HP's Officejet all-in-ones are designed to bridge the gap between home and the workplace at an affordable price. At ￡110 exc VAT, the Officejet 4500 undercuts its main rival - the A-Listed Canon Pixma MX870 - by around ￡25, which is a positive start. It's more economical in the long-run too.

HP Officejet 4500 Wireless All-In-One Offers Print/Copy/Scan/Fax for Cheap, but It's Slow

The HP Officejet 4500 Wireless All-In-One color inkjet multifunction printer gives small-office users a little bit of everything for a low price ($129

Very easy to use; Wi-Fi

Slow at printing; copying; and scanning; Standard-size

This all-in-one is a modest printer with a modest price tag, for users with modest needs.

Inexpensive; Easy setup; operation; Top-quality monochrome text

Single color cartridge; Mediocre photo prints

It can print black and white documents and colour pages quickly in draft quality settings, and the top-loading 20-page automatic document feeder is a boon for quickly scanning or copying multi-page documents.