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A great little work-horse!

Pros
+ Print quality is outstanding for 600dpi
+ Fast (I've gotten up to 26ppm)
+ 250-sheet capacity paper tray
+ Automatic duplexer
+ Equally easy to setup as a wired printer.

Cons
- Starter Toner Cartridge good for only ~700 pages

Summary
SETUP
Network and driver setup is a breeze. There's more than one way to do the first time configuration: via a temporary USB or Ethernet cable connection. Then I used the setup tool on 64-bit Windows 7 Home, and it cleverly discovers your network's SSID and wireless password from the setup host computer.

QUALITY
The print quality is outstanding for 600dpi, and toner coverage is a solid 100%. The toner cartridges seem expensive, but relative to my short lived inkjet printers it is a bargain. 3rd party toner carts do exist, though it looks like you have to fiddle with things to use them (I have not tested 3rd party toner). Did I say this printer was FAST?

Most people won't care about this usage: I used this to print out text, source code, line art and dithered /halftone art. No issues. I used this to print some PCB (printed circuit board) artwork onto manually-fed glossy transfer paper (actually cut out from a magazine), then used a clothes iron to transfer the artwork from the printed page to copper clad protoboard, and then etched the copperboard in acid. The toner survived the "etching" process, and once cleaned off I had a nice metal etched board. I'm stating this because I read at least 1 review that the toner in this printer was not durable enough to act as an acid resist. The toner is great. I'm sure at least one in a two hundred users would be wondering if this is good for PCB artwork.

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this is a fine printer for the price and output quality. We are most satisfied with this purchase.

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This is the fastest printer I've ever owned. It has also been remarkably trouble-free since I started using it. The duplex feature offers a wonderful choice if reducing piles of paper is a goal.
It turns on really quickly as well.
I do wish the toner cartridge would last longer, but like most printers it gives you the "low toner" warning long before you need to do anything.

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Easy wireless set-up. Trouble free excellent quality printing. 2-sided printing a great feature.

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