HP LaserJet 3380

The $699 HP LaserJet 3380 is a large, full-featured multifunction printer with an automatic document feeder. Scan, copy, and fax buttons sit on the console, along with speed-dial and number pads.

As a printer, the LaserJet 3380 is fairly quick. It churned out text at 16.4 ppm and grayscale graphics at 3.1 ppm--both rates faster than our test group's average. Its straight, clean text matched most of the other lasers' output in excellence, and it handled narrow parallel lines well in our line art test. Grayscale graphics weren't as impressive, however, looking dark and overly contrasted with a grainy texture. Copy speeds were somewhat slow at 4.7 ppm, and copies appeared dark enough to obscure much detail.