The initial purchase price of a printer can be difficult to see past when you're making a buying decision, and it's tempting to simply go for the cheapest available - but inkjet printing can be deceptive.

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.

Output quality is an undoubted strength, as are its looks, but most businesses will find the lack of capacity annoying.

Impressive print quality, a good turn of speed and decent features, but it simply costs too much to own.

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

Cheap to buy, cheap to run and bundled with features; print quality holds it back from greatness.

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

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

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 new HP Pavilion HDMI-enabled dv notebooks are sexily-chromed, but the other good news is what's not inside the box. Foam that is.

That park bench you're sitting on? It could be made from ink cartridges. A new patent for "eWood" aims to build outdoor furniture with all your printer junk.

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.

Fast colour output, great network tools and reasonable print quality

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

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

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

A versatile, high-quality printer with a wide range of features

Print, scan and copy with one device; we round up six of the best all-in-ones.

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