Below is a list of the top 7 printers for you to use to work from home. The COVID-19 pandemic has also seen many school children grounded as well and experiencing e-learning. They too need printing and scanning devices in the home. The market has been gradually moving away from using devices in houses and apartments, but this crisis has seen many raiding the storeroom at home to find and fire up those devices. According to market analysts, the top seven printers for your house or apartments are:
HP OfficeJet 5255 All-in-One Printer: Best Home Printer
Printer type: Inkjet with just two cartridges—black and color
Max printing speed: 10 ppm (black), 7 ppm (color)
Weight: 14.4 pounds (6.5 kgs)
It prints, scans, copies, and faxes and does each task equally well.
Epson Expression Photo XP-970 Small-in-One Printer: Best Inkjet Printer
Printer type: Inkjet with one black and five color cartridges
Max printing speed: 8.5 ppm (black), 8 ppm (color)
Weight: 19.4 pounds (8.8 kgs)
Epson makes the best photo printer on this list.
Canon Color imageCLASS MF743Cdw: Best Laser Printer
Printer type: Color Laser with two toner cartridges—black and color
Weight: 64 pounds (29 kgs)
“You don’t need to connect computers with USB cables to print, and can even easily print from smartphones and tablets.”
Canon MAXIFY MB5420: Best Home Office Printer
Printer type: Inkjet with one black and four, color cartridges
Max printing speed: 24 ppm (black), 15.5 ppm (color)
Weight: 28.4 pounds (12.9 kgs)
“Canon targeted this device at small business owners offering connectivity with Google Cloud Print, Apple Air Print or Canon’s own printing app.”
HP Tango: Best Smart Home Printer
Printer type: Inkjet with 1 x Tri-Color and 1 x Black
Max printing speed: 11 ppm (black), 8 ppm (color)
Weight: 6.87 pounds (3.1 kgs)
“The HP Tango was designed for the new type of family that doesn’t have a home computer and prefer to print using the cloud and connecting via a smartphone or tablet.”
HP LaserJet Pro M404dn: Best High-Output Printer
Printer type: laser with one black cartridge
Max printing speed: 40 ppm
Weight: 18.9 pounds (8.6 kgs)
This laser printer is arguably the fastest one on this list and you can print connected to a computer or wirelessly with AirPrint or CloudPrint.
Epson SureColor T3170: Best High-End Photo Printer
Printer type: Inkjet with 1 x Cyan, 1 x Magenta, 1 x Yellow, 1 x Black
Weight: 60 pounds (27.2 kgs)
This is very pricey and very heavy, but comes with its own modem, is very compact and easily fits on a desktop and will allow you to print from anywhere in the house, wirelessly from tablets and smartphones.