Best A3 printer of 2024: Top picks for wide-format printers

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The best A3 printers are the perfect choice for handling larger prints, like promo displays and posters.

Any of the best printers can print on letter, legal and A4-size paper, but what if you need larger prints for posters, maps or marketing materials? For A3 or tabloid-sized prints (11 by 17 inch) you’ll need a wide-format printer and you’ll find the best A3 printers or tabloid printers (it’s the same thing) reviewed here.

As TechRadar Pro’s printer specialist, I’ve tested over a hundred printers, and I’d guess around a quarter of those are designed for larger paper formats such as tabloid, super-tabloid, A2 and beyond. This top twelve list includes inkjet and laser printers for all budgets, some of which are print-only devices suited to photographers, while others are all-in-ones aimed at business. What they all do especially well is print on paper lager than letter or legal.

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The quick list

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Below you'll find full write-ups for each of the entries on our best A3 printer list. We've tested each one extensively, so you can be sure that our recommendations can be trusted.

Best A3 printer overall

My top recommendation

Specifications

Category: A3 color inkjet printer
Print speed: 30ipm (mono)
Paper capacity: 750 + 250 sheets
Paper size: up to A3
Weight: 28.6kg

Reasons to buy

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Print and cut banners  
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High-yield cartridges available 
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Rapid print speed 
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Duplex print and scan A3 sheets

Reasons to avoid

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Paper roll takes up a whole tray  
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Not much inbox ink 
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Less efficient than an ink tank
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Slower than a laser 

This feature-packed large-format printer raises the bar for office inkjets. Like the rest of Brother’s business-oriented X-Series, it comes with all the tools the average SMB needs, such as duplex printing and scanning, high ink and paper capacity etc, but adds a significant new skill.

The ability to print and cut banners on rolls of paper puts the Brother MFC-J6959DW in a league of its own. If you need to produce signage or eye-catching marketing material at the point of sale, this thing makes it easy. But even if you don’t print on roll paper, this four-in-one MFP would serve well as workgroup printer in a shared office.

With room for 750 sheets of paper in its twin paper trays and compatibility with Brother’s huge high yield cartridges, it has the paper and ink capacity for a heavy workload. There’s also an NFC module for secure printing and big touchscreen interface to make operation easier. It’s not as fast as a laser, but it does offer way more functionality.

Read our full Brother MFC-J6959DW review.

Best A3 printer on a budget

Affordable A3 printer for your home office

Specifications

Category: A3 color inkjet printer
Print speed: 25ppm (mono)
Paper capacity: 500
Paper size: up to A3
Weight: 13.5kg

Reasons to buy

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Motorized output tray
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XXL cartridges available
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Vivid pigment inks
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Convenient brochure printing

Reasons to avoid

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Small setup cartridges
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No touchscreen or NFC

Epson’s A3-sized WorkForce color printer is perfect for the small office that needs to print on anything up to 13-in x 19-in paper. Conveniently, it has two 250-sheet paper trays, so you could fill one with A4 and the other with A3. Being an inkjet, you can also load photo paper, not to mention envelopes, labels and thin card.

It prints quite quickly, with a top speed of 25ppm (pages per minute) in black and white, and it can automatically print both sides of an A3 page – quite a feat for such a compact printer. Print resolution and connectivity are also strong suits.

The price is competitive, so don’t expect luxuries like a touchscreen interface, or USB Host port on this budget model. And it’s not part of Epson’s EcoTank line, sadly, so you’ll have to buy replacement cartridges. Thankfully, the four DURABrite Ultra inks are available in individual carts and are not especially expensive.

Read our full Epson WorkForce Pro WF-7310 review

Best compact A3 printer

Meet the world's smallest A3 printer

Specifications

Category: A3 colour laser printer
Print speed: 36ppm
Paper sizes: up to A3
Paper capacity: 300
Weight: 37kg

Reasons to buy

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Fast print speed
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Many features
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Large format printing
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Vivid color prints

Reasons to avoid

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No touchscreen control
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Long-winded setup
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Expensive

What looks like your typical A4 printer turns out to be the smallest A3 printer on the market with accessories available to make it one of the largest. It can hold 300 sheets of paper in its main paper tray and 100 in its multipurpose tray, but add three more drawers and that expands the capacity to 2,540 sheets.

