12 best compact printers

Com­pact print­ers can be used to print doc­u­ments and pho­tos. The selec­tion when buy­ing is car­ried out accord­ing to a num­ber of cri­te­ria, but one of the most impor­tant is the type of print­ing. Tak­ing all this into account, a rat­ing of the best mod­els rel­e­vant for 2022 was com­piled.

How to choose a good portable printer

The mar­ket offers many mod­els of com­pact print­ers. Each has its own char­ac­ter­is­tics, so we high­light a num­ber of qual­i­ties that will help eval­u­ate their prac­ti­cal­i­ty.

Print form

Portable print­ers are able to sup­port sev­er­al print sizes, most work with paper type A6 and less, although you can find mod­els that sup­port A4. In addi­tion to this cri­te­ri­on, they pay atten­tion to res­o­lu­tion, for inex­pen­sive mod­els it does not exceed 300–320 dpi, but good pho­to print­ers can print at 1000+ dpi. This cri­te­ri­on affects how high qual­i­ty the pho­to will be in terms of clar­i­ty, sat­u­ra­tion, etc.

Print speed

Due to their speci­fici­ty, portable mod­els are slow­er than sta­tion­ary ones. It is dif­fi­cult to estab­lish an approx­i­mate time of work; for a con­di­tion­al inter­val, you can take a mark of 50 sec­onds. There are also a few nuances, for exam­ple, col­or files print slow­er than black and white ones.

Dimensions and weight

Some portable print­ers can be called pock­et print­ers because they are small in size. The usu­al mod­el will fit in a spa­cious bag with­out any prob­lems, but there are also large equip­ment designed to work with A4 for­mats.

Battery capacity

The charge of an aver­age portable print­er is enough for 10–20 sheets of work, if this is not enough, choose a mod­el that can be pow­ered by the mains or has an addi­tion­al bat­tery.

Paper type

In some cas­es, it will be use­ful to have devices that work with labels, post­cards, and glossy and mat­te pho­to paper.

Ink

A mobile print­er is not able to accom­mo­date a lot of ink, but it spends them almost more than a sta­tion­ary one. It is rec­om­mend­ed to pay atten­tion to the avail­able resource of each mod­el.

Print technology

In addi­tion to stan­dard mod­els, there are also those that use ink­less ther­mal print­ing, for which ther­mal paper is used. It warms up, and after that it shows the desired col­ors.

When choos­ing, you can also rely on reviews, because even well-known com­pa­nies can make mediocre mod­els. Oth­er­wise, the selec­tion depends on the buy­er: one is suit­able for an a4 mini print­er, oth­ers need some­thing for a pho­to, oth­ers pre­fer a sim­ple and func­tion­al device.

Laser

Laser print­ers print quick­ly beyond the first page and use long-last­ing con­sum­ables.

1. Xerox Phaser 3020BI

Mono­chrome print­er mea­sur­ing 331x188x215 mm in width, height and depth. It weighs just over 4 kg, can work with A4 for­mat, prints up to 20 pages per minute. Can work with six types of media: films, labels, envelopes, cards, mat­te and glossy paper, black and white print­ing. Due to laser tech­nol­o­gy, the first print out time is 8.5 sec­onds on aver­age.

In addi­tion to the pres­ence of USB, it is equipped with a Wi-Fi mod­ule that sim­pli­fies the oper­a­tion of the device. One car­tridge will last approx­i­mate­ly 1,500 pages. There is a tray that can hold up to 150 pages of stan­dard paper.

Advan­tages:

• print qual­i­ty;
• the size;
• built-in Wi-Fi mod­ule.

Flaws:

• the cost of the orig­i­nal car­tridge.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Sergey Reg­u­lar mod­el. I liked the price, “com­pact­ness” and WiFi

Name hid­den Wifi con­nec­tion tool for mac
https://www.support.xerox.com/en-us/product/phaser-3020/content/150014

2. Pantum P2207

The pro­duc­tiv­i­ty of this laser print­er is up to 15,000 pages per month. It can han­dle A4 size, film, envelopes, cards, labels and sev­er­al types of papers. Dimen­sions in width, height and depth cor­re­spond to 337x178 and 220 mm, the mod­el weighs 4.76 kg.

The claimed yield of the car­tridge is 1600 pages, but some users claim that in fact it is much less. The mod­el is quite noisy, in stand­by mode the num­ber of dB rarely drops below 30, and dur­ing oper­a­tion the indi­ca­tor ris­es to 52 dB. There is sup­port for Com­pact­Flash and card read­ers. Of the con­nec­tion meth­ods, only USB is avail­able. The device works with Win­dows, Lin­ux and Mac OS.

Advan­tages:

• work speed;
• price;
• fast instal­la­tion.

