Five Color Printers Under $100

The need for color printing has exploded in recent years.  If you are on a limited budget, however, the cost for some color printers can be quite expensive.  Here is a list of five combination printer, copier, scanner and fax machine that would be great for a college student or small home business.  These prices were as of July 2009.

This versatile machine serves as a color printer and copier as well as a scanner and fax machine.  It will also copy and print photos.  It has built in slots for memory cards and a 2.5 inch LCD monitor.  It is able to print up to 33 pages each minute at laser quality while consuming only one-third of the energy of a laser printer.  With the included software, you can produce newsletters, brochures, and calendars to name a few.  It uses 4 inkjet cartridges: black, magenta, cyan, and yellow.  On one site, 76% of customers would recommend this color printer to a friend.

This device has a low profile and will look sharp on any desk.  It combines the ability to print color copies along with scanning and fax ability.  The built in handset allows you to save space on your desk.  It has a laser printer that prints at 12 pages per minute.  It comes with a 30-sheet automatic document feeder to accommodate those large faxes.

This machine combines multiple functions including a color printer and copier, scanner, and fax machine.  It produces copies at a rate of 19 pages per minute black-and-white and 15 pages per minute in color.  This inkjet printer offers laser-like quality.  It offers a resolution of up to 4800 x 1200 dpi color and can reduce and enlarge copies from 25% up to 400%.

This sharp looking machine has all the functions that you have come to expect from a desktop color printer but does it wirelessly.  Print your color copies from anywhere in the house!  It also serves as a scanner, copier, and fax machine.  Print high quality color photos directly from a memory card, PictBridge, or USB flash drive.  It has the ability to print color copies at a rate of 18 pages per minute.

This all-in-one machine combines black-and-white and color printing and copying along with scanning and fax capabilities.  You can even scan directly to email or to a USB Flash drive making all your documents extremely portable.  You can even print directly from a USB drive without the need for a computer.  The best part is that you can do all your printing at a rate of 17 pages per minute and do so wirelessly.