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Print, scan, copy and fax with one single device. We put 10 all-in-ones through their paces.

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

Cheap to buy and run, the X5470 is great for mono printing, but less so for photos and images.

A bargain printer that’s well worth considering if you only need occasional colour.

A solid workgroup mono laser that delivers above-average quality and plenty of features for the price.

HP has a huge range of laser printers, stretching from enormous 50ppm A3 corporate behemoths with full finishing capabilities to diminutive 10ppm personal lasers. Of all the printers in its considerable arsenal, its biggest seller by far is the LaserJet 4100 series...

A good quality and speedy colour laser printer, but the running costs are unsettlingly high.

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

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.

The 2300 series, HP's new laser offering for the small to medium-sized workgroup, includes a myriad of significant improvements over the previous 2200 series.

A workgroup laser with a good turn of speed and low running costs, but we expect better quality at this price.

Samsung's smallest and most attractive mono laser, the ML-1510 is a speedy little printer with plenty of potential for the sub-$500 price bracket. So good in fact that we had to recommend it for its above average scores in all categories.

We originally debated whether or not to include a multifunction unit in this roundup as we feared it would not have been an apples with apples comparison, or that the print quality could not compare with the other printers on test. Given the performance of the SCX-4216F though, we were proven wrong.

A great scanner, but the poor printer and lack of networking limit its appeal.

Cheap, easy to use and quick. But the quality on offer lets it down.

An A3 colour printer with a good turn of speed, quality colour output and low running costs.

It wasn't too long ago that mono-lasers by themselves cost over $500, but now that colour lasers have dropped in price, mono-lasers, too, have shuffled down a peg. Samsung has delivered a laser printer with a decent scanner for a very low price. It's a SOHO device, but without some of the features associated with that, such as faxing and document feeders.  

While HP’s strength in photo printing is once again proved, mono prints take too long and the scanner is poor.

Small and cheap, but it’s costly to run and quality isn’t the best