

Plus, you'll find suitable paper handling for printing in a micro office or home office. It takes little desk space and delivers text quality good enough for most business use, along with better-than-good-enough graphics.

Check them out, then keep reading to learn what to look for as you shop for your next affordable printer.īrother's MFC-J4335DW is such an appealing all-in-one printer that it's hard to find a similarly priced alternative that's remotely competitive. We've outlined below our under-$200 favorites from PC Labs' recent reviews. And while coworkers in a corporate office might share the same high-volume printer, smaller settings and smaller budgets call for diverse desktop printers. Part-time home-based workers-not to mention families and students-need to print, scan, and make copies, and maybe even send and receive the occasional fax. Today, even as the work world returns to a semblance of normalcy, venturing out to Kinko's or Staples to make prints and copies doesn't have the appeal it once did. As it happened, it took a global pandemic to bring governments and companies to their work-from-home senses-and to revitalize interest in affordable home-office hardware, including the oft-neglected printer. The promise of fewer office skyscrapers, lower energy needs, and fewer nasty traffic snarls would inevitably lead to remote work no longer being just for a select few. (Opens in a new window)įor most of the Information Age, pundits predicted that sooner or later, much of the world's workforce would be working from home. Since 1982, PCMag has tested and rated thousands of products to help you make better buying decisions.

