Dell’s line of all-in-one printers continues to grow and the 968 is near the top of the range in the UK. Designed for a high-end home for a client or SOHO environment, the device supports the print, scan, copy and fax, as well as being able to print from memory cards and cameras.

Most of Dell all-in-one printers are manufactured by Lexmark and 968 looks very much something its latest range of devices. The silver and white, with an overall turn to his corner, he managed to appear a little less boxy than machines from its alter ego.

The horizontal indented Automatic Document Feed (ADF) plateau is pretty, as is the beautifully simple control panel. For a period of four-in-one machine like this, a simple keyboard, and a total of nine other buttons control all functions of the machine. They work with a 61mm LCD screen, which has a well-designed menu and feedback system, including instructions for the animation jobs like changing the ink cartridges.

There is a sheet de’150 ‘paper tray at the front, although Lexmark must use lighter paper, that we can get approximately 120 sheets of paper 80gsm office under the maximum load marker. On top of the paper tray is a simple sheet feeding envelopes or photos 15 x 10 cm whites. To his right, there are two memory card slots, which combine to accept all the common types, and a power outlet for PictBridge cameras.

At the rear of the socket 968 is a single USB 2 and another for the phone line to connect high-fax. You can also install a combined Ethernet and WiFi adapter, a duplexer, and an additional 150 sheet tray as an option.

The configuration is simple. Lift the scanner section, which is supported on arisen hinges, and the clip in black and three color cartridges in the incumbents in the carriage. If you print photos, you can exchange the black cartridge for three colour photographs, although not included as standard.

Dell offers Abbyy FineReader OCR and Corel Photo Snapfire’s manager, the fax software and 968 of the driver. This gives a good support for the digitization, as well as printing functions of the machine. He enough optical resolution to be able to scan photo prints, as well as pages of text for recognition.

Dell claims print 31 ppm in black and 27ppm in color. It took us 51 seconds to print our paper five pages of text or 28 seconds after the start of the shutdown. Subsequent documents, of course, do not require the start, but you are still talking less than 6ppm for normal mode black printing. Forget 31 ppm, unless you print documents in a very short draft mode and excluding rasterising time.