Q: Someone told me the basic ones can only cope with printing letters or CVs or a few pages at a time, is this true?
A: I recommend a brother HL-5250DN because it has automatic duplexing and the toner last for 7000 pages this means you don't have to buy toner often. I would buy the two extra paper trays for books as this would stop the need for continuous reloading of paper. Also I have it at my school and it serves 900 kids ok. It is true that very cheap ones would not cope well because they don't have duplex which helps a lot and the paper trays are small and the consumables are small so it can cost more and need a lot of intervention and this would make the printer not cope well with a book.