Lacklustre colour quality, but good speed and value for money make the K8600 a contender if you like blowing things up to A3 size

Quality, speed and a huge array of features go some way to justifying the price

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

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

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

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

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

Interesting design and plenty of features, but it takes an age to produce mediocre results

A dreadful scanner and an overall lack of features make the low price a moot point

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

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.

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

Printer manufacturers have steadily been increasing the number of ink cartridges in their top of the range photo printers on the basis that the more basic colours they have to work with the more precise the overall result.

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.

A great value all-in-one printer that stands out because of its wireless printing ability.

Great design, great photos and some clever features, but it struggles to justify the high price.

An interesting new technology, but cheap running costs are let down by poor quality.

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