The 6 Best Home Printers - Summer 2021 Reviews

The best home printer for families that we've tested is the Epson WorkForce Pro WF-4830. It has fantastic scanning features, including a flatbed scanner with hinges that lift high enough to scan textbooks, an automatic document feeder with duplex scanning, and built-in fax. The touchscreen display is excellent, responsive, and easy to use.

It feels excellently well built, gives easy access to paper jams and ink cartridges, and has two paper trays for a large total paper capacity. It prints quickly overall and has a great cost-per-print, particularly for black text documents, which helps you stay within budget. It also prints good-looking photos with very accurate colors. Connectivity options are outstanding, including Wi-Fi and an Ethernet port, and it can print directly from USB flash drives.

Unfortunately, its page yields are only okay, so you'll need to replace the cartridges more often. The Brother MFC-J995DW has far superior page yields, but it's currently difficult to find at a reasonable price. However, the Epson's iPrint app lets you print all the most commonly used file formats, and you can also print, scan, copy, and perform maintenance tasks directly from your phone. All in all, it's an impressive printer for family use and can handle a wide variety of tasks.

The best color printer for home offices that we've tested is the HP OfficeJet Pro 9025e. It's designed for small or home offices, but performs impressively well for family use, with very good page yields at an outstanding cost-per-print. It prints photos and documents very quickly, and doesn't take long to warm up and print the first page.

The touchscreen is great and makes printer task navigation easy. It has fantastic scanning features, including a high-resolution flatbed for delicate photos, a duplex-scanning automatic document feeder for long documents, and built-in fax. Photos look satisfactory and have decently accurate, well-defined colors. The connectivity options are outstanding, including Apple AirPrint and Mopria Print Service, and you can also print directly from USB flash drives.

Unfortunately, there's a known issue where the automatic document feeder produces tilted scans, which might be an issue for office work. Also, the ink cartridges have much lower yields than SuperTank printers, so you might need to change them more often. That said, this is a great printer for home offices that's also versatile enough to handle a variety of tasks.

The best printer for black and white printing for home use that we've tested is the Brother MFC-L2710DW. It's a monochrome laser model with a high-resolution flatbed scanner and an automatic document feeder, and you can slightly lift the lid's hinges to scan thicker items like a textbook.

It yields a large number of pages, so you shouldn't need to replace it too often, which helps keep the cost-per-print incredibly low. Although it takes some time to warm up and print its first page, subsequent documents print out very quickly. There are many connectivity options, including Ethernet, Wi-Fi, and Wi-Fi Direct, and there's also support for Apple AirPrint and Mopria Print Service.

Unfortunately, it has a small, two-line LCD screen that feels a little outdated compared to the touchscreen displays on more recent models. Also, its ADF doesn't have automatic duplex scanning, which can make scanning long, double-sided documents very tedious. The similar Brother MFC-L2750DW might be a better choice since it has a better display screen, duplex scanning, and higher page yields, but it's currently hard to find available. Nevertheless, the L2710DW is still a great option for black and white printing.

The best home printer that we've tested if you're on a budget is the Epson WorkForce Pro WF-3820. This all-in-one inkjet printer offers decent photo printing quality and great color accuracy, making it a good choice if you're looking for something to print pictures with at home.

It has a high-resolution flatbed scanner and an automatic document feeder to easily scan multiple pages at a time. Also, although the first page takes some time to come out, it prints black documents very fast. You can print to it via Ethernet, a USB cable plugged into your computer, Wi-Fi, and Wi-Fi Direct, and it also supports Apple AirPrint and Mopria Print Service.

Unfortunately, its black page yield is fairly low, so you may need to replace the cartridge quite often, especially if you print a lot frequently. The Brother MFC-J805DW INKvestment Tank is a similar all-in-one printer with much higher page yields, but it's currently hard to find available. All in all, the WF-3820 is still a great option for families and students on a budget looking for an all-in-one model.