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If you simply want a printer that can give you the highest-quality 4" x 6" prints on the fly, there is no better printer for this job currently on the market than .

We finally got our hands on an Epson Stylus R3000, and we must say, it is impressive. The R3000 certainly doesn't disappoint for its target demographic of users who need high detail accuracy.

The Canon Pro 9500 Mark II is a serious printer, in every sense of the word. The pigment inks it uses produce very deep blacks and could manage a greater range of colors than most. But it's also a seriously expensive printer, at $849, and most photographers will be happy with a cheaper printer that produces decent prints (such as the Canon Pro 9000 Mark II or the Epson R1900). As such, it will only appeal to serious photographers who want top quality prints and don't mind paying extra for it.

If you're looking for a small printer that can handle most of your on-the-fly photo printing needs with notably good performance, look no further than the HP A646.

If you're looking for an office printer than can print photos well, the Canon Pixma MG6220 isn't a bad bet for $200 MSRP.

Meet the Canon PIXMA MX882 all-in-one. Though it's slightly more expensive than your average home printer, it does have some nice features like a copier and scanner that make it a decent pickup for home or office use.

The Epson Stylus R1900 Photo Printer (or the R1900 to its friends) is a serious piece of printing equipment for the photographer who wants to produce large top quality prints. It cna handle paper at up to 13 x 19 inches, and can produce even bigger 13 x 44 inch  prints from a special roll of paper. And it does a great job; we found that the prints it produces were sharp, had accurate color and would grace even the most discerning photographer's walls. But it's a rather slow printer at the highest quality settings, and it's big and bulky.

The HP Photosmart B8550 is a high-end photo printer that can handle big prints: up to 13 x 19 inches on a single sheet, or even larger as banner prints. It produces good quality prints, with good color accuracy and deep blacks. But it's a noisy printer and it takes some time to set up and use.

The new kid on the photo printer block is the Canon PIXMA Pro 9000 Mark II, an $499 photo printer can can produce borderless prints at up to 13 by 19 inch size. As the name suggests, it's an update to the Pro 9000 (which we reviewed here) that brings a number of new tricks to the game, including faster printing and a two picoliter drop size. We found that it performed well overall, with good color accuracy and deep blacks. But it wasn't the fastest printer on the block, and it can't print to DVDs or banner-sized paper.

All things considered, the HP A536 is a fairly average printer with not-so-average printing options.

  The PictureMate Show PM 300 is a combination of a photo frame and printer, but that combination involves a lot of compromises that make it an imperfect device. As a digital photo frame, the device is way too large: the bulky case is going to take up way more space than a dedicated photo frame. As a printer, the device works pretty well, though, and it is cheap to use; the high capacity of the cartridges means that each print costs about 25 cents.  That is very reasonable for a printer of this type: most cost 30 to 50 cents per print. The PictureMate PM 300 costs $299.

The HP Photosmart D7560 is a cheap printer: at around $100, it certainly won't break the bank. But the quality of the prints it produces is anything but cheap, with very decent color accuracy and good detail. It doesn't produce the same color accuracy and detail as more expensive printers, but it does provide excellent value for money for anyone who wants to print high quality photos without spending a fortune.