Laser TagsWith prices falling quickly, you can afford to print beyond black and white.

Faster than a speeding inkjet, more colorful than a monochromelaser and now showing at an office near you-color laser printers!They're the business blockbuster of the season. Sure, laserprinters have always been big-but when you add some color to thepalette, the possibilities are endless.

But before we start digging into all that fun hardware, you maybe asking, Are color laser printers even affordable? They sure are.What used to cost well over $10,000 can today be had for less than$2,500. In fact, all the lasers in our chart ("ShoppingList") check in at less than $2,600, and theleast-expensive Minolta-QMS Magicolor 2200 DeskLaser costs just$1,299 (all prices street). While that looks like a lot compared toa $300 color inkjet printer, there's no contest when it comesto consumables.