HP OfficeJet Pro 9010e

Great print quality, nippy speeds and flexible ink choices show that HP can still make excellent MFPs

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PRICE £133 (£160 inc VAT) from ebuyer.com

HP's OfficeJet Pro 9010e is a colour inkjet multifunction peripheral that can print, copy, scan, and send and receive faxes. It's well suited to a home office, with sensible office features including wired and wireless networking, and a USB host port for walk-up prints or scans. It's also adept at paper handling, featuring a 250-sheet cassette, automatic duplex printing and a 35-sheet automatic document feeder. This also duplexes, so the 9010e can make double-sided prints, scans, copies and faxes.

The OfficeJet Pro 9010e follows much the same style as HP's current range of home MFPs, although it's been sobered up somewhat with the addition of sensible grey plastics at the top and bottom. It's not a bad-looking device, brightened up to a degree by its 6.9cm colour touchscreen along with a couple of concealed status LEDs on the top left side.

Unpack and install the 9010e and one of your first considerations will be whether to sign up for HP+, HP's "smart printing system".

Doing so qualifies you for six months' worth of HP Instant Ink, a subscription service that automatically orders new cartridges as you need them. The free offer is worth up to 4,200 pages, which isn't to be sniffed at, but HP+ membership means you must agree to keep the printer connected to the internet, and to use only HP's own cartridges.