Three hundred dollars is the sweet spot for an all-in-one: it buys a document feeder, or cartridge-free color, or dry toner at speed. It will not buy all three.
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The all-in-one to buy under $300 is the Epson EcoTank ET-2800, for a household that prints and copies in color: $239.99, refillable bottles, about 1.1 cents an ISO color page. If your scanning is stacks of paper rather than single sheets, the Brother MFC-L2820DW’s 50-page feeder matters more than color does. The budget pick is the EcoTank ET-2400 at $189.99, which prints, scans and copies on exactly the same ink.
What is the best all-in-one printer under $300?
The Epson EcoTank ET-2800 for most people: it prints, scans and copies in color on refillable 522 bottles at about 1.1 cents an ISO color page, with no cartridges and no subscription. If you scan multi-page documents regularly, buy the Brother MFC-L2820DW instead for its 50-page automatic document feeder, and accept that it is mono.
How we picked
“All-in-one” covers machines that differ enormously in what they can actually do, so we ranked on the parts that change your day.
What does the scanner actually do? A flatbed and a 50-page document feeder are both “scanning,” and the gap between them is twenty minutes on a twenty-page job. We say which each pick has.
Does it copy in color? A mono laser all-in-one cannot, and people are regularly surprised by that after buying one.
What does a page cost? Our arithmetic on dated published supply prices, mono and color separately.
Is it really under $300? Checked against the live Amazon price through our daily price layer, not against a list price. The box above names the models that cleared the cap at the last read.
The real decision: feeder or color
Under $300 you can have cartridge-free color, or a document feeder with dry toner, and only one machine we cover — the EcoTank ET-4800 — attempts both near this cap. Everything else forces the choice, so it is worth making deliberately rather than discovering it after delivery.
What each machine gives up to fit under $300
Printer
Color
Document feeder
Auto duplex
Epson EcoTank ET-2800
Yes, bottles
No
No
Brother MFC-L2820DW
No
Yes, 50 pages
Yes
Epson EcoTank ET-4800
Yes, bottles
Yes
Not published
Canon MegaTank G3270
Yes, bottles
No
Not published
Epson EcoTank ET-2400
Yes, bottles
No
No
Brother DCP-L2640DW
No
Yes, 50 pages
Yes
Read from each manufacturer’s own specification page on 27 September 2026. “Not published” means the maker does not state the feature, which is not the same as the machine lacking it — we will not claim a feature we cannot source.
One honest note on the feeder: on every model here it scans one side of the page at a time. Duplex scanning — both sides in one pass — does not appear in this price band at all. What duplex scanning actually costs.
Why none of these has a plan attached
Every pick here is bought once. No account is required to print, no page allowance applies, and no cartridge phones home for permission. That is a deliberate filter rather than a coincidence: a large share of what is sold as an all-in-one under $300 arrives with an ink subscription offer in the setup flow, and the printer is priced on the assumption you will take it. The wider subscription-free all-in-one roundup · How to run any printer without one.
What three years actually costs
At 150 pages a month, mostly mono, the supply spend over three years is the number that should decide this purchase — and it is bigger than the gaps in shelf price. On our arithmetic the Epson tanks spend roughly $22 on black ink over that period, while the Brother lasers on high-yield toner spend roughly $177, before the drum. A cartridge all-in-one at about 7.5 cents a page would spend several times either figure. Run it with your own volume.
Specifications and running costs side by side, for the printers discussed on this page.
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Cost-per-page figures are our own arithmetic: supply price divided by the manufacturer’s rated page yield, using prices read on 27 September 2026 and yields rated at the ISO 5% coverage standard. They are not measured by us and they are not current prices. Every input, and the working · run the numbers for your own printing
The picks in detail
Best all-in-one under $300 overall
Epson EcoTank ET-2800
The cheapest way to get genuinely low-cost color printing at home, as long as you can live without an auto duplexer or a document feeder.
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~0.4¢ per mono page · ~1.1¢ per color page
Based on a Epson 522 black ink bottle rated at 4,500 pages at $17.99, priced on 27 September 2026.
The color figure adds one per-page cost for each of the three color channels, because an ISO color page draws from all of them.
Epson 522 black ink bottle — rated 4,500 pages (ISO/IEC 24712), $17.99 at Epson US, checked 27 September 2026
Epson 522 color ink bottle — rated 7,500 pages (ISO/IEC 24712), $17.99 at Epson US, checked 27 September 2026
Yields are manufacturer-rated at the ISO 5% page-coverage standard, not measured by us, and real-world cost runs higher. Prices are not live: this is arithmetic on a price we read on the date shown, not a current price. How we calculate cost per page.
Among the lowest cost per page of any printer sold for home use
Refillable bottles, so no chipped cartridge can be locked out by firmware
Comes with enough ink in the box to last most households a long time
What you give up
No automatic two-sided printing, so paper costs twice what it needs to
Flatbed scanner only - no document feeder for multi-page scans
Inkjets still need to be used occasionally or the print head can clog
Who it is for: the household that prints, scans and copies a bit of everything, in color, and wants the ink bill to stop mattering.
