Dell 2150cn User Manual

Dell™ 2150cn/2150cdn Color Printer

User's Guide

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Dell™ 2150cn/2150cdn Color Printer 1 User's Guide 1 Before Beginning 17

A Notes, Notices, and Cautions . . . . . . . . 19

1 Dell™ 2150cn/2150cdn Color Printer User's

Guide 21

2 Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

3 Product Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

4 About the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Front and Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Front View

Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Space Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Securing the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Ordering Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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Setting up the Printer (Printer Setup) 35

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5 Preparing Printer Hardware . . . . . . . . . 37

Removing Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Removing the Print Head Device (PHD) Ribbons . . . . . 38

Installing the Toner Cartridges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

6 Installing Optional Accessories . . . . . . 41

Installing the Optional Memory Module . . . . . . . 41

Printing Printer Settings Report

Updating Your Driver to Detect Memory Module

Installing the Optional 250-Sheet Feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Printing Printer Settings Report

Updating Your Driver to Detect 250-Sheet Feeder

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7 Connecting Your Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

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Installing the Optional Wireless Adapter

Verifying the Contents of the Box

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Installing the Wireless Adapter Using Video Instructions

(Recommended) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Installing the Optional Wireless Adapter

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Printing Printer Settings Report . . . . . . . . . 54

Determining the Wireless Network Settings

Configuring the Optional Wireless Adapter

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Using Wizard Setup to Configure a Wireless Adapter

Using Advanced Setup to Configure a Wireless Adapter

Constructing a New Wireless Network Environment for Your

Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Connecting Printer to Computer or Network . . . . . 80

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Direct Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Network Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Turning on the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

8 Setting the IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Assigning an IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

When Using the Easy Setup Navigator

When Using the Operator Panel

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When Using the Tool Box . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Verifying the IP Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Verifying the Settings Using Printer Settings Report

Verifying the Settings Using Ping Command . . 87

9 Loading Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

10 Installing Printer Drivers on the Windows

Computers 93

Identifying Printer Driver Pre-install Status . . . . . . 93

When Using the Operator Panel

When Using the Tool Box

Disabling Firewall Before Installing Printer Software 94

Inserting the Drivers and Utility CD . . . . . . . . . 94

Direct Connection Setup

Network Connection Setup

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Network Printer Setup on a Local Network

Network Printer Setup on a Remote Network

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Setting Up for Shared Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Point and Print

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Peer-to-Peer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

11 Installing Printer Drivers on the Macintosh

Computers 121

Installing the Drivers and Software . . . . . . . . . . 121

Adding a Printer on Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6

Adding a Printer on Mac OS X 10.4.11

Adding a Printer on Mac OS X 10.3.9

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Configuring Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

12 Installing Printer Drivers on the Linux Computers

(CUPS) 127

Operation on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 WS/5 Client 127

Setup Overview

Installing the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

Setting Up the Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128

Setting the Default Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Specifying the Printing Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Uninstalling the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

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Operation on SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10

Setup Overview

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Installing the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Setting Up the Queue

Setting the Default Queue

Specifying the Printing Options

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Setting the Password for Authority as the Printer Administrator 133

Uninstalling the Printer Driver

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Operation on SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 . . 134

Setup Overview

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Installing the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Setting Up the Queue

Setting the Default Queue

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Specifying the Printing Options . . . . . . . . . 136

Setting the Password for Authority as the Printer Administrator 137

Uninstalling the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . 137

Using Your Printer 139

13 Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool . 141

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

When Using the Operator Panel

When Using the Tool Box

Using the Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool . . . . . . 143

Printer Status

Printer Jobs

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Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Print Server Settings

Copy Printer Settings

Print Volume

Printer Information

Tray Settings

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E-Mail Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Set Password

Online Help

Order Supplies at:

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Contact Dell Support at:

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Setting Up the Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool

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Setting Up From Web Browser . . . . . . . . . 145

Setting Up From Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148

Page Display Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Top Frame

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Left Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Right Frame

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Changing the Settings of the Menu Items . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Details of the Menu Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

Printer Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154

Printer Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

Print Server Settings

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Copy Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204

Print Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204

Tray Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207

14 Print Media Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

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Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Paper Characteristics

Recommended Paper

Unacceptable Paper

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Selecting Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211

Selecting Pre-Printed Media and Letterheads

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Selecting Pre-Punched Paper . . . . . . . . . . 212

