Buy the Canon PIXMA TS6520.
It does everything a normal home actually needs a printer to do, without the color you'd lose to Brother or the subscription trap you'd fall into with HP.
What was compared
- Canon PIXMA TS6520 Wireless Color Inkjet Printer Duplex Printing, White – Home Printer wit... — $79.00
- HP DeskJet 2955 Wireless All-in-One Color Inkjet Printer, Scanner, Copier, Best-for-Home, ... — $59.99
- Brother DCP-L2640DW Wireless Compact Monochrome Multi-Function Laser Printer with Copy and... — $209.99
Five reasons
1. No ink subscription trap to escape later
HP bundles 3 months of Instant Ink, then bills you monthly or, per buyer complaints, the printer stops working properly once that trial ends. Canon runs on standard cartridges you buy once, and owners report the refills are cheap and last a long time.
2. Prints both sides automatically, the HP can't
The Canon's spec sheet includes built-in auto duplex printing. The HP DeskJet 2955 listing has no duplex feature at all, so every double-sided document means flipping the page by hand yourself.
3. Still prints color when the Brother never will
Brother's DCP-L2640DW is monochrome laser only, built purely for black text. Canon's 5-color system handles photos, colorful school projects and graphics. Unless every page you'll ever print is plain black text, that's a real gap, and most home printers get asked for color eventually.
4. Brother's office-grade tray is room you won't fill
Brother's 250-sheet tray and 50-page auto-feeder are built for office volume, and the printer costs $209.99 against the Canon's $79. Unless you're batch-scanning stacks of paper weekly, that capacity sits unused while you paid nearly three times as much for it.
5. Yes, laser lasts longer. You won't print enough to notice.
Toner doesn't dry out and Brother's laser engine is genuinely built for higher volume, real advantages in a busy office. At home, most people print a handful of pages a week, never enough to hit the wall where that edge shows up, and buying it costs you all color output plus $130.
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