The 7 Best All-In-One Printers - Winter 2021 Reviews

The best all-in-one printer for family use we've tested is the Brother MFC-J995DW. This versatile inkjet model features Brother's INKvestment Tank Ink System, which holds more ink per cartridge and should last you a while before they need to be replaced. It has an outstandingly low cost-per-print for both black and color prints, and photo printing is also very affordable. While black-only documents and color documents take a bit more time, photos are very quick to print.

It has great scanner features, including an automatic document feeder and a flatbed with high resolution. It prints great-looking photos, with nice detail and only a bit of banding in some areas. Colors look fairly accurate, and while it isn't recommended for tasks needing exact color reproduction, it should be more than fine for family photos and hobbies. It has good connectivity options, including Ethernet, USB, and Wi-Fi, and you can even print directly off a USB thumb drive or SD card.

Unfortunately, it can't process duplex scans automatically, which may be tedious if you have a long double-sided document to scan. Also, it doesn't support Bluetooth, and our unit couldn't print or scan using Mopria Print Service. Nevertheless, this is an excellent family printer that should satisfy a variety of your household needs, and it's among the best home printers we've tested.

The best all-in-one printer for small or home offices that we've tested is the Canon imageCLASS MF743Cdw. This large laser printer is exceptionally well-built, made entirely of sturdy and durable-feeling plastic, and it provides easy access to paper jams and toner cartridges. It has a flatbed scanner, an automatic document feeder that performs duplex scanning, and faxing capabilities. The scanner lid stays open on its own, and its hinges lift high enough to accommodate thick documents and textbooks.

Its page yield for both black and color documents is outstandingly high, resulting in an excellent cost-per-print. It offers outstanding connectivity options, letting you print via Ethernet, USB, Wi-Fi, and directly from an external storage device. The cartridges are also available in high-yield versions, which should last even longer, though we haven't tested them. It has impressive color accuracy, although it may not be good enough for jobs that require exact color reproduction.

Unfortunately, photos come out looking a little muted and with some banding in darker areas, although this isn't surprising from laser printers. While the printing speed for photos and color documents is very fast, black documents take significantly longer, and the scanning resolution isn't as high as other office printers. Nonetheless, this is still a fantastic all-in-one printer for small or home offices, and it's among the best laser printers we've tested.

The Canon imageCLASS MF445dw is the best all-in-one printer for black and white printing that we've tested. It's incredibly well-built, and it's designed to provide easy access to the toner cartridge and paper jams. It has a large, touch-sensitive display screen with good viewing angles so that you can see it clearly whether you're sitting or standing. It has a flatbed scanner and an automatic document feeder with duplex scanning capability, great for scanning long, double-sided documents.

The cartridge system is superb. It yields an incredible number of pages, which leads to fewer replacements of the toner cartridge and a lower cost-per-print, and the drum unit is built into the cartridge so that you don't have to replace it manually. It takes very little time to warm up and print out the first page of a document, and it gets even faster for subsequent pages, churning out 28 pages per minute. It supports most common paper sizes, and its two input trays can hold up to 350 sheets of paper.

There are many connectivity options, including support for USB thumb drives and direct printing from mobile devices through AirPrint or Mopria. It's compatible with Canon's PRINT Business mobile app, which lets you print, make copies, and even scan using your smartphone's camera. It's not the easiest printer to setup, but it's still an outstanding monochrome all-in-one that most people should be happy with.

The best all-in-one printer for photos we've tested is the Canon PIXMA TR8520. It's a great option for photos thanks to its excellent photo quality and decent color accuracy. The cost-per-print for photos is amazingly low, and printing black-only and color documents are also affordable. Its color page yield is very good, so you should be able to print many photos before you run out of ink.

It has great scanner features, including a flatbed scanner with high resolution and a sheetfed scanner that can automatically process multi-page documents. The flatbed scanner's hinges can be raised slightly to fit thick items, like a textbook or magazine. Also, it offers easy access to paper jams and ink cartridges by lifting the scanner bay. It has an incredible range of wireless and wired connectivity options, including Ethernet, USB, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi.

Unfortunately, the page yield for black pages is quite bad, so you may need to replace the cartridge often if you print a lot. Also, it can't automatically process duplex scans, so you need to manually flip over each page if you need to scan double-sided documents, which may be tedious if the document is long. Overall, this is an impressive model if you're mostly planning on printing photos, and it's one of the best photo printers we've tested.