Lexmark T644

Review summary: Type: Monochrome, Technology: Laser, Rated Speed (Mono): 50 ppm

Pros: Exceptional performance. Excellent paper-handling, with optional 4,100-sheet maximum capacity. Private printing. Prints common file formats directly from USB keys.

Cons: Although text quality is acceptable for most purposes, it's low for a laser. Photo quality is at the low end of the range for monochrome lasers.

Verdict: The Lexmark T644n is the fastest printer yet in its price class, and it complements its raw speed with a wealth of paper-handling options, including a maximum 4,100-sheet input capacity. Text quality is surprisingly low for a laser, but still good enough

Pros: Fast text and graphics printing ; highly expandable ; direct printing from USB flash drive ; business-friendly software ; low printing costs

Cons: Graphics print quality is merely fair ; expansion options are costly

Verdict: We wish the print quality were better, but otherwise, this is a very good office laser with sky-high potential for expansion.

Review summary: As personal colour laser printers go, the Lexmark C510 certainly stands out from the crowd. Although it's at the cheaper end of the scale with a price just above the £200 mark, the C510 has an ...

Verdict: The Lexmark C510 is both cheap and fast but it's not perfect. For one thing you need to decide if the basic look and feel is going to cause you problems, and for another you would be well advised to see a sample of the colour output before you hand ...

Review summary: We often wonder how manufacturers come up with the print speeds they claim their printers can achieve, as they don't seem to bear much resemblance to the output rate we get out of them in our tests. Imagine our surprise, then, when we found that the ...

Verdict: It's refreshing to see quoted print speeds that are close to reality, and the Lexmark pumps out quality prints. It would be overkill for a single user. For workgroup use a networkable version is available for about £100 more.