Head-to-head · Best All-in-One Printers Under $300

Brother MFC-J4335DW vs HP OfficeJet Pro 8135e

Which is the better buy? Side-by-side on rating, price, strengths, and watch-outs — with the published ratings we averaged to get there.

The short answer

Brother MFC-J4335DW comes out ahead by a narrow margin (4.6 vs 4.4). The gap is mostly about home and home-office users who print a lot of documents and want the lowest long-term cost — read the strengths below before deciding.

Higher ratedRanked #1 in Best All-in-One Printers Under $300

Brother MFC-J4335DW

4.6

$268as of May 29

The MFC-J4335DW is the best-overall pick under $300, built around Brother's INKvestment Tank system that TechGearLab measured at roughly $250 over three years, half the lifetime cost of rival inkjets. It ships with up to a year of ink, prints fast at 20 ppm black, and RTINGS rates it ahead of the HP OfficeJet Pro 8135e on build and speed. The trade-off is print quality that is good rather than best-in-class.

Strengths

— Lowest lifetime running cost in its class via INKvestment Tank, about $250 over three years
— Fast for a home AIO: up to 20 ppm black and 19 ppm color
— Up to 1 year of ink in the box, with 3,000 black / 1,500 color page yields

Watch-outs

— Text and photo quality trail the best printers, weakest in TechGearLab's text test
— 150-sheet main tray is smaller than the Epson WF-3820's 250-sheet tray
— INKvestment cartridges are a proprietary hybrid, not true refillable tanks

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Ranked #2 in Best All-in-One Printers Under $300

HP OfficeJet Pro 8135e

4.4

$239.99as of May 26

The OfficeJet Pro 8135e is the home-office document pick, praised by RTINGS and Laptop Mag for very good text quality and a smooth, app-driven setup. It is a fast, user-friendly four-function AIO with a 225-sheet tray and a 35-sheet ADF. The downsides are slow measured text speed, expensive color pages, and HP's push toward the Instant Ink subscription, which is why RTINGS still ranks the Brother MFC-J4335DW ahead overall.

Strengths

— Very good text quality, among the best for home-office documents
— Fast, user-friendly setup and everyday use via the HP Smart app
— Full four-function AIO with a 35-sheet ADF and auto duplex

Watch-outs

— RTINGS measured slow text printing, 5 pages in 31 seconds
— Color graphics cost a steep 34.7 cents per page
— HP+ activation and Instant Ink subscription nudge you toward recurring costs

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How they stack up

Brother MFC-J4335DW

The best-overall value pick. Its INKvestment Tank lifetime cost undercuts the cartridge-based HP OfficeJet Pro 8135e, Canon PIXMA TR8620a, and HP Envy 6555e, and RTINGS rates it ahead of the HP OfficeJet Pro 8135e on build and speed. The Epson WorkForce Pro WF-3820 has a larger paper tray, and the Canon PIXMA TR8620a prints better photos, but neither matches the Brother's running cost.

HP OfficeJet Pro 8135e

The home-office document pick. Its text quality edges the Brother MFC-J4335DW, but RTINGS rates the Brother MFC-J4335DW ahead overall on speed, yield, and running cost. The larger paper tray beats the Brother MFC-J4335DW but trails the Epson WorkForce Pro WF-3820, and its color pages cost more to print than the Brother's INKvestment system.

Specs side-by-side

Spec	Brother MFC-J4335DW	HP OfficeJet Pro 8135e
Type	Color inkjet (INKvestment Tank)	Color inkjet (cartridge)
Functions	Print / Copy / Scan / Fax	Print / Copy / Scan / Fax
Print Speed	20 ppm black / 19 ppm color	20 ppm black / 10 ppm color
Resolution	4800 x 1200 dpi	—
Paper Capacity	150-sheet tray + 20-sheet ADF	225-sheet tray + 35-sheet ADF
Duplex	Automatic 2-sided print	Automatic 2-sided print
Page Yield	Up to 3,000 black / 1,500 color in box	—
Connectivity	Wi-Fi + USB + mobile/cloud	Dual-band Wi-Fi + Ethernet + USB
Display	—	Touchscreen
Weight	—	17.6 lb

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