Dell Photo All-in-One Printer 922 - Multifunction ( color ) - copying (up to): 12 ppm (mono) / 8 ppm (color) - printing (up to): 19 ppm (mono) / 14 ppm (color)

List Price: $79.00

Features:

• Printing speeds up to 19 ppm (pages per minute) black and 14 ppm color
• 4800 x 1200 dpi resolution allows for impressive looking documents and pictures
• 48-bit flat bed scanner scans photos and documents with accuracy and color
• Borderless photo printing in sizes up to 8.5" x 11"
• With the Dell Ink Management SystemTM , your printer notifies you before you run out of ink

Customer Reviews:

Rubbish [Posted on 2007-12-13]
I've never been a huge fan of Dell, but then again, they're cheap, and I suppose you get what you pay for. Our first 922 printer started having all sorts of issues - the paper was feeding incorrectly and jamming all the time, and then the holder for the black ink cartridge broke and would no longer hold the cartridge. It was still under warranty then, so they sent us a new one, but now (oddly enough, barely a month after the warranty ran out) it's broken again. Every page comes out with the back covered in black ink, and I've tried everything to clean the inside of the printer, but to no avail. I think I've learned my lesson - go with the expensive printers...the ink is cheaper, and they keep working.

Dude, your getting a Dud.  [Posted on 2007-12-19]
When I began college in 2005, this was it. This was the printer that everyone got along with the laptop that everyone got. And one by one, all of my friends began to announce the failure of their Dell Photo All-in-One Printers. Most of the complaints I heard were that it plain "stopped working," whatever that meant. But I on the other hand did not seem to share those problems. When I wanted to print 50 page papers, it printed them quickly. When I wanted a high-quality photo, I got it. I was happy.

But recently, and suddenly, the quality of my little beloved printer took a nosedive. Sometimes it refuses to print, sometimes it denies being attached to my laptop, and sometimes it takes hour-long pauses between pages.

Another big problem has to do with cartridges. When I ordered directly from Dell everything worked fine. However I recently wanted to save money and got my cartridges filled at Walgreens. Big mistake. The printer will not recognize that they are full, yells at me every time I print something and tells me that my ink is below the minimum level.

Bottom line: I'm frustrated. But the printer served me well for over 2 years. I wouldn't buy it again, but I don't regret buying it in the first place.

Worked for 2 1/2 years [Posted on 2008-04-22]
I purchased this printer with a new Dell desktop back in 2005. It was nice to have an all-in-one printer, and I had previously owned an HP all-in-one that ended up dying on me. Anyways, this printer did a good job for 2 1/2 years, then it started having problems feeding paper. There is a wheel on the right side that feeds the paper through, but it quit working. Now, I have to hand feed the paper in, so this is really frustrating when trying to print more than one page. I haven't taken it apart to see if I can fix it, I'm just going to upgrade. After reading some of the other reviews, it seems that this paper feeding issue is a problem with this printer in general.

Also, ink seemed to run out rather quickly, and it was a pain to have to order it through the Dell website. Now, you can buy Dell ink at Staples, which is nice. Ink seemed to only last me about 5-6 weeks, and I didn't think I used it that much. Other than the paper feeding problem and the ink, it did a good job while I had it.

Waste of money [Posted on 2008-09-06]
Don't buy any DELL printers. They are horrible. You'd think you had a sponge connected to the ink cartridge. I have never gone through so many ink cartridges in my life. Their printers are junk. Don't waste your money. Mine are going to the junk yard.

Good Printer. Has printing and ink problems [Posted on 2008-10-09]
The Dell 922 all-in-one printer prints a beautiful color picture when you use the high-quality print settings. The pictures it prints with its normal inks are photo-quality. At normal quality and lower, you can see the dots in the print color, which really jars me when I make up posters.

Printing in black and white is fine if what is printed is only black and white. If there are graphics in color that you are printing in black and white, there will be dots visible. I recommend printing color in color, and black and white in black and white for sharpest printing.

The feed has problems in that it will grab more than one page at a time. I've had that happen with only two sheets in the carriage. It seems that having about 5 or more pages in the carriage helps prevent it from grabbing two or more sheets. Sometimes it comes out alright, but sometimes it will shift the paper and part of the print will come out on the next page.

The guide for the page needs to be set as close to the paper as possible to prevent jamming and double-feed. When one sheet is feeding through, I pull up on the rest of the paper in the carriage and let it down again where the paper rests. It seems to prevent double-feeding.

I find myself a slave to this printer: I can't set it and walk away from it. I have to make sure that pages feed through properly.

The standard color ink and black ink do well for all printing. It makes photo-quality prints. I had a special photo ink cartridge, but when I put it in, the printer wouldn't work; it said the ink was running low. I never could get it to work.

To get the quality of print I wanted, I had to select high-quality printing. This runs up the cost of ink use.

Dell ink is not available at the store. It must be ordered online. I don't like being forced to buy something online. I like to be able to deal with companies in person.

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