Even in times of increasingly paperless communication, you still have to print something every now and then. And if you want to largely do without paper and save your documents digitally, you have to scan them. Inkjet multifunction printers can do both and are therefore still very popular, especially in private households. In contrast to their laser colleagues, inkjet multifunction printers are not only significantly smaller and cheaper, they can also print photos well.

However, cheap inkjet multifunction printers in particular are usually very cheaply processed and often cause problems in practice Trouble, especially because of the ink – more on that below.

Read our reviews of laser multifunction printers color laser printers and laser printers here for home.

If printing photos isn’t important to you, laser printers are actually always a better choice. Color laser printers print color documents well, but don’t come close to inkjets when it comes to printing photos. Laser multifunction devices are more suitable for the office because they are usually significantly larger than their inkjet counterparts. If you only scan and copy occasionally, a scan app for your smartphone together with a compact laser printer for home is a good alternative.

We have meanwhile tested 33 multifunction printers with inkjet printers in several test rounds and prices from a very reasonable 50 euros to a proud 450 euros, 23 of which are currently still available. There are big differences between the devices, especially in terms of the quality of the photo print, but also in terms of the printing costs. Here are our recommendations:

Brief overview: Our recommendations

Test winner

Epson Expression Premium XP-7100

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Our long-term test winner Epson Expression Premium XP-830 passes the throne to its successor Expression Premium XP-7100. It differs from its predecessor mainly on the outside, while little has changed in terms of the technical inner workings. This makes the XP-7100 the best multifunction printer with an inkjet printer for us at the moment. No current competitor in the test offers such a well-rounded combination of equipment, versatility, print quality and moderate printing costs.

Photo specialist

Canon Pixma TS8351

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The Canon Pixma TS8351 shines with the best and also fastest photo printing in the test. The text printing is on par with that of the test winner, but we lack the automatic document feeder for complete equipment, which is helpful when copying and scanning multi-page documents. In return, the multifunction printer works comparatively quietly. In terms of price, it is on the same level as our favourite.

Text specialist

HP OfficeJet Pro 9012

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The HP OfficeJet Pro 9012, which was only released shortly before the latest test update in August 2019, has it directly in ours Recommendation list done. This is by far not only due to the fastest printing speed in the test, but also to the very clean typeface and the good ergonomics. Together with the lavish connectivity, this makes it an ideal candidate for the home office. However, there are weaknesses in photo printing and scanning.

Good & cheap

Canon Pixma MG3650S

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The Canon Pixma MG3650S is comparatively cheap in the Purchase. Anyone who now thinks that this will certainly result in high follow-up costs is wrong. Because the Canon is one of the cheapest printers in the inkjet multifunction printer segment under 100 euros. The relatively expansive but not tall device earns additional plus points for both text and photo printing. A native fax and an ADF are missing.

For frequent printers

Epson EcoTank ET-4750

With the Ecotank ET-4750, Epson is turning the conventional inkjet printer business model upside down: Instead of selling the printer cheaply and the ink expensively , Epson does it the other way around here. This can pay off in the long run, especially if you print a lot. Because even the first tank filling contains about ten times the amount of ink as a competitor with conventional cartridges. A second set of refill bottles is also included, which puts the high purchase price into perspective. But the Ecotank also cuts a fine figure when it comes to print quality.

With A3 print

Brother MFC-J5330DW

Comparison table

Test winner

Epson Expression Premium XP-7100

Photo Specialist

Canon Pixma TS8351

Text Specialist

HP OfficeJet Pro 9012

Good & cheap

Canon Pixma MG3650S

For frequent printers

Epson EcoTank ET-4750

With A3 print

Brother MFC-J5330DW

Brother DCP-J572DW

Brother MFC-J1300DW

Canon Pixma TS3450

Canon Pixma TR8550

Canon Maxify GX6050

Epson Expression Home XP-4100

Epson WorkForce WF-2860DWF

Epson WorkForce WF-2850DWF

Epson WorkForce WF-4820DWF

Epson EcoTank ET-2650

HP DeskJet Plus 4120

HP Envy Pro 6420

HP DeskJet 2630

HP OfficeJet 3831

HP OfficeJet Pro 8715

HP Envy 5030

HP OfficeJet Pro 8710

• Sehr guter und schneller Normal-Textdruck
• Sehr guter Fotodruck
• Umfangreiche Ausstatttung
• Tolle Bedienbarkeit

• Nicht immer der Leiseste
• Verbrauchskosten nur durchschnittlich
• Fotoscan könnte besser sein
• ADF sehr wählerisch

• Schnellster Fotodruck
• Bester Fotodruck
• Sehr guter Textdruck
• Relativ leise
• Beste Scanqualität

• Reagiert etwas träge
• Nur GDI
• Kein automatischer Vorlageneinzug
• Verbrauchskosten nur durchschnittlich

• Faxfunktion
• Sehr schnell
• Sehr sauberer Textdruck schon bei normaler Qualität
• Viele Anschlüsse
• Gute Verarbeitung

• Fotodruck kontrastarm und ohne korrekte Farbwiedergabe
• Etwas laut
• Scannt nur Text gut

• Sehr günstig
• Sehr guter Fotodruck
• Sehr sauberer Textdruck
• Duplex-Druck
• Moderate Druckkosten

• Kein Display
• Große Stellfläche
• Duplex-Druck sehr langsam
• Papiereinzug vorne

• Geringste Druckkosten
• Sehr solide verarbeitet
• Hohe Reichweite, hohe Kapazitäten
• Natives Fax

• Druckt relativ langsam
• Kein Front-USB
• Kein Kartenleser
• Display zu klein

• Druckt auch A3
• Akzeptabler Foto-Druck auf Glossy-Papier
• Front-USB-Anchluss

• Sehr groß
• Kein Kartenleser

• Very clean and rich text printing
• Usable photo printing and scan

• No automatic document feeder
• High printing costs
• Narrow equipment

• Good workmanship
• SD card slot and USB socket easily accessible from the front
• Very large ink cartridges included

• Very expensive
• Scan only mediocre

• Very cheap
• Very light
• Excellent text printing

• No A4 borderless
• Slow printing
• High printing costs
• No OCR
• Only GDI

• Very good photo printing
• Extensive features
• Integrated Bluetooth

• No CD compartment and no USB port

• Very low printing costs
• Long range, high capacities
• Very solid workmanship
• Front USB port
• Banner printing up to 120 cm

• Very expensive
• Text printing too expensive for frequent printers
• No borderless printing
• Constant maintenance operations
• GDI only

• Duplex printing
• Individual color cartridges
• Complete control possible on the device

• Very high printing costs, especially in color
• Suboptimal photo printing
• Slow scans

• Low purchase price
• Color-true photo printing
• Good scan Quality

• High printing costs
• Very small ink cartridges, not even completely filled on delivery

• Duplex printing
• Fax function
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• Individual color cartridges
• Complete control possible on the device

• Very high printing costs, especially in color
• Suboptimal photo printing

• Duplex printing
• Rapid printing speed

< li>Native fax

• Full range of connections including NFC
• Functions for work groups

• Bulky
• ADF picky
• Printing costs too high for frequent printers

• Good display
• Good prints

• Flat
• Cheap

< li>Somewhat reliable ADF

• Exorbitantly high printing costs
• No A4 borderless printing
• Slow scan (ADF) & Printing
• No borderless
• Cannot scan full A4

• Flat
• Inexpensive
• Somewhat reliable ADF
• Nice lighting and sound effects

• Very high printing costs
• Disposable printheads
• Slow scan (ADF) & Printing
• Feeder occasionally pulls in two sheets at once

• Very cheap
• Available in different color combinations
• Very good photo printing

• Poor display
• Exorbitantly high printing costs
• No borderless printing
• Unclean typeface
• Low paper capacity

• Very cheap
• Good photo printing
• Fax function

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• ADF

• High printing costs (b/w & colour)
• Text not printed correctly
• Low paper capacity

• Very solid processing
• Low printing costs thanks to Instant Ink

• Photo printing only sufficient



• Very affordable
• Flat
• Good scan quality
• Good photo printing
• Minimal display
• Few connections
• Meager equipment
• Very high printing costs



• Prints a lot and quickly
• Good operation
• Robustly built
• Photo printing is not convincing
• Successor model available
• Massive design

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9,1 / 0,2 Seiten pro Minute Text Normal / HQ

4:58 Minuten pro Seite A4 Fotopapier HQ

16 Sekunden

100 Blatt Normalpapier, 20 Blatt Fotopapier

4,3″ Farb-Touchscreen

5.760 x 1.140 dpi

Schwarz, Photo Black, Cyan, Gelb, Magenta

1.200 x 4.800 dpi

Wi-Fi, Ethernet, USB, Wi-Fi Direct, Kartenleser

4,4 ct / 13,8 ct
(ISO sw / ISO farbig)