Flaws:

• plas­tic qual­i­ty.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Arkady Every­thing is fine, not even the nois­i­est, but the sound is fright­en­ing. 🙂
We’ll get used to it, I think.
Peo­ple com­plain about the high cost of native car­tridges. We refill such car­tridges for 300 rubles. In addi­tion, “non-native” ana­logues appeared on sale. You can find bud­get options

Ilya K. The print­er was pur­chased for mak­ing pho­tomasks of print­ed cir­cuit boards. He copes with this task per­fect­ly. It prints almost with­out gaps on a trans­par­ent film, the pho­tore­sist is illu­mi­nat­ed nor­mal­ly. Pleased with the absence of image dis­tor­tion, typ­i­cal for most laser print­ers.

3. HP LaserJet Pro M15w

The small laser print­er weighs 3.8 kg. Dimen­sions are also small: 346x159x189 mm in width, height and depth. The car­tridge yield is rat­ed at 1000 pages, the print speed is 18 ppm, the wait­ing time for 1 page is 8.4 sec­onds. HP Laser­Jet Pro M15w is designed for black and white print­ing and can work with A4 for­mats.

They tried to make the device mul­ti­plat­form. In addi­tion to Lin­ux, Win­dows and Mac OS, it sup­ports Android and iOS oper­at­ing sys­tems. In addi­tion to the USB inter­face, there is a con­nec­tion via Wi-Fi and Air­Print. The device can work not only with office paper, but also with envelopes, post­cards and even stick­ers.

Advan­tages:

• dimen­sions;
• print speed;
• noise lev­el.

Flaws:

• Not every­one is hap­py with the pack­age.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Ivan M. Very com­pact. Con­nect­ed via usb quick­ly. usb cable includ­ed

Cyril M. A con­ve­nient appli­ca­tion for work­ing with a print­er via WI FI.

Inkjet

Inkjet print­ers are com­pact and qui­et. They do not warm up, unlike lasers, but when buy­ing, you need to be pre­pared for the addi­tion­al pur­chase of con­sum­ables and parts.

1. Epson WorkForce WF-100W

Com­pact print­er for the home weigh­ing 1.6 kg. Width is 309 mm, height — 61 mm, depth — 154 mm. Despite the mod­est dimen­sions, it can work with A4 for­mat. Has 4 col­ors and 2 car­tridges. The first is intend­ed for b/w print­ing and has an approx­i­mate resource of 250 pages, the sec­ond is suit­able for col­or print­ing and is designed for 200 pages. The print speed varies from 11 to 14 pages per minute.

The mod­el can work with glossy and mat­te paper, cards and envelopes. Apple own­ers should pay atten­tion to it, since among the sup­port­ed oper­at­ing sys­tems there are iOS and Mac OS. There is a small paper feed tray with a capac­i­ty of 20 pages.

Advan­tages:

• dimen­sions;
• appear­ance;
• the weight.

Flaws:

• car­tridge cost.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Alexan­der N. My print­er is made by Fil­ipinos. If some­one has Chi­nese, then quar­rel if my com­ment does not match your expe­ri­ence with this device.

Niki­ta S. Sep­a­rate­ly, I note as a plus a very smooth and pleas­ant tran­si­tion of col­ors dur­ing print­ing, the absence of smears and stripes, there are no prob­lems with pas­mers. Car­tridges of very small vol­ume, triple — both col­or and b/w at the same time. Those. change entire­ly. Keep it in mind

2. Canon PIXMA iP100

Col­or print­er with two car­tridges. The first, black and white, can print up to 249 pages, the sec­ond, col­or, is less pro­duc­tive, it is enough for 191 pages. The mod­el itself weighs approx­i­mate­ly 2 kg, the dimen­sions in width, height and depth are 322, 62 and 185 mm, respec­tive­ly. The device is qui­et, the noise lev­el dur­ing oper­a­tion rarely exceeds 39 dB.

The print speed, depend­ing on the col­or, varies from 5.9 to 9 images per minute. The mod­el can work with glossy, mat­te and pho­to paper, it is pos­si­ble to print on labels, envelopes, films and cards. Of the inter­faces, the IP100 has a USB and an infrared port.

Advan­tages:

• Ease of use;
• you can try to get a com­plete set with a bat­tery;
• print qual­i­ty.

Flaws:

• poor build qual­i­ty.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Sergey K. Mobile and high-qual­i­ty pho­to print­ing.
Con­ve­nient to use with a lap­top.
Qual­i­ty war­ran­ty ser­vice.

