Need a B/W Laser Printer suggestion

We have a G5 Intel (no wireless) and a G4/1.5 Mini Mac (with Airport) in the office. We are in need of a new laser printer that will be compatible with both of our computers. Don't want to spend a fortune, but we need one that will que some large documents and print fast. Any suggestions?

We have a G5 Intel (no wireless) and a G4/1.5 Mini
Mac (with Airport) in the office. We are in need of a
new laser printer that will be compatible with both
of our computers. Don't want to spend a fortune, but
we need one that will que some large documents and
print fast. Any suggestions?
I use a Brother HL-2070N on my home net. It's small, it's cheap, it's fast, and it prints text very well. It's not so good with graphics. (Noticeable banding with some files.) It's a Bonjour printer, so just plug it into Ethernet and it'll show on the net, no problems. (You can turn Bonjour off and just set up a fixed IP if you want.) So long as you have a wireless router of some kind you'll find it simple to add the 2070N to your network.
The 2070N also works with Windows machines without complaint.

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