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| May 01, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

An all-in-one printer proves that a jack-of-all-trades isn't necessarily a master of none. In our tests, the best all-in-ones rivaled stand-alone printers at producing top-notch photographs and text and were competent at copying and scanning.

Many consumers have replaced their printers with these multifunctional machines, which accounted for about half of all printer sales last year. It's handy to be able to run off a quick copy--in color, no less--or to scan a photo into your computer so that you can crop or edit it.

Recent developments have made all-in-ones more competitive with standalone printers. Larger LCDs for viewing images are common. So is ...

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