Need help buying a printer: separate inks, ADF, duplex, borderless printing

DigitalDad — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 13:54:36 GMT

1. Has to be separate color ink cartridges, tank ink OR separate color toner cartridges
2. I would like the ADF (auto document feeder for scanning PDF's) 20+ pages
3. Auto duplex printing (on both sides of the paper)
4. Borderless printing

What would you like to accomplish?

I teach and print things for school and for home.

Are there any models you are currently looking at?

Canon MegaTank MAXIFY GX2020 - Actually bought it last night and found out this morning it doesn't have borderless printing which is a big deal for me.

More Details:

Budget: | $150-$350
Country: | USA
Color or black and white: | Color
Laser or ink printer: | Either
New or used: | New or Reconditioned
Multi-function: | Scan, Copy, Fax
Duplex Printing: | YES
Home or business: | Home & Some Business
Printing content: | Documents, photos, flyers, & special paper
Printing frequency: | 50-100 pages pages per month
Pages per minute : | 10 PPM+
Page size: | Letter, envelope
Device printing from: | PC
Connection type: | Wifi

Re: Need help buying a printer: separate inks, ADF, duplex, borderless printing

ebiggs1 — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 15:29:29 GMT

"... it doesn't have borderless printing which is a big deal for me."

You are probably going to have to get a true photo printer to get true borderless printing. And I don't think there are any the duplex borderless but I don't keep up with all the latest printer anymore. People just don't want photo prints like they used to. I used to print thousands of photos and have.had three Canon Photo Pro printers. I have the Photo Pro 100 currently. It had some age on it but it is an outstanding photo printer. It doesn't do anything except make beautiful photo prints up to 13"x19".

My general office work printer which is more what you want is a Brother Business Smart Pro. I believe it does borderless but I have not tried it since I have the Canon Photo Pro 100 which would shame the Brother on photo quality. However, the Brother printer is my general workhorse printer and does an admirable job. If you prefer to stay with Canon I am sure they make a model that does everything the Brother does but neither the Brother nor as I expect the Canon will be under your top $350. As I recall I think mine was $450 but I think they make a single tray for somewhat less money as I say I don't keep up with current models.

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