If you have spent time and energy creating beautiful photographs, it makes sense to purchase a photo printer for your home with good prints. The number of printer manufacturers in this market is small, including the largest - Canon, Epson and Hewlett-Packard.
What to look for when choosing a photo printer
Print format. Think about what size photographs you need. Here we look at two main formats: the best conventional A4 (Letter) printers and the best A3 and A3 + wide format printers. A4 printers are inexpensive and useful for all types of work, not just photos.
Wireless interfaces It is convenient if the printer can connect to a PC or other device wirelessly via a Wi-Fi network interface. If you are a fan of printing photos from a digital camera or smartphone, then look for a model with “Direct Print” mode (Picture Bridge). It allows you to connect various devices directly to the photo printer.
The number of shades. Inexpensive photo printers have 3-4 toners. Better and more expensive - from 5 to 8 shades of toner.
Laser printers - not the best option, since their usual resolution is 2400 × 2400 dpi. Inkjet and sublimation models have a much higher resolution.
Inexpensive specialized photo printers range in size from small enough to fit in a bag, to too large to often carry them from place to place. If you want to take your printer with you on a trip, select the model with the battery and find out how many photos you can print when fully charged.
10. HP Ink Tank 115
The average price is 7,840 rubles.
Specifications:
- a printer
- for home, small office
- 4-color inkjet printing
- Max. A4 print size (210 × 297 mm)
- Max. print size: 215 × 355 mm
- printing photos
- LCD panel
- interfaces: USB
This printer does not print too fast, so it is suitable for those who value print quality more than its speed. The "tank" performs its work quietly and reliably. And it looks very elegant on the table.
Experienced users recommend unchecking the "maximum resolution" in the print settings. This will significantly reduce printing time, and will not greatly affect image quality.
They also praise the HP Ink Tank 115 for its ease of setup, as well as low-cost consumables compared to competitors.
pros: light weight (3.4 kg), easy to fill in new ink.
Minuses: no Wi-Fi and Ethernet connection, no USB cable included.
9. HP Officejet Pro 6230 ePrinter
The average price is 4,890 rubles.
Specifications:
- a printer
- for a small office
- 4-color inkjet printing
- Max. A4 print size (210 × 297 mm)
- printing photos
- LCD panel
- two-sided printing
- Interfaces: Wi-Fi, Ethernet (RJ-45), FireWire (IEEE 1394), USB
If you need a photo printer with the simplest possible setup, check out the HP Officejet Pro 6230.
It allows you to print from any mobile device (including from Apple), has good print quality and works on matte and glossy paper, labels and envelopes.
pros: prints quickly, cartridges are easy to refill.
Minuses: expensive consumables, and this photo printer does not work with third-party consumables.
8. HP OfficeJet 202
The average price is 15,200 rubles.
Specifications:
- a printer
- for home, small office
- 4-color inkjet printing
- Max. print size: 216 × 297 mm
- printing photos
- color LCD
- Interfaces: Wi-Fi, USB
This printer works not only with photo paper, but also with cards, transparencies, labels, glossy paper, matte paper and envelopes.
Superior print quality combines good color accuracy with color photos and the incredible clarity of black and white photos without any undesirable colors.
The printer has a 2-inch color screen that makes it easy to set up and operate the device.
Inside the HP OfficeJet 202 is a battery compartment so you can use it as a standalone photo printer if necessary.
pros: compact, easy to configure thanks to clear and illustrated instructions, good build quality.
Minuses: high price for cartridges.
7. Canon PIXMA TS704
The average price is 4,930 rubles.
Specifications:
- a printer
- for home, small office
- 4-color inkjet printing
- Max. A4 print size (210 × 297 mm)
- printing photos
- LCD panel
- two-sided printing
- Interfaces: Wi-Fi, Ethernet (RJ-45), USB, Bluetooth
- printing on CDs and DVDs
The king of inexpensive and high-quality photo printers can print not only on photo paper, but also on glossy and matte paper, as well as cards, labels, and even CD and DVD discs.
It is easy to operate, does not take up much space on the table and is great for both home and small office.
And thanks to the wireless capabilities, you can start printing from anywhere in your home.
pros: not loud, high-quality printing with good color reproduction, there are 2 sets of photo paper in the kit.
Minuses: small pre-installed cartridges, the manufacturer did not put a USB cable in the kit with the printer.
6. Canon PIXMA iX6850
The average price is 20 500 rubles.
Specifications:
- a printer
- for a small office
- 5-color inkjet printing
- Max. A3 print format (297 × 420 mm)
- printing photos
- Interfaces: Wi-Fi, Ethernet (RJ-45), USB
The print quality of the Canon PIXMA iX6850 is excellent for color photographs and pretty good for black and white images. Moreover, this model prints very quickly.
