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The color inkjet that undercuts a laser on black-and-white output speed.

Where most cheap inkjets crawl, this Epson pushes 21 pages per minute in black and white and 11 in color — measured the same ISO way a laser is. That makes it bluntly faster than the Canon TR7120 at 14 black-and-white and 9 color ppm. If you want one machine that handles both a color invoice and a chatty black-and-white report without gagging, this is the speed-to-wait trade you are looking for.

The paper handling is generous for the class. There is a 250-sheet capacity, automatic two-sided printing, and a 35-page single-sided auto document feeder. A 2.7-inch color touchscreen handles the day-to-day, and setup can run from your phone using Bluetooth Low Energy — the low-power radio that lets the printer find your phone without a cable. It also takes Ethernet if you would rather hardwire it.

Two things to know before you commit. It uses Epson’s own T822 cartridges, and the manufacturer states non-genuine ink can cause damage the warranty will not cover — so budget for genuine refills, which owners describe as expensive. Reliability is genuinely split: plenty of owners run it happily for daily classroom or cardstock work, while a smaller group hits a paper feeder that grabs multiple sheets at once or Wi-Fi that needs a power cycle. Treat the document feeder as a light-use tool and feed small stacks.

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Three jobs in one small footprint — print, copy, and scan without spending much.

For the household that prints a few pages a week and scans a school form now and then, this Canon is a sensible entry point. It is a compact all-in-one covering print, copy, and scan, with automatic two-sided printing and an auto document feeder so multi-page documents do not become a one-sheet-at-a-time chore. Speeds are 14 black-and-white and 9 color ppm — slower than the Epson above, but plenty for occasional work.

The print quality is the standout. Text comes out crisp and photos look genuinely vivid from its two-cartridge hybrid ink system, which uses a separate pigment black for sharp text plus a color cartridge. It connects on dual-band Wi-Fi, so it can sit on either the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz band in your home, and it works with the Canon PRINT app, Apple AirPrint, and Mopria. A small 1.42-inch monochrome OLED screen displays ink levels and status without an app.

The real-world verdict most owners land on is simple: lovely output, costly ink. Genuine XL cartridges cost about as much as the printer itself, so heavy printing turns this machine into an expensive habit. It is built for light use. A few buyers also hit ARM-based Windows laptops with no Canon driver support, so check your machine’s processor before buying. Functionality and connectivity draw mixed results — some owners sail through setup, others fight Wi-Fi. For a light-duty home printer, the value holds.

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A photo-friendly all-in-one that fits on a shelf and asks only two cartridges.

If most of what you print is a school photo or a recipe page rather than a 200-page report, this is the machine that fits your desk and your habits. It prints, copies, and scans, runs 15 pages per minute in black and white and 10 in color, and handles auto two-sided printing. Two cartridges — a PG-285 pigment black and a CL-286 color — keep the refills simple with nothing to mix or spill.

Its 2.7-inch LCD touchscreen is easy to navigate, and setup is quick. Owners mention crisp black-and-white text and decent borderless photos. The scanner is a flatbed only, so it copies one page at a time — no auto document feeder here. If you mostly scan single documents or photos, that is fine.

This one comes with a real caveat to size honestly. It prints beautifully for the price, but it is the thirstiest machine on this list. Owners call the ink a genuine hog, with one burning through a cartridge in three days of photo printing. Wireless setup is not plug-and-play; you may need to connect manually through the tiny touchscreen. A few units also turned up firmware or print-head issues, though the bulk of buyers get along fine. Keep it printing weekly so the print head does not dry out, and it will serve a light home well.

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A 1.5-pound printer that fits in a backpack and never asks for ink.

This is not a home office workhorse — and that is the whole point. It builds on Phomemo’s M08F design and adds a smart display that shows status and battery at a glance, so you can plan a print run without guessing. It prints one page a minute at 7 ppm, which is slow. But it is inkless thermal printing: heat darkens special paper instead of spraying ink, so there is no ink, toner, or ribbon, and no subscription to sign up for. That makes black-and-white documents genuinely free of refill costs.

Portability is its defining spec. At 1.5 lb it slides into a bag, and a built-in battery carries up to 150 continuous pages on a charge. It handles US Letter paper and connects by Bluetooth to a phone app, or by USB-C cable to a computer with a driver. Business travelers printing boarding passes, invoices, or permits get a self-contained printing station that fits in a pocket of the carry-on.

The catch is the medium. Thermal paper is B&W only, it requires special stock, and it fades faster than ink over time — scan anything you need to keep for years. Setup in the app is simple for most, but a beginner may need to work out how to print at first. The machine is a travel companion, not a replacement for a desk printer.

