Best Laser Color Printer

I'm in the market for a new laser color printer. Does any one have any suggestions? I need to stay at $800 or below and need to be able to print from CS3
Thanks for any advice I can get

There is no one best, because so much depends on your situation. I recommend that you make a list of the features that you need, and those that you would like, and then go through the various manufacturers and see how close you can get to them. Examples of features would be:
Duty cycle: How much will you print in a day, or a month.
Network capability
PostScript
Duplexing
Multifunction
Print speed, particularly color print speed.
Trays and tray capacity. The ability to hold a whole ream is valuable if you have trouble storing half a ream.
Cost of consumables.
You might want to consider other technologies, such as Xerox's solid-ink, or Ricoh's new gel-ink, as well as laser.
None of these technologies do the finest photographs. If you are interested in that as well, you might be better off with two printers.

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