Best Laser Printer 2026: 10 Ranked, and Why the Cheap One Costs More

This is the laser printer most home offices should buy, and the evidence is not close: more than five thousand ratings at 4.4 stars, far deeper than anything else here. It prints black-and-white only, at up to 34 pages a minute, with wireless and automatic double-sided printing, and it is exactly the sort of no-drama machine that just works for years.

What earns it first place is the running cost, which is where laser printers are really won or lost. Brother's toner is among the cheaper to replace, and its high-yield cartridge is rated at 3,000 pages against the 500-page starter that ships in the box — so you feel the true economics only on the second cartridge. There is also an optional EcoPro toner subscription if you would rather pay monthly and never think about it; check the plan against your volume before signing up, as a light printer is usually cheaper buying cartridges outright.

There is little to fault at the price. It does not scan or copy, so if you need those, the Brother DCP or the HP M235sdw further down add them. But as a pure printer for documents, it is the one to beat. Every figure here comes from the Amazon listing rather than our own testing.

The M110w is the cheapest printer in this ranking at under seventy-five pounds, and it is remarkably small, so it tucks onto a shelf or a corner of a desk where a bigger machine will not go. For someone who prints occasionally — the odd letter, a boarding pass, a form — it does the job simply over Wi-Fi, and it is well proven with nearly three thousand ratings at 4.1 stars.

The catch is the running cost, and it is the whole point of this article. HP's toner for this class is dearer and lower-yield than Brother's, so the money you save on the printer you hand back at the cartridge. If you print more than a few pages a week, a slightly dearer Brother will cost you less within a year. It also lacks automatic double-sided printing, which matters more than people expect for anything long.

Buy it for light use, a tight budget, or a space where size rules. If you print regularly, read the toner price first and look at the Brother above. Everything here comes from the Amazon listing rather than our own testing.

If you need to scan and copy as well as print, the M235sdw is the pick, and at 4.5 stars it holds the highest rating in this ranking. It is a compact mono all-in-one — print, scan and copy — with an automatic document feeder, wireless, double-sided printing and speeds around 29 pages a minute, which covers the paperwork side of a home office without a second device on the desk.

As an HP, the same running-cost caution applies: the toner is dearer per page than Brother's, so factor the replacement cartridge into the decision if you print heavily. For moderate volumes with regular scanning and copying, the convenience of one tidy machine usually outweighs that.

Against the Brother DCP all-in-one below it, this HP rates a touch higher on more reviews but costs a little more to run; the Brother costs less per page but has fewer ratings. Both are sound. Everything here comes from the Amazon listing rather than our own testing.

The DCP-L2627DWE is the all-in-one to buy if the running cost matters more than the star count. It is a mono print-scan-copy machine on Brother's cheaper toner, fast at up to 34 pages a minute, with wireless, automatic double-sided printing and a document feeder — the same practical package as the HP M235sdw but with lower cost per page.

It shares the HL-L2400DWE's economics: a high-yield 3,000-page cartridge, a smaller starter in the box, and an optional EcoPro toner subscription for those who want a fixed monthly cost. For a household that prints and copies a fair bit, that lower per-page cost adds up over the life of the machine.

The only reason it sits behind the HP all-in-one is evidence: 148 ratings at 4.4 is solid but far shy of the HP's and the Brother mono's pools. On paper it is the cheaper-to-run choice. Everything here comes from the Amazon listing rather than our own testing.

The M209dw is the sensible middle of HP's small mono range: it adds automatic double-sided printing over the cheaper M110w, prints a little faster, and holds a solid 4.2 stars across nearly six hundred ratings. For a home office that prints regular documents and wants duplex without stepping up to an all-in-one, it is a tidy single-function choice at under ninety pounds.

The running-cost caveat is the same as every HP here: the toner costs more per page than Brother's, and the cartridge in the box is a starter. If your volume is genuinely low the difference is small; if it is not, the Brother HL-L2400DWE will be cheaper to feed over time for a similar outlay.

It is a dependable printer let down only by the economics that this whole ranking is about. Buy it if you are already in HP's world or value its app and setup; otherwise weigh the Brother. Everything here comes from the Amazon listing rather than our own testing.

The 3302fdw is the machine for a home office that genuinely needs colour and the full set of functions. It prints in colour, scans, copies and faxes, runs at about 25 pages a minute, and has the document feeder and duplex you expect at this level, with a solid 4.2 stars across more than six hundred ratings. As a single device that does everything, it is a lot of capability for GBP 310.

The cost to know about is the toner, and colour makes it steep: a colour laser has four cartridges — black plus cyan, magenta and yellow — and feeding all four is far dearer per page than a mono machine. That is the trade for colour laser, and it is why we rank it below the mono options for a typical home office that prints mostly black text.

Buy it if colour output, scanning and copying are all real needs and volume justifies the cartridges. If you only occasionally need colour, a mono laser plus the odd trip to a print shop is cheaper. Everything here comes from the Amazon listing rather than our own testing.

If you want colour output without the all-in-one price, the HL-L3220CW is the cheapest route here. It is a single-function colour printer using LED technology, which works like a laser (a toner-and-drum machine, not inkjet) and costs like one to run, at GBP 190. It prints around 18 pages a minute in colour, connects wirelessly, and holds a fair 4.2 stars across 400-odd ratings.

Being single-function, it only prints — no scanning or copying — so it suits someone who specifically needs colour documents, presentations or the occasional photo-ish output rather than a full office workflow. Like any colour machine it feeds four toners, so the per-page cost sits above a mono printer even if the sticker is friendly.

It does not have the automatic double-sided printing some rivals here include, so check that if duplex matters to you. As the low-cost entry to colour laser, though, it earns its place. Everything here comes from the Amazon listing rather than our own testing.

The B110 is Xerox's compact entry mono printer, an A4 desktop machine at GBP 79.99 that prints at around 20 pages a minute over Wi-Fi. The Xerox name carries office pedigree, and for a small workspace that needs simple black-and-white printing it is a reasonable, low-footprint option.

Two things keep it mid-to-low here. First, evidence: at 4.0 stars over just 47 ratings it is far less proven than the Brother and HP machines with thousands of reviews, so there is little track record for reliability. Second, the running cost — as with any laser, check the Xerox toner price and yield before buying, because a cheap printer with dear toner is the trap this ranking keeps flagging.

Buy it if you specifically want a Xerox or need the compact size, and are comfortable with the thinner reviews. For a similar price the Brother mono is cheaper to run and vastly better proven. Everything here comes from the Amazon listing rather than our own testing.

Pantum is a budget printer brand whose pitch is exactly the thing this ranking cares about: low-cost toner. The BP4209DW is a mono single-function printer that prints quickly at around 30 pages a minute over Wi-Fi with automatic double-sided printing, and Pantum's cartridges are among the cheapest to replace, which on paper makes the cost of ownership attractive.

The reason it sits ninth is evidence, not features. Its 4.8-star average is the highest on the page, but it rests on just 13 ratings — a near-perfect score on so tiny a sample is the least reliable kind there is, and Pantum has little long-term track record in the UK for support, drivers or parts. We do not mark a product down simply for being new, and if the cheap toner holds up it is genuinely good value; but against the deeply proven Brother and HP machines it is the bigger gamble.

Buy it for the low running cost if you are comfortable being an early adopter of a less-established brand. Everything here comes from the Amazon listing rather than our own testing.