
We've outlined below our top picks among home and office lasers that we've tested. Laser printers still offer some obvious strengths: fast print speeds and reasonable costs per page (especially for text output) crisper edges than inkjets, giving a cleaner, more professional look to text and line graphics more saturated, vibrant color than most inkjets when both are printing on plain paper resistance to fading and smudge-proof output. Today, the capabilities for both overlap more, making the advantages for either more nuanced. Lasers were far faster and delivered much better text quality at a lower cost per page, while inkjets were cheaper to buy.

When the first laser and inkjet printers meant for PCs became available-at about the same time, in the middle of the 1980s-each was limited to monochrome printing only, and the advantages for each were obvious. Since 1982, PCMag has tested and rated thousands of products to help you make better buying decisions.


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