39 x 33,9 x 18,3 cm

8,2 kg

10,2 / 2,2 Seiten pro Minute Normal / HQ

2:05 Minuten pro Seite A4 Fotopapier HQ

24 Sekunden

200 Blatt Normalpapier aus zwei Zuführungen

Farbe, Touch

4.800 x 1.200 dpi

Schwarz, Cyan, Gelb, Magenta, Fotoschwarz, Fotoblau

2.400 dpi x 4.800 dpi

USB, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct

3,9 ct / 12,9 ct (ISO sw / ISO farbig)

37,3 x 31,9 x 14,1 cm

6,6 kg

15,4 / 6,2 Seiten pro Minute Normal / HQ

2:26 Minuten pro Seite A4 Fotopapier HQ

13 Sekunden

250 Blatt Normalpapier, 50 Blatt Fotopapier

Farbe, Touch

4.800 x 1.200 dpi

Schwarz, Cyan, Gelb, Magenta

1.200 dpi

USB A, USB B, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, Ethernet (LAN), Fax, Bluetooth

OfficeJet Pro 9010: 2,2 ct / 7,7 ct (ISO sw / ISO farbig, ohne Instant Ink)

43,9 x 34,3 x 27,8 cm

8,95 kg

8,3 / 1,7 Seiten pro Minute Normal / HQ

5:50 Minuten pro Seite A4 Fotopapier HQ

18 Sekunden

100 Blatt Normalpapier

Kein Display

4.800 x 1.200 dpi

Schwarz + Kombipatrone mit Cyan, Gelb, Magenta

1.200 x 2.400 dpi

USB, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct

4,9 ct / 12,3 ct (ISO sw / ISO farbig

44,9 x 30,4 x 15,2 cm

5,4 kg

8 / 1 Seite pro Minute Normal / HQ

2:55 Minuten pro Seite A4 Fotopapier HQ

25 Sekunden

250 Blatt Normalpapier, 20 Blatt Fotopapier

2,4″ Farb-Touchscreen

4.800 x 1.200 dpi

Cyan, Magenta, Gelb, Schwarz

1.200 x 2.400 dpi

USB, LAN, WLAN

0,1 ct / 0,2 ct
(ISO sw / ISO farbig)

37,5‎ x 34,7 x 23,1 cm

6,8 kg

15 / 2 Seiten pro Minute Normal / HQ

3:40 Minuten pro Seite A4 Fotopapier HQ

8 Sekunden

250 Blatt Normalpapier
50 Blatt Fotopapier

2,6″ Farb-Touchscreen

4.800 x 1.200 dpi

Cyan, Magenta, Gelb, Schwarz

1.200 x 2.400 dpi

USB, LAN, WLAN

1,4 ct / 7,1 ct
(ISO sw / ISO farbig)

53 x 39,8 x 30,4 cm

16,9 kg

12,5 / 3,8 Seiten pro Minute Normal / HQ

10:05 Minuten pro Seite A4 Fotopapier HQ

12 Sekunden

100 Blatt Normalpapier A4, 20 Blatt Fotopapier 10×15

1,8″ SW-Touchscreen

6.000 x 1.200 dpi

Cyan, Magenta, Gelb, Schwarz

2.400 x 1.200 dpi

Wi-Fi, USB, Wi-Fi Direct, Kartenleser

4,5 ct / 15,9 ct
(ISO sw / ISO farbig)

47,7 x 22,8 x 45,7 cm

7,2 kg

10/1,5 Seiten pro Minute Normal / HQ

4:27 Minuten pro Seite A4

12 Sekunden

150 Blatt-Fach, 20 Blatt ADF, Einzelblatteinzug

2,67″ Farb-Touchscreen

6.000 x 1.200 dpi

Cyan, Magenta, Gelb, Schwarz

2.400 x 1.200 dpi

USB, Kartenleser, LAN, WLAN & NFC

2,1 ct

43,5 x 19,5 x 34,1 cm

8,8 kg

6,2 / 1,8 Seiten pro Minute Normal / HQ

05:34 Minuten pro Seite A4 Fotopapier HQ

Nicht messsbar

60 Blatt Normalpapier

LCD monochrom 1 Ziffer + Symbole

4.800 x 1.200 dpi

Schwarz, Cyan, Gelb, Magenta

600 x 1.200 dpi

USB, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct

6,1 ct / 14,2 ct (ISO sw / ISO farbig)

43,5 x 32,7 x 14,5 cm

4 kg

12 / 1,2 Seiten pro Minute Normal / HQ

2:38 Minuten pro Seite A4 Fotopapier HQ

15 Sekunden

100 Blatt Normalpapier
20 Blatt Fotopapier

4,3″ Farb-Touchscreen

4.800 x 1.200 dpi

Cyan, Magenta, Gelb, Schwarz, Pigment-Schwarz

1.200 x 2.400 dpi

USB, LAN, WLAN, Bluetooth

3,8 ct / 12,4 ct
(ISO sw / ISO farbig)

43,8 x 35,1 x 19 cm

8,0 kg

14 / 5 Seiten pro Minute Normal / HQ

2:01 Minuten pro Seite A4 Fotopapier HQ (kein Randlosdruck)

18 Sekunden

250 Blatt Normalpapier, hinterer Einzug 100 Blatt Normalpapier

Farbe, Touch

600 x 1.200 dpi

Cyan, Magenta, Gelb, Schwarz

1.200 x 1.200 dpi

USB, WLAN, LAN, AirPrint, Google Cloud Print

0,4 ct / 0,6 ct (ISO sw / ISO farbig

39,9 x 41 x 24,6 cm

11,6 kg

8,3 / 2,3 Seiten pro Minute Normal / HQ

4:22 Minuten pro Seite A4 Fotopapier HQ

54 Sek. (mit Vorschauscan, lässt sich nicht deaktivieren?)

100 Blatt Normalpapier

Farbe

5.760 x 1.440 dpi

Schwarz, Cyan, Gelb, Magenta

1.200 x 2.400 dpi

USB, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct

5,9 ct / 20,3 ct (ISO sw / ISO farbig)

37,5 x 30 x 17 cm

4,3 kg

8 / 1 Seite pro Minute Normal / HQ

3:00 Minuten pro Seite A4

27 Sekunden

150 Blatt-Fach, 30 Blatt ADF

2,4″ Farb-Touchscreen

4.800 x 1.200 dpi

Cyan, Magenta, Gelb, Schwarz

2.400 x 1.200 dpi

USB, LAN, WLAN & NFC

3,8 / 13,4 Cent
(ISO sw / ISO farbig)

37,5‎ x 34,7 x 23 cm

6,4 kg

8,3 / 2,3 Seiten pro Minute Normal / HQ

4:22 Minuten pro Seite A4 Fotopapier HQ

30 Sekunden

100 Blatt Normalpapier

Farbe

Farbe

Schwarz, Cyan, Gelb, Magenta

1.200 x 2.400 dpi

Fax, USB, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct

5,9 ct / 20,3 ct (ISO sw / ISO farbig)

37,5 x 30 x 21,8 cm

5,2 kg

16,7 / 2,9 Seiten pro Minute Normal / HQ

4:03 Minuten pro Seite A4 Fotopapier HQ

23 Sekunden

250 Blatt Normalpapier

Farbe, Touch

4.800 x 2.400 dpi

Schwarz, Cyan, Gelb, Magenta

1.200 x 1.200 dpi

Fax, USB, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, LAN, NFC

4 ct / 11,1 ct (ISO sw / ISO farbig)

42,5 x 38,9 x 26,5 cm

10,2 kg

9,1 /2,8 Seiten pro Minute Normal / HQ

3:25 Minuten pro Seite A4 Fotopapier HQ

14 Sekunden

100 Blatt Normalpapier
20 Blatt Fotopapier

1,5″ LC-Farb-Display

5.760 x 1.440 dpi

Cyan, Magenta, Gelb, Schwarz

2.400 x 1.200 dpi

USB, Kartenleser, LAN, WLAN

Normaler Druck: unter 1 ct

44,5‎ x 30,4 x 16,9 cm

5,0 kg

6,3 / 3,2 Seiten pro Minute Normal / HQ

07:35 Minuten pro Seite A4 Fotopapier HQ (nicht randlos)

nicht messbar

60 Blatt Normalpapier

Kein Display

1.200 x 1.200 dpi

Schwarz + Kombipatrone mit Cyan, Gelb, Magenta

1.200 dpi

USB, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct

9,1 ct / 18,9 ct (ISO sw / ISO farbig)

42,8 x 57,9 x 226,1 cm

4,8 kg

7,6 / 3,3 Seiten pro Minute Normal / HQ

05:58 Minuten pro Seite A4 Fotopapier HQ

19 Sekunden

100 Blatt Normalpapier

Kein Display

4.800 x 1.200 dpi

Schwarz + Kombipatrone mit Cyan, Gelb, Magenta

1.200 dpi

USB, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct

7,4 ct / 17 ct (ISO sw / ISO farbig)

