At 15 pages per minute in black and white, this entry-level Canon printer is surprisingly nimble. The borderless A4 printing and the integrated duplex unit make the device equally interesting as a photo and office printer. The 3.7 cm OLED display above the user interface is also practical.

In this comparison, only the Canon Pixma TS8250 for 160 euros offered good print quality, low printing costs and an almost complete range of features. If you can live with a somewhat reduced feature set, you should go for the Pixma TS6350 - also from Canon - which is 40 euros cheaper and offers the best value for money.

The TS6350's print quality was convincing and it works quite quickly. However, constant cleaning processes between print jobs are annoying and cost ink.

New ink printers, new test programme The March update adds ?14 new inkjet printers to our database. All but one are combination printers that also scan and copy. Three of them do not get their ink from cartridges but from inexpensive refill bottles - which allows for very low printing costs...