Dell’s laser-like C1765nf business-centric printer is ideal for small or home offices, but it’ll do just fine for home use. Just make sure you don’t print on photo paper.
Epson’s WF-7520 wide-format printer is designed for the office, but with its strong feature set and performance, it’s a great buy for the home, too. Just make sure you have the room and strength for this beast of a machine.
Samsung’s Xpress C410W is one of the world’s first color laser printers with NFC – great for printing from smart devices. Print quality is good, but it’s slightly marred by expensive supplies.
Samsung’s M2825DW is a fast laser printer with excellent print quality and cost-effective maintenance. It makes a great secondary printer at home or a workhorse machine for a small office.
The Xerox Phaser 6010 is a compact printer that delivers very good quality color prints. While designed with small office networks in mind, it’s suitable as a home laser printer too.
Although Oki’s C331dn LED printer is marketed toward office users, it’s also suitable for households that do a lot of printing. Just be aware that supplies are on the high side.
The Epson WorkForce Pro WP-4530 is business color inkjet printer, but it’s pack with features, performance, and cost-savings that would suit the home user very well. It does a great job with photos too.
The Epson Expression Photo XP-950 is an all-in-one printing, scanning, and copying solution complete with high resolution scanning and border-less high quality photo printing.
HP claims the Officejet Pro X576dw is the fastest desktop printer in the world, and it’s true – we achieved even faster speeds in our tests. But color results are mixed, and it’s pricey and large for an inkjet.
Epson’s Stylus Pro 3880 is capable of producing great-looking prints, even if you don’t know much about color management. For those who do, the printer will deliver gallery-quality art.
Epson’s Stylus Photo R2000 is an affordable, entry-level prosumer photo printer that handles a variety of media – including roll paper. It’s ideal for step-up users or designers on a budget, but some image tweaking may be required to get optimal prints.
Don’t let its “work” moniker deter you. With wide-format output and scanning, as well as affordable replacement ink, the Epson WF-7510 is great for home use.
Brother designed the MFC-J870DW multifunction printer as an office machine, but the low price and high-quality output make it equally suitable for home use.
The Epson Expression Premium XP-610 is an affordable wireless home printer that delivers excellent quality photos and documents, provided you use the right paper.
If you need a printer that can produce excellent photos, but also adept at being a multifunction device, Epson’s Expression Photo XP-860 is that machine.
Samsung’s Xpress C1860FW offers fast output and great quality prints, even on photo paper. Unfortunately, a high retail price and lack of duplexing holds it back.
Brother’s MFC-J4420DW all-in-one printer is marketed toward office users, but it’s more than capable in a home setting. Print quality is very good, and it’s a good deal too.
The WorkForce WF-2660 is an affordable entry into Epson’s PrecisionCore technology, offering plenty of MFP features, fast print speeds, and photo-quality prints.
Canon has a new series of printers designed for the SOHO and small-business markets. With workhorse performance and high-quality prints, it’s worth the premium.
Epson’s Expression Premium XP-520 is a great printer that churns out quality photos and documents. As a MFP, however, there are too many quirks and missing features.
The Officejet Pro 8620 from HP delivers fast prints with good-quality output on regular and specialty paper, making it attractive to both offices and large households.
If you do a lot of printing, and want the ability to print on paper up to 11 × 17, the MFC-J5520DW from Brother, with its high-capacity ink cartridges and 250-sheet paper tray, is a good value.
The PictureMate PM-400 is the newest portable photo printer from Epson, and lets you make lab-quality photos at home. But the convenience of this specialty printer comes at a premium.
Budget printers usually requires sacrifice in features or performance, but Brother’s J885DW office MFP delivers on the things that matter, at a low cost of purchase.
For high-yield printing environments such as small offices, Canon’s Maxify MB5420 is a great choice. It’s a multifunction workhorse printer designed for heavy-duty use.
In our Canon Pixma TS9020 review we find that six color inks creates excellent photo prints at an affordable price for a inkjet printer of this quality.