The Brother HL-5250DN printer is a 30ppm network-ready monochrome laser printer with a built-in duplex feature, this is the ideal printer for offices and small workgroups.

The HL-5250DN is network ready and includes an Ethernet port for easy connection and easy network printer sharing. With a a 250-page paper tray, and a 50-page multipurpose tray ensure ample paper handling and if needed you can purchase extra trays to give that extra paper storage.

This is a powerful laser printer with the features you and your office need to get things done quickly and reliably and is a very good choice for heavy-duty use in a home office or small office.

* Resolution 1200 x 1200 dpi
* Speed 30 ppm
* 32 Mb internal memory
* Capacity: 250 sheets

The Brother MFC-8860DN is basically suited for a small/medium business or workgroup who are lookinf for an all-in-one printer.  The MFC-8860DN features two sided (duplexed) printing, copying, scanning, and faxing.

Having a mulit-function printer can be really useful, been able to scan to your PC as well as scan to e-mail, automatically launching a message in your e-mail program and adding the scan as an attachment can be just perfect for any small business.

The MFC-8860DN also has the ability to function as a digital copier and supports reduction and enlargement of documents from 25 to 400 percent in one percent increments.

In General the graphics and photo quality are both within the typical range for a monochrome laser.  The color scanner function comes bundled with document management and OCR software.

* Print Technology B/W Laser Technology
* Max. Black Print Speed (ppm)    30ppm Black
* Print Resolution Up to 1200×1200 dpi

The HP Photosmart C4180 a compact all-in-One, you can print, scan, and copy with fast, reliable speeds. The C4180 also includes memory card support and a text image display for creating and sharing personal projects and memories.

In addition to its printing the C4180 is an excellent copy machine and make it easy to make color or black and white copies without a PC.

The 2.4″ display allows you to print photos without a PC, with so many features this makes the Photosmart C4180 a superb all in one multifunction that’s been designed with the power and reliability to last.

• Four-ink printing with HP Vivera Inks
• HP Photosmart Premier software
• HP Real Life technologies
• Color and black and white copies
• 2.4-inch color display
• Storable 4×6-inch tray
• HP Document Viewer to easily view photos
• Print speeds of up to 30 pages-per-minute (ppm)
• 2400 x 4800-dpi optical resolution scanning

The HP Photosmart A516 has been released, for a start HP are saying this printer offers nearly waterproof output, which in fairness I can’t say works or not as I didnt try it. Anyway the A516 can print from most memory cards as well as PictBridge cameras and computers.

The LCD screen is 1.5 inches, and is set at a fixed angle so you may have to move the printer to see it well. We all know to well it’s still a big improvement over not having an LCD at all, which is what you usually get at this price level.

The LCD allows you to preview photos on the display and if needed correct red eye, sharpness, and color with the convenient HP Photo Fix button. Prints are Print 4 x 6. The Print speed is a little slow, but within the typical range for small-format photo printers.

* Color or Monochrome: 1-pass color
* Ink Jet Type: Dedicated Photo
* Connection Type: USB
* Maximum Standard Paper Size: 4″ x 8″
* Number of Cartridges: 1
* Number of Ink Colours: 3
* Direct Printing from Cameras: Yes

The Lexmark X3480 is another all-in-one device, it has three memory card slots provide for all the major types, including xD and Microdrive. It has a single-line, 16-character backlit LCD panel that is designed to be used away from a PC.

Using a single ink cartridge makes the X3480 easy to set up and operate - an advantage that Lexmark is quick to emphasise. While it does make things simpler it can also cause you to waste a lot of unused ink when one colour runs out before the rest.

Printing from a memory card can be a bit tricky without an LCD monitor. But, Lexmark makes the best of it by printing a proof sheet, where you select your images, number and size of prints and the type of paper, by filling in little circles and scanning. Instructions appear on the LCD strip and the process is pretty straightforward, if a bit wasteful of ink.

The X3480 is a fairly ok printer, but there are some visible compromises in quality because the three-colour ink cartridge contains no black ink. You also lose quality when printing any black text because they use a technology to combine colour ink rather than using deep, pure black.

The Brother HL-2040 Printer is primarily for test printing, at 20-ppm your assured excellent text quality. It’s a good value printer, with fast performance and a 250-sheet paper capacity that’s appropriate and easily large enough for personal printing.

In a review on ciao.co.uk they seem to not like this printer…here’s what they think

Then there is the toner cartridge, this appears to give you about a 5 page warning of when it’s going to run out! There also appears to be no consistency on how long they will last.

Finally there appears to be a problem with the way the printer tells if the toner is used us, this could mean that usable cartridges are being discarded, and at between £30 - £35 that’s too much.

So overall this is a basic printer and aimed at the low requirement user but for the price it’s got to hold it’s own.

The HP Photosmart Pro B9180 printer is designed for photographers who need fast, durable printing up to A3+ in size, believe it or not the B9180 uses eight large cartridges of specially developed Vivera pigment-based inks and has four print heads with over 1800 nozzles per head.

This printer is really aimed at professional photographers and semi-professionals but don’t let that put you off if you’re looking for quality. If you’re a Photoshop user HP have included a Photoshop plugins called ProPrint plug-in for Photoshop. The have also included the HP Colour Centre software.

Overall, the HP B9180 is hard to beat. If your looking for quality prints this might just be the printer for you. With the new pigment inks this printer give you more colour and dynamic range from their prints than what was previously available.

The Canon PIXMA MP810 is a new all-in-one-printer with some extra new stuff that’s never been seen, so what’s new? well Canon have introducted a new Easy-Schroll Wheel interface (that’s what they like to call it) that allows you to control the device functions quickly and easly.

In addition to this they have also added the “HOME” and “NAVI” buttons to the device’s operational panel. When you push the NAVI button, it displays the machines on screen guide, which includes how-to recommendations for the most common functions.

The MP810 has a nice stylish design and the new innovative interface makes it easy for a novice to use and most print even if you’ve never used one before.

The MP810 has 9600 x 2400 color dpi, and can produce a photo-lab quality 4 x 6 inch borderless photo in approximately 21 seconds, you can connect any PictBridge compatible digital camera or DV camcorder directly or an optional Bluetooth accessory for PC-free photo printing.

The HP Photosmart D7360 is a very impressive and well-designed printer, one of the features that really impressed me is the 3.4-inch touchscreen LCD.

The D7360 uses six separate color ink cartridges to produce quality photos and has lots of room for memory card slots, PictBridge printing, and if need has an option to use a USB Bluetooth adapter so you can print from you’re mobile phone for example.

If your looking for photo quality, speed, and ease of use you really cant go wrong with this printer from HP, simply take it out of the box, plug it in, load the six ink cartridges, insert paper, and you’re ready to print.

The touchscreen not only has a great interface that’s really easy to use, it cuts down on button clutter that fills up the body of most printers on the market today and has best user interfaces I’ve see on a printer in this price range.

If your just getting your feet wet in digital photography and want to print very good quality photos quickly at home make sure you check out the D7360.