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Advantages: Great value for money; sharp and colourful prints
Disadvantages: Cheaper packages available

...cheap, point and shoot variety, kodak has gone one better here by offering its 5 megapixel, 10x optical zoom easyshare Z740, which in spite of its plastic build actually looks and feels like a serious contender. an array of manual features and 18 automatic scene modes cater for various conditions, plus the camera can take small video clips. as the name suggests, kodak has kept its package very simple to operate. the camera, powered by two AA batteries, ...
...inch screen faces the user. the operator then uses the camera to select a particular image for printing again a one touch process. abouth the size of half a loaf of bread, the printer dock is quiet in operation. the image is laid onto the supplied 6x4 inch glossy paper by a process of heat transfer which embeds layers of colour before adding a protective scratch and water resistant top layer. the process took 90 seconds per print, reasonable for ... Read review

Advantages: Speed
Disadvantages: None

Oki make good printers, the Oki B 4600 is a very fast mono printer. Faster than a fast thing going really fast! This is great if you're printing off lots of copies in a hurry, or ideal for printing customer receipts or information when the customer is waiting. This printer is quite small so is good if space is a problem. There are a couple of minor things to watch out for, the drum on this machine seems to get damaged quite easily, if your taking ...
...the surface of the drum. Also the front control panel looks nice but is easy to mark. Like I said these are really minor issues. The main point about the Oki B 4600 is speed of print with reasonable quality, if that's what you're searching for you've found it. ... Read review

Advantages: Perfect CD printing, Photo paper printing and normal paper printer quality!
Disadvantages: Large in size and has a few problems in CD printing (as explained in main review)

...ink being not even geniune Epson Ink, was perfect and high quality. The problems that i had was after i set everything up, and was about to test print my first few CDs, the printer said something was blocking the printer head. I had to restart the printer several times, and restart the computer 2 times to get it back to working/printing condition. What i learned was that when you want to print on CDs, you turn on the printer, and wait until it has ...
...ebay, and really it does not affect image quality as i have been using Epson for years and never bought genuine epson branded ink. Plus you can save a lot by buying Epson (in particular R285) because you can buy a CISS system for it reducing your printing costs significantly!!! ... Read review

Advantages: easy to use, cheap to run
Disadvantages: A bit on the flimsy side

With Ethernet 10/100 the H.P. LaserJet P1505n is an ideal desktop printer for the small or home office setup, great if you're fed up with the running costs of replacing ink cartridges in an ink based printer. The LaserJet P1505n is a small mono printer with a big toner cartridge so it won't take long to start saving money on running costs. Quality is good with crisp clean results. The P1505 is a very simple printer in every way, its easy to setup ...
...I found the pull down front to be a little on the flimsy side, however when its in use the panel is down and becomes the paper tray so this is a very minor issue. Being Hewlett Packard it is easy to repair and source parts should you ever need to. ... Read review

Advantages: Solid and Reliable
Disadvantages: Running costs

The Xerox Phaser 6125vn comes from a long line of thoroughbreds, Xerox are experts at turning out solid printers and they even look good. The print quality is more than adequate and there print speed is ok too. This printer is great for small offices, Estate Agents seem to like them and I can see why, they are reliable and ideal for printing house info with colour pictures of "nice fixer uppers". There are a couple of drawbacks however, Xerox toner ...
...of warrantee can be frustrating, Xerox will repair but there prices go through the roof and getting parts is an expensive and torturous ordeal if you want to fit them yourself, I have to order bits from France and it can take up to 14 days. Having said that The Xerox Phaser 6125vn is less likely than most to break down and should give years of faithful service especially if you use good quality paper and toner. ... Read review