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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.

Fast colour output, great network tools and reasonable print quality

It isn’t cheap, but plenty of features and top quality propel this printer to the top of the pile

Top-notch print quality makes this a contender, but it isn’t fast

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

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

Beautiful double-sided prints, but it takes its time

Quick, cheap to run and an abundance of features – a worthy award winner

Very cheap to run, but poor print quality badly lets the side down

Painfully slow with colour, and the quality disappoints

An uncompromising monochrome laser that gets the job done with speed and precision.

A powerful card at a competitive price – a deserved victory to cap ATI’s remarkable turnaround

A diverse family including some stellar CPUs and numerous also-rans.

A diverse family including some stellar CPUs and numerous also-rans

Highly efficient PSU keeps things cool and quiet.

The move to a new platform brings credible new challengers to Intel’s Core 2 processors

Slick print quality and faultless speed, but lacking on the features front