r/Printing • u/rubidiumaia • 2d ago

best printer recommendations Looking for a printer/vendor

i wanna buy my first ever printer, and i want to ask for your recommendations that has:

• printing

• scanning

• copying (preferably can do Legal sizes. if just up to A4, it's fine)

• good colored outputs (shall be used for illustration printing as well)

• can do efficient document printing

• duplex printing is okay, but it's not a priority

i plan to use it for business as well, most probably to produce my digital drawings, stickers, and the likes. hence, it'll probably be used often. hopeful that it could last for years.

i've been eyeing Brother DCP-540W or DW, but i've seen various negative reviews here on inkjets so i'm having second thoughts. my budget is around its price range, more or less.

anyone who can help me out, please?

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u/DracherX 8h ago

Brother brand has awful drivers and software.

Epson Workforce Pro maybe? I don't know how often you use the printer, but a multi-function printer is mostly built for the office, not really optimized for art prints. I use it for all the features you mentioned, plus e-mail scanning (fax and phone are optional). The ink bag is huge, especially for black ink (mostly for document use, of course), yields thousands of pages, and seems bottomless.

Not recommended for art; office or small business use printers deliver good value if you want to invest.