What Is The Best Home Printer To Buy? 

 So you're looking for the best home printer, and you don't know where to start. This is understandable. When evaluating the different printers out in the market, expect a chock-full of technical terms and acronyms, such as ppm and dpi. Unless you are techie to begin with, these specs are bound to be confusing. Here are all the things to consider to ensure that you will indeed get the best home printer for your budget.

Resolution - This is the maximum number of dpi (dots per inch) that the unit can print. This is measured both vertically and horizontally. For instance, if you're looking at a laser printer with 600x600 dpi, this means it can lay down an inch square of 600 dots down by 600 dots across.

 Theoretically, the higher the unit's resolution, the more detailed the images and texts that it churns out. Know, though, that manufacturers usually inflate these numbers for marketing reasons, and so an image's quality may not always correlate with its resolution. Still and all, resolution does have bearing on the quality of curves and texts, more so on premium paper.

Print Speed - Print speed measures ppm or the number of photos or pages per minute which the printer produces. Sounds very straightforward, right? It's not that simple, however. Some manufacturers try to reach the fastest possible speed by using the most basic of text documents on the lowest possible quality print settings on the plainest paper--not exactly the real-world testing promised. As a rule of thumb, expect only half the speed that manufacturers promise.

Connectivity - Today's printers all have a port of USB 2.0. However, you can still do it the old school way. Many printers work on those huge, 25-pin parallel cables though you may run into problems if you buy a new computer that doesn´t have a parallel interface. Moreover, workgroup printers allow network printing using Ethernet cable (RJ-45 connector) of the standard variety.

For maximum mobility, look for a model that supports wireless printing using Bluetooth, Wi-Fi access points (or even infrared).

Recommended all-in-one inkjet printers for home users:

1. Canon PIXMA MX882 Wireless Office All-In-One

-borderless photo printing (you can print a borderless 4" x 6" photo in about 20  seconds)
 -print resolution up to 9600 dpi
-5 individual ink cartridges to save ink (you only replace the ones that are empty) and improve print quality and it is easier to produce/get cloned ink cartridges
-maximum scan resolution 2400*4800
-2-sided printing (convenient, saves paper)
-automatic 2-sided to 2-sided copy
-ADF: auto document feeder (2-sided scanning)
-wireless printing
-network printing (printing over network
-usb
-direct photo printing via memory card, pictbridge or mobile printing(Print your photos wirelessly from compatible iPad, iPhone 4, 3G, 3GS, iPod touch and Android devices), you can also turn your HD movie clips captured with your Canon EOS Digital SLR or PowerShot camera into prints
-built in fax
-2 paper cassettes (front and rear) so you can always have photo paper and regular paper ready for printing
-quick power up
-easy to use 

2. Epson Workforce 840

   

-high print speed
-fax
-wireless
-2-sided printing
-ADF: auto document feeder (2-sided scanning)
-smart touch panel — lights up only the buttons you need
-Individual ink cartridges
-30-page Auto Document Feeder — quickly copy, scan and fax one or two-sided originals
-PC-Fax — fax documents directly from your computer
-Front USB port — insert thumb drive and upload files directly to your PC
-uses up to 70% less power than laser printers
-suitable especially for pc users (setup for mac less convenient) 

3. Epson Stylus NX625 Color InkJet All-in-One

-popular low priced printer with many features:              
-high print speed
-wireless printing
-borderless printing
-PC-free printing (built in memory card slots)
-printing from your cell phone
-two sided printing
-borderless printing
-four individual ink cartridges
(you only have to replace the color that you need)
-scanning up to 2400 dpi                                                                                 -image enhancement tools