Name hid­den Both USB ports per­fect­ly accept­ed the first Non­ame (some Pol­ish, for 550 rubles) Blue­tooth adapter. Noth­ing to both­er with BU-30. Con­sum­ables 1 piece: 460 rubles — black, 550 rubles — col­or. Wish it was cheap­er 🙂

3. HP Officejet 100 Mobile Printer L411

This mod­el fea­tures high speed black and white print­ing, it can deliv­er up to 29 A4 pages per minute. Capa­ble of print­ing in both col­or and black and white. The width of the device is 348 mm, height — 84 mm, depth — 175 mm, weight — 2.5 kg. The mod­el has a tech­nol­o­gy that allows you to con­nect via USB or Blue­tooth. For con­ve­nience, the man­u­fac­tur­er has added a tray that can hold up to 50 sheets of paper. The L411 works on glossy paper, envelopes, mat­te paper, pho­to paper, labels, card stock and even envelopes. It also allows you to print pho­tos.

Advan­tages:

• high speed print­ing;
• com­pact­ness.

Flaws:

• mar­riage occurs.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Artem S. For those who appre­ci­ate mobil­i­ty, this is a pret­ty good device, I won’t speak for my mon­ey, since the price tag for it, in my opin­ion, is a bit over­priced.
When prop­er­ly used, it will serve as a good helper to its own­er.

Anton Litvi­nov Blue­tooth, prints fast enough, the bat­tery is quite sat­is­fied

For photo printing

Pho­to print­ers are com­pact, work with A6 and small­er for­mats.

1. Canon SELPHY CP1300

Sub­li­ma­tion print­er work­ing with A6 print for­mats. Col­or, designed to work with pho­to paper and labels. Mul­ti-plat­form, sup­ports Win­dows, iOS, Android and Mac OS. It weighs less than a kilo­gram, has a width of 180 mm, a depth of 136 mm and a height of 63 mm.

At the top there is a 3.2‑inch LCD dis­play. Con­nec­tion can be made using USB, Wi-Fi and Air­Print. There is a small tray for 18 sheets. The aver­age print time for a 10x15 cm col­or image is 47 sec­onds. The devel­op­ers have added the pos­si­bil­i­ty of autonomous oper­a­tion due to the bat­tery, the pow­er con­sump­tion dur­ing oper­a­tion is 60 watts.

Advan­tages:

• print qual­i­ty;
• ease of use.

Flaws:

• cost of con­sum­ables.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Dmit­ry G. Com­pact­ness, weight, pos­si­bil­i­ty of work with­out the sock­et.
Excel­lent print qual­i­ty.
Lac­quer coat­ing of pic­tures, which not only pro­tects the card from “fin­gers”, but also allows you to make “mat­te” prints.
The “invis­i­ble” print­ing of the date on the prints is just a sep­a­rate delight.

Name hid­den The qual­i­ty of the print is not infe­ri­or to pho­tographs of pho­to salons. Mobile, but the bat­tery is pur­chased sep­a­rate­ly. For home print­ing in small quan­ti­ties and users who do not want to under­stand all the details of pho­to print­ing, this is an ide­al option.

2 Canon Selfie CP900

A small print­er with dimen­sions of 178x60x127 in width, height and depth. Weighs 0.81 kg, has sub­li­ma­tion print­ing tech­nol­o­gy. Able to work with A6 files, it may take 47 sec­onds to print a 10x15 cm pho­to. Works exclu­sive­ly on pho­to paper, con­nec­tion to the device is via USB or Wi-Fi. The mod­el is designed for PC with Win­dows and Mac OS. There is a 2.7 inch dis­play. The devel­op­ers paid atten­tion not only to qual­i­ty, but also to design. The print­er is set up quick­ly and eas­i­ly. There is a bor­der­less print­ing mode, but with it the sides may be cut off.

Advan­tages:

• qual­i­ty;
• pleas­ant appear­ance;
• ease of con­nec­tion.

Flaws:

• When print­ing bor­der­less, the image may be cut off.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Eka­te­ri­na O. For a long time I chose a print­er for home use. Since we print on a small scale, I decid­ed to refuse an inkjet print­er, since there is a prob­lem of ink dry­ing out. Sub­li­ma­tion print­ing gives amaz­ing qual­i­ty at a very rea­son­able price (about 12 rubles per pho­to).

Vic­tor N. I was very sur­prised that canon refused to make fire­wood for wine 8.
Dis­able dri­ver sig­na­ture ver­i­fi­ca­tion and run set­up in win7 com­pat­i­bil­i­ty mode

3 Canon Selfie CP1000

The col­or print­er for work with the A6 for­mat. It has a sub­li­ma­tion type of print­ing, the con­nec­tion is made exclu­sive­ly via USB, there is sup­port for Secure Dig­i­tal and card read­ers. The print is high qual­i­ty with good col­or repro­duc­tion. The mod­el has a width of 178 mm, a height of 60 mm, a depth of 135 mm, and the weight of the device is 0.84 kg. There is a 2.7‑inch LCD dis­play.

