Best Printers for Small Business of 2026

Color laser printing usually asks for a bigger footprint and a sturdier table, and the Brother MFC-L8930CDW makes that trade openly. It prints and copies at up to 33 pages per minute, with a 7-inch touchscreen and an 80-page ADF that scans both sides at up to 104 images per minute. For an office that turns out proposals, brochures, and color reports, that scan path is the real productivity feature: a two-sided packet becomes a two-sided PDF without babysitting. That combination makes it the color pick here for a team that prints its own client materials.

The included toner is generous for a machine in this class, with 3,000 black pages and 1,800 color pages in the box, and Gigabit Ethernet plus Brother's security layer make it easier to put on a shared office network. We also appreciate the legal-size glass and the range of media it handles, which covers card stock and envelopes as well as plain paper. The 7-inch touchscreen is more useful than it sounds on a shared machine; people can find scan-to-email and cloud destinations without hunting through a menu tree. For a small business that wants color without sending every job out, this is a serious in-house tool.

The catch is scale: at 71.2 pounds, it needs a stable surface and a plan for where it lives, not a flimsy side table. If color is occasional rather than daily, the HP LaserJet Pro 3101sdw is the better fit; if color is part of the business, this Brother earns its space.

Fifty pages per minute is not a spec that matters until a 300-page batch lands at 4:45 on a Friday. The Brother HL-6210DW is built around that moment: a 50-page-per-minute engine, a 520-sheet main tray, and a 100-sheet multipurpose feed mean a long run of invoices or statements does not need constant refilling. The main tray can be expanded to 1,660 sheets with optional units, which makes it a better fit for a copy room than a desktop.

We like that Brother supports an ultra high-yield toner cartridge rated for up to 18,000 pages; for a business that prints every day, that is the difference between a supply chore and a supply plan. Automatic duplex printing is standard, and Ethernet plus dual-band Wi-Fi give it a place on a shared network. It is a print-only machine, so scanning, copying, and faxing are not part of the package. That is not a flaw if you already have a scanner or a multifunction copier, but it is the first thing to check before ordering.

At 29.8 pounds, it is stable on a shelf but still heavy enough to want a dedicated spot. It belongs in a back office or copy room, not on a reception desk, and Ethernet is the better connection if the network allows. For a small team with high page volume, that focus is the appeal.

A budget all-in-one usually makes you choose between scanning speed and a low price. The HP LaserJet Pro 3105sdw avoids that trade better than most: a 33-page-per-minute engine, a 250-sheet tray, a 50-sheet ADF, and automatic two-sided printing and scanning. The first page comes out in about 4.6 seconds, which matters more than the top-line speed when you are printing a single contract between other tasks. We also like HP's scan-to-email workflow, which can generate a subject line and file name for you; it is the kind of small convenience that saves a few minutes on every scanned packet.

At 23.1 pounds, it is light enough to move into place without a team, and Ethernet, USB, and Wi-Fi are all available. The control panel is simple, and the printer has the compact, businesslike footprint of a machine that sits on a credenza rather than a dedicated table. For a small office that needs the features but watches the budget, it covers the practical basics: print, scan, copy, duplex, and a wired network option.

The catch is that this is a newer model, so long-term durability is less settled than the HP 3101sdw's, and Wi-Fi is the less dependable part of the package. For an office that can use Ethernet and keep the printer on a simple network, that is a reasonable trade. If you want the most proven daily machine in this group, spend up for the 3101sdw; if you need ADF scanning and duplex printing at the lowest price here, this is the one.

At 15.4 pounds and roughly 14 inches wide, the Canon PIXMA TS6520 takes up less desk space than the mono lasers here. The 1.42-inch OLED panel is a useful step up from a button-and-LED setup, and the white body is easy to live with on a front desk. Print speeds are 14 pages per minute in black and 9 in color, so it is not a machine for a 50-page report, but it handles invoices, labels, and occasional photos without drama.

Automatic two-sided printing is included, and dual-band Wi-Fi is a plus in a busy signal environment. The flatbed scanner is fine for single pages and bound documents, and the printer is small enough to tuck beside a register or on a home-office desk. The two-cartridge ink system keeps the upfront cost low, but high-volume users will feel the ink bill; this is a printer for a few color pages a day, not a shared document queue.

What makes it worth a place here is the combination of size, price, and acceptable color output for a one-person office or a shop counter. It is not the right choice for daily document volume, and it is not the printer we point to when scanning volume matters. But for occasional color, a small footprint, and a low entry cost, it is a sensible third machine or a first printer for a very small operation.