Brother DCP-J1200W

PRICE £83 (£100 inc VAT) from ryman.co.uk

As a general rule, the cheaper the printer, the more expensive it is to run. However, this entry level business all-in-one is compatible with Brother’s high-capacity cartridges, which achieve the lowest per-page print costs of any cartridge-based inkjet. Brother refuses to join the refillable ink tank revolution, insisting that larger cartridges are more convenient than bottled ink, and its awkwardly named INKvestment Tank system offers a cartridge-based alternative.

This is Brother’s smallest INKvestment model, and I must immediately point out that