The F4272, at £39.00 from PC World, is probably the cheapest printer I have ever reviewed. It is a neat unit that takes up very little desk space indeed.



The printer uses two cartridges, which have the print head built in, so in effect each time you change the inks you’re getting a new print head.



The F4272 top control panel includes an LED ink level indicator, scan, paper select, black & colour copy, resume, and cancel buttons.



Photographs using the copy (scan to print) feature look slightly posterised, but acceptable.



Printing our test scan using Photoshop produced a much better print, although a fraction on the light side.



Scanning quality was very good although there was a bit too much sharpening applied (this can’t be turned off or down at the scan stage).



Features 16

Design 17

Print Quality 17

Scan Quality 17

Value 19