Today I happened upon a review of eight separate printers that Tom’s Hardware was doing a review on. Seems like all of the major brands were being well represented here.

You have look at all of the facts before handing in all of the results. So far, it looks as though the Epson came out on top while Canon was coming in at a close second. My own printer is an HP, and I have been tolerant of its shortcomings. If I had to choose from any of the printers in this review, I would have to go with the Epson.

The period from the end of summer until Christmas features the arrival of new products of all types, and inkjet printers are certainly no exception. The world market is more or less split between four major manufacturers - Canon, Epson, HP, and Lexmark - and each has introduced a new line this year. Lexmark started things off in June this year with some new models, including the Z816 (which we tested for you here) and a new one set to debut in October, which we weren’t able to get in time for this review. Lexmark is not in the best position in terms of market, and thus has everything to gain by trying to beat the competition to the punch. In contrast, the other three players have staggered the introduction of their new models from late August to late October.