Buyer's Guide: 11 Color Inkjet Printers

Meet The Color Inkjets: A Features Table

In this section, we introduce the 11 printers we chose for coverage in this guide, and include a handy features matrix to help you compare and contrast these units across a wide range of capabilities. We begin with a brief listing of these items, and follow it with the features matrix. After that, you'll find a brief section devoted to each of these 11 units that describes its capabilities in more detail, along with a photo of the printer and links to additional information. In the conclusion, we'll point out some particularly compelling items.

• Canon Pixma iP1800
• Canon Pixma iP4300
• Canon Pixma iP6310D
• Epson Picturemate Pal PM200
• Epson Stylus Photo R260
• Epson Stylus Photo R380
• HP Business Inkjet 1200
• HP Deskjet 4160
• HP Deskjet 9800
• Lexmark Z1300
• Lexmark Z1420

Inkjet Printer Features Table Part 1

* Italics indicate an interface is an added-cost option (all HP printers also work with USB-attached external JetDirect devices).** Color abbreviations: C=Cyan, lc=Light Cyan, M=Magenta, lm=Light Magenta, Y=yellow, b = black

Inkjet Printer Features Table Part 2

* Italics indicate an interface is an added-cost option (all HP printers also work with USB-attached external JetDirect devices).** Color abbreviations: C=Cyan,M=Magenta, Y=yellow, b = black