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Article: Color laser printers becoming affordable for consumers.
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- San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA)
- Article date:
- October 23, 2002
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Byline: Mike Langberg
Color laser printers are finally becoming affordable for individual consumers, with Minolta-QMS offering the new Magicolor 2300 DL at the precedent-shattering price of $799.
Hewlett-Packard, the longtime market-share heavyweight in laser printers, is also sliding under the $1,000 barrier with the new HP Color LaserJet 2500L at $999.
Color laser printers aren't for everyone, especially given that high-quality inkjet printers now cost well under $200. But for some users _ especially those who want to do a lot of color printing on plain paper _ color lasers have compelling advantages.
Desktop laser printers are the ...