Best all-in-one printers 2022: Copy, scan and print from the comfort of your home office

Over the last few years, our home offices have become all important as remote working becomes the rule rather than the exception. And if your work isn’t completely digital, then you’ll need a reliable all-in-one printer to keep up.

To help the transition, we’ve rounded up the best all-in-one printers you can buy in 2022. With prices starting at just £67 excluding VAT, there really is something for every budget and requirement, whether you need to print a handful of pages each month, or easily get through 100 or more per day.

When testing the best all-in-one printers, we specifically test key factors such as the speed and quality of prints across both black and white and colour documents, as well as the long-term running costs of each machine. We’ve also included a table listing the key specs you’ll want to consider, such as print resolution, speed and tray capacity. If you want to read more, you can click through to the full review to learn about each printer’s pros and cons in more detail.

Here are the best all-in-one printers you can buy in 2022, all tested by our experts.

Brother MFC-J1300DW All in Box

Best printer for instant value

While the MFC-J1300DW isn’t the cheapest printer upfront, it’s actually extremely good value, thanks to the generous quantities of ink that Brother has shipped it with. There’s enough for 7,200 full-colour prints, which is around three years’ worth according to the company’s estimates, meaning it comes out at an impressive 4p per page for colour sheets – and even less for mono documents. When that’s complete, the price of XL cartridges mean your costs could come down to as little as 2.3p per colour page.

But there’s more to the printer than just value: it’s easy to use, provides decent quality and is capable of delivering 12 pages of black text per minute. The only downside is its lack of duplex scanning, copying or faxing, but if that’s not a deal breaker for you, this is a superb all rounder that’s well worth the cost of entry.    

Price when reviewed: £241 exc. VAT

Read our full Brother MFC-J1300DW All in Box review for more information.

Canon Pixma TS8350

Best printer for all-round value

At just £100 excluding VAT, the Canon Pixma TS8350 offers an extraordinary amount of value in its unassuming frame. Sometimes, a low upfront price can disguise expensive ongoing running costs, but it’s not terrible here; replacement XXL cartridges offer around 3.4p per mono page and 6.2p per colour one. 

In fact, some questions about flimsy build quality aside, it’s all good news. Despite the low cost of entry, this is as good as any other printer we’ve tested in terms of print quality, and it can output pages at an impressive 13 mono prints a minute, dropping to four if you want a colourful sheet. If you’re looking for a capable but inexpensive all-in-one printer, you simply can’t go wrong with the Canon Pixma TS8350.

Price when reviewed: £100 exc. VAT

Read our full Canon Pixma TS8350 review for more information.

Epson EcoTank ET-2710

Best printer for low running costs

While only the third cheapest printer in this list, the Epson EcoTank ET-2710 is probably the best value if you get through a lot of ink. That’s thanks to the EcoTank technology where you manually top up the cartridges from bottles. It’s easy to do, and brings the running costs down to less than 0.5p per colour page.

There are, however, drawbacks for offices where the printer is always in use. For one thing, the paper feed mechanism is extremely noisy, especially for faster jobs. The term “faster” is relative, too, as print speeds are nothing to write home about at 9.6ppm for mono sheets and 2.9ppm for colour graphics. There’s also no screen to advise you as to what it’s currently up to.

Despite that, the quality is good, and with print prices as low as these, you can forgive a few drawbacks, and its recommendation is thoroughly well-deserved.

Price when reviewed: £145 exc. VAT

Read our full Epson EcoTank ET-2710 review for more information.

Epson EcoTank ET-3850

Best printer for busy offices 

The more recent Epson EcoTank-3850 may cost nearly twice as much as the EcoTank ET-2710, but it offers a lot more – including a colour screen for managing print jobs in person. It also lets you print double sided, includes a 30-sheet autofeeder and a built-in 250-sheet paper cassette, making it a more serious bit of kit for those whose print queues go on and on.

It’s also close to twice as fast, getting through 15.8 mono pages and 4.6 colour pages in a minute during our test, and quality is reasonable to boot. Crucially, it still relies on extremely cheap ink bottle refills, meaning you could be paying less than a penny per sheet once the generous bundled ink (enough for 14,000 mono and 5,200 colour pages) dries up.

Price when reviewed: £275 exc. VAT

Read our full Epson EcoTank ET-3850 review for more information.

Canon Pixma TS6250

Best printer for minimal outlay

The cheapest all-in-one printer on this list, the Canon Pixma TS6250 punches well above its weight, with superb print quality and decent speeds of 12.7ppm for mono prints and 3.9ppm for more complex colour graphics.

It uses five inks, with the usual cyan, magenta and yellow cartridges supplemented by two kinds of black ink — one for plain paper, and a dye-based one for photo prints. Despite this extra ink to worry about, using the XXL cartridges means that printing costs come down to as little as 2.8p per mono page, which isn’t bad at all.

There are drawbacks, of course: there’s no fax functionality, and it’s not the quietest with a mildly irritating wheezing noise, but most people will certainly be able to live with both considering the sheer affordability of the thing. 

Price when reviewed: £67 exc. VAT

Read our full Canon Pixma TS6250 review for more information.

Xerox C235dw

Best printer for high print speeds

Provided there’s not a perpetual queue around your printer, the Xerox C235dw is extremely hard to fault. Featuring a 250-sheet cassette, a 50-sheet ADF and a large 7.1cm colour touchscreen for easy controls, Xerox’s MFP is extremely easy to get along with. It’s speedy, too, capable of outputting 22 mono pages a minute and an impressive 13.1 colour sheets.

There are drawbacks, though. There’s no fax functionality, for a start, and photocopies are a little dark at the default setting. The supplied ink is a bit stingy too, capable of printing just 500 pages, and high-capacity cartridges offer so-so running costs of 2.4p per black page or 9.4p per colour one. All the same, if you value speed and quality over quantity, then the Xerox C235dw is a solid all-round choice that won’t let you down.

Price when reviewed: £280 exc. VAT

Read our full Xerox C235dw review for more information.