The HP LaserJet M110we is the printer to buy if your printing is mostly black text. It is sharp, fast and cheap to run, and unlike an inkjet it never dries out between jobs. Here is why a mono laser beats any inkjet for documents, and what you give up.
There is a particular frustration that almost everyone with a cheap inkjet knows: you go weeks without printing, then need one urgent page, and the printer announces the ink has dried up. A mono laser like the HP LaserJet M110we exists to end that. It uses dry toner powder rather than liquid ink, so it simply does not dry out, and for the very common household whose printing is mostly letters, forms and homework, that reliability, plus sharper text and a lower cost per page, makes it the smarter buy than any inkjet.
| Model | Price | Type | Functions | Connectivity | Rating | Link | |
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 | ★ Top pick HP LaserJet M110we Mono Laser Printer | £100.79 | Mono laser | Print only | Wi-Fi, USB, HP Smart app | ★ 4.4 | View → |
£100.79
Mono laser · Print only · Wi-Fi, USB, HP Smart app
The verdict from Daniel Whitfield, home office and printing tester
The best choice for text. If you mostly print letters, forms, tickets and homework, a mono laser like the HP LaserJet M110we beats any inkjet hands down. The text is sharp, it prints fast, and the toner does not dry up if you leave it for weeks, which is the curse of the occasional-use inkjet. It does not scan, copy or print in colour, so it is a specialist, but for high-volume black text it is the cheapest and most reliable choice here.
Wakes from cold and lays down a page of pin-sharp black text in seconds.
This is the right printer if you print mostly black-and-white text and value reliability and low running costs. The buyer it suits is the person who prints documents, study notes, contracts, tickets and forms, occasionally and in bursts, and who is sick of inkjet ink drying out or cartridges costing a fortune. For that person, a mono laser is a revelation: it prints crisp text the instant they need it, fast, and cheaply.
It is the wrong printer if you need colour, photos, scanning or copying, because it does none of those. It is a single-function, print-only, black-only machine by design. If you need an all-in-one, an Epson EcoTank or Brother MFC-J1010DW is the answer; if you print photos, the HP ENVY Inspire is. But for pure text, nothing here is sharper, faster or more dependable.
Laser text is in a different league to inkjet for documents: pin-sharp, dense black, and completely smudge-proof the moment it leaves the printer. The M110we also wakes from cold and gets the first page out quickly, so when you need a single page in a hurry it delivers without the warm-up and head-cleaning dance an idle inkjet often performs. For anyone who prints documents, this immediacy and clarity is the whole appeal.
This is the practical superpower of a laser. Because the toner is a dry powder fused by heat, it cannot dry up or clog, so a laser left untouched for a month prints perfectly the moment you switch it on. For the household that prints rarely but needs it to work every time, that single quality is worth more than any feature, and it is precisely where cheap inkjets let people down.
The cost per page is very low. A toner cartridge costs more than an ink cartridge up front, but it prints a great many more pages, so the per-page cost works out among the lowest here. For anyone printing a steady volume of black text, that adds up to real savings over an inkjet, with no subscription to manage.
It connects over Wi-Fi and works with the HP Smart app for printing from phones and laptops, and it is compact for a laser, so it does not dominate a desk. Setup is straightforward, and once done it behaves like the appliance it should be: switch on, print, done.
The M110we's limitations are deliberate. There is no colour, no photo printing, no scanner and no copier. That is the trade you make for its low cost, speed and reliability. It is not a flaw so much as a focus: this is a specialist tool for black text, and judged on that job it is excellent. If you need the missing functions, it is simply not the printer for you, and an all-in-one inkjet is.
For black text, yes. A laser prints crisp, smudge-proof text faster than an inkjet, and the cost per page is lower. It also does not suffer the inkjet curse of ink drying in the heads when the printer sits unused, so it is more reliable for occasional printers.
No. It is a print-only mono laser, so there is no colour, no photos, no scanner and no copier. That is the trade-off for its low cost and reliability. If you need scanning or colour, choose an all-in-one inkjet instead.
No. Toner lasts far longer than an ink cartridge, so although a toner cartridge costs more up front, the cost per page is very low. For anyone printing a lot of black text, it is one of the cheapest printers here to run.
The LaserJet M110we is our pick for text because it does the one thing text-printers care about better than any inkjet: produce sharp, fast, cheap black documents, reliably, every time, with toner that never dries out. For the very common household whose printing is mostly letters and forms, it is the right and frankly underrated choice. If you need colour, photos or scanning, look instead at the Epson EcoTank ET-2850 for an all-rounder or the HP ENVY Inspire for photos. And if you want the same laser-quality text for even less money, compare it with the budget Pantum BP2300W and read our inkjet vs laser guide.