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One laser, up to seven people, no ink to babysit.

Built for small teams — HP pitches it for up to seven people — this monochrome laser prints up to 35 black-and-white pages per minute and spits out the first page in about 6.6 seconds. It handles scanning and copying too, with automatic two-sided printing to keep paper costs down. It connects over Ethernet or Wi-Fi, and a Bluetooth radio handles simple setup.

The toner story is the reason it belongs on a no-subscription list. The black-and-white laser toner runs cheap per page and keeps for months, so a shared office that prints a few hundred pages a month is not buying ink all the time. Owners printing text at moderate volume report the toner just keeps going, and the 6.6-second first page makes it feel immediate. HP adds Wolf Pro Security with configurable settings, which is a nice touch for a machine sitting on a family network.

The recurring grumble is the networking. Owners describe Wi-Fi that can be fussy, with some finding the non-wireless setup cleaner when everything sits on the same network. There is the same HP cartridge rule as the 3101sdw — original HP chips only. The build is workmanlike, not premium. But for text-heavy shared printing, it is a solid, low-fuss machine.

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Color laser output without the inkjet refill habit — a print-only workhorse.

Here is the machine for someone who prints color reports and photos but is done buying inkjet cartridges that dry out. It is a color laser printing 19 pages per minute in both black and white and color, with automatic two-sided printing and a 250-sheet paper tray that reduces refills. It is print-only, so there is no scanner or copier — a deliberate trade that keeps it simple and small.

The toner economics are the draw. Brother’s four-color laser toner runs far cheaper per page than ink, and it does not clog from sitting idle. It works with AirPrint direct from an iPhone or Mac without any app, so a mixed-device household can print from anything. Setup is quick once you strip the shipping tape, and it is built to take the odd heavy volume without complaint.

Be honest about the weight: it is around 40 lb in the box, so have a second pair of hands for the stairs. Setup is also the split point — a fair number of buyers find the Mac setup or the initial Wi-Fi entry genuinely fiddly, and a few got stuck on firmware passwords afterward. If you are comfortable with computers and use AirPrint, it is largely painless. Check your OS: it works with Windows 10/11, Mac OS, and Linux, not Windows 7. Also note there is no bank-check MICR support.

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Fifty pages a minute, a 520-sheet tray, and toner that lasts the year.

If you measure a printer in reams, this is the one. It prints 50 black-and-white pages per minute and holds 520 sheets in the main tray plus 100 more in a multipurpose tray, expandable up to 1,660 sheets with optional trays. It has automatic two-sided printing and both Gigabit Ethernet and dual-band Wi-Fi for sharing across a busy network. The spec sheet alone makes it the most throughput you can get from a single small printer.

The toner math is the real story. Brother’s ultra high-yield toner is rated for up to 18,000 pages, so a heavy-printing household buys toner a couple times a year instead of monthly. It also carries Triple Layer Security to protect the network and documents — useful if it shares a home machine with work data. This is a no-nonsense, hardworking machine.

Two things to expect. Photos show banding, so this is not a photo printer — text and math symbols come out clean, but images are not the point. And the setup is the split again: easy for most, but a few units hit firmware password locks and network discovery issues after a reset. It is also not the quietest machine in the room. For pure black-and-white volume, though, the toner savings add up quickly.

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Fill it from a bottle and print for months — the subscription avoided entirely.

This is the answer for anyone who wants color all-in-one printing and never wants to shop for a cartridge again. It is an ink tank printer: you top up four ink tanks from bottles instead of swapping cartridges, and the included ink is rated for up to 6,600 pages black and 5,500 color. Each replacement bottle set equals about 80 cartridges, so the recurring cost drops dramatically. That keeps money in your pocket without a subscription at all.

It is a genuine all-in-one. You get print, copy, scan, and fax, plus an auto document feeder for multi-page scans, a 250-sheet paper tray, automatic two-sided printing, and a 2.4-inch color display. Print speeds are 18 black-and-white and 9 color ppm with no warmup. Refilling from the keyed EcoFit bottles is genuinely mess-free — each bottle only fits one tank, so you cannot mix them up.

The honest trade-offs are setup and connectivity. Setup involves a roughly 15-minute ink charging step, and firmware setup can be fiddly for the non-technical — the phone app helps. The scanner is adequate rather than excellent, and a few units lost their network connection outright. The trays feel a bit light, too. But once it is running, the ink seems to last many months, which is what turns a home printer into a low-cost one.