Multifunction laser printers are the best choice for small or home offices. If you don't need to print in color, and still want to save space and dollars by combining fax, printing, scanning, and copying functions in one machine, black and white laser printers can be a great choice. The best multifunction laser printers listed here provide printing, copying, scanning and often faxing at an affordable price for small businesses, and, of course, when you buy a laser printer, you get laser quality printing.
PriceGrabber.comThis multifunction laser printer tops the best of the multifunction printers list because it has features that aren't usually available at this price point, such as duplexing (two-sided printing, copying and scanning) and built-in networking capability ( wired or wireless). It also has flatbed color scanning (big enough for legal documents), full featured faxing, a 50 page automatic document feeder with an expandable 250-sheet paper capacity, a USB Direct Interface and fast printing and copying (32 pages or copies per minute). There's even a high yield replacement toner cartridge available. This is a great small office workhorse.
PriceGrabber.comWhat's the difference between this multifunction printer and the first one listed? Not much. This is essentially the same multifunction laser printer without the fax capabilites. However, it still offers duplex printing, flatbed color scanning with a legal-size document glass, a 50 page automatic document feeder with an expandable 300-sheet paper capacity, a USB Direct Interface and fast printing and copying (32 pages or copies per minute) – and it's network ready. If you don't need a fax machine, why pay for one?
PriceGrabber.comIf you do need all four functions, the Lexmark X264dn laser printer is a sweet deal. Besides offering 24-bit color CCD scanning, 33.6 Kbps faxing, and print/copy speeds of up to 30 pages per minute, it also has duplex printing and the ability to scan your documents directly to email to save even more paper. What else? A monthly duty cycle of 50,000 pages and a Quiet Mode – just the thing to enhance a small office environment. Comes network ready and includes a 50 page automatic document feeder.
PriceGrabber.comFeatures combined with price win this laser printer its place on this list of best multifunction laser printers. It offers fast printing and copying speeds at 30 pages per minute, flatbed color scanning, 33.6 Kbps faxing, "walk-up" USB port printing, a customizable paper size tray (which hold 250 sheets), a 50 sheet automatic document feeder and, like the Lexmark X264dn Multifunction Laser Printer, is network ready and quieter than a lot of the laser printers out there (measuring 49-52 dBA for printing and copying).
PriceGrabber.comBrother's MFC-7860DW All-in-One Laser Printer can be a real bargain for your small business. It’s about $100 less than all the laser printers profiled above but has all of the same functions, including scanning, copying, faxing, built-in wireless 802.11b/g and Ethernet network interfaces and duplex printing. What's the catch? The printer speed is a little slower than the others at 27 ppm, it has a 35 page capacity auto document feeder and this multifunction laser printer is designed for small office use with a duty cycle of 10,000 pages per month.
PriceGrabber.comHP's cheapest multifunction laser printer will also serve you well if you have the patience for slower print and copy speeds (19 ppm in this case). There’s no duplexing either. But with those two caveats, this is a fine choice for the small or home office. The printer is exceptionally easy to set up thanks to HP's Smart Install feature meaning that you can just use a USB cable to connect the printer to a PC to automatically install it. It has a smaller footprint than many other multifunction printers, being only 12 inches tall by 17 inches wide. Print and scan quality are excellent and the LaserJet Pro M1217nfw has both wireless and Ethernet capability.
