Printers for home use: Canon and HP are popular brands on Amazon

The world is deep into the pandemic and working from home and studying from home have become a reality. That means that a lot of the work that used to happen at office or at your neighbourhood market has to happen at home. Such work could need you to take printouts, photo copies and scan copies and documents. Imagine you are a professional and need to take printouts of crucial documents. Imagine you are a school student and need to take photo copies of books and printouts for important assignments. What if you are a person who has an interface with government departments, banks or has to deal with lawyers and advocates? Printouts of Aadhar card, PAN card, election ID etc are a must. All these varying roles need a lot of paper work. What you need is a printer, photo copier and scanner at home.

Printer prices at a glance:

Thankfully, online platforms are flooded with quality electronic products. Some of the top selling brands include HP and Canon but other companies also find favour. Most devices come with three functions incorporated into a single unit - printing, scanning and photo copying. Their designs too are compact and neat and can fit into any corner of your home. In case, we have convinced you to invest in one, here is a list that you might find helpful.

1) Canon PIXMA E477 All-in-One Wireless Ink Efficient Colour Printer (White/Blue)

This printer is a great device for home users and is ink efficient despite being a colour printer. It is available on Amazon in a number of other combination such as Ink colour printer plus black & colour ink combo; ink colour printer plus ink cartridge and ink colour printer plus ink cartridge, black and ink colour printer plus ink cartridge, colour. For this discussion we have selected the printer with WiFi.

Some features:
1) Connectivity: USB, WiFi, WiFi Direct, Google Cloud Print,Canon Print Service, PIXMA Cloud Link, Canon SELPHY
2) Page yield: 400 pages (black), 180 pages (colour)
3) Warranty - 1 year carry-in warranty from the date of purchase
4) Pages per minute- 8.0 ipm (black), 4.0 ipm (colour)
5) Printer type: Ink Efficient


2) HP Deskjet 2723 WiFi Colour Printer, Scanner and Copier

This product from HP is a smart choice for home and small office. This device too is printer, scanner and a copier and is capable of providing colour printouts. It is easy to set it up as it is done through your mobile.

Some features:
1) Printer type: Inkjet
2) Connectivity : High-speed USB 2.0 Connectivity, Wifi
3) Ink cartridge: HP 805 Black original ink cartridge, HP 805 tri-colour original ink cartridge
4) 1 year on-site warranty
5) Pages per minute: Black - up to 7.5 ppm (ISO); Colour - up to 5.5 ppm (ISO)
6) Page Size Supported : A4; B5; A6; DL envelope
 

3) HP Deskjet 2332 Colour Printer, Scanner and Copier

Here is another HP printer, convenient to use at home and in a small office setup. Its compact size makes it ideal for home use. This printer too is easy to setup through HP smart app on your personal computer. It comes in three different variants - colour printer ( ₹3,699.00), colour printer + ink cartridge, black ( ₹4,416.00) and colour printer + ink cartridge, tri-colour ( ₹4,488.00). For discussion, we have considered the basic (colour printer) version.

Some features:
1) High-speed USB 2.0 connectivity
2) Page yield: 120 pages (black and white), 100 pages (colour) - as per ISO print coverage standards
3) Pages per minute: black - up to 7.5 ppm (ISO); colour - up to 5.5 ppm (ISO)
4) Page size supported: A4, B5, A6, DL envelope
5) Compatible OS: Windows 10.7, Ideal usage: Home

MRP: ₹4,332.96
Deal price: ₹3,699.00

4) HP Deskjet 1212 Colour Printer for Home Use

This HP printer too is easy to set up through HP smart app, downloaded on your computer and a USB. It too has a compact design and helps in affordable printing.

Some features:
1) High-speed USB 2.0 connectivity
2) Facilitates high speed printing for home user {black: up to 7.5 ppm (ISO) and colour: up to 5.5 ppm (ISO)}
3) Supports different sizes: A4, B5, A6, DL envelope

Price: ₹2,358.00

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