Photos: Annoying hardware, a rogues' gallery

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  HP Deskjet F4280 All-in-One

  The HP Deskjet F4280 is an affordable printer for students and home users as it does a pretty good job of printing. However, if you also need a scanner that does a top job then this all-in-one printer is not for you.

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  HP Deskjet D4360 Colour Inkjet Printer

  The Deskjet D4360 justifies its asking price nicely. At the same time, you do get exactly what you pay for.

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  HP Deskjet D2560

  A bare bones desktop printer with a minimum of features and accessories, the HP Deskjet D2560 is really only suitable for printing basic black and white pages. Don't trust it with your photographs.

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  Lexmark X4650

  Students on a budget should consider the X4650, but only against the vast raft of other MFDs on the market.

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  Kodak ESP 5 All-in-One Printer

  Kodak sells the ESP 5 on its cheap printing capabilities. Sadly, in this context, cheap equals not very good.

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  Canon Selphy CP770

  The Canon Selphy CP770 is a neat, little dye-sublimation printer that includes a bucket for easy travel, but the battery pack which would make it totally portable is not included.

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  Oi!: Turn your photos into a movie

  You can now make Picture Movie DVDs at your local Kodak printing kiosk.

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  Brother MFC-7440N

  The Brother MFC-7440N prints quickly and is fairly inexpensive to sustain, but we simply can't get behind a printer with poor quality graphics, significant hardware defects, and a boring design.

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  Canon Pixma iP100 Inkjet Printer

  It isn't cheap compared to standard printers, but the Canon Pixma iP100 has the highest resolution available in the mobile printer market and prints at an impressive speed to boot. If you simply must have a printer with you at all times, the iP100 should be the do-it-all at your side.

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  Printer buying guide

  CNET.com.au's printer buying guide is all the input you need to get the best output.

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  Set up wireless file and printer sharing

  Here's how to set up file and printer sharing on a wireless network so that these shared resources can be available to all printers on the network.

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  Share files and printers across your network

  Make your PCs share files and printers, even if they're running different operating systems.

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  Turn your photos into a movie

  You can now make Picture Movie DVDs at your local Kodak printing kiosk.

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  Polaroid debuts pocket-size photo printer

  Polaroid has partnered with Zink for wireless, inkless photo printing aimed at tech-savvy teens.

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  Best printers for homes on a budget

  Whether you need a printer for your school work, personal documents, or work-at-home business, chances are you're looking for the best bang for your buck. Check out this list of our favourite low-cost printers, and save some of that hard-earned dough!

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  Lexmark's new multifunction line-up

  Lexmark had announced seven new multifunction printers; four for small office and home users, and three for professional use.

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  Photos: Annoying hardware, a rogues' gallery

  Hardware may be less 'in your face' than software, but it can still ruin your day. We've listed our main bugbears: let us know if you agree.

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  Printer's gel-like ink works on everything

  Xerox gave a sneak peek last Thursday at its cured gel ink for digital printers that works on a large variety of materials from foil to super-slick plastic to cardboard.

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  HP Deskjet F4280 All-in-One

  The HP Deskjet F4280 is an affordable printer for students and home users as it does a pretty good job of printing. However, if you also need a scanner that does a top job then this all-in-one printer is not for you.

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  HP Deskjet D4360 Colour Inkjet Printer

  The Deskjet D4360 justifies its asking price nicely. At the same time, you do get exactly what you pay for.

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  HP Deskjet D2560

  A bare bones desktop printer with a minimum of features and accessories, the HP Deskjet D2560 is really only suitable for printing basic black and white pages. Don't trust it with your photographs.

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  Lexmark X4650

  Students on a budget should consider the X4650, but only against the vast raft of other MFDs on the market.

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  Kodak ESP 5 All-in-One Printer

  Kodak sells the ESP 5 on its cheap printing capabilities. Sadly, in this context, cheap equals not very good.

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  Canon Pixma MP610

  The Canon Pixma MP610 is a minor upgrade of the MP600, offering nothing less and not much more but if you don't already have a multifunction printer it may be worth a look.

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  Samsung CLX-2160 AIO

  Samsung's cute little colour MFP wins points with us for its compact style, although otherwise it's a deeply average printer.

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  HP Deskjet D4360 Colour Inkjet Printer

  The Deskjet D4360 justifies its asking price nicely. At the same time, you do get exactly what you pay for.

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  HP Photosmart C8180

  The C8180 multifunctional printer is an excellent choice for photo enthusiasts. It prints high-quality text and photos at a heavy price: the printer is slow. If you always choose quality over speed, the C8180 will be a worthwhile addition to your digital toolshed.

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  HP Officejet J6480

  The C8180 multifunctional printer is an excellent choice for photo enthusiasts. It prints high-quality text and photos at a heavy price: the printer is slow. If you always choose quality over speed, the C8180 will be a worthwhile addition to your digital toolshed.

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  Canon Pixma iP100 Inkjet Printer

  It isn't cheap compared to standard printers, but the Canon Pixma iP100 has the highest resolution available in the mobile printer market and prints at an impressive speed to boot. If you simply must have a printer with you at all times, the iP100 should be the do-it-all at your side.

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  HP Photosmart A826

  The HP Photosmart A826 snapshot printer offers an attractive design, is easy and fun to use, and works better without a PC than any other snapshot printer we've reviewed thanks to its huge touch screen, but we wonder who will spend AU$400 for a dedicated photo printer.

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  Canon Pixma iP4300

  If you are looking for a competitively priced printer that gives you the flexibility of high volume text printouts as well as photo printing capabilities, the Canon Pixma iP4300 is ideal.

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  Epson Stylus Photo R2400

  The Epson Stylus Photo R2400 printer's excellent monochrome printing further solidifies company's hegemony of the enthusiast and professional photo printer markets.

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  Canon Pixma MP760

  Top-notch, quick printing plus film and slide scanning make this all-in-one hard to pass by for a digital photo-loving home.

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