7 Top Printers Revealed for Use in a House or Apartment

7 Top Printers Revealed for Use in a House or Apartment

IGN has provided their list of the top 7 printers you should be considering to use now that you have been forced 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.

Over the past decade, the printer industry has continued to evolve and printers are now faster, cheaper and work more efficiently than ever before.

When printer technologies were first made available some thirty years ago, there were over 100 printer OEMs. Today, there are much fewer. And post-coronavirus, some industry analysts are predicting there will be even fewer. IGN claims the big three printer OEM companies continue to come out on top. “Canon’s pedigree in the digital camera world allowed it to produce the most color-accurate photo printers. HP’s computing background and dabbles in photography allowed them to understand the needs of the small business owners who operate from home. And Epson’s expertise in both printers and ink technology has continued to make them a leader.”

According to IGN, the top seven printers for your house or apartments are:

1. HP OfficeJet 5255 All-in-One Printer
   Best Home Printer
   Price: US$112
   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.”
2. Epson Expression Photo XP-970 Small-in-One Printer
   Best Inkjet Printer
   Price: US$300
   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.”
3. Canon Color imageCLASS MF743Cdw
   Best Laser Printer
   Price: US$350
   Printer type: Color Laser with two toner cartridges—black and color
   Max printing speed:
   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.”
4. Canon MAXIFY MB5420
   Best Home Office Printer
   Price: US$381
   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.”
5. HP Tango
   Best Smart Home Printer
   Price: US$100
   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.”
6. HP LaserJet Pro M404dn
   Best High-Output Printer
   Price: US$300
   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.”
7. Epson SureColor T3170
   Best High-End Photo Printer
   Price: US$895
   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.”

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