Does A Better Job Collecting Dust Than Printing
Written: Jul 17 '09
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Pros: will scan and print, inexpensive, cheap cartridges, adequate photo-printer, self-explanatory buttons
Cons: cheap, black=grey, won't scan and save, troubles printing, bulky,
The Bottom Line: Spend a little more on something that won't give you so much trouble when all you want to do it PRINT!
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| anotherkatie's Full Review: Dell 926 All-In-One InkJet Printer |
I don't know a whole lot about printers. I know basically how to run them, and their general upkeep. And as the everyday-user that I would consider myself to be, I'd say this is a pretty sub-par printer. It spends most of its time in my closet collecting dust because no one (not even my techie brothers or dad) have the patience to figure the dang thing out!
Well, for starters, I got the Dell 926 about two years ago as a graduation present. It worked fine for the first year, until I actually needed it in my first year of college. My papers that I printed out all looked so unprofessional compared to my roommates papers (printed on her HP printer). Don't get me wrong, mine were still readable- for the most part- but the black actually prints out to look like a medium grey. And 50% of the time the shades of grey were inconsistent- so again it looked very unprofessional. I ended up using my roommates printer for just about everything that I actually had to hand in. Talk about a pain in the neck.
One thing that did interest me about my printer recently was it's supposed ability to be able to scan items and save them to your computer. Wow! I thought. I don't have to get a scanner now! Well, that' would've been nice now, wouldn't it have been? That is if the built in scanner actually worked. It will scan and print (nice for making copies) but it WON'T scan and save. So, forget about saving all of those old pictures you have from the 90s onto your computer. You'll have to find another way- like buy a real scanner. Or hire a genius. Whichever's cheaper.
A plus about the 926 is its inexpensive ink. I've found cartridges for as low as 9 bucks a piece! They do run out fairly quickly though- and like I mentioned the black is more grey after the first couple uses. Also, if one runs out you have to waste ink doing the print test...thing where it just spits out a bunch of random lines and colors...and whatever. So that's kind of a pain.
I've only printed one photo on the Dell 926, and it was alright. Nothing fancy, just a regular photo. I have only had the need to print one other photo besides that and was unable to because my Dell simply refused to print anything at all. It would feed the paper through and sound like it was printing, but there was nothing on the page when it came out. And both ink cartridges were nearly full.
So this printer would actually have a few upsides, if it could actually print, it has USB connectivity, you can insert SD/MS/xD/MMC cards (or CF, whatever that is), or plug your camera straight into the printer. The buttons are simple and pretty self-explanatory, and the paper feeds through well.
However, I'd say the cons definitely outweight the pros. It won't print half of the time, and when it does, it looks sloppy. What good is a printer if it doesn't print? It just sits around (and mind you it takes up a fair amount of space) collecting dust while I have to seek out other printers.
Sigh, I had such high hopes for you Dell. Oh, well.
Recommended:
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Amount Paid (US$): 99
Operating System: Windows
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Member: Katie Spence
Location: Mendon, UT, US of A
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Snow College student with a lot of debt and a lot of dreams.
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