Top 10 Color Laser Printers

Color laser or LED printers come in every size and shape now, from a fast workgroup model with lots of paper handling and cheap toner, to a low-end model for a small or home office that's usually pretty slow and minimally featured, with pricey toner. Fit the printer to your page volume and you shouldn't be disappointed.

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Dell 5130cdn Color Laser Printer

Everything a busy office needs is in the 5130cdn, including speed, great print quality, and features galore--plus supercheap toner.

Full Review | Video Review | Specs - Rated: February 16, 2010

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Prices from $1,300

Lexmark C792de

You could print tons on this fast and capable laser printer--but the toner costs, while moderate, are not as low as those of the competition.

Full Review | Specs - Rated: October 13, 2010

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Prices from $1,245

HP Color LaserJet Enterprise CP4025dn Printer

The CP4025dn workgroup printer has plenty of speed and features, as well as low costs per page; photos tend to look dark, however.

Full Review | Video Review | Specs - Rated: February 24, 2010

PCWorld Rating

Prices from $687

Samsung CLP-775ND Color Laser Printer

Efficient speed and paper handling, and reasonably priced toner, are this workgroup model’s strengths. Photo quality is adequate.

Full Review | Specs - Rated: September 28, 2011

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Prices from $280

OKI Printing Solutions C330dn

This low-priced workgroup model balances good speed and features with merely tolerable color quality and toner costs.

Full Review | Specs - Rated: October 25, 2010

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Prices from $539

Brother HL-4570CDW

Competitive in speed and features, but not photo quality, this small-business workhorse laser printer is best for mainstream use.

Full Review | Specs - Rated: December 20, 2010

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Prices from $300

Dell 2150cdn

A low price tag and good performance make this printer appealing, but its standard-size toner is pricey.

Full Review | Specs - Rated: March 01, 2011

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Xerox ColorQube 8570DN

The easy solid-ink consumables are a selling point, but the grainy color quality is disappointing.

Full Review | Specs - Rated: October 19, 2010

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Prices from $760

OKI Printing Solutions C610dtn

Although the C610dtn's color quality needs some tweaking, the printer's speed and economy advantages offset that drawback.

Full Review | Specs - Rated: April 15, 2010

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Prices from $449

HP LaserJet Pro 400 Color M451nw

Expensive toner and the lack of automatic duplexing make this small-office printer less appealing than it could be.

Full Review | Specs - Rated: March 09, 2012

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