We took six very different printers--colour, mono, inkjet, laser …--and we worked out how long they'd take to run for three years. We found some surprisingly similar results, apart from one star that ended up at half of the cost of almost all the others!

How about switching from an inkjet to a laser printer to start the New Year? This move that could actually make you save quite a lot on ink (about five times). Personal lasers have indeed become increasingly affordable, and for the first time, colour laser too is available at a price that won’t send you broke.

All-in-one, or multifunction printers, are just that: they combine inkjet printing with a built-in scanner to offer color copying, and, increasingly, other features too.

With a starting price of just 39 euros, they're a tempting offer for all sorts of users and are no longer relegated to their traditional status as home-office workhorses.