From personal printers to home office colour, we put 12 lasers through their paces. Some are lightning fast; others produce dazzling colour. Some are tiny, and some are surprisingly cost-effective.

When it comes to getting real work done, there’s still nothing to compete with a laser printer’s combination of quality, speed and economy. We tell you how to choose a busines laser, plus review 3 examples.

We put a selection of high-capacity office printers to the test. We analyse what printer is best for your workplace and what dosn't work.

We test nine devices, from the simplest printers to versatile multifunction devices that print, scan, copy and fax

There isn't much point, after all, in owning a network printer capable of printing thousands of pages per month at a ridiculously low price per page if the people that use it don't print out that much on a day-to-day basis.

The FS-2020D puts in another excellent display for a business laser printer that swept all our printing awards and catagories. It dosn't get much better than this Kyocera printing marvel.

A tiny, fast personal laser printer with a temping price and great quality.

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Ignore the price – incredibly low running costs Make this a winner.

A workgroup printing workhorse that delivers classy mono and colour print quality

Yet another solid HP laser, but it’s beaten by ?rivals in virtually every key area.

Plenty of features, but printing and scanning results proved average at best

Good print speed, high expansion potential and quality colour output makes the C9650n a great total printing machine.

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Superb quality, packed with features and cheap to run. A worthy alternative to the Kyocera.

A compact workgroup laser suited to high-volume colour and mono printing, but delivering average photo quality

A fast printer let down by high running costs and few features

Lexmark’s newest model, the X5650 is an all-in-one printer that targets home and student users with multi-functionality at a competitive price.

The HP Officejet Pro 8500 is one of the best office inkjet alternatives for under $350. Being feature packed, small businesses may be tempted to try this over the latest expensive laser printer.