Make/Model: HP Officejet Pro 8500 Wireless Type: Office Multifunction Inkjet Web site: www.hp.com/uk Typical online price: £320 (£278)   HP have developed a range of office inkjet printers and multifunctions intended as direct alternatives to colour laser printers in the same price bracket. The Officejet Pro 8500 Wireless is just such a machine, sporting big performance claims to match its hefty appearance. With a duplexer sticking out at the back and the main paper tray at the front... Read Full Story

Make/Model: HP OfficeJet Pro 8000 Type: Office, colour inkjet printer Web site: www.hp.com/uk Typical online price: £117 (£112 ex VAT)   HP has designed the OfficeJet Pro 8000 as a rival to low-end colour lasers and many of the arguments the company makes hold up when you consider this machine. So much so, that HP may actually hurt sales of its own entry-level colour lasers. This is a big, robust machine, with separate print heads and ink tanks. There are two print heads, each printin... Read Full Story

Make/Model: HP LaserJet M2727nfs Type: Office, mono laser multifunction Web site: www.hp.com/uk Typical online price: £458 (£390 ex VAT)   The LaserJet M2727nfs is intended as a small office multifunction machine, with a few extra features to endear it to its target market. It won’t win any prizes for looks, having a functional, but slightly old-fashioned styling, with the flatbed scanner mounted on pillars above the laser printer section of the machine. The scanner is fitted wit... Read Full Story

Make/Model: HP LaserJet CP1515n Type: SOHO colour laser printer Web site: www.hp.com/uk Typical online price: £141 (£123 ex VAT)   Though the number of sub-£150 colour laser printers is increasing, they’re still something of a rarity and HP’s LaserJet CP1515n is aimed at the small and home office markets. The boxy look of the two-tone grey case is relieved by curves on most edges with the largest radius reserved for the front edge, into which the control panel is set at the right... Read Full Story

So, a new version of Windows looms upon the horizon, and with it comes the usual inundation of driver upgrades for the plethora of printers currently on the market. Windows 7 appears to be a sort of compromise between the user-friendly interface of XP, and the security and robustness of the newer Vista. Read Full Story

Make/Model: Epson AcuLaser M2000DN Type: Office laser printer Web site: www.epson.co.uk Typical online price: £232 (£202 ex VAT)   The Aculaser M2000DN can be considered either as a fairly high-end personal mono laser printer or as a small workgroup machine to be shared between, say, four or five people in an office. Coloured in white and dark grey, the printer has simple, cuboid lines, and a conventional design for a small footprint laser printer. Paper feeds from a 250-sheet paper t... Read Full Story

Make/Model: Type: Home/home office, inkjet all-in-one Web site: www.brother.co.uk Typical online price: £195 (£170 ex VAT)   This is one of Brother’s top of the range all-in-one machines and has all the extras you might expect, and a few you probably wouldn’t. Coloured in gloss and frosted black and with an integral DECT phone attached at the left-hand end, this is a machine that should do just about anything for a one-person or home business. Working from the top down, T... Read Full Story

Make/Model: Brother MFC-490CW Type: Home/home office, inkjet all-in-one Web site: www.brother.co.uk Typical online price: £109 (£95 ex VAT)   One day Brother will introduce an all-in-one which doesn’t look like all other Brother all-in-ones. The MFC-490CW isn’t one of them. The squat, gently-curved top of the machine is very similar to its stable mates, even though it has an Automatic Document Feeder built into the lid of its scanner. In front there’s a full-width control panel, with ... Read Full Story

Make/Model: Brother MFC-250C Type: Home/home office, inkjet all-in-one Web site: www.brother.co.uk Typical online price: £49 (£43 ex VAT)   Most all-in-one makers have a background in printer manufacture, but Brother approaches its range from a long history of making fax machines. The MFC-250C, an entry level all-in-one, looks like a fax, with its sloping top panel and low-profile styling. It’s aimed at a home or home office customer and for a light workload. The control panel is simp... Read Full Story

Make/Model: HP Photosmart C6380 Type: Family All-In-One Inkjet Web site: www.hp.com/uk Typical online price: £154 (£134 ex VAT)   HP has obviously put some work into making their Photosmart C6380 stylish and functional. A modern all-in-one machine, the C6380 has pleasingly simple white, silver and grey colouring and continues the recent trend towards wireless connectivity, which HP calls ‘Easy WiFi’. All the main controls are located along the top lip of the machine, with a 61mm LCD p... Read Full Story