Samsung CLP-325W Wireless Color Laser Printer -4ppm Color, 17ppm Black, 2400 x 600 dpi, WiFi, for $99.99
Condition: New
Print Method: Laser
First Page Output Time: As fast as 14 seconds (Black/White)
Resolution: 2400 x 600 DPI effective output
Maximum Duty Cycle: 20,000 Pages Per Month
Color Output: Color
Network Ready: Yes
Print Speed B/W: 17 ppm
Print Speed Color: 4 ppm
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corporatetakeover
added 4 months ago
Great deal although the toner cartridges are expensive!
http://inktonerselector.cnetchannel.com/tigerdirect/results.asp?S5+BYme0DA0EDD
I've only owned ink-jet printers so don't know how those prices stack up with toner cartridges for other laser printers. You can buy all 4 cartridges in a bundle for $15 less than the price of buying them individually but still $180
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=61503&csid=_21
Those are just the TigerDirect prices, you can also buy the cartridges individually from Amazon for a few bucks less than the TD bundle deal.
http://www.amazon.com/Ink-Toner-Finder/b?ie=UTF8&node=672508011&showTab=f&finderLevel3=325W%2FSEE&finderLevel2=CLP&finderLevel1=Samsung
@chipgreen: Yeah, toner/ink usually costs more than the printer, kind of like razors and replacement blades. Luckily, the toner/ink replacements are usually rated to print twice as many pages (or something like that) than the toner/ink that comes with printers. I've just started buying off-brand ink which cost less than half of the name brand ink, but I haven't yet looked into off-brand toner.
Each cartridge has approximately a 1,000 to 1,500 page yield - the ones that come with the printer are "starters" that only last about 1,000 pages. The printer has another component, the imaging unit, that lasts only between 6,000 and 24,000 pages, depending on how much color you print. This component (the imaging unit, $133) literally costs more than the printer at this price.
If you plan on printing just occasionally, this could be a pretty nice deal for you. If you plan on printing thousands of pages a year, I'd look elsewhere.
Also, as far as I can tell, there is no separate input tray for envelopes / card stock - there's only one tray that holds only 130 sheets of paper. So if you wanted to change paper type, you'd have to take all the paper out of the printer and replace it. But hey, for $100, it's not bad.

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