Apple MacOS X 10.3 Inkjet Printers

The Bottom Line: A single-function color inkjet, the HP Officejet Pro K5400 ably fills a small niche in the small- and medium-size office arenas. Low cost, fast prints, and high-quality text make this a great printer for offices on a budget who don't have high-volume printing needs but want the ability to print color graphics and photos.

Specs: Workgroup printer - Ink-jet - Color, Legal (8.5 in x 14 in), Wired, 36 pages/min, 35 pages/min, PC, Mac, USB

The Bottom Line: A single-function color inkjet, the HP Officejet Pro K5400 ably fills a small niche in the small- and medium-size office arenas. Low cost, fast prints, and high-quality text make this a great printer for offices on a budget who don't have high-volume printing needs but want the ability to print color graphics and photos.

Specs: Workgroup printer - Ink-jet - Color, A4 (8.25 in x 11.7 in), Wired, 36 pages/min, 35 pages/min, 16 pages/min, 15 pages/min, 5 pages/min, 2.5 pages/min, PC, Mac, USB, Ethernet 10/100Base-TX

The Bottom Line: A single-function color inkjet, the HP Officejet Pro K5400 ably fills a small niche in the small- and medium-size office arenas. Low cost, fast prints, and high-quality text make this a great printer for offices on a budget who don't have high-volume printing needs but want the ability to print color graphics and photos.

Specs: Workgroup printer - Ink-jet - Color, Legal (8.5 in x 14 in), Wired, 36 pages/min, 35 pages/min, PC, Mac, USB, Ethernet 10/100Base-TX

The Bottom Line: If you're looking for a good, all-around printer for the home, the HP Photosmart D7160 is a decent choice. But if your focus is on photographs, you can do better for just a little more cash.

Specs: Photo printer - Ink-jet - Color, Legal (8.5 in x 14 in), Wired, 32 pages/min, 7.9 pages/min, 7.8 pages/min, 2.1 pages/min, 31 pages/min, 7.3 pages/min, 5.7 pages/min, 0.2 min/page, 0.3 min/page, 0.4 min/page, 0.8 min/page, PC, Mac, USB

The Bottom Line: The HP Photosmart D7360 offers a varied selection of features, great print quality, and fast text prints, but if you need fast photo prints, look elsewhere. Otherwise, this is a decent option for amateur photo hobbyists.

Specs: Photo printer - Ink-jet - Color, Legal (8.5 in x 14 in), Wired, 32 pages/min, 31 pages/min, 2.9 pages/min, PC, Mac, USB

Editors' Take: Some of the interesting innovations that HP makes in its B9180 tell us we shouldn't count the company out of prosumer photo printing quite yet.

Specs: Photo printer - Ink-jet - Color, Super B (13 in x 19 in), Wired, 0.2 min/page, 0.8 min/page, 1.2 min/page, PC, Mac, USB, Ethernet 10/100Base-TX

The Bottom Line: The HP Photosmart 475 is a portable snapshot printer with sufficient useful features to distract from its ho-hum quality.

Specs: Compact photo printer - Ink-jet - Color, Wired, PC, Mac, USB

The Bottom Line: This is a decent printer for the photo enthusiast or scrapbooker who wants the amenities of a consumer printer in the size of a medium-format model.

Specs: Photo printer - Ink-jet - Color, Super B (13 in x 19 in), Wired, 19 pages/min, 18 pages/min, 0.9 pages/min, PC, Mac, USB, Ethernet

The Bottom Line: This portable photo printer is economical and easy to use, but we have a few complaints about its output.

Specs: Compact photo printer - Ink-jet - Color, 4 in x 6 in, Wired, 0.8 min/page, 1 min/page, 1.5 min/page, PC, Mac, USB

The Bottom Line: As long as its limited paper options don't matter to you, the Canon i9900 is a very good medium-format photo printer.

Specs: Photo printer - Ink-jet - Color, Super B (13 in x 19 in), Ledger B Size (11 in x 17 in), Wired, 1.2 pages/min, PC, Mac, USB, IEEE1394 FireWire