Latest Printer News

Samsung refreshes laser printer range

Posted at 11:05, 23 Feb 2010

Announcement introduces new features and updates to our award winners

Canon announces new single- and multi-function inkjet printers

Posted at 15:12, 01 Feb 2010

Range includes £50 inkjet with "photo-lab quality".

Inkjet print costs stabilise over 2009

Posted at 15:35, 22 Oct 2009

Inkjet print costs have, on average, dropped by more than half a penny per page since last year. The monthly average mixed-colour cost per page of inkjets reviewed in Shopper this year is just 7.2p, compared to 7.8p in 2008's.

Samsung's new compact mono laser printers

Posted at 11:25, 18 Sep 2009

Samsung will shortly release a new range of mono laser printers and MFPs, starting with the modest ML-1910 personal laser printer, which online retailers are already pricing at a very affordable £83, and going up to the SCX-4623FN MFP (speculatively priced at £189) and single-function ML-2580N (£108).

HP announces new touch-operated inkjet MFPs

Posted at 16:12, 08 Sep 2009

HP has announced the five new additions to its range of Photosmart home MFP range, all using touch controls or touchscreens.

First Look: Hands on with Lexmark's new inkjets

Posted at 17:26, 03 Sep 2009

We got an early look at Lexmark's new range of home office and SME inkjets, including the Home Office Interact S605.

New Lexmark printers with built-in internet news feeds

Posted at 18:20, 01 Sep 2009

Lexmark has announced that its new range of printers will be able to display RSS feeds on their touchscreen displays.

Canon reveals new range of inkjet printers and MFPs

Posted at 17:35, 19 Aug 2009

Canon's inkjets are a regular fixture in Shopper's Editor's Choice recommendations and have traditionally won the lion's share of awards in our printer group tests. Canon has just announced a new range set for release in September, including the MP270 and MP490, entry-level MFPs with recommended prices of under £80.

Are Kodak's printers really that cheap to run?

Posted at 11:15, 02 Jun 2009

Kodak's recent TV adverts have pushed how cheap its inkjet printers are to run, so we decided to investigate if this is really the case with the company's ESP 7 multifunction inkjet.

Manufacturers starting to tell the truth about print speeds

Posted at 17:50, 02 Mar 2009

A new industry standard could eliminate wildly inaccurate manufacturers' print speed estimates. Until now, manufacturers have calculated their own print speeds using some tweaks to improve performance, including discounting the time to first page, using custom-made documents and using draft-quality text, which is quick but sometimes unreadable.