Fast, great quality prints at a decent price – the only real competition for the other Canon

Canon continues the good work and delivers another winner with the MP610.

A brilliant performer, particularly in terms of photo image quality. It’s superb value, too.

It certainly isn’t pretty, but with results like these for such a low price the MP180 is hard to ignore

The MP500 is a great all-rounder. It’s capable of excellent print quality at high speeds, plus CD printing, has an automatic duplex module and a tempting price.

One of the fastest and best-quality printers on show. The scanner isn’t perfect and there aren’t as many features as the best here, but the MP170 is hard to beat for value.

It doesn't seem likely that one device could be all things to all people, but the Canon PIXMA MP780 is the closest thing we've seen yet. It has a feature set that would leave few wanting, and is capable of professional results. Not only that, but this is by far the quickest inkjet in this roundup.

Capable of reproducing good photos, but it’s slow, a bit expensive to run and has a poor scanner.

Finishing a point above average overall, Canon's PIXMA iP5000 was unlucky to miss out on our coveted recommended award, pipped at the finishing line by Epson's PictureMate small format printer. Canon's five individual ink cartridges is a great system that allows you to replace only the inks you need without needing to replace a whole colour cartridge as is the case with the HP PhotoSmart 8150 printer.

An affordable and stylish option that provides decent quality, but at a leisurely pace.

Packed with features like network capability and transparency scanning, it also has the best scanner by far, with great print quality too.

This is one of the most complete office multifunction printers we've ever seen. but the MFC-885CW can’t overcome its price or quality issues.

The scanner is the only minor weakness in an otherwise near perfect home all-in-one

Expensive but solidly built – a fast way to get superbly vibrant A3 prints.

Excellent quality and speed for reflective media, but the V200 makes heavy work out of transparencies

Decent wireless printing, but the poor scanning, copying and speed let the Dell down

This isn't the first time we've looked at the tiny Esky-esque PictureMate from Epson and at the time as a standalone product it garnered a Recommended award. It's good to see it do the same in a comparative environment, walking off with a second recommendation from the Labs team.

An A4 paper and folder kit for printing out your digital photos in a format that can easily be shared and stored for years. It's essentially a pack of 10 sheets of double-sided photo paper, a hard book and folder clips.

Good, but not good enough: it can’t compete with the winners this month