Best laser printers for the way you use them

Prints color handouts and takes two-sided forms without you flipping every page.

Best forDouble-sided paperwork and color handouts

Prints two-sided and spares you the desk space a scanner takes.

Best forReport printing alongside a scanner you own

Prints in color and scans both sides of a stack of documents automatically.

Best forRegular two-sided scanning and color reports

Big black-and-white jobs without stopping often to reload paper.

Best forLarge jobs with fewer reloading stops

An office that works with single-sided forms gets fax and a 50-sheet feeder.

Best forFax and office paperwork

A plain wireless printer for letters and the odd bit of household paperwork.

Best forLetters and home paperwork once in a while

Wireless-network printing for color handouts and two-sided documents.

Best forColor handouts where the network is Wi-Fi

A Wi-Fi office that copies in color and scans stacks of single-sided documents.

Best forOne-sided scan batches and color copying

Routine two-sided printing, plus the odd copy of a book page.

Best forRoutine reports and copying book pages

Color documents on a network that is shared, wired or wireless.

Best forEthernet-shared color printing

Suits a busy shared office that needs color prints and large scan stacks.

Best forA color-printing office with big scan batches

Color charts and two-sided paperwork for a shared network.

Best forColor jobs where originals are two-sided

Prints in color and handles an occasional copy of a book page or loose sheet.

Best forColor prints and the odd flatbed copy

Compact and print-only, meant for simple black-and-white documents.

Best forBasic jobs in black and white

A small team that wants color prints and scanned documents.

Best forDaily scanning and color printouts

Quick monochrome printing and scanning for an office that runs on documents.

Best forMonochrome paperwork in large volume

Basic wireless printing in black and white, scanner not included.

Best forPlain text printing over wireless

Prints color documents sent from a phone, a computer or a wired office network.

Best forColor printing shared among several devices

Monochrome office work at a busy pace, with regular scanning of two-sided paperwork.

Best forStacks of two-sided scans and frequent reports

Everyday black-and-white printing for the office, plus two-sided forms.

Best forDuplex originals in a monochrome office

Prints in color and makes occasional flatbed copies of books or single pages.

Best forCopying book pages and printing in color

Printing from multiple devices, for people who can do without a scanner.

Best forShared printing, no scanner required

A shared network where people print color batches and scan single-sided papers.

Best forOne-sided originals and color reports

A single computer on USB, with the occasional book or ID card to copy.

Best forA lone USB computer and copies now and then

Fax plus an automatic feeder for short stacks, in a small office.

Best forOffice fax and short batches to scan

A lightly used office that wants wireless, two-sided black-and-white printing.

Best forTwo-sided text printing under light use

A 100-sheet multipurpose tray, kept separate, for frequent print runs.

Best forJobs that rely on a multipurpose tray

Office forms in short single-sided stacks, with fax and network printing.

Best forFax and paperwork on a network

Prints two-sided and scans short stacks of office forms that are one-sided.

Best forOffice forms, fax not needed

Fax and single-sided document scanning for a small office.

Best forFax, plus stacks of one-sided documents

A flatbed for ID cards and book pages, and light printing for the household.

Best forHome printing and copying on the flatbed

Quick monochrome printing for a spot near an Ethernet connection.

Best forWired-network monochrome reports

Scan stacks of single-sided pages and print black-and-white reports daily.

Best forDaily reports, with one-sided scanning in batches

Two-sided office printing for devices connected by wire or wirelessly.

Best forTwo-sided printing the office shares

Light office printing, with two-sided output done automatically.

Best forAutomatic duplex for reports under light use

Printing and single-sided form scanning for a small shared office.

Best forOne-sided paperwork at a shared desk

Two-sided report printing and one-sided form scanning for a shared office.

Best forReports to print, forms to scan

For a small team on a wired or wireless setup, two-sided monochrome documents.

Best forA small team printing text on both sides

Automatic two-sided scanning and color printing of business documents.

Best forA commercial office printing in color

Color documents printed two-sided, sent over an office network.

Best forColor printing at the office, no scanner

Automatic two-sided scanning, and monochrome reports on a frequent basis.

Best forRoutine reports and duplex scanning

Long monochrome jobs over Ethernet, in a commercial office.

Best forExtended runs in a commercial office

In a 15.4-inch-wide body, you get automatic two-sided scanning and fax along with black-and-white printing.

Best forHome offices that still use fax and scan double-sided paperwork

A packet in the eligible 51- to 80-sheet range scans in one go, and the same machine then prints your color handouts. The bigger feeder does not make the flatbed legal-size, and you still have to collect long print runs.

Best forColor paperwork, and scan packets too big for a 50-sheet feeder

Frequent black-and-white jobs and two-sided scan stacks, minus the extra width of the MFC-L5915DW. If delicate legal-size originals need to lie flat, this is not the machine for them.

Best forOrdinary paperwork scanned and black prints made at a busy shared desk

Plain paper can stay loaded while supported alternate stock goes through a separate tray in batches. It makes a useful color workhorse when scanning is handled elsewhere, though it is deeper than the compact HL-L3280CDW.

Best forColor handouts and letterhead jobs that recur, alongside a separate scanner

A shorter body than the HL-L6210DW, for frequent black-and-white printing. The separate multipurpose tray means ordinary paper can stay put, yet large jobs still call for refills and for you to collect the output.

Best forFrequent monochrome jobs where the 250-sheet main tray is sufficient