Brother's MFC-665CW has great features, is easy to set up and is well designed. It's suitable for a home office or for a small office environment.

Fast print speeds and a lot of features--including wireless capability--would make the IP4000R a good buy even if its printing costs weren't so low.

Because of its extensive features, the Photosmart 8150 would make a nice centre for the amateur digital photographer, but printing costs are high.

The eye-catching Lexmark E240n lets you print good-looking text (but dark graphics) easily from anywhere on your network.

It's not without its faults, but the Photosmart 8230 is an above average photo printer with speed as its number one drawing card. It does suffer from graining effects, but its colour reproduction and level of detail is excellent for a photo printer in this price range.

If you're hunting for an affordably priced multi-purpose, space-saving unit for your home office or small business the MFC-640CW could be for you.

This new model's high-quality photos and low per-print cost should land it on any amateur photographer's shortlist.

It's not cheap, but you get plenty of bang for your buck with the R350.

You can’t expect a $390 colour laser printer to demonstrate the very latest in performance and quality. However, for those who primarily want decent graphics, and who would also like to occasionally run off text jobs, this printer is better than its low price tag would suggest. It’s not fast though, so patience will be required.

We recommend this unit for anyone who wants an all-in-one imaging unit for the office or the home. Its print and scan quality are excellent and the inclusion of a memory card reader is very convenient.

This unit has plenty of features and is intuitive to use. As a printer for the user who wants to print independently of a PC, it does quite well. However, its print quality in our tests was not as good across the board as competitive Epson and HP printers.

While this inkjet printer did produce adequate results, the cost of the unit plus the high running costs make it a very expensive proposition.