Printer for college dorm

I need some advice on a good quality printer for a college dorm room
My daughter will be going off to college and is bringing her new MBP with her.
You know the dorms are not very big so the size of the printer is key. Also she will mostly be printing documents.
Thanks for all your help
Have a nice day

Any will do. Check for Mac comparability first of course, like those from Dell might not work.
HP, Epson, Compaq etc., should work fine. Just make sure if it's all-in-one to install the latest drivers from their website, not from the included disk as it's usually outdated.
OS X 10.4/10.5 need to upgrade, 10.6.8 ok still

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