43,3 x 36,2 x 17,4 cm

6,2 kg

6,9 / 3,6 Seiten pro Minute Normal / HQ

5:17 Minuten pro Seite A4 Fotopapier HQ

23 Sekunden

60 Blatt Normalpapier

Monochromes LC-Display für 1 Ziffer und diverse Symbole

4.800 x 1.200 dpi

Schwarz + Kombipatrone mit Cyan, Gelb, Magenta

1.200 x 1.200 dpi

USB, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct

9,2 ct / 18,8 ct (ISO sw / ISO farbig, ohne Instant Ink)

42,5 x 54,8 x 24,9 cm

3,4 kg

7,8 / 4,3 Seiten pro Minute Normal / HQ

5:51 Minuten pro Seite A4 Fotopapier HQ

22 Sekunden

60 Blatt Normalpapier

Monochrom, Touch

4.800 x 1.200 dpi

Schwarz + Kombipatrone mit Cyan, Gelb, Magenta

1.200 x 1.200 dpi

Fax, USB, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct

6,9 ct / 17,1 ct (ISO sw / ISO farbig, ohne Instant Ink)

45 x 36,4 x 22,4 cm

5,6 kg

5 / 5 Seiten pro Minute Normal / HQ

1:23 Minuten pro Seite A4 Fotopapier HQ (gemessen)

8 Sekunden

250 Blatt Normalpapier
50 Blatt Fotopapier

2,6″ Farb-Touchscreen

4.800 x 1.200 dpi

Cyan, Magenta, Gelb, Schwarz

1.200 x 1.200 dpi

USB, LAN, WLAN

2,2 ct / 7,8 ct
(ISO sw / ISO farbig)

49,9 x 40,4 x 33,9 cm

11,5 kg

11,5 / 2,1 Seiten pro Minute Normal / HQ

10:20 Minuten pro Seite A4 Fotopapier HQ

21 Sekunden

100 Blatt Normalpapier, 20 Blatt Fotopapier

monochrom, Touch

1.200 x 1.200 dpi

PGBK, Schwarz, Cyan, Magenta, Gelb, PB

1.200 x 1.200 dpi

Wi-Fi, USB

8,9 ct / 18,5 ct (ISO sw / ISO farbig, ohne Instant Ink)

56,4 x 44,5 x 12,8 cm

5,4 kg

22 Seiten pro Minute sw / 18 Seiten pro Minuten Farbe

1:44 Minuten pro Seite A4 Fotopapier HQ

19 Sekunden

250 Blatt Normalpapier, 50 Blatt Fotopapier

2,6″ Farb-Touchscreen

4.800 x 1.200 dpi

Cyan, Magenta, Gelb, Schwarz

1.200 x 1.200 dpi

USB, LAN, WLAN

Fotodruck: 37 ct (10 x 15 cm)

49,9 x 40,4 x 33,9 cm

11,5 kg

Komplett papierlos bleibt schwierig

Die Vision vom papierlosen Büro, und sei es nur im Home-Office, bleibt in der Praxis oft leider nur eben das: eine Vision. Zwar kommunizieren wir immer öfter digital, trotzdem kommt man immer wieder in die Verlegenheit, doch einmal ein Dokument scannen, kopieren oder gar faxen zu müssen.

Unternehmen und Behörden arbeiten nach wie vor überwiegend mit Ausdrucken auf Papier, auch wenn beispielsweise das Finanzamt mittlerweile nur noch elektronische Steuererklärungen bekommen möchte. Selbst der urtümliche Nadeldrucker hat nach wie vor seine Berechtigung, wenn es darum geht, Dokumente mit Durchschlag anzufertigen.

Drucker sind immer noch sehr häufig im Einsatz

Auch im Privathaushalt, vor allem wenn Kinder dazugehören, kommt es gar nicht so selten vor, dass mal eben ein Dokument, Formular oder auch ein Bild ausgedruckt werden muss. Selbst wenn man tatsächlich papierlos werden will, braucht man eben doch noch ein Gerät, mit dem man Dokumente schnell und einfach digitalisieren kann.

Ein Tintenstrahl-Multifunktionsdrucker ist nicht nur deshalb für viele sowohl für Zuhause als auch für das kleine Büro nach wie vor die erste Wahl. Anlässlich der immer wieder aufflammenden Feinstaubdiskussion bezüglich Laserdruckern wollen viele gerade zuhause und im kleinen Büro auf Nummer sicher gehen – denn da steht der Drucker ja meist unmittelbar neben dem Schreibtisch.

Most new models do not have a dedicated fax function – a clear indication of the declining importance of this function. If need be, there are various options on the PC for sending a fax with or without a fax telephone line, but nowadays you usually just send a PDF by email. Therefore, we did not consider the lack of a fax function as a negative.

The ink problem

Inkjet printers don’t exactly have the best reputation. This is mainly due to the traditional business model of the manufacturers, who sell printers at bargain prices, only to then grab the ink all the more.

The steep prices for ink cartridges have brought third-party manufacturers onto the scene who offer cheaper alternatives – the but do not always deliver the same quality as the original cartridges. After all, the printer drivers are always optimally matched to the manufacturer’s own inks and papers. And because the manufacturers subsidize the low prices for the devices with the revenue from the sale of ink, they are increasingly blocking the use of third-party cartridges, which in turn leads to annoyance among consumers.

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Meanwhile, the customer has become so accustomed to extremely low prices for inkjet printers that manufacturers are cutting back on production in order to undercut the prices – which in turn is not exactly conducive to the quality of the devices. Unfortunately, this is clearly visible on the devices: they are often rickety, creaking plastic bombers with a cheap look that don’t do well in the living environment.

If you don’t necessarily have to print in color and can do without multifunctional properties, a laser printer is often the better alternative for this reason. Even cheap laser printers print text documents more reliably, faster and better than the best inkjet printers. And if you only scan or copy a few pages from time to time, you can do this very well with a scan app for your smartphone, saving you money and space.

If you absolutely need a multifunction device, you are Laser multifunction devices worth considering. However, they are usually large and clumsy and also play in a different league in terms of price. Therefore, this device class is mostly used in office environments, where several employees access a printer together and ensure the corresponding print volumes.

For home, an inkjet multifunction printer is therefore often still the method of choice – especially for printing with ink is no longer necessarily more expensive than with toner. Above all, good photo printing, especially on high-gloss paper, still requires ink, better yet special pigment-based photo black.

Cartridges from third-party manufacturers are often worse

Fortunately, the first manufacturers are now trying to break out of the fateful downward spiral of falling prices and cheap workmanship. Epson’s EcoTank series has consistently expanded. With the huge ink tanks, even the refill bottles are cheaper than cartridges from third-party manufacturers with a tenth of the amount of ink. Even the higher purchase price is then forgotten at the latest when a replacement set is available in the package in addition to the initial equipment. There is now hardly any area of ​​application that cannot be served with an ET printer from Epson. The only printers that work with five colors instead of four, like the four photo experts in our test, do not yet have EcoTanks from Epson.

Brother is also pursuing a similar approach called inkbenefit. Comparatively crisp purchase prices are offset by significantly reduced printing costs. If, for example, XL cartridges are included in the scope of delivery, the initial costs are put into perspective accordingly. The consumption cost specialists from the Printer Channel have calculated that the high purchase price could be amortized within around two years if you print around 250 sheets a month. Of course you have to do that first, but then you can print with the EcoTank models from Epson much cheaper than with the inkbenefit XL cartridges from Brother.

HP also offers Instant Ink very successfully offers a kind of subscription solution for ink cartridges that is precisely tailored to individual printing needs. However, this requires the printer to keep phoning home to report the ink levels. A replacement will then be delivered just before the cartridge is completely empty. On this occasion, data on consumption behavior is also transmitted at the same time, which is certainly not for everyone from a data protection point of view. A special feature: With InstantInk you don’t pay for the amount of ink, but for the number of pages printed. It doesn’t matter whether it’s economical text printing or a high-consumption, full-surface photo. You can save a lot of money if you regularly print a lot of photos.

Printing costs: ink or laser?

< p>In the last printer test of the Stiftung Warentest, the editors specifically addressed the question of costs when comparing ink and toner. This puts the supposed cost advantage of laser printers into perspective (Test 03/2019). This is not least due to approaches such as the already mentioned ink subscription from HP, the large ink tanks of the Epson EcoTanks and the really large XL cartridges of the Brother DCP-J785DW Inkbenefit model, which is no longer available.

Even if If, for example, the electricity costs and the occasional, but then expensive, replacement of the image drum in laser printers are included in the calculation, it no longer looks so disadvantageous for inkjet printers. With laser printing, the toner is fixed to the paper by heat and heating costs energy and therefore money.

