

The 964's performance is best described as acceptable, but it's certainly not impressive for the price. For better-looking photos, you can replace the black cartridge with a photo cartridge, adding light cyan and light magenta, for printing in six colors. Not so incidentally, the 964 comes with a black and tricolor cartridge for four-color printing, using cyan, yellow, magenta, and black. Simply snap in the two cartridges, load paper, run the automated installation program, and plug in the cable. Setup is easy and standard for an ink jet AIO that uses two ink cartridges and connects with a USB cable.

Luckily, the Dell Photo All-in-One Printer 964 ($199 direct) fits both, making it a good choice to serve double duty as a home photo and home-office printer.Īt 9.7 by 19.2 by 14.9 inches and 22 pounds, the 964 is a little on the heavy side for a home AIO but small enough to fit comfortably on a desk or nearby table. It's easy to find a printer that fits one description or the other. If you're looking for a printer to print photos at home, you probably want one with high-quality photo output, the ability to print directly from PictBridge cameras and memory cards, and an LCD screen for previewing photos. If you have a home office and you need an all-in-one (AIO) printer, you want something that can copy, scan, and fax, as well as include an automatic document feeder (ADF) for multipage documents.
