Dell Photo 926 Review
PC Mag has posted a review of the Dell Photo All-in-One 926 and they aren’t too impressed by it. They gave it a rating of 3/5 due to its sub par text and photo printing quality.
The Dell 926 is a multifunction printer that can print, scan, and copy and it also has limited faxing capabilities. Dell rates it at 20 ppm for black and 15 for color, but PC Mag says the actual printing speed is slower than the 926’s predecessor, the 924. But, the 926 is fast enough and isn’t any slower than printers from Dell’s competitors. The print resolution is 4800 x 1200, which is pretty standard and might explain why the print quality for photos isn’t so great. The 926 comes with a standard black and color cartridge, but you can also buy a photo cartridge to get the benefits of printing with six inks.
The poor photo and text quality led PC Mag to not recommend upgrading to this printer if you already own a Dell. On Dell’s own site, customers gave the 926 a 3.4/5, so obviously they weren’t too impressed either. Most of the customer reviews there mentioned the print quality as a “con” and they also complained about how hard it was to get Dell ink cartridges. Print quality aside, the number one reason to probably avoid Dell printers is the availability/price of Dell ink cartridges. Dell ink is consistently the most expensive on the market, and because you can only buy the cartridges online, there can be issues if you run out unexpectedly or if you have limited internet access.
You can check out the Dell customer reviews here.
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May 2nd, 2007 at 11:18 am
i find the written word and pitureswith the dell 926 satisfactory.ican not comment on photos as i have not tried these yet.
I do find the inks expensive,they do not seem to last long .
have been trying to get them from else where but have had no luck so far
regards
margaret
September 1st, 2007 at 6:56 pm
This printer is indeed horrible with text. I had to get mine replaced as it would take in pages crookedly, claim there was no paper when there was and even spread out a 1 page picture onto four by printing part of the one picture on four seperate pages. Now my second one has had repeated troubles “connecting” to the computer despite trouble shooting. I would not recommend this printer to my worst enemy.
September 24th, 2007 at 10:01 pm
I agree this printer is not with the money you spend on it. The ink can only be ordered online and it is expensive. The paper is always getting jammed and taken in crooked. The scanner doesn’t scan to well unless prompted several times through the computer itself.
December 26th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
Anybody knows how to fix this problem?
The ink is very expensive. I decided to refill it up which cost me less than $36.- for both black and color cartridge. When I put it in the printer gave the fault result. Such as, low ink, when try to print the printer didn’t pull the paper in but gave the result as paper jam. No way that I can fix.
February 16th, 2008 at 6:36 am
go to Staples for the ink cartidges. They are about 1/2 the price of buying from Dell. They are currently the only authorized supplier of Dell Ink Cartidges.