Having a really hard time deciding the right printer :(

[ColdFusion]

So I'm trying to help my cousin out finding a printer that will be suitable for his needs. Unfortunately, I know very little about printers and feel like I'm in way over my head here but still want to help him out so he doesn't walk into best buy and get screwed over. He is looking to print 50-100 newsletters a day for a small start-up business.

From doing some research I have determined he needs the following:

-Color Laser capable of at least 4-8ppm actual printing speed (not manufacturer specs but real life speed)
-No bells and whistles needed (LCD, ethernet, WIFI, ect)
-Needs to be able to print b/w 50-100 full color pages per day (max. 2000/month)
-Cheap toner (~$200/month)
-Looking to spend under $500CDN

I have also heard that some printers require parts to be replaced while others have integrated those moving parts into the toner cartridges. Preferably would like to not to have to replace those parts but an OK sacrifice for a better printer.

Thank you! Sending Love -> YOS

[ColdFusion]

Looking at this one. Seems to actually have some good reviews on the net.

http://ncix.com/products/index.php?sku= ... re=Brother

[YeOldeStonecat]

That Brother model got #5 spot in a recent PCWorld writeup
http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/collecti ... nters.html

Clients of mine with Brother printers seem to have few problems with them, the only one that comes to mind recently is odd formatting when printing from a really oddball accounting application via terminal server, something I'm sure your cuz won't be doing.

Never had good luck with Lexmark printers, thus also Dell printers (lexmark makes printers for Dell to resell, although I've heard some recent Dell laserjets are relabeled Samsungs..haven't had confirmation on that).

I've historically always been HP, but admit there are other good brands out there, such as Brother.