This $130 inkjet printer is a solid all-around pick. According to our testers, it produces high-quality text, graphics, and photographs. It even has a special tray for snapshot-sized photo paper.

The Expression Premium XP-830 offers wireless printing from a PC or mobile device, and auto-duplex printing, which is a fancy way of saying it uses both sides of the paper. The built-in scanner comes in handy when you need to email documents or archive pictures. And the device doesn’t waste too much ink to maintain the print heads.

When you factor in replacement ink cartridges, we estimate the annual upkeep to be $110, which is typical for this printer type.

If you don’t need charts, graphs, and color printouts, there’s no need to pay extra for them. Like most laser printers, this $230 wireless all-in-one produces black-and-white text with excellent quality and speed.

And because toner is cheap and doesn’t dry out like inkjet cartridges, the Samsung Xpress M2885FW won’t hurt the bottom line much once you take it home. Our cost-of-ownership estimate adds only about $40 more per year.

The top all-in-one laser option in our Ratings, the Dell E525w can print in black-and-white or color, and it receives excellent marks for the speed and the quality of the text, photocopies, and graphics it produces. It also delivers very good photos, which is atypical for a laser printer.

And, though priced at $330, it can be purchased online for considerably less. But don’t forget to factor in the cost of ownership. When you toss in toner replacement and other maintenance, the Dell E525w could set you back $230 more per year, according to our estimates, which is a little high for a color laser.

Don’t let the $350 price scare you off. If you’re shopping for an inkjet printer that’s destined for heavy use—churning out memos, recipes, book reports, airline tickets, sports schedules, graphics-heavy school projects, and the like—the Pixma G4200 will save you cash in the long run.

As with other reservoir models, it dispenses with pricey replacement cartridges in favor of tanks that can be replenished with low-cost bottles of ink.

These inkjet models don’t yet measure up to the super-crisp text and excellent graphics quality provided by laser printers, which is why the Pixma G4200 doesn’t quite crack our recommended list, but the text, graphics, and photos it does deliver are just fine, our testers say, and it’s hard to argue with the savings.

According to our estimates, the cost to keep this printer running is a paltry $10 per year in ink, compared with the $110 of the inkjet printer above.

If you dread the thought of introducing a big ugly printer to your home décor, this $240 mobile inkjet model may put you at ease. Simple to close up and tuck away, it offers WiFi networking and can be powered by a plug or a battery (sold separately), making it possible to move the unit about the house.

A no-frills solution, the Officejet 200 Mobile doesn’t have a scan or copy function, not to mention USB PictBridge for direct printing from cameras. The $120-per-year cost-of-ownership estimate is a slight drawback, too.

But the printer excels at producing graphics, offers up high-quality text and photos with admirable speed, and doesn’t waste much ink to maintain the print heads. So, if portability is what you want, this is a smart option.