In a minute, it will give out 12.5 pages of text, and the photo takes an average of 2 minutes. Thanks to this, the PIXMA iX6850 is a good choice for a photo studio or any company that needs fast and high-quality photo printing.
pros: supports cloud printing, optimal ratio of speed and print quality.
Minuses: Ink waste, no automatic two-sided printing.
5. Canon PIXMA PRO-100S
The average price is 37 595 rubles.
Specifications:
- a printer
- 8-color inkjet printing
- Max. A3 print format (297 × 420 mm)
- printing photos
- Interfaces: Wi-Fi, Ethernet (RJ-45), USB
- print from camera
- printing on CDs and DVDs
The Pro-100S uses inks rather than pigment inks, which allows for extremely smooth printing on glossy paper. The Pro-100S is well-suited for printing black-and-white photographs, as well as for color printing, including gray and light gray tones.
The build quality of this model feels like “professional”, thanks to a very durable chassis and high-quality components. The color accuracy is also impressive, and the print speed is very high.
pros: there is a Direct Print mode, you can print borderless on formats up to A3 +.
Minuses: high price, it weighs a little less than 20 kg.
4. Epson WorkForce WF-7210DTW
The average price is 30,400 rubles.
Specifications:
- a printer
- for a small office
- 4-color inkjet printing
- Max. A3 print format (297 × 420 mm)
- printing photos
- color LCD
- two-sided printing
- Interfaces: Wi-Fi, Ethernet (RJ-45), USB
- print from camera
In their reviews, users praise this model for print quality, color accuracy and the presence of NFC. Thanks to this option, you can print photos directly from your smartphone (if it is also equipped with an NFC module).
For autonomous control, a neat and intuitive 2.2-inch touch screen is provided.
Although this printer does not allow printing on CDs and DVDs, it prints on a variety of other media, such as transparencies, cards, labels, envelopes, matte, photo and glossy paper.
pros: there is direct printing, rich colors with correctly selected ink, fast work.
Minuses: bulky (15.5 kg).
3. Epson SureColor SC-P400
The average price is 41 622 rubles.
Specifications:
- a printer
- 9-color inkjet printing
- Max. A3 print format (297 × 420 mm)
- Max. print size: 330 × 483 mm
- printing photos
- color LCD
- Interfaces: Wi-Fi, Ethernet (RJ-45), USB
- printing on CDs and DVDs
This professional photo printer "looks down upon its colleagues." After all, he is able to print photos not with 6, and not even with 8, but with 9 colors.
The SureColor SC-P400 uses Epson UltraChrome HiGloss 2 color pigment inks, which ensure that photos will have a higher light fastness than when using dye-based inks.
At the same time, it can print on media such as a roll 13 inches wide, which is ideal for printing panoramic photos or banners. This can not boast of other good photo printers for the office in our ranking.
Of course, you have to pay for the opportunities, so the price of the Epson SureColor SC-P400 is the highest in the selection.
pros: build quality, excellent print quality.
Minuses: Requires original and expensive consumables.
2. Canon PIXMA iP110 with battery
The average price is 20 573 rubles.
Specifications:
- a printer
- for home, small office
- color inkjet printing
- Max. A4 print size (210 × 297 mm)
- printing photos
- Interfaces: Wi-Fi, USB
A feature of this small and very light (2.2 kg) photo printer is its own battery, which lasts for 3-4 hours of battery life or 100 pages of texts.
It is very convenient if you need to urgently print photos, and the electricity is turned off. It is also convenient to take this printer with you on business trips.
pros: prints quickly, you can use WiFi both on a regular network and in HotSpot mode.
Minuses: difficult to set up.
1. Canon PIXMA TS304
The average price is 3,190 rubles.
Specifications:
- a printer
- for home, small office
- 4-color inkjet printing
- Max. A4 print size (210 × 297 mm)
- printing photos
- Interfaces: Wi-Fi, USB, Bluetooth
Unlike its “elder brother” PIXMA TS704, this model does not have an LCD screen and duplex printing. And printing on CDs and DVDs is not available to her. But if you did not need these options, then the Canon PIXMA TS304 is the best option in terms of price and quality.
This photo printer can print on cards, envelopes, glossy, matte and photo paper, it works quickly and is very compact.
pros: the lowest price in the ranking of the best photo printers for the home, supports scanning and copying using a smartphone, cartridges are easy to refill yourself.
Minuses: difficult to configure, no USB cable included.
