Clearly designed for personal, rather than office use, the Samsung Xpress M2020W ($129.99) monochrome laser printer offers reasonably good speed along with output quality that's good enough for most business needs. It also offers Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, and NFC support, which gives it an edge over much of its competition. Unfortunately, its running cost is high enough to be a potential issue if you need it for anything more than extremely light-duty use. Like the Brother HL-2240 and Samsung's own Xpress M2625D ($470.00 at Amazon) , which is our Editors' Choice for a low-cost personal monochrome laser, the M2020W ($999.99 at Amazon) is smaller than most inkjets, at 7.0 by 13.0 by 8.5 inches. The combination of the small size and a low paper capacity, at 150 sheets, is what defines the M2020 as a personal printer. One advantage the M2020W has over both the Brother HL-2240 and Samsung M2625D is its Wi-Fi support, although not in the way you might think. Although Wi-Fi will let you sh...
The Samsung Xpress M2020W is small enough to serve as a personal monochrome laser printer, but if you're planning anything more than light-duty printing, its high running cost could be an issue.
Small; Suitable paper capacity for a personal printer; Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, and NFC support
High running cost; No Ethernet connector; Lacks duplexer; No additional paper handling options available