Best Printers Under $100
The best-value printers in the catalogue priced under $100 — ranked on real specs and running costs, not just sticker price. Most sub-$100 models are home inkjets, so watch the cost per page as closely as the purchase price.
How we rate. We don’t take manufacturer marketing at face value. Every spec here is read from the maker’s own datasheet, and every running cost is computed from a real, current cartridge price and the cartridge’s rated page yield — never estimated. Models with no trustworthy cost data are left unranked rather than filled with a guess. Sort by cost per page to see which are genuinely the cheapest to run.
Want to compare specific models side by side? A comparison tool is coming soon — for now, sort the table by any column to line models up.
Details
- Speed
- 21 mono / 11 color ppm
- Duplex
- Yes
- ADF
- Yes
- Color ¢/pg
- 3.4¢
- Cheapest cartridge
- Epson 822 Standard-Capacity Cyan Ink Cartridge ($14.49)
Details
- Speed
- —
- Duplex
- Yes
- ADF
- Yes
- Color ¢/pg
- —
- Cheapest cartridge
- Canon PG-275 Black Ink Tank ($18.99)
Details
- Speed
- 7 color ppm
- Duplex
- Yes
- ADF
- No
- Color ¢/pg
- 29.4¢
- Cheapest cartridge
- Canon PG-295 Black Ink Tank ($25.00)
Details
- Speed
- 7 color ppm
- Duplex
- Yes
- ADF
- No
- Color ¢/pg
- 29.4¢
- Cheapest cartridge
- Canon PG-295 Black Ink Tank ($25.00)
Details
- Speed
- 7.5 mono / 5.5 color ppm
- Duplex
- No
- ADF
- No
- Color ¢/pg
- 22.4¢
- Cheapest cartridge
- HP 68 Black Original Ink Cartridge ($26.89)
Details
- Speed
- 7.5 mono / 5.5 color ppm
- Duplex
- No
- ADF
- No
- Color ¢/pg
- 22.4¢
- Cheapest cartridge
- HP 68 Black Original Ink Cartridge ($26.89)
Details
- Speed
- 8.5 mono / 5.5 color ppm
- Duplex
- No
- ADF
- Yes
- Color ¢/pg
- 22.4¢
- Cheapest cartridge
- HP 68 Black Original Ink Cartridge ($26.89)
Details
- Speed
- 10 mono / 7 color ppm
- Duplex
- Yes
- ADF
- No
- Color ¢/pg
- 22.4¢
- Cheapest cartridge
- HP 68 Black Original Ink Cartridge ($26.89)
Frequently asked questions
- What is the best printer under $100?
- It depends on how much you print: a cheap inkjet wins on up-front price, but its ink can cost more per page than a pricier model. Sort the table by cost per page to see which sub-$100 printers are genuinely cheapest to own, not just cheapest to buy.
- Are cheap printers under $100 worth it?
- For light or occasional printing, yes. The trade-off is running cost: budget inkjets often use small, pricey cartridges, so heavy users can spend more on ink in a year than the printer cost. Every model here lists the exact cartridges it takes and, where a price is known, its real cost per page.
- Do printers under $100 have high ink costs?
- Many do — a low hardware price is often subsidised by expensive ink. The cost-per-page column shows this directly, so you can spot a cheap printer with a low running cost rather than assuming the cheapest to buy is the cheapest to run.