I do not know anything about those two printers and I have not used a color laser, so I can not comment on them.
We have an HP LJ 2200d here at work that prints duplex and we use it in that mode all of the time. We have had no problems with it. My HP LJ 1200 at home has manual duplex that works quite well. You tell it to print in manual duplex and it prints the one side first, then you take the paper from the output and place it back into the input, press a button and it then prints the other side. Works well, but I would prefer to have automatic duplex. And my next laser printer will have duplex. I have a Canon IP4000 photo printer that has built-in duplexing, but I have only used it for photos, so I do not know how well it works. Duplex has been around a while. So if you trust the brand, I'd think the duplex option would be ok. Bobby -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 5:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [H] Duplex and color Laser printing I started out looking for a cheap desktop laser.... but now, after reading every bodies comments, and looking through the Sunday adds, maybe I should get something with more features. With my Staples credit, Sundays sale prices, rebates I would end up paying 100 to 200 instead of 30 to 50 . But I get either a duplex Bother mono laser http://officemax.shoplocal.com/officemax/default.aspx?action=detail&flashbro wse=y&storeid=2420286&rapid=253183&pagenumber=4&listingid=-2095421274&ref=%2 fofficemax%2fdefault.aspx%3faction%3dbrowsepageflash%26storeid%3d2420286%26p agenumber%3d4%26rapid%3d253183%26prvid%3dOfficeMax-060402 or a Onika Color laser desktop. http://staples.shoplocal.com/staples/default.aspx?action=browsepagedetail&st oreid=2278315&rapid=251918&pagenumber=2&listingid=-2095375915&pretailerid=-9 9906&ref=%2fstaples%2fdefault.aspx%3faction%3dbrowsepagesingle%26storeid%3d2 278315%26rapid%3d251918%26pagenumber%3d2 Questions. I could use duplex occasionally, but it sounds awfully mechanical, and problematic. Anybody have any experience with this. How about a color laser. I don't need color but it sounds nice. the cartridges are good for 1500 pages which is at least three years for me, and powder doesn't have a shelf life. So consumables aren't an issue. But get a color laser for $222.50 out of pocket, .... very tempting. Any comments, warnings? Thanks
