[Hampshire] Recommendations for a SOHO duplex laser printer

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Author: Andy Random
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Subject: [Hampshire] Recommendations for a SOHO duplex laser printer

Hi,

I need a new printer at home.

I don't print that much but it tends to be in bursts with long periods
between and in the past I've found ink jets rather unreliable for this
because the print heads dry up and block so I'm looking for a laser
printer.

Ideally I'd like it to be colour, but I don't print photos so I don't need
to worry about the photo quality of a colour laser (which from past
experience has been poor) as long as it will print the odd map or flyer in
colour that is all I need.

It must be USB and ideally networkable as well though that is less vital.

It *must* be capable of duplex printing and I don't mean "manual duplex" I
want to be able to print 50 pages walk away and come back 10 minutes
later to find 25 sheets printed double sided waiting for me.

It has to be small enough to fit on the side table by my computer desk,
it's a decent sized side table, so the printer doesn't have to be tiny,
but I'm not looking for something the size of a photocopier.

Price I'm somewhat flexible on, lower running costs and reliability are
more important to me than a low initial purchase price, though I wouldn't
complain if it were cheap as well :)

So any suggestions, recommendations or devices to avoid?

Andy