HL-3170CDW

by Brother

3/5

$170.00

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MFC-J870DW

by Brother

3/5

$100.00

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Envy 120 e-All-in-One

by HP

3/5

$250.00

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Epson Expression Home XP-410 Small-in-One

by Epson

2.5/5

$70.00

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Pros
  • Low purchase price
  • Good text quality
  • Reasonably priced inks
  • Two-year warranty
  • Impressively long feature list includes NFC and CD/DVD printing
  • Super-stylish design
  • Good performance and print quality
  • Motorized components and transparent scanner are fun to watch
  • Very good print quality overall
  • Nice control panel with color display and responsive touch controls
Cons
  • Color graphics are mediocre
  • Control panel lacks a menu button
  • Copying two-sided documents is a tedious, manual process
  • Expensive black ink
  • No automatic document feeder
  • Expensive inks
  • Scans very slowly
  • Mac drivers and primary documentation are available online only
At A Glance

The HP Envy 120 e-All-in-One is for those who do only a little printing and a little scanning, but who want to do it in style.

The Epson Expression Home XP-410 Small-in-One will suffice for light home/student use. The print quality is surprisingly good, but ironically, the pricey inks mean you shouldn't buy this machine unless you don't print much.

Specs

Requirements

Operating System Compatibility Linux|Mac|Microsoft Windows 7|Microsoft Windows 8|Microsoft Windows Vista|Microsoft Windows XP Mac|Microsoft Windows 7|Microsoft Windows 8|Microsoft Windows Vista|Microsoft Windows XP Macintosh OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)|Macintosh OS X 10.7 (Lion)|Macintosh OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion)|Microsoft Windows 7|Microsoft Windows Vista|Microsoft Windows XP Macintosh OS X 10.5 (Leopard)|Macintosh OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)|Macintosh OS X 10.7 (Lion)|Macintosh OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion)|Microsoft Windows 7|Microsoft Windows 8|Microsoft Windows Vista|Microsoft Windows XP|Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Ports and Connections

Available Interfaces USB 2.0 USB USB|USB 2.0 USB 2.0
Ethernet Type 10/100 Mbps 10/100 Mbps    
Wireless connection 802.11b|802.11g|802.11n 802.11b|802.11g|802.11n 802.11n 802.11b|802.11g|802.11n
PictBridge   Yes    

Dimensions

Width 16.1  inches 16.1  inches 16.88  inches 15.4  inches
Depth 18.3  inches 14.7  inches 13.23  inches 20.8  inches
Height 9.4  inches 7.1  inches 4.33  inches 11.0  inches
Weight 39.0  pounds 20.1  pounds 17.6  pounds 9.0  pounds

Media Handling

Standard Number of Input Trays 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Standard Input Sheet Capacity 250 100 80 100
Optional Trays Available 0.0     0.0
Manual Feed Slot 1.0   0.0 0.0
Automatic Duplexer Standard Standard Standard Not Available
Media Sizes Accepted Legal|Letter  inches Legal|Letter  inches Letter  inches Legal  inches
Paper Handling Support Labels   Card Stock|Envelopes|Labels|Photo Paper Banner Paper|Card Stock|Envelopes|Iron-On Transfers|Labels|Photo Paper
Automatic Document Feeder   1.0 0.0 0.0
ADF Sheet Capacity   20.0   0.0

Platform Support

Printer languages supported HP PCL 6|PostScript Emulation GDI/Host-based HP PCL 3 GDI/Host-based

Printer Type

Number of Colors 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0
Colors Available Cyan|K (Black)|Magenta|Yellow Cyan|K (Black)|Magenta|Yellow Cyan|K (Black)|Magenta Cyan|K (Black)|Magenta|Yellow

Cost Per Page

Plain Text Page (Highest yield vendor ink) 2.8  cents per page   5.8  cents per page 6.0  cents per page
4-color page (cheapest vendor ink) 3.72  cents per page   15.1  cents per page 17.3  cents per page
Monthly Duty Cycle 30,000 2500 1,000  

Vendor Rated Speeds

Monochrome print speed 23.0   ppm 33.0   ppm 28.0   ppm 8.7   ppm
Color print speed 23.0   ppm 27.0   ppm 23.0   ppm 4.5   ppm
Color 4x6 photo speed     26  seconds  

Warranty

Warranty information 1 Year Limited 2 Year Limited Warranty 1 Year Limited Warranty 1 Year Limited

Faxing

Fax page memory capacity   200.0    
Maximum Fax Speed   14.4kbps    

Storage Media

Memory stick   Memory Stick Duo|Memory Stick PRO Duo Memory Stick Duo Memory Stick Duo
SD card   SD Card|SDHC Card|SDXC Memory Card SD Card SD Card

Scanning

Scanner Type   Flatbed with ADF Flatbed Flatbed

Performance

Macworld Labs (Quality)

Print quality: Text

Superior Very Good   Very Good
Print quality: Color photo

Fair Very Good   Superior
Print quality:PDF

Good Good   Superior
Scan quality: Color photo

  Fair   Very Good
Scan quality: Line art

  Very Good   Good
Copy quality

  Very Good   Superior
Scan quality: Text

      Good

Macworld Labs (Speed)

Print speed: Text

ppm

11.2 9.6   6.4
Print speed rating: Text

Good Very Good   Good
Print speed: Color photo

seconds for 8X10 photo

1.4 0.5   0.3
Print speed rating: Color photo

Very Good Good   Good
Print speed: PDF

seconds for 4-page PDF

6.3 1.6   0.9
Print speed rating: PDF

Very Good Good   Good
Scan speed 1

seconds for 8 x 10 color photo at 600 dpi

  49.3   96.6
Scan speed 2

seconds 4 x 6 color photo at 1200 dpi

  86.7   202.1
Scan speed rating

  Good   Poor