Duplex Laser Printer (Brother HL-5150D)
This is a great workhorse laser printer. I’m continually astonished by how cheap these things have become, and particularly with the price pressure that Brother’s been putting on the market lately.
This printer is fast and capable. I LOVE printing full duplex 4-up. It saves a lot of paper, and I find that it’s much easier to read long articles that way. The toner seems to last a long time, and there’s a straight-feed paper path for printing envelopes and cardstock. It has a postscript emulation mode, so you’ll always be able to find drivers for it. The Windows driver, in particular, has a number of very nice options for different layouts (including an automatic double-sided book layout from standard letter pages).
The only drawback I’ve found is that it’s exactly the right shape for my cat to want to sit in it, which results in errant cat hair on printed documents. Very occasionally, he’ll hit the button on the top, which will wake the printer up, and very rarely print another copy of the last document. This is a minor irritation. Other than that, no complaints. It’s quiet, it’s fast, and the quality is very good.