At its introduction in 1993, the first color laser printer on the market carried a $12,500 price tag. Its early competitors still could cause sticker shock at and above $6,000, compared to monochrome ...

UPTON, NY—Lasers are intense beams of colored light. Depending on their color and other properties, they can scan your groceries, cut through metal, eradicate tumors, and even trigger nuclear fusion.

This basic color laser printer (technically it uses a different light, not a laser) just plain works, which is more than I can say for most color inkjets I've tried. Dan Ackerman Editorial Director / ...