The last word has not yet been said about the emission of fine dust from laser printers either, the current discussion is somewhat reminiscent of the one about nitrogen oxides in the wake of the diesel scandal. The fact is that some manufacturers are completely on one side, so for example Canon color laser printers are very rare, and Epson has never produced this device class in serious quantities. But that can also be a pure market strategy.

New approaches make ink printers attractive again

Epson’s approach goes two steps further : The annoying cartridge change is completely eliminated, the ink tanks each fit around ten times the amount of a single XL cartridge. Although you have to get the refill bottles yourself in good time, after a really simple tank filling, in most cases there is easily a year’s rest. The EcoTank 4750 even comes with a second set of refill bottles. This comes to more than 10,000 printed pages, which should be enough for a while.



Test winner: Epson Expression XP-7100

TheEpson Expression Premium XP-7100 not only prints photos on the right high-gloss paper best, but also impresses when it comes to text printing. There are further plus points for usability, versatility and variety of connections.

Test winner

Epson Expression Premium XP-7100



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The Epson XP-7100 comes up with a special feature: After switching on, the touchscreen folds up motorized from the parking position so that it is easier to use. If something is printed out, the paper tray (as with the Canon Pixma TS8351) also moves out of the case automatically, but the paper can also be ejected via a button on the display drive in and out again. As a result, the Epson, which is already satisfied with little space, can manage with a depth of 34 centimeters when not in use.

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Like its predecessor, the Epson XP-7100 is very versatile when it comes to what it can print on: it has one paper tray for plain paper and a second for photo paper, plus you can feed heavy paper via a single-sheet feeder on the back and CDs and DVDs can also be printed directly via their own feeder.

However, the flexibility of the printable media on the Epson XP-7100 also has its downsides: the pull-out CD -Labeler, the paper tray and the cassette do not leave a particularly trustworthy impression, only plastic is involved here and the guide rails are not necessarily trimmed for dimensional accuracy. However, this does not affect the print results.

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The equipment of the Epson XP-7100 is convincing again: With photo black, an additional cartridge is on board, thick media can be printed via a single sheet feeder. Thanks to the front USB plus card reader, it is open to many data carriers.

Anyone who wants to scan or copy several photos or documents at once will benefit from the automatic document feeder. Automatic duplex printing helps save paper. The large and bright touch display greatly simplifies operation of the device itself and intuitively guides even beginners through various actions such as scanning and copying.

Setup and processing

The installation of the test candidates usually ran without any problems via the wireless network. An exception is the inexpensive HP Envy 5030, which required several attempts. Years ago, multifunction printers with a network connection still required a USB connection for the initial installation, which is now only rarely the case. On the HP Envy Pro 6420 and the HP DeskJet Plus 4120, both of which have no display, the driver prompted us to establish a USB connection. All other test devices could ultimately be integrated into the network via WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup), i.e. at the push of a button. After that, the devices were always immediately available when we wanted to control them from the PC.

Only setting up the fax function requires a little more attention, depending on whether there is a separate fax line or the telephone line for both signals must serve. All devices that offer this functionality, which is becoming increasingly rare, are also well prepared for this.

Annoying: When uninstalling the collected printer drivers and additional software after the test, some Brother applications and services were stubborn and could not be removed in the normal way via the Windows 10 Control Panel because the corresponding entries were simply missing. Here the corresponding printers have to be deleted in the driver itself, which then automatically leads to a deinstallation of the software for the last printer – you have to think about that first.

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We didn’t notice any notable manufacturing defects, but the moving parts seem a bit rickety, we would have liked a more stable version here. The CD compartment in particular leaves a very shaky impression, but it should hardly be used nowadays anyway.

It is positive and a unique selling point of the XP-7100 that it has a duplex ADF, unfortunately However, it only reliably processes A4 paper that is completely uncrumpled, capitulates to other formats and sometimes even has problems with folded and straightened letters. Even if he moves in, that doesn’t always mean that it’s happening. However, it has to be said that some of the competitors’ simplex ADFs don’t do it much better either.

We really liked the menu navigation on the large and bright touchscreen display. The menu structure is clearly structured, you don’t need the computer for many functions, such as printing photos from an SD card or scanning onto a USB stick. The beginner-friendly assistants, which safely guide you through actions carried out on the device itself, clearly benefit from the good display. The same can be said of our second winner and photo specialist Canon Pixma TX8351.

Text printing with a surprise

When printing text without graphics and images, the printers distinguish between several quality levels. We let each printer print out ten pages of standard text once quickly in normal quality and once much slower and therefore in optimal quality, and we measured the speed. The particularly fixed draft mode found in many printers is usually not suitable for business correspondence, which is mainly due to the often very pale and sometimes unclean typeface.

The Epson is at the upper end of the speed scale here , only the MFC J5330DW from Brother works faster when printing pure text, and it also prints beautifully quietly. With an optimally set print quality, the HP OfficeJet Pro 8715 with its almost two minutes is unbeatable, but neither the speed nor the quality differ from eco-printing, so that that brings no real benefit. However, this one also works quietly.

Despite the second fastest working speed when printing text in standard quality, the Expression Premium XP-7100 can be compared in terms of quality no slouch. The edges of the letters are not displayed quite as cleanly as with optimal printing, but the black appears richer than many competitors can do with the best quality.




The slight outliers at the edges and the formation of jaggies at sloping edges, on the other hand, are a phenomenon that occurs to a greater or lesser extent when printing text with all inkjet printers – comparisons with the razor-sharp typeface of a good laser printer can only be withstood by a few printers in the test – and that only in optimal mode and with the naked eye. Incidentally, the decisive factor in favor of the test winner for text in the best quality was not the cleanliness of the edges, but the somewhat richer black of the Expression XP-7100. p>

With fast normal printing, the quality differences between the printers are sometimes quite clear. The Pixma TS8250 and the Expression XP-7100 don’t take much from each other here: The black is richer in the faster Epson, but the letters in the Canon are a bit cleaner under the magnifying glass. The better black is more important to the naked eye.

To our surprise, both the Epson Expression Premium XP-7100 and the Canon Pixma TS8250 is only slightly weaker in normal printing than in the slower, “optimal” quality. The HP OfficeJet Pro 9012 also offers a very clean typeface in normal mode, but not much is gained here with optimal quality.

The Epson XP-7100 prints text one of the best

When it comes to optimized text printing, the differences between most printers are relatively small. The differences can hardly be made out without magnification.

In addition to the new OfficeJet 9012, the bottom line for us in text printing is the Epson XP-7100 a nose ahead, because it is very fast in normal printing and produces a clean and, above all, rich typeface. You can save yourself the slower optimal print for special occasions such as applications, etc., after all, macher Personaler should even have a magnifying glass on his desk.

Photo printing: chaff and wheat

While laser printers are the measure of all things when it comes to text printing, inkjet printers can fully demonstrate their strengths when printing color photos. When it comes to printing costs, color laser printers usually cannot keep up with inkjets – although there are very large price differences for inkjets. We created the following photo from printouts of our test image in the best available quality.



The XP-7100 shows a red/magenta tint, which particularly affects the natural skin tone reproduction. The contrast could be even better with darker black. We observed minimal banding in homogeneous areas, while the color gradient of our standard test image is a bit unclean without any noticeable steps.

Printing costs

Unfortunately, the Epson Expression Premium XP-7100 is not one of the cheaper printers in the test in terms of printing costs, but it does not stand out negatively either. Printer Channel calculates 4.4 cents for a page of text and 13.8 cents for an ISO color page. This puts the Epson XP-7100 even slightly higher than the Canon Pixma TS8351 with 3.9 or 13 cents.

Moving overall are both in the midfield in terms of price. The Brother DCP-J 785DW, which is suitable for frequent printers and is no longer available, prints the cheapest at 0.9 or 4.5 cents thanks to its inkbenefit XL cartridges, the small HP Envy 5030 comes to a hefty 8.9 / 18.5 cents per page when using normal retail cartridges, which should probably drive buyers into the arms of the Instant Ink subscription.

Another Brother printer is significantly cheaper: 1.4 cents for black-and-white prints and 7.1 cents for color printing for the large J5330DW .

A more expensive device with lower printing costs is only worthwhile if you print a lot

Really worth it but only beat the cost of the ink if you print a lot. If you only print a few pages once a week, you can safely ignore the printing costs. You won’t notice the difference in your wallet until you print more than ten color pages every day.

The Epson Ecotank ET-4750 with its large ink tanks: It prints cheaper by a factor of 10 to 20. So Printer Channel comes up with ink costs of 0.1 cents per text page, 0.2 cents per ISO color page. The Stiftung Warentest comes to 8 cents per DIN A4 photo with the predecessor.

