Dell Laser Printer 3100cn

It comes with a 250-sheet paper drawer as standard equipment, Dell throws in large-capacity toner cartridges, each rated for 4000 pages, in place of the 2000-page cartridges that came with the 3000cn, which is no small advantage considering the going rate for both colour and black ink. Those prices should make the 3100cn economical to run. The unit's estimated cost (1.5 cents per monochrome page).The 3100cn supports both PCL (Printer Control Language) and PostScript emulations. With a footprint of about 17 by 17 inches, it takes up little desktop space, but it can grow quite tall as you add paper drawers to the bottom of the unit.
3100cn's black-and-white printing was superb. Text looked crisp and was neither overly heavy nor too light. Even small fonts were easy to read. Line art looked almost perfect, and our greyscale test photograph displayed sharp details and smooth tonal transitions.

Brother MFC-8860dn

The MFC-8860DN has a convenient flatbed design that accommodates either single sheets or bound documents for copying, faxing, or scanning. With the ability to function as a digital copier, the unit supports reduction and enlargement of documents from 25 to 400 percent in one percent increments, makes up to 99 copies, and includes sorting functionality. Copies up to legal size can be made from both the glass and the automatic document feeder. Print and copy speeds up to 21 pages per minute keep up with busy offices, while outstanding resolution of up to 1,200 x 1,200 dpi gives each document exceptional legibility.
The MFC-8860DN features two sided (duplexed) printing, copying, scanning, and faxing. You can take a typical document file and simply choose to print it as a duplexed document right from the MFC-8860DN's print menu, with the orientation you prefer. Your selection then happens automatically, without the need to reload the paper to print the other side. You can also copy or scan two sides of the same document and either print the copy or store the scan as two single-sided pages, or as a single two-sided page.