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What's the Best Home Printer?


A good printer is hard to find, but we're willing to bet that a few of you have a tried and true model you love that you'd recommend to others, preferably one that can pull multiple duties in a home office. This week, we want to know which home office printers you think are the best.

We're specifically looking for consumer printers here. Some of the best are just great paper or photo printers. Others can handle printing, scanning, copying, even faxing. The best are always a solid bang for the buck. Whether it's a laser printer or an inkjet, cabinet-height or desk-sized, let's hear your picks in the discussions below.

The call for contenders is closed! To see which of the nominees below earned enough support to make it to the top five, head over to our Hive Five feature, the five best home printers! Make sure to cast your vote for the all-out winner!

Let's hear your vote in the discussions below! To cast your vote, follow these guidelines:

  1. Follow this format for your vote, including the bold print. If you don't, it won't be counted:

  2. A PHOTO OR IMAGE OF THE BEST HOME PRINTER

  3. Vote: [BEST HOME PRINTER]

  4. Why: Why is this printer the one you think deserves a place in everyone's home office? Maybe it has all of the features you need—great Wi-Fi, money-saving ink or toner, and fast prints or copies. Maybe it shares easily, or prints over the network. Make your case! Try to keep it to a single paragraph, maybe two.

  5. Don't duplicate nominations! Instead, if someone's nominated your pick, star (recommend) it to give it a boost, and reply with your story instead.

  6. Please don't leave non-entry, direct comments on this post. They'll just get pushed down. Save your stories for others' submissions!

If you're not sure what we mean, just check out the nominations by our writers below. We'll give you a head start, and they should all be in the proper format, so you can just follow our lead.

TheHive Five is our weekly series where you vote on your favorite apps and tools for any given job. Have a suggestion for a topic? Send us an email at [email protected]!

Photo by Robert.