour the image quality is fantastic. This printer comes with various means of communication ie parallel, USB and a built in network adapter. I have it linked directly to the router and therefore it can be used as a network printer easily. The menus are very versitile and offer you a great ...
...Ie turning off the colour function to certain users. My only disappointment is that it doesnt come with a larger tray. An additional tray can be purchased as an optional extra at additional cost. The printer is very frugal with the ink, it seems to keep printing and printing without the levels going down rapidly. The cartridges arent cheap checkout dells website. This is to be expected for a colour laser though. Caution. This is heavy 2 people are ... Read review