Epson lists it at $239.99 with print, scan and copy on refillable 522 bottles — about 0.4 of a cent a mono page and 1.1 cents an ISO color page. Nothing else in this band gives you color copying at that running cost. For most families this is the machine that ends the printer conversation.
Honest cons. Flatbed scanner only, so multi-page scanning means lifting the lid repeatedly, and there is no automatic two-sided printing. Full cost-to-run breakdown.
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~3.3¢ per mono page
Based on a Brother TN830XL high-yield toner cartridge rated at 3,000 pages at $98.29, priced on 27 September 2026.
Brother TN830XL high-yield toner cartridge — rated 3,000 pages (ISO/IEC 19752), $98.29 at Brother USA, checked 27 September 2026
Yields are manufacturer-rated at the ISO 5% page-coverage standard, not measured by us, and real-world cost runs higher. Prices are not live: this is arithmetic on a price we read on the date shown, not a current price. How we calculate cost per page.
Ethernet, dual-band wireless (2.4 GHz / 5 GHz) and Hi-Speed USB 2.0
Subscription
None required
What we like
Fifty-page document feeder and auto duplex at 34 pages a minute
Runs the same TN830XL toner as Brother's cheaper models, so no cost-per-page penalty for the extra hardware
Ethernet as well as dual-band Wi-Fi, which matters when several people share it
What you give up
Mono only - no color at all
Seventy dollars more than the DCP-L2640DW, and the difference is mostly the fax
The ADF scans one side only, so double-sided originals still need flipping
Who it is for: anyone whose scanning is stacks of paper rather than single sheets.
A 50-page automatic document feeder changes what an all-in-one is for: a twenty-page contract becomes one button rather than twenty lid-lifts. Brother lists it at $279.99 with 34 pages a minute, a fax modem, Ethernet, AirPrint and Mopria, on the same TN830 toner as the cheap models — about 3.3 cents a page on the high-yield cartridge.
Honest cons. Mono only, so no color copies at all. The feeder scans one side at a time, so double-sided originals still need turning. 250-sheet tray plus a single-sheet manual slot. What it costs to run.
The ET-2800's running cost with the office hardware bolted on: a document feeder, wired Ethernet and fax. Worth it only if you actually need one of those three.
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~0.4¢ per mono page · ~1.1¢ per color page
Based on a Epson 522 black ink bottle rated at 4,500 pages at $17.99, priced on 27 September 2026.
The color figure adds one per-page cost for each of the three color channels, because an ISO color page draws from all of them.
Epson 522 black ink bottle — rated 4,500 pages (ISO/IEC 24712), $17.99 at Epson US, checked 27 September 2026
Epson 522 color ink bottle — rated 7,500 pages (ISO/IEC 24712), $17.99 at Epson US, checked 27 September 2026
Yields are manufacturer-rated at the ISO 5% page-coverage standard, not measured by us, and real-world cost runs higher. Prices are not live: this is arithmetic on a price we read on the date shown, not a current price. How we calculate cost per page.
List price
Not published where we checked on 27 September 2026
Supply type
Refillable ink bottles
Two-sided printing
Not stated on the spec page we read
Document feeder
Automatic document feeder
Connectivity
Wireless and Ethernet
Subscription
None required
What we like
Same 522 ink and therefore the same cost per page as the cheaper EcoTanks
Automatic document feeder for multi-page scanning and copying
Wired Ethernet, which is more reliable than Wi-Fi for a shared printer
What you give up
Epson did not publish a list price on its product page when we checked
You pay for the feeder and the fax whether or not you use them
Still an inkjet, so it wants occasional use
Who it is for: a home office that needs cheap color and a feeder, and is at the very top of this budget.
This is the only machine we cover that puts a document feeder, a wired network port and refillable 522 bottles in one box near $300. Epson gives it fax and Ethernet as well. If your work is scanning multi-page documents but you still print the occasional thing in color, this is the one model here that does not force the choice.
Honest cons. It sits right at the cap — check the live price above before you count on it — and Epson does not publish automatic two-sided printing for it. An inkjet feeder is slower than a laser one. Our ET-4800 page.
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~0.3¢ per mono page · ~0.8¢ per color page
Based on a Canon GI-21 pigment black ink bottle rated at 6,000 pages at $17.99, priced on 27 September 2026.
The color figure adds one per-page cost for each of the three color channels, because an ISO color page draws from all of them.
Canon GI-21 pigment black ink bottle — rated 6,000 pages (ISO/IEC 24712 (Canon default print mode)), $17.99 at Target, checked 27 September 2026
Canon GI-21 color ink bottle — rated 7,700 pages (ISO/IEC 24712 (Canon default print mode)), $12.99 at Target, checked 27 September 2026
Yields are manufacturer-rated at the ISO 5% page-coverage standard, not measured by us, and real-world cost runs higher. Prices are not live: this is arithmetic on a price we read on the date shown, not a current price. How we calculate cost per page.
