Best Laser Printer Under $175

[htmlmasterdave]

I've seen some talk about Samsungs being good... all I'm looking for is a good overall machine with decent prices for tonor, speed is probably my least concern. Decent quality (doesn't have to be insane) and hopefully decent software support(want atleast OS X drivers... if i can get a networked printer, that would be the best )

Thanks for your suggestions!

 

[AmdEmAll]

My Samsung ML-1740 is great.

 

[BentValve]

Thats easy...
HP 1012

 

[htmlmasterdave]

Originally posted by: AmdEmAll
My Samsung ML-1740 is great.

Have you heard anything about the ML-1740? It looks like it should be a bit of a better model and it's the same price at the store I'm looking at.

 

[AmdEmAll]

I've heard that other people like it and it's samsung so the quality is there. I've had mine for about a month and have printed about 150 pages. It warms up fast. Prints extremely fast. It doesn't have a nic in it though. I got mine for $73 after rebates.

 

[htmlmasterdave]

The HP seems a bit expensive comparitively... does it have anything that makes it stand out?

 

[Erasmus-X]

HP lasers have faster warm-up times than Samsungs and they tend to be less noisy when printing. I picked up a Samsung ML-1740 because the price was great and it actually produces very sharp prints. The replacement toners for it are $80 and yield 3,000 pages. The Samsung also has an on-printer "Toner Save" button that forces the printer to print a bit lighter to save on toner. The only thing I don't like about the Samsung is that the Mac driver is half-assed (it doesn't have near the flexibility of the Windows driver). Other than that, it's a terrific little printer.

I have a friend with the HP LaserJet 1012 and he seems to love it, but I think I prefer having the Samsung's paper cartridge versus the top-loading "L" mechanism on the HP 1012. Loading in thicker stock (like envelopes) isn't much of an issue on the Samsung either, because it also has a manual feeder that works okay.

A vote for the Samsung.