Leave it to Epson to brand its new home-workhorse ink jet printers "Artisans," but with the stylish piano-black finish and sleek profile, these almost seem like masterpieces of design. The premium Artisan 800 features Wi-Fi, fax, and an automatic document feeder, as well as a 7.8-inch smart-touch panel and 3.5-inch LCD interface that makes copying, cropping, and editing of photos easy.

Both the Artisan 800 and 700 use six-color ultra-HD ink, so photos promise to be vivid with true-to-life colors. Best of all, the Claria ink is smudge-, scratch- and water-resistant. Both models feature 48-bit color, and the 700 model features 2,400-dpi resolution; the 800 model offers full 4,800-dpi resolution.