Reviews for Printers under $100

"Pretty good hardware, but certainly not the latest and greatest...Text quality from the WorkForce 30 was very good, but close examination still gives the quality edge to the old laser printer...Let me break down the pros and cons so we can get to the point..." read more »

"I don't recommend installing the automatic updater as it interfered with the operation of my Internet Explorer and I had to shut off this feature for IE to work properly again...Bottom line, if the HP D4360 printer used less ink, I'd give it 5 stars...The cartridges included in HP original box are not "XL" size and good for 200 pages only, but cartridges "XL" sizes are available for up to 750 pages..." read more »

"The HP Photosmart A530 Compact Photo Printer Series is the ideal printer for producing lab-quality photos in sizes up to 5 x 7 inches - all without a PC...HP PhotoSmart A536 Compact Photo Printer - Inkjet, Up to 1200 x 1200 DPI (Black), Up to 4800 x 1200 Optimized DPI, USB, PictBridge, 32MB..." read more »

"My friend got this printer dirt cheap for our dorm...HP, step up to your name" "Overall, this is a good printer...Overall the printer is very good, but the software is ok." "Everything was fine with the printer outside of it not coming with a USB cable to hook up to the computer, which is my fault for not reading the FINE PRINT..." read more »

"There are one or two small additions to the 385 as well, most notably a newfound ability to print not just on 4- by 6-inch photo paper but also on 4- by 8-inch photo cards and 4- by 12-inch panoramic paper, with borderless printing for all three sizes...More important, the 385 offers better-looking output than the 375, earning a higher photo-quality score...Its rating at the high end of very good means that most of the photos are true photo quality, with few or no flaws...One problem the 385 shares with the 375 is that the output isn't water- or smudge-proof..." read more »

"Uncomplicated setup Good print quality and speed...No ad-hoc connectivity Flimsy paper tray...While many users are used to having their laptops connected to a wireless router, the most common way to add a printer is via a cable to the network...Setting up a printer is fairly straightforward these days, but Lexmark has made it even easier by supplying a walkthrough on the driver disc...If you've got a wireless network set up in your home or small office and..." read more »

"Even this low priced PIXMA iP2600 has many of the features which make its bigger, more expensive siblings popular and the elegantly simple design is one of them...With a slightly curved paper path, from a tilted feed tray at the rear to an output tray at the front, the iP2600 needs none of the two or three level telescopic supports of some of its rivals...There are no fripperies like memory card slots and the only indicators, each set in their own button, are for power and error condition...Canon quotes both draft and normal print speeds for the iP2600, with 22ppm and 13ppm for black and 17ppm and 7.8ppm for colour..." read more »

"Add the Canon Selphy CP400 ($149 direct) to the growing list of dedicated photo printers for 4- by 6-inch photos...At 2.1 by 6.7 by 4.7 inches (HWD) and weighing just 1 pound 13 ounces, the CP400 is small enough to be highly portable...Although most of the photos in our tests were excellent by any measure, a few showed serious flaws, holding the overall rating down to the high end of good..." read more »

"Slow while printing text No media slots...The Pixma iP4600 printed fairly well on plain paper in our tests...Best of all, the iP4600 printed photos quickly--its 1.9-ppm rate is currently one of the best results we've seen...All that attractive output costs well below average to print, too...The printer communicates status and error messages via your computer screen, which is good, because all that the printer's front panel provides..." read more »

"Overall, you'll find that this is a cost-effective printer for text documents and amateur-level photo printing," concludes Yu...Performance Doesn't Impress, But Wireless Connectivity is a Plus..." read more »