Price drop since our post. Amazon has the Brother HLL-2350DW Laser Printer with 2 Sided Printing Sale Priced for $79.99 with Free Shipping. $109 and up at Amazon.  Highly rated at 4 out of 5 stars.

Why a laser printer with all the inkjet ones? Significantly lower costs for printing text or B&W pages! Homework? Essays? Ink is expensive and can cause problems if you don't print for a couple weeks.

This USB monochrome laser printer is a solid value with reasonably-priced replacement toner available (in both generic and name brand options). It features up to 2400 x 600 dpi print resolution and a 250-sheet paper tray. This new model also includes a 1-year warranty.

Brother Personal Laser comes with one starter toner cartridge (TN630) which yields approximately 700 pages per cartridge and one drum unit yielding approximately 12,000 pages. Replacements average:

• TN 660 average cost per high yield toner cartridge is between $22 - $52 lasting 2,600 pages

We've been using this type of low-cost Brother laser printers for several years and find them reliable with inexpensive toner readily available.

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