Color Laser Printers

I'm looking to learn from my peers concerning color laser printers for Photoshop.  Photoshop is a hobby not a profession so I can't go crazy monedy-wise; but I am willing to put some skin in the game as I move on from the inkjet world.  This would be a home printer for my wife and I only.  PC envrionment, MS Office mostly.  Any thoughts and recommendations are greatly appreciated.  Thanks

Which 'Windows OS upgrade' are you referring to?
My Windows 7 Professional 64-bit system has a built in (Microsoft supplied) driver: HP Color LaserJet CP1510 series PCL6.
The HP Windows 8 advice page (http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03365145 ) indicates that the Universal Print Driver (UPD) is the supported Windows 8 solution, although the notes indicate that the UPDs won't be available until 'late December', and that only PCL6 and PostScript UPDs are supported (PCL5 UPD is not supported in Windows 8).

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    Hi.
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  • Color Laser Printer for OSX?

    Hi! I need some advice on a color laser printer that will work with Tiger and Leopard both and also Windows XP. I'm looking for a high quality 25-35 PP/Min printer. I haven't had any luck finding suitable reviews for anything out there. Does anyone have any real world advice? Thanks, Tom

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  • HP or Xerox Color Laser MFP?

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  • MAC OS 10.5.7 and Samsung CLP-610ND color laser printer, images very dark

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