Peripherals

A fast desktop scanner that’s good value, extremely easy to use and includes support for wireless mobile devices

A low price, plenty of features and great print quality – a worthy award-winner

Good points: Good print quality Bad points: It doesn’t have apple aiprint as advertised.

The Xerox Phaser 6500V/DN is a quick, small-footprint colour laser printer. All consumables bar toner should last the machine’s life, keeping costs down.

I use Skype quite a lot these days due to family being in different parts of the world. Its such an easy and cheap way to communicate. I felt the only thing that was letting me down was my equipment.

Epson Stylus SX400 Inkjet MFP Printer review: When the selling point is a ”colour ID” of differing shades of dark grey and black, innovation has clearly taken a back seat.

Canon i-SENSYS LBP7660Cdn Printer review: Canon’s i-SENSYS LBP7660Cdn is a big, hardworking colour printer with easy maintenance and some expandability, but it’s not that quick.

Brother’s HL-1110 is an entry-level mono laser printer with a very small footprint and an impressively quick throughput for it size and price.

HP LaserJet Pro CP1025 Color Printer review: Another compact colour laser printer with a very attractive asking price, but ugly running costs.

Excellent quality and cheap running costs make the Samsung a great all-round choice