Can anyone recommend an all in one color laser in the 300 - 400 range?

HP has a decent "help me choose" tool here:
http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/product_advisor.do?landing=printer&storeName=storefronts

It will probably come down to something like the OfficeJet 7500A within your price range.  A decent printer at that price, imho.

Best of luck.

"We don't need the network features the dell had"

For office use I strongly recommend a network printer. Any other connection will cause problems in the long run. Also avoid any inkjets, or pay the price.

Thanks a,, the OfficeJet 7500A is not a laser so we are concerned with the cost of consumables since this machine will print a decent amount per month.  

The OKI isn't an all in one unfortunately.  

Lastly, in regards to the networking feature, we have two heavy duty network printers in the Church.  This printer is to be used in a remote location by one user, so that's the reason for the networking feature not needed.  

sorry about that, should have picked up that the 7500a isn't a laser.

Here is a search return from CDWG with laser printers (specifically) color, with copier and scanner, and usb connectivity for under $500.
http://www.cdwg.com/shop/search/results.aspx?wclss=P3&Attr2935=TRANS50063859&Attr2926=TRANS50062939&Attr4382=TRANS50403681%7cTRANS50403679%7cTRANS50403680&Attr3208=TRANS50076755%7cTRANS50063863&prcn=200002

I'm normally an HP type person, just based on what my experience is with.  But any of those should do what you need.

hdhondt has a good point (as always :) ) - think about possible future uses. I have purchased printers in the past that were supposed to be for one user - then 2 years down the road someone wants it to become a network printer, and then there is a fuss about why it doesn't have network capability.

I believe all of the printers returned in that search have an ethernet connection also - so even if you don't use it now, it is available if needed.  Then you are the "forward-thinking" genius :)

Best of luck.

Another issue to consider: low-cost printers are usually GDI printers (also known as host-based), which rely on the Windows graphics engine to convert the page into dots on the page. The drivers for these printers are very dependent on the OS version, so that a Vista driver may not work under W7, etc. Sometime in the future the manufacturer will stop releasing new driver versions, and your printer may stop working when you upgrade your PC. The cheaper the printer, the sooner drivers will stop appearing.

More expensive printers support printer languages like PCL or PostScript, and drivers for these come with Windows. Even if the driver is not part of Windows, you can still get other drivers to work with your printer. For GDI printers, only the driver for your specific printer will work.

A last bit of confusion: only PCL5 and PCL6 are printer languages. Some HP printers support something called PCL3. These are GDI printers with a fancy name.

Looking at the Konica Minolta magicolor 1690MF.  Anyone have any experience with this printer?  The price is right, just not sure how well it does with legal sizes.  Trying to determine if it accepts legal in the paper tray or if it loads from a seperate input (IE: on our Dell you open a seperate input on the front of the printer and load legal as needed, but the tray is always stocked with 8.5 x 11).

The way i read Konica's info on the printer, it comes with their basic 200 sheet paper tray.  I don't see where they have a separate input tray you could pull out.  The standard tray will take all paper sizes, but if you want to print to a different size than what is loaded in the tray, you'll have to change out the paper in the tray itself.

It does have an optional 500 sheet lower tray add-on that will take Letter or A4 paper.  With that you could load letter in the lower tray and keep legal in the 200 sheet basic tray and print from which ever tray you needed.  Of course, that 500 sheet tray is almost the same price as the printer itself:
http://www.cdwg.com/shop/products/default.aspx?edc=2307272&enkwrd=ALLPROD%3a(500-sheet+lower+feeder+unit)

Thanks, yep that won't work then.  Heh, it's tough working on a church budget sometimes.  We go back and forth between legal and letter all day long, so this wouldn't be practical.  Back to the drawing board.

Thanks all.  Any experience with the Canon 8350?  If not we might have to splurge 100 bucks or so.

My experience has pretty much been on the HP side of things.  I've had to support some Canon copiers (networked) and been satisfied with their performance.  I'd be comfortable recommending the Canon.

Thanks.  The Canon seems a bit outside of our budget too though, everyplace seems to have it for around $ 500?  We decided to go ahead and see if the Church finance committee can add a little more money to this projects budget.  We will see what we can work out.  Thanks!  I guess we should close the question in the meantime.

Thx

yw.  best of luck.