However, with the Epson EcoTank you have to swallow a much higher purchase price. If you print fewer than 100 color pages per month, it’s still not worth it after three years, as this list shows. The more expensive purchase price only pays off after these three years if you print more than 150 color pages per month.

Copying and scanning

When scanning documents, all multifunction printers hardly made any mistakes. The resolution should be completely sufficient for most templates, but there were clear differences, especially with regard to the detail resolution.

It’s different if you want to scan photos, because color fidelity, correct brightness and contrast sometimes seem off when scanning to be decoupled from the other quality of the devices. The test winner, of all people, scans our test image much too dark, lets the depths drown out and shows colors that are clearly too strong, which, among other things, lead to a totally unnatural reproduction of skin tones. In addition, fine banding can be observed.

Documents scan all candidates cleanly, with photos there are big differences

The result almost cost the Expression Premium XP-7100 the test win. However, we assume that these days, photos that are usually already available digitally are scanned less and less. If you want to digitize old photo albums, you should refrain from the XP-7100.

We performed the scans directly from the device and (as far as possible) set a resolution of 300 dpi. We did not check whether better results can be achieved from the PC. This also has to work from the device, as with all other manufacturers.

The Pixma TS8351< delivered the best scan result among all the MuFu printers in the test /span>, the cheaper TR8550 is hot on its heels, so that both are very well suited to digitizing paper images in excellent quality. In addition, the Brother DCP-J572DW, the Epson WorkForce WF4820DWF and To our surprise, the cheap HP Envy 5030 takes photos in particularly good quality.

With the automatic document feeder of the Epson XP-7100 you can double-sided originals can be automatically scanned or copied. All options are available for selection. So you can copy double-sided templates on both sides, output them on single pages or also output individual pages on both sides to save paper. The other test candidates can do all that, too.

Automatic duplex printing is important and on board almost everywhere.

With the Epson XP-7100 allows you to select different computers as scan destinations directly from the control panel. You can also scan directly to SD cards or USB sticks or create an e-mail with a scan directly from the printer. Epson also provides a cloud where scans can be stored. When scanning directly to an SD card or an external data medium, the scan quality can be selected – and also which file extension the scan is given – but you have no influence on the folder structures of the data medium, as the scan automatically ends up in a standard folder.< /p>

Extensive document management is therefore not possible without a PC. With a PC and over the network, on the other hand, you can sort the scans very easily and in a differentiated way, which takes you a decisive step closer to the paperless office, for example, the entire bookkeeping can be digitized.

The can do automatic character recognition OCR XP-7100 also with on-board resources. Epson Scan 2 creates searchable PDFs, even with the smallest serif font (Times New Roman 8 points) there were only a few errors, with larger ones almost none – kudos.

What are the disadvantages?

The biggest disadvantage of the Premium XP-7100 and thus also of the predecessor XP-830 is its only average printing costs. There are cheaper alternatives for those who print a lot. Another minus point is of course the more than suboptimal quality when scanning photos. Like many other manufacturers, Epson is unfortunately not stingy with highly sensitive and fingerprint-susceptible plastic high-gloss surfaces in the test winner. You should be aware of the limited capabilities of the ADF (see above).

As much as we otherwise like the Epson XP-7100, it naturally also has the disadvantages that plague all inkjet printers: time-consuming cleaning phases after longer printing pauses with correspondingly high ink consumption are annoying – especially if you just want to print something and the multifunction printer has had a break in printing for several days. Cleaning the cartridges also costs a lot of ink and therefore a lot of money.

The XP-7100 can be set up so that it can be woken up from the computer. We advise against this, because if you accidentally turn it off manually, you will provoke unnecessary cleaning processes. Since we didn’t see the connection at first, it cost half of the already meagerly filled starter cartridge.

If you really print a lot, you should use Instant Ink, inkbenefit and EcoTank

But these shortcomings are typical for inkjet printers. If you don’t want to do without good photo print quality, you have to live with these limitations – unfortunately. From our point of view, the manufacturers can also save themselves the possibility of being able to print CDs and DVDs – and this certainly not just since yesterday.

When printing text quickly, the high speed of the XP-7100 is also noticeable in terms of noise, but for noise-sensitive environments, potentially quieter laser printers are the better choice – but you should find out more about this beforehand, because by no means every laser printer is quiet.

Epson XP-7100 in the test mirror

People are increasingly divided when it comes to multifunction printers, which is why the Stiftung Warentest even has one has carried out an extensive comparison of laser and inkjet printers, some of which come up with surprising results and clear up old prejudices.

In the »Test« issue 4/2019, our favorite among the multifunction printers with conventional ink cartridges is proven the two th place behind the Canon Pixma TR8550 and achieved an overall rating of 2.4 (“good”). The foundation certifies that the XP-7100 has better print and copy quality, while the TR8550 scores with slightly superior scan results and lower ink costs.

In the computer magazine c’t (Issue 11/2015), the very similar predecessor XP-830 can also convince with its wide range of applications:< /p>

»Anyone looking for a universal device for all private tasks related to printing, copying, scanning and faxing can turn to the Epson Expression Premium XP-830, which handles photo printing and office work equally well. All you have to do is buy OCR software.«

PC-Welt gave the printer a grade of 2 in July 2019 ,3. The only shortcoming mentioned is increased printing costs:

»Epson packs a lot of equipment into the Expression Premium XP-7100. This means that the multifunction printer can be used in almost any scenario – be it in a network or for special tasks such as CD printing or for control via smartphone, to name just a few examples. Despite the abundance, the combination device remains easy to use – not least thanks to the good touchscreen. Overall, the XP-7100 is a real all-rounder for the home and small office. Its only drawback is the comparatively high side prices. They speak against an excessively high throughput of prints and copies.«

Alternatives

The For us, the Epson Expression Premium XP-7100 is ahead of the game, mainly because of its high print quality for text and photo printing. However, you have to accept compromises in terms of printing costs and scan quality. If the printer has to cope with a higher workload, for example because he is working from home or serves several workstations in the right office, there are better candidates, just as if the quality of photo or text printing should be even higher.

Ideal for photo printouts: Canon Pixma TS8351

If you mainly want to print and scan photos, the Canon Pixma TS8351 better served. At this point, it replaces its almost identical predecessor, the Pixma TS8250, which is hardly available anymore. The black model is called Pixma TS8350, the red TS8352. While the WLAN of the TS8250 was still limited to the overcrowded 2.4 gigahertz band, the TS835X can also be used in the less frequented 5 gigahertz band. More important is the new automatic paper width detection, which saves you the usual confirmation dialogs (does the paper match the setting you have made?).

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Thanks to six colors including photo black and photo blue, the print quality for photos is on par with the quality of inexpensive dedicated photo printers and even surpasses our very good favorite here. The slightly too cool color matching of the predecessor has disappeared in the new model. The versatile and sophisticated printer also masters the scanning of photos at a high level. Paper is fed via a plain paper cassette (100 sheets) or the rear paper feed for photo paper (20 sheets).

Although the TS8351 offers the most natural color reproduction in the test field, especially with skin tones, the skin tone of the middle-aged woman contains up Too much red in our test photo, otherwise the colors are strong and surprisingly correct. The gray gradient is reproduced with smaller gradations at the upper end, but no banding can be observed. Black looks pleasantly rich, which ensures a good contrast ratio and gives the images depth.

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The candidate does not show any weaknesses when it comes to text printing either, but convinces with a high printing speed, remains relatively calm and presents a flawless, clean typeface even in normal printing. Only the opacity of the test winner is a little better. It is a little slow with automatic duplex printing, which is due to the pauses between printing the front and back. In addition, the Canon is not exactly economical with ink-guzzling maintenance cycles in which the print nozzles are flushed.

The printing costs for black and white printing are around 10 percent lower than those of the XP-7100, if color comes into play, the Canon’s lead shrinks to 0.8 cents per page combined. Overall, however, the printing costs remain average.

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The operating front of the optionally black, red or white and very simple housing consists of highly sensitive high-gloss plastic, the silver-colored applications on the lower edge set a visual accent. The lid is structured and therefore less sensitive to fingerprints than the parts with a piano finish look. Like most of the other competitors, the multifunction printer doesn’t necessarily leave a high-quality impression. As can be seen in the gap photo below, our test sample shows a serious lack of workmanship.

The disadvantages of the printer, in addition to the not so cheap printing costs, are the protruding paper cassette (see photos) and the lack of one automatic document feeder and a front port for USB sticks – both are available in the test winner.

Good for text Printouts: HP Officejet 9012

HP obviously didn’t try to keep the OfficeJet 9012 low, which the name already suggests once in the direction of the office. There, the chic, gray and white MuFu printer cuts a really good figure with its clean workmanship. Alternatively, other colors such as aluminum (OfficeJet 9019) are also available.

