As multifunction printers continue to come down and ink prices remain fairly steady, a low cost print/scan/copy device like the HP F4280 is a viable proposition for the home or small office. A colour copy of a magazine cover was high quality enough to mistake for a high-resolution printout of the same image from the original electronic file, and scan quality is also perfectly adequate for normal print output.

There are two kinds of ink cartridge available, the regular (black $21.95, colour $25.95) and XL capacity (black $43.95, colour $50.95), so the ongoing cost is palatable. Handy add-ons like an inbuilt OCR in the scan module to convert an image to editable text make it a great buy. Rating: 4

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