The 4 Best Laser Printers - Winter 2023 Reviews

The best laser printer we've tested is the Canon imageCLASS MF743Cdw, a sturdily-built color laser all-in-one designed for office use. It has many connectivity options, including Wi-Fi, USB, and Ethernet, so everyone at the office can easily access the printer. Its ADF-equipped scanner produces high-quality scans, processes double-sided sheets in a single pass, and supports optical character recognition, allowing you to scan documents into text files for quick keyword searches.

This printer produces outstanding quality black and color documents. It's a little slow to warm up, but it's very quick once it gets going, printing up to 29 black or color pages per minute. The toner cartridges yield a large number of prints, around 3000 black and 2000 color, so it doesn't require much maintenance. The cartridges are expensive, but since they have the drum built-in, you won't have to spend extra to replace the drum separately. The input tray holds 300 sheets of paper, which is great for large print jobs as you won't need to interrupt the process to put in a fresh stack of paper.

If you only print black and white documents, get the Brother MFC-L2750DW instead. This all-in-one monochrome printer has a feature-rich scanner with extendable hinges to accommodate thick items like textbooks and an automatic feeder to process multi-page documents. It can also scan double-sided sheets in a single pass, saving you plenty of time. It produces outstanding quality documents, doesn't take long to warm up, and prints quickly at 36 pages per minute.

As for its page yield, you get around 2000 prints per cartridge, and the cartridge is relatively cheap, which helps keep maintenance costs low. You have to spend extra to replace the drum separately, but Brother specifies that it's good for 12,000 prints, so you likely won't need to do it too often. For connectivity, it has the usual Wi-Fi, USB, and Ethernet, and it supports NFC, so you can connect just by tapping your NFC-enabled device against the printer.

One thing to know is that this printer has many variants with small differences in features and performance, so if you don't need features like duplex scanning or don't mind slightly slower printing speed, you can save some money with a model like the Brother MFC-L2710DW. You aren't compromising on print quality, though, so no worries there. You can also get bundles with a longer-lasting XL toner cartridge, like Brother MFC-L2690DW XL, which might be cheaper than buying the cartridge separately. You can see the differences between the variants in our full review.

Our best budget pick is the Brother HL-L2350DW, a print-only monochrome printer and a variant of the Brother HL-L2325DW we tested. Since the HL-L2325DW is hard to find, the HL-L2350DW is the best alternative, and there are other variants that you might want to check out as well, which we'll talk about shortly. It feels well-built, produces sharp-looking documents, and prints very quickly at 32 pages per minute. Additionally, it doesn't cost much to maintain as the toner cartridge yields a large number of prints and is fairly cheap. The main tradeoff is the lack of a scanner, so you need to be sure you won't need to scan anything.

As mentioned, there are many variants with slightly different features. If you're okay with spending a little more, you can go with the higher-end Brother HL-L2370DW, which has Ethernet connectivity and slightly faster printing speed. You can also find bundles with a high-yield and super high-yield toner cartridge in the box, like the Brother HL-L2370DW XL.

If you're shopping on a very tight budget and want something for those occasional print jobs, we recommend the Pantum P2502W. Like our budget pick, it's also a monochrome print-only unit, meaning it doesn't have a scanner. It produces high-quality black and white documents and doesn't cost much to maintain as the toner cartridge yields over 2000 prints and is cheap. The drum is built into the cartridge, so you won't need to replace it separately. It takes a while to warm up, but it prints quickly at 25 pages per minute once it gets going.

Unfortunately, this model doesn't support automatic duplex printing, so you'll have to flip the pages manually when printing double-sided. It also tends to push printed pages off the output tray, resulting in out-of-order sheets. It doesn't happen often, but it's an inconvenience, especially during large print jobs. Lastly, while the mobile app is feature-rich, it has lots of software quirks that make it hard to use. Overall, there are many compromises, which is normal for such an inexpensive model, but it's still a good option if you only print once in a while.