If you’re on a low budget and you want a printer for home use, then inkjet printers are highly recommended for several reasons. These printers are extremely affordable and provide excellent value for money. For a price of less than Rs 5000, you get an option to print, scan and copy. You can also take colour printouts.
When it comes to popular and reliable printer brands, we recommend HP or Canon in this price range. The HP printer is a little costlier and doesn’t come with wireless printing, but its cartridges cost less. In other words, printing on the HP printer is cheaper.
Check out two of the best Inkjet printers available in India for a price of less than Rs 5000. We have included links to reliable shopping sites like Flipkart, Amazon and Snapdeal on this page itself. The links are right below the product image.
1. HP DeskJet Ink Advantage 2135 Printer (All In One) – Rs 3700
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- Good build quality
- Simple to install and use
- Comes with one Tri-colour ink and one Black and white cartridge.
- Prints 480 pages per cartridge
- The quality of printouts was good and the speed of printing pages was also decent.
- Scanning and photo copy features work without any issues.
- Compatible with Windows and MAC
- The cartridges cost (Rs 550) is less compared to printers from other major manufacturers.
- Comes with USB cable, power chord and Installation CD.
- Good value for money product
- The printing and scanning can be done in 4800 x 1200 dpi and 600 x 300 dpi respectively.
- One year warranty
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- The printer can get a little noisy.
- Not meant for office use. If you take a lot of printouts, you should buy a laser printer.
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2. Canon Pixma E460 Wireless Inkjet Printer (All In One) – Rs 3000
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- Build quality is great.
- It’s all in one so you can Print, Scan and Copy.
- Comes with 2 cartridges, Black & white and Tri-colour
- Printing quality is good with no smudges.
- Comes with wireless connection which reduces the hassles of wires. You can directly send documents or images from laptop, desktop PC, mobile phone or tablet.
- You can also download the Canon app and send files through you Android or Apple phone.
- Printing was mostly silent when we tested it
- Compatible with both Mac and Windows
- Scanning works well, we used this feature extensively without any issues.
- The printer comes with copying function which lets you choose between black and white or colour
- Even though the printer comes with wifi feature, you can also connect it with a USB cable.
- The printing and scanning can be done in 4800 x 600 dpi and 600 x 2400 dpi respectively.
- This printer is good for household purpose
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- The cost per print is a little more expensive with Canon as compared to HP. You can prints upto 400 pages and the cartridges are expensive. Black and white costs about Rs 500 and colour cartridges can cost between Rs 950 – Rs 1500
- Setting up the wifi wasn’t very easy. You will have to connect the printer to the router first and incase you don’t a router at home, you need to purchase one. You can’t directly connect the printer to a wireless device like a tablet.
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