Best Home Printers of 2026: 10 Compared

Scoring 9.5 and ranking first of the 10, the HP OfficeJet Pro 8125e covers the home-office basics without overreaching. It prints, scans and copies in color, adds an auto document feeder and automatic two-sided printing, and feeds from a 225-sheet input tray. HP's AI feature aims to print web pages and emails cleanly without wasted pages.

The HP Smart Tank 5000 ranks second at a score of 9.3 and trades cartridges for a refillable tank, including up to two years of ink in the box. It prints, scans and copies, and HP positions it as a cartridge-free design that keeps going after rivals quit. At about 14.15 lb it stays manageable on a desk.

Third at a score of 9.1, the HP Smart Tank 5101 is another refillable all-in-one with up to two years of ink included and print, scan and copy on board. It's the lightest model in the lineup at 11.09 lb. One catch: its wireless is 2.4 GHz, where the OfficeJet picks run dual-band.

The Brother DCP-L2640DW ranks fourth with a 9.0 score and is a compact black-and-white 3-in-1 laser with copy and scan. Brother quotes print speeds up to 36 ppm and scan speeds up to 23.6/7.9 ipm, plus duplex and dual-band wireless. It's the heaviest pick here at about 25 lb and works with Alexa.

Fifth at an 8.8 score, the HP Smart Tank Plus 570 follows the same refillable formula with up to two years of ink in the box and cartridge-free printing. HP frames it as a buy-once machine. At 13.61 lb it sits among the lighter options on the.

The Epson EcoTank ET-2800 sits sixth with an 8.6 score and brings Epson's cartridge-free Supertank system to the group. It's a color all-in-one with scan and copy that includes up to two years of ink in the box and skips the small cartridges entirely, which Epson also pitches as reducing landfill waste. It weighs 11.4 lb.

The Canon Pixma TR8620a is a wireless 4-in-1 that prints, copies, scans and faxes. It lists a 15/10 ipm print speed and a 200-sheet capacity split between a 100-sheet cassette and 100-sheet rear feed. Smart Reorders with Alexa can keep ink topped up automatically.

Our value pick, the Brother Work Smart 1360 ranks eighth at an 8.3 score and is the cheapest model in the lineup. It's a color inkjet all-in-one with automatic duplex printing, a 20-sheet auto document feeder, a 150-sheet paper tray, and a 1.8-inch color display. It prints from and scans to cloud apps like Google Drive, Dropbox, Box and OneDrive.

Ninth at an 8.1 score, the HP OfficeJet Pro 9125e is the office-focused sibling to our top pick. It prints, scans, copies and faxes, adds an auto document feeder and auto two-sided printing, and steps the input tray up to 250 sheets. HP's AI cleans up web and email prints, and dual-band Wi-Fi keeps it connected. It weighs about 22.25 lb.

The HP LaserJet Pro MFP 3101fdw closes the list at rank 10 and a 7.9 score, and it's the priciest model here. This black-and-white laser all-in-one prints, scans, copies and faxes at up to 35 single-sided pages per minute, and it bundles HP Wolf Pro Security with customizable settings. Intelligent Wi-Fi hunts for the best connection to stay print-ready.