Ladies and gentlemen, hit the power button. The least glamorous gadget in your house just got its own launch-day showdown. The question: Best Printer: Laser vs Inkjet vs Photo. The prize: a permanent spot next to your router. Are you ready? Because the crowd is.

First results are in, and it's a straight-up TIE. HP LaserJet sits at 25% consensus with 12 holders. Canon PIXMA? 25% consensus, 10 holders. Nobody leads. Nobody blinks. It's the toner camp against the ink camp, frame for frame.

Where the crowd stands
  • HP LaserJet25%
  • Canon PIXMA25%
  • Epson EcoTank25%
  • Canon MAXIFY25%

Here's the meta. Team laser wants speed, crisp text, and a toner cartridge that lasts longer than your last relationship with a subscription plan. Team inkjet wants colour, photos, and that warm glow of printing a boarding pass AND the holiday snaps. The description throws in a third build too: high-volume tank convenience. Also on the ballot: 2 other sides. Dark horses, or just lobby filler? You decide.

Two pixel-art printers battling in an arena, one firing light beams and the other spraying coloured ink.
Round one: lasers versus ink splashes. Nobody's out of paper yet.

And HP fans, this might be the comeback arc. Last time the brand turned up at the outlet, Grandma Gigabyte had it left warming up the printer after Apple took the PC maker crown. Now the printer IS the fight. Redemption? My hot take, and that's all it is: if the office crowd shows up, LaserJet pulls ahead. If the photo folks wake up, PIXMA gets the edge.

So far 15 traders have put $479,947 on the line in this opinion market on Morfi, where people back their takes with real money. The tie is wide open. Which side are you on? Join the market and break the deadlock before somebody hits Print.

Consensus over time
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  • HP LaserJet 24.9%
  • Canon PIXMA 25.3%
  • Epson EcoTank 24.9%
  • Canon MAXIFY 24.9%