List price
$248.99 at Office Depot, checked 27 September 2026
Supply type
Refillable ink bottles
Two-sided printing
Not stated on the spec page we read
Document feeder
None
Connectivity
Wireless
Subscription
None required
What we like
Lowest cost per page of any model on this site, mono and color
Pigment black ink smudges less on plain paper
Large 170 mL bottles, so refills are infrequent
What you give up
Canon's own store would not show us a price, so ours is a retailer listing
No document feeder
Canon's headline yields assume its default print mode, not draft mode
Who it is for: someone copying and printing in color often enough that the per-page figure is the deciding number.
Print, scan and copy on the cheapest supplies in our registry: about 0.3 of a cent a mono page and 0.8 cents for an ISO color page, from large GI-21 bottles. The pigment black is a real advantage on anything that gets handled or might meet a drink.
Honest cons. Flatbed scanner, no feeder, no published automatic duplex, one input tray. Canon’s own store would not return a price, so our list figure came from a retailer. The G3270 in detail.
The cheapest entry into bottle-fed ink. It runs on exactly the same 522 ink as the ET-2800, so the cost per page is identical - you are only giving up some hardware.
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~0.4¢ per mono page · ~1.1¢ per color page
Based on a Epson 522 black ink bottle rated at 4,500 pages at $17.99, priced on 27 September 2026.
The color figure adds one per-page cost for each of the three color channels, because an ISO color page draws from all of them.
Epson 522 black ink bottle — rated 4,500 pages (ISO/IEC 24712), $17.99 at Epson US, checked 27 September 2026
Epson 522 color ink bottle — rated 7,500 pages (ISO/IEC 24712), $17.99 at Epson US, checked 27 September 2026
Yields are manufacturer-rated at the ISO 5% page-coverage standard, not measured by us, and real-world cost runs higher. Prices are not live: this is arithmetic on a price we read on the date shown, not a current price. How we calculate cost per page.
Identical 522 ink to the dearer ET-2800, so identical running cost
Small enough for a shelf or a shared family desk
What you give up
No automatic two-sided printing
Flatbed scanner only
Fewer hardware niceties than the ET-2800 for a modest saving
Who it is for: the reader who wants an all-in-one at the lowest price that still avoids cartridges.
It prints, scans and copies in color on the identical 522 bottles as our top pick, for $50 less at $189.99 list. The cost per page is the same. If budget is the binding constraint and your scanning is occasional, this is where to stop.
Honest cons. Lower scanner specification than the ET-2800, no feeder, no duplexer, one tray. Our ET-2400 page.
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~3.3¢ per mono page
Based on a Brother TN830XL high-yield toner cartridge rated at 3,000 pages at $98.29, priced on 27 September 2026.
Brother TN830XL high-yield toner cartridge — rated 3,000 pages (ISO/IEC 19752), $98.29 at Brother USA, checked 27 September 2026
Yields are manufacturer-rated at the ISO 5% page-coverage standard, not measured by us, and real-world cost runs higher. Prices are not live: this is arithmetic on a price we read on the date shown, not a current price. How we calculate cost per page.
50-page document feeder, so scanning a stack is one action
Auto duplex printing at 36 pages per minute
Same TN830 toner family as the HL-L2460DW, with the same cost per page
What you give up
Mono only
Thirty dollars more than the print-only model for hardware you may not need
Toner is far dearer per page than bottle ink
Who it is for: a home office that wants a feeder cheaply and does not need color or fax.
Brother lists it at $209.99 with a flatbed scanner, a 50-page automatic document feeder, 36 pages a minute, automatic two-sided printing, Ethernet and dual-band wireless. That is the cheapest document feeder we have found attached to a printer worth owning.
Honest cons. Mono only and no fax, which is the difference from the MFC-L2820DW above. Simplex scanning from the feeder. What it costs to run.
+−What is the best all-in-one printer under $300 with no subscription?
The Epson EcoTank ET-2800 at $239.99: color print, scan and copy on refillable bottles, about 1.1 cents an ISO color page, with no plan and no account. The Brother MFC-L2820DW is the better buy if you need a 50-page document feeder and do not need color.
+−Can you get an all-in-one with a document feeder under $300?
Yes. The Brother DCP-L2640DW is $209.99 with a 50-page feeder, the MFC-L2820DW is $279.99 with a feeder and fax, and the Epson EcoTank ET-4800 pairs a feeder with refillable color tanks at the top of the band.
+−Do all-in-one printers under $300 copy in color?
The ink tank models do. The mono lasers do not copy in color at all — they scan in color on some models but print the copy in black. If color copying matters, buy a tank printer.
+−Is an ink tank or a laser all-in-one better under $300?
Tank for color and for the lowest cost per page; laser for speed, dry output and a document feeder at the lowest price. Neither is better in the abstract — the deciding question is whether you print color.
+−Will these printers work without the internet?
Yes. Every pick here prints over USB, and several over Ethernet, so nothing depends on a cloud service staying up or an app being installed.
