The Pantum BP2300W is the printer to buy when you want laser-quality black text for as little money as possible, both to buy and to run. It is plain, it is print-only, and it is the cheapest machine here to keep fed. Here is exactly what you get, and what you give up.
Pantum is not a household name like HP or Canon, and that is precisely why the BP2300W is so cheap: you are not paying for the badge. What you are buying is the core benefit of a mono laser, sharp, reliable, low-cost black text, stripped of everything else and priced to undercut the big brands. For the buyer who just wants documents printed cheaply and does not need hand-holding, it is the value play on this list.
| Model | Price | Type | Functions | Connectivity | Rating | Link | |
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 | ★ Top pick Pantum BP2300W Compact Mono Laser Printer | £110.42 | Mono laser | Print only | Wi-Fi, USB, mobile printing | ★ 4 | View → |
£110.42
Mono laser · Print only · Wi-Fi, USB, mobile printing
The verdict from Daniel Whitfield, home office and printing tester
The pick for the lowest running cost. The Pantum BP2300W is the printer to choose when you want laser-quality text for as little money as possible, both to buy and to run. Toner is cheap and easy to find, and a single starter cartridge lasts a long time for typical home use. The trade-off is a plainer app and less hand-holding than HP offers, but if you just want reliable black text at the lowest cost per page, it is hard to beat.
Costs little, asks little, and quietly churns out clean black text job after job.
This is the right printer if you want the lowest possible cost to print black text, full stop. The buyer it suits is cost-focused and practical: a student, a spare-room office, a household that prints plenty of plain documents and wants both the printer and the toner to be as cheap as they can be. If that describes you and you do not need scanning, copying or colour, very little else competes on price per page.
It is the wrong printer if you want an all-in-one or any colour. Like the HP LaserJet M110we, it prints only, in black only, but it goes further on price at the cost of a less polished experience. If you need scanning or colour, an Epson EcoTank or Brother MFC-J1010DW is your printer; if you want a more refined mono laser with better software, the HP is worth the extra.
This is the whole reason to buy it. The toner is cheap, widely available and high-yield, so the cost per page is the lowest on this list, and a single starter cartridge lasts a long time for typical home use. Combined with a very low purchase price, that makes the BP2300W the cheapest printer here to both buy and run for plain black text, which for a high-volume document printer is exactly the priority.
It prints clean, sharp black text and, being a laser, the toner never dries out, so it is dependable even if it sits unused for weeks. The first page comes out quickly for text jobs. The output will not surprise anyone who has used a laser before, which is the point: it does the core job properly, which is all most document printing asks of it.
It connects over Wi-Fi and supports printing from phones and laptops, so it slots into a modern home network without trouble. Setup is straightforward, if a little less guided than HP's, and once connected it gets on with the job.
Here is where the savings show. Pantum's app and support are more basic than HP's, with less of the polish and hand-holding the bigger brands offer. For a confident user who just wants to print, that is a fair trade for the lower price; for someone who values a smooth app and strong support, it is the reason to spend a little more on the HP LaserJet M110we instead.
The BP2300W's compromises are exactly where you would expect on the cheapest laser here: no scanning, no copying, no colour, and a plainer app and support experience than the big brands. None of that matters if all you want is cheap, reliable black text, and the core printing is genuinely good. But if you want polish, extra functions or reassurance, the savings come at the cost of those things, and you should weigh that honestly before buying.
For its price, yes. It is a simple, single-function mono laser that does one thing well: print clean black text cheaply. The app and support are less polished than HP's, but the core printing is dependable and the toner is laser-reliable, so it does not dry out between jobs.
It is the cheapest printer here to run for black text. The toner is inexpensive, widely available and high-yield, so the cost per page is very low. Combined with its low purchase price, it is the budget choice for anyone printing a lot of plain documents.
It prints only: no scanning, copying or colour, and no photos. The software is more basic than the big brands offer. If you can live with a print-only mono machine and want the lowest possible cost, those are fair trade-offs; if you need scanning or colour, look elsewhere.
The Pantum BP2300W earns its place as the lowest-running-cost printer on this list: cheap to buy, cheaper to run, and laser-reliable for plain black text. For the cost-focused buyer who prints documents and does not need anything more, it is hard to beat on value. If you want a more polished mono laser with better software, the HP LaserJet M110we is worth the extra; if you need colour, scanning or copying, the Epson EcoTank ET-2850 is the all-rounder to choose. To be sure a mono laser fits how you print, read our inkjet vs laser guide and our cheapest printer to run guide.