Printing on a Letterhead (Pre-Printed and Pre-Punched Paper) 213

Envelopes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Labels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Storing Print Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

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Identifying Print Media and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . 218

Supported Paper Sizes

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Supported Paper Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Paper Type Specifications

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15 Loading Print Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Print Media Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Loading Print Media in the Standard 250-Sheet Tray and the Optional

250-Sheet Feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Loading Envelopes in the Standard 250-Sheet Tray and Optional 250-Sheet Feeder

Loading Letterhead (Pre-Printed and Pre-Punched Paper)

Loading Print Media in the SSF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Loading an Envelope in the SSF

Using the SSF

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16 Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Printing 237

Linking Trays

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Using the Operator Panel Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Printing a Panel Settings Page . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

When Using the Operator Panel

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When Using the Tool Box . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

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17 Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Tips for Successful Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Tips on Storing Print Media

Avoiding Paper Jams

Sending a Job to Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Canceling a Print Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Canceling a Job From the Operator Panel

Canceling a Job From a Computer Running Windows

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Duplex Printing

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Duplex Printing With Duplexer (Dell 2150cdn Color Printer

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Only)

Duplex Printing Without Duplexer (Dell 2150cn Color Printer

Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Using Booklet Print (Dell 2150cn and 2150cdn Models)

Using the Stored Print Function

Secure Print

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Private MailBox Print

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Public MailBox Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Proof Print

Storing Print Jobs

Printing the Stored Jobs

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Specifying Your Password on the Operator Panel (Secure Print/Private MailBox Print)

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Deleting Stored Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Printing a Report Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Printing Printer Settings Report

Printing Font Sample List

Printer Settings

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Printing Printer Settings Report

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Using the Operator Panel to Change the Printer Settings 251

Using the Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool to Change the

Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Resetting Defaults

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Adjusting the Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Know Your Printer 257

18 Understanding the Tool Box Menus . . 259

Printer Settings Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Printer Information

Menu Settings

Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

TCP/IP Settings

Printer Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

System Settings

Date & Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Paper Density

Color Registration Adjustment . . . . . . . . . 270

Adjust Altitude

Reset Defaults

Non-Dell Toner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Initialize Print Meter

Tray Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

TCP/IP Settings

Network Settings

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Diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Chart Print

Machine Check

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Paper Wrinkle Check Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279

Environment Sensor Info

Clean Developer

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Refresh Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Resetting Defaults

When Using the Tool Box

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19 Understanding the Printer Menus . . . . 283

Report / List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Printer Setting

Panel Settings

PCL Fonts List

PCL Macro List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Job History

Error History

Print Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Color Test Page

Stored Documents

Admin Menu

Print Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284

Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293

USB Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

System Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301

Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310

Secure Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .317

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Tray Settings

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Panel Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322

Print Menu

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Secure Print

Private Mail Box

Public Mail Box

Proof Print

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322

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Panel Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

Enabling the Panel Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

Disabling the Panel Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

Resetting Defaults

When Using the Operator Panel

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20 Understanding Your Printer Software . 329

Printer Settings Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331

Status Window

Tool Box

Updater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332

Troubleshooting

Status Monitor Widget for Macintosh

Status Monitor Widget Feature

Before Installing the Status Monitor Widget

Installing the Status Monitor Widget

Opening and Closing the Status Monitor Widget 333

Printer Status Window

Order Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336

Preferences

Status Monitor Console for Linux

Status Monitor Console Feature

Before Installing the Status Monitor Console

Installing the Status Monitor Console

Starting the Status Monitor Console . . . . . . . 339

Printer Selection Window

Printer Status Window

Dell Supplies Management System Window

Service Tag Window

Settings Window

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21 Understanding Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

Typefaces and Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

Weight and Style

Pitch and Point Size

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

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Bitmapped and Scalable Fonts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

Resident Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351

Symbol Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352

Symbol Sets for PCL 5/PCL 6

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22 Understanding Printer Messages . . . . . 355

23 Printing With Web Services on Devices (WSD)

361

24 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365

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Adding Roles of Printer Services . . . . . . . . . . . 361

Printer Setup

Installing a Printer Driver Using the Add Printer Wizard

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362

Operating System Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . 365

Power Supply

Dimensions

Memory

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Page Description Language (PDL)/Emulation, Operating System, and Interface

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MIB Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

