The oldest plan printer category was won by Richard Walker of Yorkshire-based John Watson & Carter, which is still running a curved glass light Diazo copier printer and an ammonia wooden developing box from around 1950.

The company bought the machines in 1955 from The Drawing Group Hull, a supplier it continues to trade with today.

For the oldest inkjet printer the winner was Julian Slater from another Yorkshire printer Slater Engineering. The company operates an HP Designjet 200 printer, bought in 1991.

GWL Colourlink managind director Graham Baulch said: "When new model printers are launched we are inundated with facts and figures about them being quicker, faster, more colourful, accurate etc... and that is all true, but the one thing that we've discovered over the year is that most people just love their printers and as much as we'd like them to buy a new one, our main mission in this campaign was to applaud that loyalty."

The winners, including a third prize draw winner, received an iPad 2.