HP Photosmart Premium e-All-in-One
Format The HP e-All-in-One is one impressive black box. It comes with a large touchscreen interface and uses five ink cartridges for high-quality printing.
Output Part of HP's new ePrint line-up, the e-All-in-One is so internet-friendly that it can be accessed by any mobile device, allowing you to print to it wirelessly from a desktop, laptop, tablet or smartphone - not just from anywhere in the house, but anywhere in the world. It can create high-quality colour prints, up to eight per minute, at 9400 dpi (dots per inch).
Collate The e-All-in-One is a perfect solution for the travelling professional in the information age. With it, you can meet your deadlines at a coffee shop in Barcelona, and print your collateral materials back at the home office in Abu Dhabi, skipping the Kinko's middleman. Actually, this probably makes it the perfect solution for your office assistant, but a perfect solution nonetheless.
Dh600
HP Officejet 4500
Format The substantial, feature-rich Officejet 4500 can scan, print, copy and fax documents and connect to computers via USB.
Output It comes with HP's Smart Web Printing software, designed to make printing off the internet hassle free, automatically scaling Web pages to fit the width of the paper. It can also be used by several computers through a home network. It scans at 2400 dpi and can print up to four colour pages per minute at up to 4800 dpi.
Collate The Officejet 4500 is a workhorse and its faxing capability makes it a good choice for the home office. Many of its added software features can be difficult to master, however, and could serve only to slow down its printing speed.
Dh550
Epson Stylus SX125
Format At only 43 centimetres wide and 15cm tall, The Epson Stylus is a compact multipurpose inkjet printer that can get the job done in tight quarters. It comes with a one-year warranty and connects via USB, though you have to buy the cable separately.
Output The Stylus scans at up to 1200 dpi and can print colour copies at 1440 dpi, although it can take quite a long time to print photographs (minutes, not seconds) on the highest-resolution setting.
Collate The Stylus is easy to use, easy to install, but its proprietary ink cartridges can sometimes be hard to find and/or be expensive to replace. Still, it performs admirably when printing, scanning and copying, especially considering its relatively low price.
Dh200