Environment

Operation

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Print Quality Guarantee

Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

Altitude

Cables

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

Maintaining Your Printer 369

25 Maintaining Your Printer . . . . . . . . . . 371

Determining the Status of Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

Conserving Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

Ordering Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372

Storing Print Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372

Storing Consumables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

Replacing the Toner Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

Removing the Toner Cartridge

Installing a Toner Cartridge

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

. . . . . . . . . . 374

. . . . . . . . . . . 375

Replacing the Print Head Device (PHD) Unit. . . . . . . . 377

Removing the PHD Unit

Installing a PHD Unit

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 377

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379

Replacing the Retard Roller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384

Removing the Retard Roller in the Standard 250-Sheet Tray 385

Installing a Retard Roller in the Standard 250-Sheet Tray

Cleaning Inside the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387

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Cleaning the Feed Roller . . . . . . . . . . . . 387

Cleaning the CTD Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . 392

Adjusting Color Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396

Printing the Color Registration Chart

Determining Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .397

Entering Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .399

. . . . . . 396

26 Removing Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403

Removing the Optional Memory Module . . . . . . . 403

Removing the Optional 250-Sheet Feeder. . . . . . . . . . . 406

Removing the Optional Wireless Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . 408

27 Clearing Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

Avoiding Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

Identifying the Location of Paper Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412

Clearing Paper Jams From the SSF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

Clearing Paper Jams From the Standard 250-Sheet Tray 416

Clearing Paper Jams From the Fuser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420

Clearing Paper Jams From the Duplexer . . . . . . . . . . . . 423

Clearing Paper Jams From the Optional 250-Sheet Feeder 425

Troubleshooting 429

28 Troubleshooting Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . 431

Basic Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431

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Display Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431

Printing Problems

Print Quality Problems

The output is too light

Toner smears or print comes off

Random spots/Blurred images

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435

. . . . . . . . . 438

. . . . . . . . . . 439

The entire output is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . 440

Streaks appear on the output

Part or the entire output is black

. . . . . . . . . . . 442

. . . . . . . . . 443

Pitched color dots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444

Vertical blanks

Ghosting

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446

Light-induced fatigue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448

Fog

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449

Bead-Carry-Out (BCO)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 449

Jagged characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450

Banding

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451

Auger mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452

Wrinkled/Stained paper

Damage on the leading edge of paper

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 453

. . . . . . 455

Jam/Alignment Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455

The top and side margins are incorrect

Color registration is out of alignment

. . . . . . 456

Images are skewed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458

Standard 250-Sheet Tray Misfeed Jam

SSF Misfeed Jam

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460

. . . . . . 458

Optional 250-Sheet Feeder Misfeed Jam . . . . . 462

Regi Jam (Exit Sensor On JAM)

Exit Jam (Exit Sensor Off JAM)

. . . . . . . . . 463

Standard 250-Sheet Tray/Optional 250-Sheet Feeder Multi-feed

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464

Jam

SSF Multi-feed Jam

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464

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Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465

Appendix 475

B Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477

Problems With Installed Optional Accessories

Before Beginning

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Notes, Notices, and Cautions

NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use

of your printer.

NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of

data and tells you how to avoid the problem.

CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potential for property damage, personal

injury, or death.

Information in this document is subject to change without notice.

Reproduction of these materials in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc. is strictly forbidden.

Trademarks used in this text: Dell, the DELL logo are trademarks of Dell Inc.; Microsoft, Windows, Windows Server, Windows Vista, and Active Directory are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries; Adobe and Photoshop are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries; Wi-F i is a registered trademarks of the Wi-Fi Alliance; Red Hat and Red Hat Enterprise Linux are registered trademarks of Red Hat. Inc. in the U.S. and other countries; SUSE is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc., in the United States and other countries.

XML Paper Specification (XPS): This product may incorporate intellectual property owned by Microsoft Corporation. The terms and conditions upon which Microsoft is licensing such intellectual property may be found at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=52369; DES: This product includes software developed by Eric Young (eay@mincom.oz.au); AES: Copyright (c) 2003, Dr Brian Gladman, Worcester, UK. All rights reserved. This product uses published AES software provided by Dr Brian Gladman under BSD licensing terms; TIFF (libtiff): Copyright (c) 1988-1997 Sam Leffler and Copyright (c) 1991-1997 Silicon Graphics, Inc.; ICC Profile (Little cms): Copyright (c) 1998-2004 Marti Maria.

Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products. Dell Inc. disclaims any proprietary interest in trademarks and trade names other than its own.

Our printer software uses some of the codes defined by the Independent JPEG Group.

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As for RSA BSAFE

RSA BSAFE software, produced by RSA Security Inc., has been installed on this printer.

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This software and documentation are provided with RESTRICTED RIGHTS. Use, duplication or disclosure by the Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph (c)(1)(ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS 252.227-7013 and in applicable FAR provisions: Dell Inc., One Dell Way, Round Rock, Texas, 78682, USA.

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Dell™ 2150cn/2150cdn Color Printer User's Guide

Click the links to the left for information on the features, options, and operation of your printer. For information on other documentation included with your printer, see "Finding Information."

To order replacement toner cartridges or supplies from Dell:

NOTE: For Macintosh, start the Status Monitor Widget, and then select Order

Supplies button to open Order window.

Double-click the icon on your desktop.

If you cannot find the icon on your desktop, follow the procedure below.

Click

DLRMM.EXE

Printers\Additional Color Laser Software\Reorder

printer software is installed.

Click

File

on the toolbar, and click

menu.

Right-click the shortcut icon.

Choose

(create shortcut)

The

Dell Supplies Management System

Send To

under

x:\abc\Dell

, where

from the drop-down menu, and then click

on the submenu.

x:\abc

is the location where the

Create Shortcut

window appears.

on the drop-down

Desktop

You can also launch the Dell Supplies Management System by clicking



All Programs Dell Printers Additional Color Laser Software

Dell Supplies Management System

Click the (

www.dell.com/supplies

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Visit Dell printer supplies ordering web site

), or order Dell printer supplies by phone.

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link

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To ensure that you get the best service, have your Dell printer Service Tag ready.

For information regarding locating your Service Tag number, see Service Code and Service Tag.

Express

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Finding Information

NOTE: The following are the optional accessories that you can buy separately.

• Additional memory (512 MB)

• 250-sheet feeder

• Wireless adapter

• USB cable

• Ethernet cable

What are you looking for? Find it here

• Drivers for my printer

User's Guide

•My

Drivers and Utilities CD

The Drivers and Utilities CD contains setup video, documentation, and drivers for your printer. You can use the CD to install drivers or access your setup video and documentation.

Readme files may be included on your CD to provide last-minute updates about technical changes to your printer or advanced technical reference material for experienced users or technicians.

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What are you looking for? Find it here

• How to use my printer

Quick Reference Guide

• Safety information

Product Information Guide

• Warranty information

CAUTION: Read and follow all safety instructions in

your Product Information Guide prior to setting up and operating your printer.

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What are you looking for? Find it here

• How to set up my printer

Setup diagram

• Express Service Code and Service Tag

The Express Service Code and Service Tag are located inside the toner access cover of your printer.

• Latest drivers for my printer

Go to support.dell.com.

• Documentation for my printer

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What are you looking for? Find it here

• Answers to technical service and support questions

support.dell.com provides several online tools, including:

• Solutions — Troubleshooting hints and tips, articles from technicians, and online courses

• Upgrades — Upgrade information for components, such as the printer drivers

• Customer Care — Contact information, order status, warranty, and repair information

• Downloads — Drivers

• Manuals— Printer documentation and product specifications

Go to support.dell.com. Select your region, and fill in the requested details to access help tools and information.

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Product Features

This chapter describes the product features and indicates their links.

Duplex Printing (Duplex Print)

You can print two or more pages on both sides of a sheet of paper. For models with the duplexer (2150cdn Color Printer), automatic duplex printing is available. Manual duplex printing is available for models without the duplexer (2150cn Color Printer).

Using the Stored Print Function (Stored Print)

The Stored Print feature allows you to temporarily store your print data in the printer memory and output it later. You can effectively manage your time when you print confidential data or large-volume data at off-peak hours.

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Multiple Up in the Layout tab (N-up Print)

The Multiple Up feature enables you to print documents as reduced-size documents containing 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32 pages on a single sheet of paper by setting from the printer driver. This feature helps save paper.

Installing the Optional Wireless Adapter (Wireless Print)

With wireless LAN in the printer, you can install the printer wherever you like, and print without connecting the printer to your computer directly.

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