CP100 is suit­able exclu­sive­ly for com­put­ers, this is due to the fact that it sup­ports only 2 oper­at­ing sys­tems: Win­dows and Mac OS. There is sup­port for bor­der­less print­ing. The appear­ance is slight­ly old-fash­ioned, but it makes it pos­si­ble to quick­ly fig­ure out the sim­plest set­tings.

Advan­tages:

• price;
• lam­i­na­tion and mois­ture pro­tec­tion.

Flaws:

• Not every­one is sat­is­fied with the pic­ture qual­i­ty.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Anton V. Com­pact. Prints any­thing, from any­where. Very cool col­or ren­di­tion in the pic­tures, if you do not climb into the pro­fes­sion­al wilds. Pro­tect­ed lam­i­nat­ed pho­tos! Full delight.

Mikhail Kuts Sub­li­mat­ed print­ing is great. You can for­get about the fact that the ink can dry out.

Thermal

The print­ers described below are com­pact, some of them can be car­ried in your pock­et. They work with small for­mats and are able to print pho­tos.

1. Xiaomi Mijia AR ZINK

A portable print­er that can fit in your pock­et. Its width is only 85 mm, height — 124 mm, depth 2.46 mm, while it weighs only 0.18 kg. Designed for Android and iOS, con­nec­tion via USB, Blue­tooth and Air­Print is pos­si­ble. The first print takes about 45 sec­onds, then the process goes faster.

Inter­est­ing fea­tures include bor­der­less print­ing and pho­to print­ing. The max­i­mum print width is 50 mm, the max­i­mum length is 76 mm. The device is equipped with ZINK tech­nol­o­gy, so you do not need to use ink. There is a small tray in which you can fit a pack of spe­cial paper, con­sist­ing of 10 sheets.

Advan­tages:

• looks styl­ish;
• easy to use;
• accept­able price.

Flaws:

• Works with for­mat up to A6.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Vladimir Ivanov The qual­i­ty is not super, but who cares — my wife and I real­ly liked it when com­pil­ing our baby’s album

Name hid­den The girl died of joy
Now we will make an album of love and we will paste pho­tos and all sorts of jokes there.

2 Canon Zoemini

One of the small­est print­ers with high print speeds. Works with for­mats up to A6, the max­i­mum print width is 50 m, and the length is 75 mm. There is sup­port for Android and iOS, the con­nec­tion is via Blue­tooth. The con­sum­able is pho­to paper placed in a small tray.

Using the device, you can make col­or print­outs, there is a bor­der­less print­ing func­tion. The device weighs 0.16 kg, its width is 82 mm, height — 19 mm, depth — 118 mm. Inside there is a small bat­tery rat­ed at 500 mAh. The qual­i­ty of the pic­tures is rel­a­tive­ly good, espe­cial­ly if you work on the pho­to first.

Advan­tages:

• sim­ple con­nec­tion;
• the abil­i­ty to quick­ly print;
• con­ve­nience.

Flaws:

• mediocre print qual­i­ty.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Love Enter­tain­ment is great! Already past­ed over all the note­books, the refrig­er­a­tor and the cat. Prints fast and not noisy. Not super-qual­i­ty, but for needle­work / diary / par­ty — a pleas­ant joy.

Roman Kolesnikov Com­pact, easy con­nec­tion, the abil­i­ty to quick­ly print pho­tos is always pos­i­tive emo­tions.

3. Fujifilm Instax Mini Link

The fea­ture of the Instax Mini Link print­er is the pres­ence of a spe­cial appli­ca­tion and a num­ber of modes that allow you to cre­ate col­lages. One of its advan­tages is the abil­i­ty to print frames direct­ly from the video. In addi­tion to print­ing col­lages, the mod­el has sev­er­al inter­est­ing high­lights, such as a com­pat­i­bil­i­ty test. Pic­tures can also be dec­o­rat­ed with addi­tion­al frames. The mod­el weighs 0.21 kg, its width is only 90 mm, height — 35 mm, depth — 125 mm. It con­nects to a smart­phone via Blue­tooth and is able to print A6 pho­tos.

Advan­tages:

• con­ve­nient appli­ca­tion;
• print qual­i­ty.

Flaws:

• the con­nect­ing appli­ca­tion does not have Russ­ian lan­guage.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Limo Case, pho­to paper, mark­ers for sig­na­tures, stick­ers for dec­o­ra­tion, frames and albums can be bought inex­pen­sive­ly on the Chi­nese mar­ket­place.

Poli­na Seryo­gi­na I am delight­ed! I don’t know that every­one there sins on qual­i­ty, but it’s like a Polaroid — in a small pho­to blur­ring effect, there is a chip and its own atmos­phere. The pic­tures are all col­or­ful, the main thing is to wait about 5 min­utes, when every­thing will show up to the end.