HP's new range-topping all-in-one inkjet comes complete with detachable tablet

This photo printer packs a scanner for those wanting to preserve their non-digital pics

The HP A826 is surely as much a style statement as a printer. It looks like a prop from a 1950s sci-fi B-movie, and will certainly provide a talking point.

For many people, spending £500 on a printer is not an option, but some photographers do like to 'go large' so we hauled in an A3+ printer from HP to give you an idea of what you can expect from a printer of this type.

The D7460 is the latest in HP's new line of Photosmart printers that feature separate ink tanks for all six colours. The black ink is pigment-based, making the printer well suited to document printing as well as photo output.

Nowadays, £176 is a lot of money for an inkjet printer but, as a multi-function device, this Photosmart really delivers on all fronts. At its heart, the C6180 has HP's latest generation six-ink printer that relies on separate cartridges for each colour

Inside the smart grey and white casing of the HP Photosmart D7160 there are six inkjet cartridges. In addition to the usual CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow and black), there are light cyan and light magenta to add to the palette of available colours

The latest in HP's long and illustrious history of LaserJet printers, the 2600n has an inline toner cartridge arrangement and, with no carousel churning around, it's remarkably quiet in operation. And in performance terms, it more than meets expectations

The latest vogue might be for colour lasers in the office but these are usually big, noisy beasts. The new LaserJet P2015 mono printer is an exercise in space-saving simplicity.

Compact photo printers like this Photosmart A618 are bread and butter to HP. Each year the company spends tens of millions of dollars refining its inks, optimising its nozzles and blending coatings for its photo paper

The Photosmart 7450 costs £30 more than the baby HP Deskjet, but it'smoney well spent. Apart from reduced running costs that will soon clawback the extra outlay, the Photosmart also comes with a host of extras.

Way back in the 1980s, when HP introduced its first DeskJet colourthermal inkjet printer, it came up with the idea of building the printheads into the cartridges and has stuck with the format almost exclusively ever since.

Built around HP's acclaimed 56, 57 and 58 cartridges, the Photosmart 7450 gives you the choice of four-ink or six-ink printing, by swapping the No 56 mono cartridge for a No 58 photo cartridge

Those lovely people at Hewlett-Packard really do make a big effort when it comes to writing driver software that works really smoothly with a Mac. Take the package that comes with the company's new budget-priced all-in-one device

Although the ubiquitous photo inkjet printer is all the rage at the moment, there's still a place in many offices for colour inkjet printers such as HP's Business Inkjet 1200d

One step up from HP's entry-level printer is the HP Photosmart 375. Theink technology is identical to that used on its cheaper sibling but youdo get some useful features for your extra £50.

When you look at the quality of prints coming out from what is athree-ink printer without a black cartridge, the 325's results areastounding. It offers great colour and good sharpness

You want to be able to print colour photos so you buy an inkjet printer, but you soon realise that it's not very economical forprinting text only documents. So, you think about buying a laser printer as well, because there are quite a few cheap ones

At first glance the HP Photosmart C4180 is compact for an MFD, but once you make allowances for the hefty power brick and the paper tray that extends a fair way out of the front, it's actually not that small, although it will fit neatly on a shelf.

HP's Photosmart 8750 is a medium-format printer for semi-professionals and small businesses. It can theoretically print up to A3 , though because it uses horizontal feed trays, it still has a comparatively large footprint, even when closed.

The HP Color LaserJet 2605dn may seem a little expensive, but it's got the specifications to back it up. A 600x600dpi print engine lies underneath the bonnet of this solid, attractive machine, and both duplex printing and Ethernet are supplied as standard.

The HP 8750 is a large format printer that promises commercial quality photographs good enough to sell or even "exhibit in a gallery",according to HP's literature. After testing it, we found it does indeed produce excellent prints

The new 3050 is solidly put together and attractive, for a LaserJet at least. Compared with the Konica Minolta 2480 MF multi-function laser printer, the 3050 is slightly smaller but only a third of the weight, making it easier to move around.

Out of all the printers in our test, this package from HP easily offersthe most value for money. For just £150, you get an above-averageprinter with a battery, and a 5.2-megapixel digital camera.

The new Photosmart 8250 breaks HP's tradition by offering a single ink system, with replaceable ink tanks for each of the six colours. Even though the 8250 uses the same Vivera inks as other new HP printers, the running costs work out very cheap