I'll chime in on the Samsung ML-1710.  There's a newer model out now but 
I bought at Fry's for $99.  The starter cartridge sucked through. 200 
pages then dead and a replacement was $70 but it's fast and prints 
Linux/Mac.  I setup a $50 printer server (some Buffalo brand return at 
Fry's) and works like a champ.

FoulDragon@aol.com wrote:

> Well, I've been happy with my Samsung ML-1210, bought probably 2.5 
> years ago at Fry's (at the time it was 150 USD - 50 rebate = 100).
>  
> I haven't finished my way through the starter cartridge packed in 
> (rated 1000 pages) but note that online dealers have replacements 
> (rated 2500) for 40 to 60 USD depending on if remanufactured or new.
>  
> However, the model's long gone.  I saw one at the Goodwill recently, 
> almost got it for a spare cartridge, but the cart was gone.  I think 
> Samsung now offers better models (15 or more ppm versus 12, and the 
> design's more enclosed-- on the 1210, the paper sits out, and the 
> output tray's vertical so it collects dirt which can't get replaced)
>  
> HP also makes (made?) a low-end laser, at the time it was a $200 
> competitor with the $175 ML-1210; it was a Winprinter.
>  
> I know Brother makes an inexpensive laser, but Brother lasers often 
> have a seperate drum and toner cartridge.  The toner's cheap but after 
> like 20000 pages the drum goes and it's a "cheaper to throw the 
> printer away" replacement.


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