Help me find my perfect printer desk/cart!

October 6, 2017 4:13 PM

I am looking for a desk or cart to carry my Brother HL-5250DN laser printer and a flatbed scanner. Difficulty: I would like to put the printer on one of the lower shelves, and my scanner on the top shelf.

My printer is 14" wide, 15" deep, and 9½" tall. I would like it to fit comfortably on the middle or bottom tier of a printer cart, with my flatbed scanner on the top tier. I have considered using a simple table like this but ideally I want a third tier for paper and whatnot. Most of the printer carts that I see do not have enough of an area to allow for the printer. I am in northwest Georgia (the US state, not the country).

posted by dhens to Shopping (5 answers total)

I used a console table for this purpose, but I had two printers at the time. Sort of like this but not that one specifically; I just searched for two-tiered console table and that's what came up. I kept the paper in some boxes designed for paper storage on the lowest shelf.
posted by xyzzy at 6:56 PM on October 6, 2017 [1 favorite]

I just did searches in Target and IKEA for "cart" and there are plenty of kitchen carts that would fill your requirements. I think the key here is to not limit your search to "printer cart".
posted by clone boulevard at 6:56 PM on October 6, 2017 [2 favorites]

Response by poster: Thanks! Some searching for a microwave cart has shown some promising leads.
posted by dhens at 7:12 PM on October 6, 2017 [1 favorite]

I use this microwave cart from Target to do exactly what you describe (albeit with a slightly different model of Brother laser printer on the middle shelf and a document feed scanner on the top). The setup works quite well for me, and the height of the middle shelf can be adjusted to fit your printer.
posted by Aleyn at 2:33 AM on October 7, 2017 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: Thanks everyone! Ended up ordering this.
posted by dhens at 9:40 AM on October 7, 2017