Best Inkjet Printer by Paper Tray and Duplex

The best inkjet printer for remote workers is the HP DeskJet 2955, because at 7.55 lb and 6.06 x 12 x 16.7 in it is the smallest and lightest machine in this group by a wide margin, and it still prints, copies and scans in colour. If you print on both sides of the page often, the Brother MFCJ1360DW is the better buy: it carries a 150-sheet tray and automatic duplex, where the DeskJet has a 60-sheet tray and neither. The 30-second shortlist: DeskJet 2955 for light document work, Brother 1360 for contracts and scanning, Canon PIXMA TS6520 if you want duplex for the least money.

Best inkjet printer for remote workers at a glance

How I screened these five inkjet printers

I worked entirely from what these five listings publish, and I ranked on the figures that repeat across all of them rather than the marketing language that does not.

Three things were checkable across the set:

• Physical size and weight, published in inches and pounds for all five.
• Duplex and document feeder, stated in the manufacturer bullets for four of the five.
• Warranty length, published for every pick, ranging from one year to three.

Two things were not checkable and so did not decide the ranking. Print speed appears for exactly one machine, the DeskJet 2955 at up to 7.5 ppm black and 5.5 ppm colour, so it cannot be compared. Ink cost per page appears for none of them, which matters enormously and I will come back to it.

One note on the search term itself. "Remote workers" is not a specification any printer publishes, and Amazon's listings do not certify a machine as work-suitable. Two of these listings, both Canons, describe themselves as suited to "hybrid workers", but that is the seller's wording, not a verified capability. So I judged them on what a home-office day actually demands: paper capacity, two-sided printing, scanning without babysitting the glass, and a footprint that fits beside a monitor.

Why paper tray capacity decides this more than print speed

Most guides to the best inkjet printer for remote workers open with pages per minute. That is the wrong number to start from, and here is why: at home you almost never print a 200-page job. You print a signed contract, a shipping label, a school form, a boarding pass. Twelve seconds of difference on a four-page document is invisible.

What you feel every week is refilling the tray and flipping pages by hand.

The spread here is real. HP's listing claims a 60-sheet input tray on the DeskJet 2955. HP claims 100 sheets on the Envy 6155. Brother claims 150 sheets plus a 150-sheet paper tray reference in the same bullet, the largest published figure in this group. A 60-sheet tray means you top it up two or three times per ream. A 150-sheet tray means roughly one refill per third of a ream.

Duplex is the second lever. Four of these five list automatic two-sided printing; only the DeskJet 2955 does not. If you print anything longer than three pages regularly, duplex halves your paper use and removes the manual reload-and-reverse dance that ruins page order.

So the deciding criterion is this: tray depth plus duplex, judged against your desk space. Speed is a tiebreak, not a starting point.

1. HP DeskJet 2955 Wireless All-in-One Color Inkjet Printer — Best overall

The smallest and lightest all-in-one here by roughly 4 lb, and the only one that will genuinely disappear onto a crowded desk.

Best for: light, steady document printing on a small desk Skip it if: you print double-sided or scan multi-page files

At 7.55 lb, the DeskJet 2955 weighs less than half what the Canon TR7120 does at 18.1 lb, and its 6.06 x 12 x 16.7 in body is the shortest and narrowest in the group. That is the whole argument, and for a lot of home offices it is enough. A printer you can lift with one hand and stash in a cupboard between jobs is a printer that does not cost you desk real estate five days a week.

HP publishes the only print speed figure in this set, up to 7.5 ppm black and 5.5 ppm colour, and lists colour print, copy and scan with a 60-sheet input tray. HP also says its AI feature strips unwanted content from web pages and emails before printing, which is a claim about software rather than hardware. The control panel is an icon LCD, not a touchscreen, so setup runs through the app.

Its trade-off against the rest of the set is concrete: no duplex and the smallest tray, in exchange for being the only pick you can move without two hands. That is the cheapest of the five to lose desk space to, and the most expensive to feed paper.

Pros:

• Lightest in the set at 7.55 lb
• Shortest body at 6.06 in tall
• Only pick with a published print speed
• Colour print, copy and scan
• Buyers pick it more often than the two premium models here

Cons:

• No automatic duplex, the only pick without it
• Smallest published tray at 60 sheets
• Icon LCD only, no colour display
• One-year limited warranty, a third of the Canon TS6520's

2. Brother MFCJ1360DW Work Smart 1360 Wireless Color Inkjet — Most versatile

The only pick in this set that pairs the largest published paper tray with both duplex and a document feeder.

