Looking for the best laser printer for your business or home office? As TechRadar Pro's resident printer specialist, I’ve reviewed over a hundred products, including the best printers and best small business printers, and around half of those are laser printers, so there are plenty to choose from.
I've rounded up my top nine laser printers and multifunction devices, considering every aspect from performance and price while covering all categories from the best mono printer to the best workgroup printer. Currently, the best laser printer overall, in my view, is the super-fast Xerox VersaLink B600DN, which is at the top of the list below.
The quick list
Best laser printer overall
My top pick for laser printing is the Xerox VersaLink B600DN, which boasts a high-capacity tray and record-breaking print speeds.
Best laser printer for SMBs
I love the Brother HL-L5100DN, which thanks to its compact size and high-speed prints, is an ideal choice for busy small businesses and offices.
Best laser printer for heavy workloads
For anyone performing a lot of print jobs, I recommend the Kyocera Ecosys P6230cdn, a heavy-duty laser printer.
Best laser printer with touchscreen
While plenty, I enjoyed my time reviewing the Xerox B215 thanks to a glorious touchscreen that gives you plenty of control over prints.
Best laser printer for auto-duplex printing
The Canon imageCLASS MF743Cdw (also known as the i-SENSYS MF742Cdw) automatically prints double-sided, freeing up more time.
Best laser printer for image quality
The Canon Color imageCLASS MF753Cdw (also known as the i-SENSYS MF754Cdw) delivers staggeringly good print quality on images considering this is a laser printer.
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Best laser printer on a budget
If you want an affordable, low-cost laser printer, the 7. HP Color LaserJet Pro 3201dw (sometimes called the 3202dw) offers excellent value for money.
Best refillable laser printer
The HP Neverstop Laser MFP 1202nw offers an economical and sustainable way to print, with refillable toner tanks.
Best mono laser printer
For document printing, you can't go wrong with a mono laser printer, and the Kyocera ECOSYS P2040dw is a stand-out pick.
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Below you'll find full write-ups for each of the best laser printers in our list. We've tested each one extensively, so you can be sure that our recommendations can be trusted.
Best laser printer overall
With a print speed of 55 pages per minute and room for a whole ream of paper, the Xerox VersaLink B600DN can keep a large workgroup printing continuously - more than justifying its place among the best laser printers around. It has a print speed of 55ppm, a paper capacity of 700 sheets, and supports high-capacity toner cartridges.
The initial cost for a monochrome print-only device might seem high. Still, this premium machine is very economical to run, and its consistent print quality justifies the price tag. The intuitive five-inch touchscreen interface will further cut down your operating time.
But the printer is large, weighs 22.3kg, and is fairly noisy, so it's better suited for busy small and mid-sized businesses than a home office. The printer has security features too. Secure Print holds your documents in the printer’s memory and releases it only when you input the correct PIN.
Read our full Xerox VersaLink B600DN review.
Best laser printer for small businesses
This little grey box can churn out the pages, and despite the size, it will hold a lot of paper too. This makes the Brother HL-L5100DN ideal for small offices with a high demand for black-and-white documents. The quality is consistent, and the per-page print cost is attractive. It’s light on features with no Wi-Fi or a front USB port, but what it does, it does very well.
The printer has a print speed of 40ppm and a duplex print speed of 10ppm. The HL-L5100DN can hold 300 sheets of A4 paper in its two in-trays and 150 sheets in the out tray. There is an Ethernet port, so you can connect with the office router through an Ethernet cable (not included). Thanks to the Brother iPrint&Scan app, you can connect to the printer using your smartphone.
Read our full review Brother HL-L5100DN review.
Best laser printer for heavy workloads
Kyocera’s hefty print-only device feels well-built and has enough capacity for 500 sheets of paper and large toner cartridges, making it suitable for a big workgroup or a busy home office. The Kyocera Ecosys P6230cdn prints quickly in duplex mode and runs quietly too.
The display and buttons are rather small, but it is well-armed with security features to prevent private documents from going astray.
The printer's main input tray can hold 500 sheets of A4 paper, while the multipurpose tray can carry 100 A4 sheets. The toner cartridges with the printer can deliver up to 6000 pages, which is quite suitable for a small or mid-sized business. The Ecosys P6230cdn can print mono and color pages at a rate of 30 ppm.
Read our full Kyocera Ecosys P6230cdn review.
Best laser printer with touchscreen
By Xerox’s standards, this compact four-in-one laser printer is a modest affair, offering print, scan, copy and fax functions in a small and relatively affordable package. Despite the low price, however, the Xerox B215 still comes with a large tilting touchscreen for easy operation and a none-too-shabby print speed of 30ppm.
You can fit 250 sheets of paper in the main paper tray and it comes with enough toner for 1500 monochrome pages and has a fairly low per page print cost of around 2.2 pence per page.
The B215 is the brand’s smallest multifunction device, and it's light enough to lift easily onto a desk. Although the B215 has a seemingly small footprint, it's not quite the case. To fit A4 sheets inside, you'll have to extend the paper tray out the back by a few inches, and this takes up more space on your desk than you might expect.
Read our full Xerox B215 review.
Best laser printer for auto-duplex printing
The Canon imageCLASS MF743Cdw (known as the i-SENSYS MF742Cdw in UK) comes with all of the key features such as auto duplex printing, a fifty-sheet ADF and a front USB port while offering a good enough print speed and print quality for any small to medium-sized business.
There’s plenty of room for paper and the ability to add further paper trays if required. It’s fairly economical to run, and that prominent touchscreen interface makes it particularly easy to use.
This printer's cheaper than the previous i-SENSYS model that it succeeds, and it ships with enough toner to print 2300 black and white pages, or 1200 in color. The MF743Cdw isn't super compact, and although you may not want to place it on your desk, it has a neat design.
Read our full Canon imageCLASS MF743Cdw review.
