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Most reliable printer brands

Ranked by how often they last and get fixed, from real repair data.

Data from openrepair.org, and the French Repairability Index · 3,944 repairs · 5 brands · Last updated: · Fix rates and sample sizes refresh weekly from openrepair.org

Samsung's your best bet for getting a printer fixed. 50.4% success rate. Brother (47.6%) and Epson (42%) are close behind though, so the top three are all reasonable picks.

Easiest to Fix

Samsung

50.4% fix rate

Longest Lasting

Brother

8.3 years avg

Most Common Issue

Connectivity

Brands Tracked

5

Printer Brand Rankings

1

Samsung

139 repair records · avg. 8.2 years old at repair

Fix rate

50.4%

Most common issues

Audio (8.6%)Connectivity (7.2%)Mechanical (4.3%)Electrical (2.2%)Motor (1.4%)

Repair outcomes

Fixed 50%Repairable 19%End of life 31%

Top repair regions

NLD (37%)DEU (30%)GBR (19%)BEL (7%)DNK (7%)
2

Brother

403 repair records · avg. 8.3 years old at repair

Fix rate

47.6%

Market price (CAD)

$243

$/fix rate point

$5

Most common issues

Audio (4.5%)Software (4.5%)Connectivity (3.7%)Electrical (3%)Mechanical (2.2%)

Repair outcomes

Fixed 48%Repairable 21%End of life 31%

Top repair regions

NLD (30%)DEU (25%)BEL (23%)DNK (12%)GBR (10%)
3

Epson

672 repair records · avg. 6 years old at repair

Fix rate

42%

Market price (CAD)

$200

$/fix rate point

$5

Most common issues

Software (4.3%)Connectivity (3.4%)Mechanical (3.3%)Battery/Power (2.2%)Physical Damage (1.9%)

Repair outcomes

Fixed 42%Repairable 25%End of life 33%

Top repair regions

GBR (31%)NLD (24%)FRA (18%)DEU (16%)BEL (12%)
4

HP

1,448 repair records · avg. 7.9 years old at repair

Fix rate

38.3%

Market price (CAD)

$100

$/fix rate point

$3

Most common issues

Connectivity (5.2%)Software (3.3%)Mechanical (2.5%)Physical Damage (1.8%)Battery/Power (1.2%)

Repair outcomes

Fixed 38%Repairable 22%End of life 40%

Top repair regions

NLD (36%)GBR (22%)BEL (17%)FRA (13%)DEU (12%)
5

Canon

1,282 repair records · avg. 6.6 years old at repair

Fix rate

35.5%

Market price (CAD)

$489

$/fix rate point

$14

Most common issues

Software (4.6%)Connectivity (4.1%)Mechanical (2.7%)Battery/Power (2.3%)Physical Damage (2%)

Repair outcomes

Fixed 35%Repairable 21%End of life 44%

Top repair regions

NLD (38%)GBR (22%)BEL (15%)DEU (13%)FRA (12%)

Market prices are median current listings for models from the last 5 years. $/Fix Pt = price ÷ fix rate - lower is better value.

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