Best for: anyone printing contracts and scanning batches weekly Skip it if: your desk cannot spare a 15.4-inch footprint

Brother's listing stacks three features that no other pick here combines: automatic two-sided printing, a 20-sheet single-sided automatic document feeder, and a 150-sheet paper tray. For a remote worker, that trio is the difference between a printer you operate and a printer that operates itself. Feed twenty pages of a signed agreement into the top, walk away, come back to a scanned PDF.

It also carries the second-cheapest position of the five while sitting in the lower price tier, which is unusual for a machine this well equipped. Brother lists a 1.8-inch colour display with direct print-and-scan to Google Drive, Dropbox, Box and OneDrive, plus wireless or USB connection and a Mobile Connect app.

The cost is bulk. At 16.8 lb and 7.2 x 13.5 x 15.4 in, it is more than twice the weight of the DeskJet and taller than every pick except the TR7120. The 1.8-inch screen is also the smallest colour display here, against the Envy's 2.4-inch touchscreen. Against the DeskJet, you trade portability for paperwork capacity. Against the Canons, you get the feeder and the published tray figure they do not state.

Pros:

• Largest published tray in the set, 150 sheets
• Duplex plus a 20-sheet document feeder
• Named cloud apps: Drive, Dropbox, Box, OneDrive
• Wireless or USB, both listed
• Second-cheapest of the five

Cons:

• 16.8 lb, over twice the DeskJet's weight
• Smallest colour display at 1.8 in
• 1-year limited warranty
• Feeder is single-sided, so duplex scanning needs a manual flip

3. Canon PIXMA TS6520 Wireless Color Inkjet Printer Duplex — Best budget pick

The cheapest of the five and the only pick backed by a three-year manufacturer warranty.

Best for: spending the least while still getting duplex Skip it if: you need to scan stacks without hand-feeding

The warranty line is what makes this pick interesting. Canon publishes a 3 Year Manufacturer warranty on the TS6520, triple the coverage of the other four, and it does that from the cheapest position in the set. On a machine with moving paper paths and print heads, an extra two years of coverage is a real hedge.

It also gets you automatic duplex, which the DeskJet does not, at a lower price. Canon claims a two-cartridge hybrid ink system for sharp text and vivid colour, dual-band Wi-Fi on 2.4GHz or 5GHz, and an integrated scanner for copying and scanning. Physically it sits in the middle at 15.3 lb and 6.7 x 14.8 x 14 in, so it is shorter than the Brother but wider than the DeskJet.

The gap is paper handling. Canon does not publish an input tray capacity for this model, so you are buying blind on the one figure I argued matters most. There is no document feeder either, meaning every page of a multi-page scan goes on the glass by hand. Against the Brother, that is the whole difference: same duplex, no feeder, no stated tray number, but a warranty three times as long.

Pros:

• Cheapest of the five picks
• Only pick with a 3-year warranty
• Automatic duplex printing
• Dual-band Wi-Fi, 2.4GHz or 5GHz
• Sells faster than every pick here except none

Cons:

• No input tray capacity published
• No automatic document feeder
• Only one seller lists it
• No display size or print speed stated

4. HP Envy 6155 Wireless All-in-One Color Inkjet Printer — Best upgrade

The flattest machine here at 5.35 in tall, with the largest touchscreen in the set.

Best for: a low-profile printer that prints photos too Skip it if: you want the widest paper tray in this set

The Envy 6155's shape is its argument. At 14.2 x 17.1 x 5.35 in it is the lowest-profile pick by 0.71 in, which matters if your printer lives on a shelf or under a cabinet rather than in open air. It weighs 11.2 lb, splitting the difference between the featherweight DeskJet and the heavier Canons.

HP claims a 100-sheet input tray, automatic two-sided printing, and a 2.4-inch colour touchscreen, the largest display of the five. HP also claims dual-band Wi-Fi that detects and resolves connection issues on its own, plus P3 colour technology aimed at making photo prints match what you see on screen. If part of your remote work involves anything visual, printed proofs, marketing sheets, product photos, that colour claim is the reason to look here rather than at the DeskJet.

It is the most expensive HP in this group, and the second-most expensive pick overall. For that, you do not get a document feeder, and the 100-sheet tray is a third smaller than Brother's published 150. HP's warranty is one year of limited hardware coverage, against Canon's three on the TS6520. So the premium here buys the screen, the shape and the colour claim, not paper capacity.