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Operation on the device works intuitively and safely thanks to the tilting color touch display and HP’s polished user interface trimmed for simplicity. Wherever it makes sense, the DeskJet Pro helps inexperienced users with well thought-out assistance functions.

The HP Smart app can be used to print, scan or perform maintenance processes from a smartphone, tablet or Windows 10 PC nudge. For the actual configuration of the fax function, among other things, the HP print assistant and a comfortable web front end are provided, the numerous functions of which can be seen in the corresponding screenshots. The quieter but slower »quiet mode« can also be activated here.

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Die vier mitgelieferten Patronen (CYMK, pigmentbasiert, 1.000 ISO-Seiten schwarz, 700 ISO-Seiten Farbe) werden praktischerweise über eine Frontklappe eingesetzt. Ohne Instant Ink sind die Druckkosten selbst mit XL-Patronen fürs Office viel zu hoch. Mit dem Instant-Ink-Abo liegen sie zwischen 6 Cent pro Seite beim 50-Seiten-Abo und 2,9 Cent bei monatlich 700 Seiten, wenn man das Kontingent denn vollständig ausschöpft. Ob man Text druckt oder vollflächige Fotos, ist dabei egal.

Beim Kauf des OfficeJet 9012 sind zwei Monate Instant Ink inklusive. Neben dem großen Kostenvorteil hat hat Instant Ink nicht nur im Büro den Vorteil, dass durch die automatische Zusendung neuer Patronen ein unterbrechungsfreier Betrieb gewährleistet ist. Aber dafür zahlt man monatlich Abo-Gebühren zwischen 3 und 20 Euro. Das wird nicht jedem schmecken.

Ebenfalls wichtig fürs Office: Bis auf einen SD-Kartenslot sind wirklich alle heutzutage gängigen Anschlussmöglichkeiten an Bord. Neben USB A und B sind Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth und Fax dabei.

Die Papierkassette fasst üppige 250 Blatt Normalpapier, während der komplett duplexfähige automatische Vorlageneinzug 35 Blatt fasst. Etwas knapp fällt die Kapazität der Ablage mit nur 60 Blatt aus.

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The biggest strength of the new Officejet is clearly the fast text printing, with only 39 seconds for 10 pages, none of the competitors in the test can keep up. Nevertheless, the typeface is already very clean in normal mode, and the improvements in the best quality are within narrow limits. Unfortunately, the automatic duplex feeder can’t even begin to keep up with the speed of the printing unit when turning and massively slows down double-sided copying processes.

It doesn’t look that nice with photo printing. In the driver, which has been kept simple, you can only choose between “HP photo paper” and “other inkjet papers”, which indicates that HP has said goodbye to color management with this printer. The results are accordingly.

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We printed our test image on HP Premium Plus Photo Paper in the best quality, leaving the color management to the printer (default setting). Both printouts have a pronounced green tint and the worst contrast of all multifunction printers in the test. Black is reproduced much too brightly, which gives the not necessarily ugly prints a dull impression. In contrast to the gray gradient, which is not at all neutral, the color gradient has rough steps in some places. If you want to scan photos, you should look elsewhere, the color reproduction and resolution leave a lot to be desired.

It’s a completely different story with text that is scanned quickly, cleanly and sharply. Together with the convenient duplex scan function, the new HP OfficeJet 9012 is perfect for daily scan and copy tasks in the office.

< h3 class="toc-headline headline" id="inexpensivecanonpixmamg3650s-count-17">Inexpensive: Canon Pixma MG3650S

The extremely inexpensive, available in black, red or white Canon Pixma MG3650S is one of the slimmer devices in the test, but it doesn’t take up much space. Luckily, the top is matte and relatively insensitive, while the sides have a high-gloss plastic finish. Paper is fed in via an open front drawer that folds down and takes up extra desk space – although most of the competition also needs it for the paper output, which is above the paper feed on the MG3650. The handling here is a bit more awkward than with the models with a feeder at the back.

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Canon does without a display, which is a small hurdle during the initial setup, and error messages, for example, cannot be read on the device. Otherwise we didn’t really miss it. Some dedicated buttons on the printer allow e.g. Black and white and color copies, various LEDs provide information about the operating status.

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Zumeist wird man die Steuerung aber vom Computer aus erledigen, was dank des übersichtlichen Treibers und Canon-Hilfsprogrammen wie dem IJ-Scan-Utility kein Problem darstellt. Alternativ lässt sich der Einsteiger-Canon auch komfortabel über die Canon Print App steuern und mit Smartphone-Inhalten füttern.

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Neben dem Display verzichtet Canon auch auf einen automatischen Dokumenteneinzug (ADF) sowie eine Fax-Funktion. Da man inzwischen problemlos vom PC aus faxen kann und auch das massenhaften Einscannen und Kopieren von Dokumenten eher im größeren Büro anfällt, sind diese Einschränkungen spätestens unter Berücksichtigung des Kampfpreises locker zu verschmerzen. Richtig Sinn macht ein ADF eigentlich auch erst, wenn er automatischen Duplex-Scan beherrscht – und das ist zumeist deutlich teureren Geräten vorbehalten. Eine Ausnahme ist der Testsieger.

Was nicht nur unter ökologischen Gesichtspunkten schwerer wiegt, ist der automatische Duplex-Druck, denn ein Stapel einseitig bedrucktes Papier bedeutet doppeltes Gewicht und doppeltes Volumen. Wer größere Mengen Papier beidseitig bedrucken will, muss allerdings Geduld mitbringen, denn beim Wenden des Papiers legt der Multifunktions-Printer stets eine über 16 Sekunden lange Denkpause ein. Kopien am Gerät selbst gelingen hingegen flott und in einwandfreier Qualität.

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Wirklich überzeugt haben uns schließlich der flotte und vor allem sehr saubere Textdruck, der uns zu unserem Erstaunen im Normalmodus sogar noch etwas besser gefallen hat als im ausufernd langsamen HQ-Modus. Beim Fotodruck in bester Qualität geht der günstige Canon relativ schnell zu Werke.

Kaum dahinter zurück steht die Qualität unseres ausgedruckten Foto-Testbildes auf Hochglanz-Fotopapier in bestmöglicher Qualität. Es zeigt trotz fehlender Fotoschwarz-Patrone einen brauchbaren Kontrastumfang, so lassen sich sowohl die beiden dunkelsten als auch die beiden hellsten Grauflächen (Testbild unten links) noch unterscheiden, besonders satt fällt das Schwarz aber natürlich trotzdem nicht aus.

Otherwise, the print convinces with a rich color reproduction that is largely true to the original, beautiful skin tones and completely step-free color and gray gradients. You won’t find any stripes or grid effects even with a magnifying glass. Photo and text scans are also very good.

The great idea is finally rounded off by the really low printing costs for such a cheap printer.

Endurance runner: Epson Ecotank ET 4750

The Epson Ecotank ET 4750

is also suitable for higher print volumes. span>. It now belongs to the second generation of Epson printers with the Ecotank system.

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Epson has further refined the Ecotank technology, the frequently criticized filling of the tanks, which often led to ink-stained fingers, has now been significantly simplified: The tanks are now accessible from the front, no more from the side, and the bottles now fit perfectly on the fillers The tanks suck.



Since the lines in the device first have to be filled with ink, the initialization when installing the ET 4750 for the first time takes a little longer than with the other printers, and the nozzles at None of the other printers are designed so elaborately.

The keypad that was still required on the predecessor ET4550 has now given way to a touchscreen and a few keys. However, the touchscreen is a bit small, so you have to aim precisely when using it.

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The 4750 leaves a very solid impression, but is probably too poorly equipped for some purposes, for example there is neither a card slot nor a USB socket for external data carriers.

Who’s talking about printers and ink If you want to get the next few years out of your head and can do without some equipment features, you should take a look at the ET 4750 or one of its brothers.

< h3 class="toc-headline headline" id="kannaucha3brothermfcj5330dw-count-19">Can also be A3: Brother MFC J5330DW

The Brother MFC J5330DW is our biggest test candidate, but it also has some special features that predestine it for use in the home office or directly in the office for small to medium-sized groups.

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The Brother is the only one that can also print on A3, quite comfortably and without major conversion work. The paper is simply placed in the empty compartment and then effortlessly drawn in by Brother.

Brother MFC-J5330DW: The cartridges are hidden behind a flap on the front right.



In general, the J5330DW is very well designed for quickly printing larger quantities, which its 250-sheet cassette alone suggests. It still works quite quietly, not least because there aren’t many components that can rattle loudly.

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The cartridges can be easily changed from the front, while the communication interfaces such as LAN, USB and FAX are hidden under the flatbed scanner – but ideally this only has to be lifted once for installation.

Thereby falls immediately the clearly visible marking in the scanner, which marks the stop for the sheet to be scanned – the arrow is white on a black surface, you don’t have to look far for that.

