Seeking Recomendations: Old Color Laser for Home Office

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To old and not all that good. Go for a 4500 or 4550 they will suit your
logic.

"limner" <limner@arcadia.com> wrote in message
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> Hi:
> I willl be shopping soon for a color laser for my home office, and am
> hoping I can get some informed recommmendations.
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> In the past, I've normally gone for used oldie-but-goodie small office
> workgroup equipment from eBay which can be had at a good initial price
> and has decent availability of reasonably priced ink/toner. The cost
> per printed sheet tends to be better than new consumer grade things,
> and the machines themselves are sturdy workhorses made to last.
> As examples, I have an HP Deskjet 560c ($25 for the printer, $5-10 for
> *large* cartridges) and an HP Laserjet 4+ ($70 for printer with
> network card, 114m memory, duplex attachment; $15-25 for toner
> cartridges). Using HP service manuals and parts from eBay, I'm able to
> do my own maintenance.
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> With that as background, can anyone recommend a color laser to search
> for? I would be using it mostly text, some PowerPoint slides and light
> non-professional graphics, no photographs.
> Basically, I'm looking for a laser replacement for my color inkjet for
> maybe under $400.
> EBay appears to have alot of Color Laserjet 5 printers for under $250,
> with good availablility of accessories/spare parts. Anyone know about
> them? I'm unable to find any reviews on the model.
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> Many thanks for any advice or direction anyone can kindly offer.
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