It comes with four huge pre-installed toner cartridges that can print around 2,500 pages. What's even better is that you can replace these with cartridges that offer a higher yield of up to 10,000 pages.

You can choose the banner tray upgrade for printing on rolls of paper. It can auto duplex print and has Wi-Fi built in as standard. It uses LEDs rather than laser, but with similar effect.

Read our full Oki C844dnw review

Best A3 laser printer

A top A3 printer with all the features

Specifications

Category: 4-in-1 colour laser MFD
Print speed: 35ppm
Paper sizes: A3
Paper capacity: 520
Weight: 54kg

Reasons to buy

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Customizable touchscreen
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High-resolution prints
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Duplex A3 printing
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Extra modules available

Reasons to avoid

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Bulky and heavy
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Wi-Fi costs extra
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Small paper tray
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Expensive toner

This high-end laser printer will take big bites out of your office space and your budget, but there’s nothing the VersaLink C7000DN can’t do exceptionally well. For a start, it can duplex print on A3 paper and do it at a resolution of 1200 x 2400 DPI.

It can also scan, copy, and fax with all that functionality simplified by a sophisticated five-inch colour touchscreen.

Text is exceptionally sharp and colours particularly bold and with plenty of optional modules available for boosting the paper capacity, this is a printer that will suit the demands of any medium-sized office.

But keep in mind that this is a heavy printer that takes up a lot of space — you'll need at least a square meter of floor space because opening the bypass tray adds around 40cm to the width.

Read our full Xerox VersaLink C7000DN review

Best A3 printer for workgroups

Ideal for multiple users

Specifications

Category: A3 color inkjet printer
Print speed: 30ppm (mono)
Paper capacity: 500 + 100 sheets
Paper size: up to A3
Weight: 24kg

Reasons to buy

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Twin paper trays plus an ADF 
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High yield cartridges available 
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Full A3 capability 
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Fast duplex printing 

Reasons to avoid

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Slower than some lasers
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Less economical than an ink tank 
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Bulky and heavy  
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Not great with photos

If you’re looking for a workgroup printer that can handle A3 paper and a heavy workload, the Brother MFC-J6955DW could be the answer. It’s a four-in-one inkjet printer that comes with every business feature we can think of and specifications that will trump most lasers. It prints quickly, especially in duplex mode, and it can hold a ream of A3 paper in its twin paper trays, while holding a hundred more in its multi-purpose tray and ADF.

It also prints very well using extra large cartridges of Brother’s Innobella ink that have such a high yield, the cost per page is lower than any other cartridge-based inkjet and some lasers. It’s a little on the large size, and somewhat expensive, but it’s well designed and easy to use, thanks to the excellent touchscreen interface. With a reasonable amount of ink in the box and very high capacity cartridges available, this inkjet means business.

Read our full Brother MFC-J6955DW review

Best A3+ printer

Great for A3+ printing

Specifications

Category: A3+ color inkjet printer
Print speed: 32 ppm (mono A4)
Paper capacity: 100 sheets
Paper size: up to A3+
Weight: 11.1kg

Reasons to buy

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Motorised out tray
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Cheap bottled ink
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Vivid print quality
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Large touchscreen

Reasons to avoid

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Slow duplex print speed
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Scanner is not A3 size
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High initial cost

The Epson EcoTank ET-8550 has long been one of our favorite printers - and it absolutely excels at A3+ printing. As an EcoTank, it's also an economical choice, letting you refill the ink via bottles instead of expensive cartridges.

Wide-format paper sizes are fed into the printer through a rear tray. In all of our tests, the printer showed excellent performance. However, the highlight feature here is printing photos on glossy photo paper. Results are great, with the six color dyes providing accurate, vivid colors. The inclusion of gray ink, often missing from ink tank printers, helps make even the blacks and white stand out. Check out our Epson EcoTank ET-18100 review for more photo printing at A3 and A3+.

Printing is admittedly slow, but it is quiet. The EcoTank ET-8550 also has scan and copy capabilities - although we were disappointed to see the scanner only supports up to A4.

Read our full Epson EcoTank ET-8550 review

Best A3 printer for home offices