HP's Deskjet D2545 is an inexpensive, good all-around inkjet printer with a streamlined feature set and an environmentally friendly design. HP uses mostly recycled and recyclable plastic in the printer's construction. [$45 (); ]

The Stylus Photo R1900 is a photo-specific, wide-format inkjet printer from Epson. It uses seven inks in individual cartridges, plus an eighth cartridge containing a gloss optimizer to print large and lovely, pigment-based photos--as large as 13-by-19 inches. The prints will last anywhere from 85 to 200 years. Not recommended for printing out black-and-white documents, this speedy printer is for advanced amateur photographers looking to take control of their large-sized prints. . [$549 (); ]

[James Galbraith is Macworld Lab director.]