If it’s a printout in the office should be on photo paper, the J5330DW does its job well here too, although not quite as well as our photo experts.

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Brother DCP-J572DW

The < span rel="noopener sponsored" target="_blank">Brother DCP-J572DW is the smaller and considerably cheaper brother of the DCP-J785DW and very similar to it – a However, there are some compromises in terms of equipment. The inkbenefit XL cartridges are not supported, which leads to the highest printing costs in the test – if you leave out the HP Envy with its combination cartridges.

The automatic document feeder, the one on the front The USB port and the superfluous slot for memory sticks are also omitted. There is a display, but it is considerably smaller and not touch-sensitive. Instead, the device is operated using rubber keys that are not particularly ergonomic.

While the explanations for text printing on the J785DW can be transferred 1:1 to the smaller Brother, photos are much better and almost on the very good level of the Epson Expression Premium XP-7100. The scan quality is not entirely convincing, but it is still better than that of its big brother.

In the highest quality levels, the DCP-J572DW works much more leisurely than the J785DW: for ten pages of text in the best quality (there would also have been a choice of »high«) the printer needs more than 22 minutes and the 10 minutes for a photo are completely out of the ordinary. As we will see later, this is not the end of the junk flagpole.

Brother MFC-J1300DW

The< span rel="noopener noreferrer sponsored" target="_blank">Brother MFC J1300DW is built solidly and compactly at the same time. However, the fairly flat design also takes its toll. The paper cassette and storage compartment have to share the drawer, so it’s very narrow and to load the cassette, the storage compartment that may have been pulled out must first be pushed back in and folded up.

That’s the only shortcoming we noticed. The MFC J1300DW prints sufficiently fast, in very good quality and is also economical. In addition, a full 70 milliliters of ink in each cartridge are waiting to be put on paper. It is up-to-date with all possible wireless communication channels, even supports the fast Bluetooth connection via NFC and has a USB socket that is easily accessible from the front as well as an SD card slot. Duplex printing is not a problem, but for the double-sided scan you have to put your hand to it and turn the template over after the first pass on the glass.

TheMFC J1300DW is suitable for small offices as well as for private use, as long as it can amortize its currently high acquisition costs with high print volumes.

Brother DCP-J572DW

The Brother DCP-J572DW is the smaller and considerably cheaper brother of the no longer available DCP -J785DW and very similar to this one – however, there are some compromises in terms of equipment. The inkbenefit XL cartridges are not supported, which leads to the highest printing costs in the test – if you ignore the HP Envys and the HP Deskjet Plus with their combination cartridges.

The The automatic document feeder, the USB port on the front and the superfluous slot for memory sticks are also eliminated. There is a display, but it is considerably smaller and not touch-sensitive. Instead, the device is operated using rubber keys that are not particularly ergonomic. Photos turn out very well and are almost on the very good level of the Epson Expression Premium XP-7100. The scan quality is not entirely convincing, but it is still better than that of its big brother.

In the highest quality levels, the DCP-J572DW gets to work at a leisurely pace: for ten pages of text in the best quality (it could have “high” was still an option) the printer needs more than 22 minutes and the 10 minutes for a photo are completely out of the ordinary. As we will see later, this is not the end of the junk flagpole.

Canon Pixma TS3450

The one at the beginning The very affordable Canon Pixma TS3450 that was released in 2021 competes with the Pixma MG3605S from its own company, which is about the same price, similarly equipped and almost exactly the same size, and has it over against it but more disadvantages than advantages. An advantage of the new model is its non-menu-enabled display – the older colleague has to get by without it. The disadvantages include the lack of duplex and A4 borderless printing, the lower cartridge range and, above all, the significantly higher printing costs.

At least the small photo prints are of good quality and show the correct colors, but they suffer under a black that is too light. Even in standard quality, text printing almost shines with laser printer qualities. OCR is not on board, photo scans are faded and streaked. Features shared by both printers are the low paper capacity of only 60 sheets, the leisurely printing speed and the restriction to the Windows GDI printer interface.

Canon Pixma TR8550

The Canon PIXMA TR8550 works with additional photo black and can therefore convince when printing on photo paper. A card slot is accessible from the front, but there is no other USB port besides the one for the PC. The Pixma also communicates via Bluetooth and can print photos directly from your smartphone in this way.

All paper feeds can be folded and/or pulled out, so that it rattles at every corner and end, which is not solid makes an impression. The Canon only accepts the somewhat heavier, coated photo paper via the feeder for special formats – such as thick envelopes and coated photo paper – on the back, but up to 20 sheets can then be stacked here.

For everything anything to do with photos, i.e. scanning and photo printing, the PIXMA TR8550 is convincing and draws level with our favourite. It only has to admit defeat when it comes to text printing.

Canon Maxify GX6050

The Canon Maxify GX6050 is aimed at frequent printers, also in work groups, for which it provides a number of functions such as user administration. You can scan directly into a network share or into the cloud of your choice, and Canon provides its Print App for printing and scanning from your smartphone. For the first time, an ink tank printer from Canon comes with a color touch display, which is a bit small, but has been supplemented with a few physical buttons for copying processes, for example, and can be folded up ergonomically.

Everything is included in the connections LAN on board. The automatic document feeder for 50 sheets is unfortunately limited to simplex scans, as is the case with our frequent printer recommendation; the total paper capacity is 350 sheets (250-sheet cassette + rear feeder with 100 sheets). The Epson Ecotank ET-4750 has a total of 250 sheets, its ADF has 35 sheets. It prints noticeably slower, but also more cheaply: while the Canon, according to Druckerchannel, you have to reckon with follow-up costs of 0.4 and 0.6 cents for a black and white or color page, the Epson is only outrageously cheap 0.1 and 0 .2 cents.

Even the ink bottles included in the scope of delivery offer a range of 5,000 pages in black and white and 10,000 pages in colour, with quite a bit of ink being used to fill the print head for the first time. The replacement bottles are then sufficient for a whopping 6,000 or 14,000 standard pages. Even in normal quality, the text print quality is almost on par with laser printers. It doesn’t print photos without a border, but the result is surprisingly good for a four-color printer and only shows a slight cyan tint. The photo scan and the performance of the OCR in the text scan are also convincing. The ADF proves to be above-average tolerant and can also cope with imperfect originals.

Epson Expression Home XP-4100

The Epson Expression Home XP-4100 is the little brother of the Epson WorkForce WF-2850DWF. It comes with the identical printing unit but is equipped much more economically: There is no automatic document feeder and no fax function. Here, too, the fast duplex printing and the very good text printing are convincing, in photo printing the printer shows the same weaknesses as the Workforce. The XP-4100 is also disappointing when it comes to scanning, although it delivers better results than the WorkForce when it comes to photo scanning. The biggest drawback here are the identically high printing costs of 5.9 cents per text page and 20.3 cents per color page.

Epson WorkForce WF-2860DWF

The Epson Workforce WF 2860DWF is the cheapest multifunction device of the popular WorkForce series. It is surprisingly generously equipped with LAN, WLAN and even NFC, produces color-true scans and has decent photo printing. For the price, you still have to accept a few compromises: The ink cartridges supplied are extremely tight, even though they are already quite small, which results in high printing costs. Our test copy did not print evenly, especially when printing slower in the “optimal” setting. This also applies to the feeding of coated photo paper, the mechanism does not work evenly here, which means that the print is not always placed straight on the sheet. If you want to print similarly cheaply, but better and at a lower price per page, it is better to use one of the older but higher quality models that are reduced in price.

Epson WorkForce WF -2850DWF

The Epson WorkForce WF-2850DWF comes with many dedicated membrane keys including a number pad in a sufficiently large color display. In terms of footprint, it is relatively frugal. 100 sheets of normal paper fit into the open, unfortunately not coverable, paper tray. The automatic but non-duplex document feeder holds 30 sheets. Automatic duplex printing, which is quick and easy, makes the candidate stand out from the crowd of particularly cheap MuFu printers.

The text print is impressive, the HQ mode can keep up with the best devices and otherwise no cause for complaint. Like the other printers without photo black, the slow (HQ) photo print has little contrast, suffers from subtle banding and a green tint, which is only noticeable in comparison with a color-correct printout. During the scan, the WF-2850 shows massively oversaturated colors and drowns in black, the three darkest gray areas of the test image can no longer be distinguished.

The fact that the Epson does not make it into our recommendations is also due to the exorbitantly high consumption costs: 5.9 cents for a DIN text page is a lot, 20.3 cents for the color print according to Druckerchannel is currently the negative record.

Epson WorkForce WF-4820DWF

With the Epson Workforce Pro WF4820DWF< /span> is an expansive, heavy MuFu printer with an attractive quality impression and matt surfaces, which is predestined for use in such or in larger offices with its rapid printing speed, the many connections including Ethernet and native fax as well as functions for workgroups is. It has duplex printing and a simplex ADF, which is a little less picky than that of the test winner.

