Blazing speed, pretty printouts and reasonable running costs make the HP LaserJet Enterprise 500 M551dn an easy pick for busy offices. This workhorse color laser printer boasts a duplexer and 500-sheet paper drawer plus 100-sheet tray, and it can crank out up to 75,000 pages in a month. It includes Ethernet networking — no Wi-Fi, but you can print wirelessly from mobile devices via HP ePrint.

The Brother HL-4150CDN is quite a bargain: It is relatively inexpensive for a color laser printer, but it’s heavy-duty enough for a small office. It has Ethernet, a duplexer, two paper trays and a robust 40,000-page monthly max — just about everything a small office needs. There’s no Wi-Fi, but you can print wirelessly from smartphones and tablets with Brother’s free app.

Cheap, easy, fast and reliable, the Brother HL-3140CW is the best inexpensive color laser printer for personal use or small workgroups. There’s no Ethernet hookup, but Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi Direct are built in so you’ll be able to print wirelessly from your computers, smartphones and tablets. Text and graphics don’t look as crisp as with pricier models, but still quite good. There’s no duplexer, though.