The 7 Best Printers for Home Use of 2026, Ranked & Reviewed

Our verdict: For households that print every week, not just now and then.

The HP OfficeJet Pro 8125e is a wireless color inkjet that prints, scans and copies, and adds a sheet feeder, duplex printing and AI-enabled setup, in the $50 to $100 bucket. It also ships with a three-month Instant Ink trial and carries a home-office rating.

It leads because it covers the tools a regular printer needs, and few competitors here combine a feeder and duplex at this price. The Canon TS6520 below offers a nicer display but no feeder, which matters once you start scanning multi-page paperwork.

Buy it if your household prints every week and wants scanning and copying without fuss. The caveat is that the trial ends after three months, so ink costs after that deserve a real budget. If you print only once in a while, a cheaper machine will serve you just as well.

Feeder

Automatic

Printing

Duplex

Trial

3-month Instant Ink

Setup

AI-enabled

Our verdict: A clear display makes a shared home printer less confusing.

Canon's PIXMA TS6520 is a compact wireless color inkjet with a 1.42 inch OLED display, an intuitive control panel and duplex printing. It sits in the $50 to $100 bucket.

It takes second place because the screen makes life easier in a busy house. People can pick copy, scan or print options right on the device instead of guessing at buttons, which cuts down on arguments over whose job stalled. What holds it back from first is the lack of a document feeder, so every multi-page scan means lifting the lid again.

Buy it if a family of mixed ages shares one machine. Skip it if you regularly scan stacks of pages, because the HP above handles that far better.

Display

OLED

Printing

Duplex

Controls

Intuitive panel

Connectivity

Wireless

Our verdict: Compact, with duplex and a one-year warranty.

The PIXMA TS4320 is a small wireless inkjet that prints on both sides, copies and scans, and comes with a one-year limited warranty and simple setup. It costs in the $50 to $100 bucket.

It ranks third because it is built for lighter use and gives up the TS6520's OLED display, so settings are less obvious. The compact footprint is its strongest card, and the warranty gives a small safety net that some bargain models skip entirely.

Buy it if you have limited desk space and print a handful of pages each week. The honest drawback is that there is no feeder and no screen, so scanning a long document or navigating menus takes more patience than on the models above. For a family that shares, the TS6520 is a better fit.

Printing

Duplex

Functions

Copy and scan

Warranty

1-year limited

Design

Compact

Our verdict: Feeder and fax for households with occasional paperwork.

Canon's PIXMA TR4720 is a wireless all-in-one with an automatic document feeder, built-in fax and mobile printing, using standard cartridges. It lands in the $50 to $100 bucket.

It ranks fourth because duplex is not listed. Printing on both sides has to be done by hand, which wastes time and paper compared with the HP and the TS models above. What it adds is the feeder and fax, a pairing that is rare in this price range and genuinely useful for occasional paperwork.

Buy it if you handle forms, faxes or multi-page scans once in a while and do not mind turning pages over yourself. Skip it if you want automatic two-sided printing, or if you have never needed a fax in your life, since that feature is mostly legacy at this point.

Feeder

Automatic

Fax

Built in

Mobile

Mobile printing

Ink

Cartridge inkjet

Our verdict: Matches the 8125e on features but lists higher.

The HP OfficeJet Pro 8125 is the sibling of the top pick, with a feeder, duplex printing, AI-capable setup and a three-month Instant Ink trial. Its listing falls in the $100 to $200 bucket.

It ranks fifth for a plain reason: the 8125e delivers the same feature list for less. The only difference listed is more control over ink subscription choices, which will not sway many buyers. The home-office rating is identical across both, so there is no performance argument to make.

Buy whichever of the two is cheaper on the day you shop, and do not pay extra for the name. The caveat is that if both cost the same, the newer 8125e is the safer bet. This is a fine printer that simply cannot beat its own cheaper sibling.

Feeder

Automatic

Printing

Duplex

Trial

3-month Instant Ink

Bucket

$100-200

Our verdict: The lowest upfront price, for very light printing.

The HP DeskJet 4355 is a wireless all-in-one that prints, scans and copies on standard cartridges, with a three-month Instant Ink trial and AI-capable setup. It has the lowest upfront price in the list, within the $50 to $100 bucket.

It ranks sixth because it omits both a feeder and duplex printing, so every two-sided job or multi-page scan is manual. The low price is real, but cartridge costs can add up quickly for anyone who prints often, which erases the savings.

Buy it if you print very little, perhaps a few pages a month for a form or a boarding pass. Skip it if your household prints weekly. In that case, the HP 8125e or Canon TS4320 will cost less over time despite higher initial prices.

Functions

Print, scan, copy

Ink

Standard cartridges

Trial

3-month Instant Ink

Setup

AI-capable

Our verdict: A black-and-white laser for heavy text printing.

The Brother DCP-L2640DW is a compact monochrome laser printer with duplex printing, wireless and mobile connectivity and a Refresh Subscription toner trial. It lists in the $200 to $500 bucket, the highest here.

It sits last only because it prints in black and white and costs the most up front. For households that mostly print text, such as homework, contracts and recipes, it is arguably the most sensible machine on the page, since laser toner does not dry out between uses the way inkjet nozzles can.

Buy it if you print in volume or print rarely but need the page to be ready when you are. Skip it if you want color photos or posters, because it cannot do them. In that case, the HP 8125e is the better all-rounder.

Type

Monochrome laser

Printing

Duplex

Connectivity

Wireless and mobile

Toner

Subscription trial