The office orientation also comes from the comparatively high paper capacity of 250 sheets and the large, ergonomically foldable and solid touch display. The scan quality is convincing, photos with 300 dpi are slightly too cool, but otherwise they are just as convincing as text printouts. The OCR is very reliable. The firmware is very similar to that of the Epson XP-7100, but has a larger scope with additional functions for security and workgroups, which can also be accessed from the display.

Typical all-rounder features such as a fifth printing color and a memory card slot omitted. The Workforce prints relatively cheaply, the printing costs make the printer more of a pseudo-office solution, which for frequent printers (groups) pays off at best with an ink subscription. On the other hand, it is very cheap to buy. Anyone who values ​​good scans and acceptable photo prints is better served with the WF2820DWF.

Epson EcoTank ET-2650

The Epson ET2650 is worthwhile with an average print volume of five color pages per day. Thanks to a new tank design, it requires significantly less space than the ET-4550, which is no longer available, has a more modern menu, but does without the fax function. In contrast to the ET-4550, the new ET2650 has a better display and a revised menu. Like the former, it also doesn’t have a tank for photo black, so it lags behind our favorite, at least when it comes to photo printing, the real domain of inkjets.

HP DeskJet Plus 4120

The HP Deskjet Plus 4120 is cheap, but it didn’t convince us. First of all, the usable simplex ADF is certainly not a matter of course with such a cheap Mufu printer, the same applies to the 5 gigahertz-capable WLAN module. As is typical for HP, PCL3 supports a genuine, albeit outdated, printer language.

However, you’re dealing with a very snailly speed, cheap-looking membrane keys and a tiny, non-menu-enabled LC display. More serious are the lack of borderless printing, the mediocre print results for text and photos, one of the highest printing costs in the test and the inability of the scan unit to capture and copy an A4 sheet in its entirety.

The range of the combination The number of cartridges with a built-in disposable print head is almost ridiculously small, as is the case with the HP Envy Pro 6420 – even with an ink subscription, at most printers will be happy.

HP Envy Pro 6420

The HP Envy Pro 6420 is capable of duplex printing and has a simplex ADF that is not that picky, but overall it works very leisurely to work. Our test sample occasionally fed in two sheets at once – that rarely happened to us in the test.

There is no display, but the inkjet multifunction printer without native fax function and Ethernet offers a lot of bling-bling in the form of more or less fancy light and sound effects. The membrane sensor keys are ergonomically suboptimal, but colourful. In addition to the HP DeskJet Plus 4120, the Envy Pro is the only printer in the test field for which we finally decided to set it up for WLAN using the USB cable. The installation of the HP drivers and the various additional programs, which were not asked for, once again proved to be unreasonable.

The most important arguments against the printer, however, are the not quite competitive print quality for text and photos as well as especially the very high printing costs, which are only surpassed by other HP printers in the test.

HP DeskJet 2630

The cheapest HP tested the multifunction printer with the HP DeskJet 2630 model. The plastic bomber is available in different colors, always combined with a lot of white, but then has different model numbers such as 2620 or 2632. The fact that the case tapers towards the bottom also contributes to the somewhat strange and unusual appearance.

< p>The cheap printer is connected via USB and Wi-Fi, whereby, as with every device in the test, the practical WPS button on the router can be used for coupling. For the very limited operation of the device itself, there is a column on the left with membrane keys, for example for copy and cancel, which also contains the minimalist LC display, which at least provides information about the ink levels. The printer can be controlled better via the computer or with the help of HP apps for Android and iOS that can be used via Wi-Fi Direct.

Borderless printing was saved, which means that the small HP is alone in the test field. We were all the more amazed at the decent quality of the test image print. Nothing positive can be said about the text printing quality. With its unclean display in both modes, which is even noticeable with the naked eye, it brings up the rear in the test field. If you add the enormously high printing costs, you ask yourself why the MuFu printer is being bought like hot cakes from Amazon.

HP OfficeJet 3831

When unpacking the black HP OfficeJet 3831, the tester had to think of the designer Luigi Colani because of the rounded, curvy shape. The housing is largely made of non-slip, matt plastic that hardly accepts fingerprints.

The extensive operation on the printer itself is carried out with the help of a monochrome touch display that is just big enough and three illuminated sensor keys, and we like it to like. Thanks to the automatic document feeder (not duplex-capable), larger quantities can also be processed, but unfortunately, like most other ADF printers in the cheapest segment, this bites with the high consumption costs, for example when copying, which the printer channel with a lavish 6.9 (black and white ) and 17.1 cents (color).

On board is a native fax function with two RJ11 ports, so the ADF makes sense here again. A dedicated, mechanical keyboard would have been nice, instead there’s a virtual one on the touchscreen, which is quite small.

Even for a ridiculous price, you can get a much better text and photo print quality elsewhere. The photo scan was also not convincing. Anyone who is looking for a very low purchase price, who makes good use of a fax in combination with an automatic document feeder and can do without duplex printing, could be happy with the OfficeJet.

HP OfficeJet Pro 8715

The HP OfficeJet Pro 8715 is the successor to the OfficeJet Pro 8710. It is also mainly for Designed for larger print volumes in the home office, you will look in vain for both the card slot and the USB interface for storage media. There is a large paper cassette for that – and it was the quietest printer in the test. In addition to the easy setup via WPS, there is also an administrator mode for setting up in offices when several groups are working with the 4-in-1 device. HP’s Instant Ink also helps to keep ink consumption under control, so that there is always enough ink available.

HP Envy 5030

The affordable HP Envy 5030 is a simple entry-level multifunction printer that stands out through Restrictions in functionality and equipment distinguishes. It requires a lot of space, but with a height of just under 13 centimeters it is one of the slimmest devices in the test. Paper can only be fed in via a 100-sheet plain paper or 20-sheet photo paper cassette.

Canon thankfully refrains from sensitive glossy surfaces, so fingerprints are not a big issue here. The front with the display cannot be opened here, but is sloping from the outset.

There is no integrated card reader, nor is there a connection for USB sticks, but the Envy understands automatic duplex printing and – much less important – CDs /DVD printing. The tiny monochrome touch display, which is heavily dependent on the viewing angle, looks really rudimentary and not very ergonomic.

The quality of the text printing is actually impressive, but with normal quality we can observe clouds of dots around the letters, which we are not sure if they are caused by smudging. This effect is much less pronounced with optimal quality, but what’s the point if the multifunction printer takes almost an hour to print ten pages of text? All in all, the 5030 offers a poor performance in this important discipline, plus the exorbitantly high printing costs, unless you want to get involved with the subscription solution, which can certainly cut the costs in half.

Borderless photo printing is not possible with the default settings of the driver, but could probably be forced with the appropriate settings. Due to the lack of photo black, printouts appear dull and lacking in contrast and are also blessed with a clear yellow/green tint. The gray gradient of the test image is not displayed consistently neutral and the color gradient sometimes has coarse levels. In terms of scan quality, the HP 5030 is even one of the better multifunction printers in the test.

HP OfficeJet Pro 8710

The HP OfficeJet Pro 8710 is a solid printer, but unfortunately the photo printing is not really convincing. But if you need a printer that prints a lot and quickly, the HP isn’t a bad choice. He was fast in all disciplines. Unfortunately, it is also very bulky and since there is already a successor model, the OfficeJett 8715, it will probably not be available for much longer.

How we tested

We tested 33 inkjet multifunction printers in five test rounds, 23 are currently still available. In the test, we measured the print speed in the various quality levels and assessed the print quality in text and photo printing. Various uniform test templates are used for this.

We also assess the quality of the scans using uniform test templates. When scanning, we use different templates to test how well different types of paper such as letters, receipts and photos can be fed in and scanned.

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With multifunction printers, it’s not just the quality of prints and scans that counts, operation also plays a major role given the wide range of functions of these devices, for example when it comes to printing directly from a smartphone or memory stick, or how easy it is to save scans in different storage locations.

Setup, installation and processing also play a role in the evaluation – and of course the price. The street price is not decisive for us.

The most important questions

What can a multifunction printer do?

With a multifunction printer You can not only print, but also scan and copy. Many models also offer a fax function.

Should you use third-party printer cartridges?

Although the cartridges from many third-party manufacturers are sometimes significantly cheaper, the printer manufacturers have now also recognized this and blocked many of their models for “foreign” cartridges. The quality of the products from third-party manufacturers is often a little worse. So if you don’t want to experience any unpleasant surprises in the print result, you should better use the original cartridges.

Laser or ink: which is better?

It all depends on what and how much you want to print. As a rule, laser printers are a bit more expensive to buy, but print texts faster, better and sometimes cheaper. However, if you also want to print photos in good quality, you are better served with an inkjet printer, because color laser printers are not nearly as good.