Pros:

• Flattest body in the set at 5.35 in tall
• Largest display, a 2.4-inch colour touchscreen
• Duplex printing plus a 100-sheet tray claim
• Self-resolving dual-band Wi-Fi claim
• 11.2 lb, lighter than either Canon

Cons:

• Second-highest price position in this set
• No document feeder for multi-page scans
• Tray claim trails Brother's by 50 sheets
• One-year limited hardware warranty

5. Canon PIXMA TR7120 Wireless Color Inkjet Printer — Best premium

The heaviest and most expensive pick here, and one of only two with an automatic document feeder.

Best for: heavy scanning and copying at a fixed workstation Skip it if: you move the printer or care about the highest price here

The TR7120 is essentially the TS6520 with a document feeder bolted on. Canon lists the same two-cartridge hybrid ink system, the same dual-band Wi-Fi on 2.4GHz or 5GHz, the same duplex printing, and adds an auto document feeder for multi-page scanning and copying. That is a genuine upgrade for anyone who processes paperwork rather than just prints it.

The cost is measured in three ways. It weighs 18.1 lb, the heaviest of the five, and stands 8.2 in tall in a 8.2 x 14.8 x 14 in body, making it the bulkiest pick here. It sits at the highest price position in this set. And its warranty drops to 1 Year Manufacturer, two years shorter than its cheaper sibling.

It is also the slowest seller of the five by a wide margin, which is worth noting when the cheaper TS6520 shares most of its specification sheet. Only one seller lists it. Against the Brother, which also has duplex plus a feeder, the TR7120 asks more money, adds 1.3 lb, and publishes no tray figure, though Canon's colour and photo claims are more emphatic than Brother's.

Pros:

• Automatic document feeder for multi-page scans
• Duplex printing included
• Dual-band Wi-Fi, 2.4GHz or 5GHz
• Two-cartridge hybrid ink claim for text and photos

Cons:

• Highest price position of the five
• Heaviest at 18.1 lb and tallest at 8.2 in
• 1-year warranty, versus 3 years on the cheaper TS6520
• No published tray capacity
• The slowest seller in this group

Which inkjet printer for remote workers fits your desk?

Footprint is where this decision gets settled for a lot of people, because a home office is usually a corner of a room. Here are the published dimensions, sorted by height:

1. HP Envy 6155 — 14.2 x 17.1 x 5.35 in, 11.2 lb. The one that slides under a shelf.
2. HP DeskJet 2955 — 6.06 x 12 x 16.7 in, 7.55 lb. Narrowest at 12 in wide.
3. Canon PIXMA TS6520 — 6.7 x 14.8 x 14 in, 15.3 lb.
4. Brother MFCJ1360DW — 7.2 x 13.5 x 15.4 in, 16.8 lb.
5. Canon PIXMA TR7120 — 8.2 x 14.8 x 14 in, 18.1 lb. The bulkiest.

Two thresholds are worth measuring against before you order. First, vertical clearance: if the printer goes under a shelf or a wall cabinet, only the Envy at 5.35 in and the DeskJet at 6.06 in have real headroom to spare, and remember you also need room to lift the scanner lid. Second, moving it: the 10.55 lb spread between the DeskJet and the TR7120 is the difference between one-handed and two-handed.

If your printer lives permanently on a dedicated surface, ignore this section entirely and buy on tray and feeder.

Do you actually need an automatic document feeder?

An automatic document feeder is a tray that pulls pages through the scanner one at a time, so you are not lifting the lid for every sheet. Two of these five list one: the Brother MFCJ1360DW, with a stated 20-sheet single-sided feeder, and the Canon PIXMA TR7120.

Run this test on your own week. Count how many times you scan or copy something longer than two pages. Signed contracts, expense receipts, tax documents, insurance forms, anything you send back to an employer as a PDF.

• Zero or one a month? Skip the feeder. The DeskJet 2955 or the TS6520 will do, and you keep the money or the warranty.
• Two to five a week? Get the feeder. The Brother is the cheaper of the two picks that offer one.
• Double-sided originals regularly? Note that Brother specifies its feeder as single-sided, so you will still flip the stack once. Neither pick here publishes duplex scanning.

The feeder is the single feature in this group that changes how long a task takes rather than how a page looks. That is why it drove the ranking more than screen size or colour technology did.

