Dell A922 printer ink cartridge

Dell A922 inkjet printer uses Dell inkjet cartridges. Cartridges for the Dell A922 are listed here at a discount from Cartridge Concept.Two sizes of black cartridge and two volumes of colour ink cartridge are listed together with a photo cartridge for lively results on photo paper.

Dell Photo All-In-One A922 Review

Dell's Photo All-in-One Printer A922 is an inexpensive colour inkjet multifunction which includes a flatbed scanner that is based upon the Lexmark X5270. Despite the fact that Dell quotes the A922's print speed at a swift 19 pages per minute (ppm) in monochrome along with a rapid 14ppm in colour, it turned out to be one of the slowest printing, yet swiftest scanning multifunction inkjets we have tested. For cost effective and high-quality flatbed scanning, copying and image-manipulation applications, the Photo All-in-One Printer A922 is a fantastic choice. But, if you need quick printing and/or advanced fax options, you'll be best looking elsewhere.

With Dell's trademark colour scheme, the Photo All-in-One Printer A922 features a wide, silver cover which includes a black underbelly and paper trays. It's practical, instead of beautiful. At 9 lbs, the surprisingly light Dell A922 is however a lttle bit over-sized for a multifunction within its category, it's 43.7cm wide by 32.3cm deep by 16.8cm high. Since opening the paper trays increases the Dell A922's height and depth by roughly 13cm, this is not a device produced for small spaces. A small control panel with a two-line Liquid crystal display is on the top right. Whilst this is a photo-quality multifunction machine, Dell does not incorporate media-card slots or direct camera-to-printer ports - a huge omission. Just one USB 2. port (cable not included) is placed on the rear of the device along with the power-cord connector, and even with its lack of a network interface, the printer can perform within a peer-to-peer network.

The Dell A922 also features high-yield black and colour inkjet cartridges. An optional photo cartridge can be acquired separately. The multifunction printer's 8MB of Random access memory is not may be upgraded. The Dell A922's input tray, located in the back of the machine, holds 100 sheets, while the output tray that extends from the front holds 50 sheets - somewhat common for an budget multifunction machine but not enough for some small businesses.

The little user interface on the right-hand top features one button to copy and one to scan, as well as a small, amber error light, in addition to a menu button to alter the print quality along with other factors. Data appears on a small LCD above the control keys, but the screen can be awkward to read due to the fact it is at the rear and is positioned at a difficult angle. It is frequently less difficult to alter options through the software than on the control panel. The Dell A922 is limited to Windows 2000 or XP operating systems, plus it is not suitable for Macs. Installation is straightforward with the enclosed setup sheet and CD.

The Photo All-in-One Printer A922 is primarily made for printing, copying and scanning, providing only simple fax features. Since printer is made around a Lexmark engine, lots of its functions (and its software) should be familiar to Lexmark owners, such as N-up printing, which allows several images to print on a single page; borderless photo printing; along with poster, booklet and greeting card options. The default pop-up screen which shows up although printing could be of-putting, even if its ink level reminders are helpful. Sad to say, the print rate is relatively slow.

The Dell A922 is a sound standalone copier for instances where you require a quick copy and can't boot your computer. It will turn out up to 99 copies at once, offering a number of speed and print-quality choices for greater ease of use. Most notable, though, is the preview option - accessible with the All-in-One Center software - that lets you scan, fax, copy, edit photos as well as perform other projects from your Computer desktop. A preview feature enables you to crop a document, if required.

As a scanner, the Dell A922 can import text and / or images straight to file, fax or email. It uses Microsoft email applications (like Outlook) or non-Microsoft clients (for example Eudora) simply by adding them to the list of default destination alternatives in the All-In-One Center software. A wide range of further software packages are also included.

Regrettably, the Dell A922 fails to provide PC-free fax features for those instances when you don't want to fire up the PC. To fax, the Dell A922 relies on Microsoft software and the modem on your computer, so its only fax addition is being able to include scans.

While ink costs can easily rise with an inkjet, the high output Dell A922 ink cartridges offer you affordable colour ink and somewhat more expensive black ink. High-yield black-ink cartridge produces 638 pages while the high-yield tricolour-ink cartridge produces 561 pages. The less expensive standard black-ink cartridges aren't any bargain, producing only 298 pages, and about the same with the tricolour cartridge, which produces 237 pages. You can also use an optional three-colour photo cartridge that will print approximately 118 4in. by 6in. prints.

Given that Dell's printers (and Lexmark's) are known for their extremely good print speed and disapointingprint quality, the Photo All-in-One Printer A922 is full of surprises. To begin with, the Dell A922 prints black and white text and graphics particularly slowly - in truth, it's one of the slowest-printing multifunction inkjet printers we've evaluated. In our tests, it averaged 1.7 pages per minute (ppm) for text and 2ppm for photos. In contrast, we were pleased by the print quality. Both text and graphics samples demonstrated good detail - among the sharpest we have observed from an inkjet printer. The photo printout was also finely detailed, however the colour tone was a little yellowish when compared to the original. Even so, it was among the best photos ever made by a Dell or Lexmark inkjet that we've examined

By contrast to its slow printing, the Dell A922 scanned quickly. At 7.1ppm for greyscale and 5.2ppm for colour, it was really the swiftest-scanning multifunction printer we have tested. Notwithstanding this, the printer's copy-speed results were precisely the reverse: a slow .4ppm. We were, nonetheless, pleasantly surprised at the Dell A922's excellent scans. The greyscale image was excellent, replicating the original target precisly, from gradient to shading. The colour scan image was also pretty fine, although it had some noticeable banding. We analyzed the Dell A922 at its factory default configurations, which may be altered to improve the printer's speed and output.