What the printer listings do not tell you

Three gaps are worth naming, because none of the five listings closes them and any guide claiming otherwise is filling in blanks.

Ink cost per page. Not published for any of these five. Both HP models include a three-month trial of Instant Ink, and HP claims that subscription saves up to 50% on ink, which is a claim about the service, not the hardware. Canon describes a two-cartridge hybrid system on both PIXMAs. Nobody publishes a cost per page, and over three years ink often outruns the machine.

Print speed for four of five. Only the DeskJet 2955 states a rate, up to 7.5 ppm black and 5.5 ppm colour. Brother, Canon and the Envy publish none, so cross-brand speed comparisons in this category are guesswork.

Tray capacity for both Canons. Neither the TS6520 nor the TR7120 lists an input capacity, which is the figure I would most want before buying.

Duty cycle and monthly volume. Absent everywhere. If you print hundreds of pages a month, a home inkjet is the wrong tool regardless of which of these you pick.

The verdict

If you print light and your desk is tight, buy the HP DeskJet 2955. At 7.55 lb and 6.06 in tall it is the only one of these five you can pick up one-handed and put away, it prints, copies and scans in colour, and it is the only pick that publishes a speed figure at up to 7.5 ppm black. It also carries the second-highest sales position in this group, so plenty of buyers reach the same conclusion.

If you print and scan real paperwork, buy the Brother MFCJ1360DW. Its 150-sheet tray claim is the largest published here, it adds automatic duplex, and its 20-sheet document feeder means multi-page scans happen without you standing over the glass. It costs less than three of the four other picks despite carrying more features than any of them.

The cutoff is roughly three multi-page scan or copy jobs a week. Below that, the feeder sits idle and the DeskJet's 9.25 lb weight advantage wins. Above it, the Brother pays for its bulk in minutes saved every single week.

Two conditions flip both answers. If a long warranty matters more than paper handling, the Canon PIXMA TS6520 is the cheapest pick here and the only one with three years of coverage. If your printer must fit under a shelf, the HP Envy 6155 at 5.35 in tall is the only pick with clearance to spare.

FAQ

Is an inkjet printer for remote workers worth it over a laser?

An inkjet printer for remote workers is worth it when you print in colour, print photos, or print fewer than a few dozen pages a week. All five picks here print colour, which mono lasers cannot. If your week is hundreds of black text pages, none of these listings publishes a duty cycle to support that load, and a laser is the safer buy.

Which of these picks gives the best value for the money?

The best value for the money in this set is the Canon PIXMA TS6520. It sits at the cheapest position of the five, includes automatic duplex printing that the DeskJet 2955 lacks, and carries a three-year manufacturer warranty when the other four publish one year each. The catch is no document feeder and no published tray capacity.

Brother MFCJ1360DW or HP DeskJet 2955: which should I choose?

Choose the Brother MFCJ1360DW if paperwork drives your day. It publishes a 150-sheet tray, automatic duplex and a 20-sheet document feeder, none of which the DeskJet offers. Choose the HP DeskJet 2955 if desk space drives it: 7.55 lb against 16.8 lb, and 6.06 in tall against 7.2 in, with a published print speed the Brother does not state.

Do all of these printers support dual-band Wi-Fi?

Not all of these printers state dual-band Wi-Fi. Canon lists 2.4GHz and 5GHz support on both the TS6520 and the TR7120, and HP claims dual-band on the Envy 6155. Brother lists wireless and USB without specifying bands, and the DeskJet 2955 lists wireless and mobile printing generally. Check your router if 5GHz-only networks are involved.

What is the most common mistake when buying a home printer?

The most common mistake is buying on print speed and ignoring paper handling. Speed differences vanish on a four-page job; refilling a 60-sheet tray or hand-feeding twenty pages onto a scanner glass does not. Ink cost is the second trap, and none of these five listings publishes a cost per page, so budget for cartridges separately.

Start with the question of what leaves your printer most weeks. If it is a handful of pages you print and forget, the HP DeskJet 2955 gives you the smallest machine in this group and the only stated speed figure, and its 60-sheet tray will never bother you. If it is signed documents going back and forth, the Brother MFCJ1360DW turns a fifteen-minute scanning chore into a twenty-page stack and a walk away. Measure your shelf clearance and count last month's scan jobs before you click. Those two numbers decide it.

Last updated: September 15, 2026. Product availability re-checked.

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