Dell 2155CN, 2155CDN User Manual 2

Dell™ 2155cn/2155cdn Multifunction

Color Printer User's Guide

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Contents

Dell™ 2155cn/2155cdn Multifunction Color Printer User's Guide 1 Before Beginning 25

A Notes, Notices, and Cautions . . . . . . . . 27

1 Dell™ 2155cn/2155cdn Multifunction Color

Printer User's Guide 29

2 Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

3 Product Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

4 About the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Front and Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Front View

Rear View

Space Requirements

Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Securing the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

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Ordering Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Setting up the Printer (Printer Setup) 47

5 Preparing Printer Hardware . . . . . . . . . 49

Removing Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Removing the Print Head Device (PHD) Ribbons . . . . . 50

Installing the Toner Cartridges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

6 Installing Optional Accessories . . . . . . 53

Installing the Optional Memory Module . . . . . . . 53

Printing System Settings Report

Updating Your Driver to Detect Memory Module

Installing the Optional 250-Sheet Feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Printing System Settings Report

Updating Your Driver to Detect 250-Sheet Feeder 63

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Installing the Optional Wireless Adapter . . . . . . . 64

Verifying the Contents of the Box

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Installing the Wireless Adapter Using Video Instructions (Recommended)

Installing the Optional Wireless Adapter

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Printing System Settings Report . . . . . . . . . 67

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

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7 Connecting Your Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Connecting Printer to Computer or Network . . . . . 92

Direct Connection

Network Connection

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Connecting the Telephone Line

Turning on the Printer

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Setting Initial Settings on the Operator Panel . . . . . 97

8 Setting the IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Assigning an IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

When Using the Easy Setup Navigator

When Using the Operator Panel

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When Using the Tool Box . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Verifying the IP Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Verifying the Settings Using System Settings Report

Verifying the Settings Using Ping Command

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9 Loading Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

10 Installing Printer Drivers on the Windows

Computers

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Identifying Printer Driver Pre-install Status . . . . . . 113

When Using the Operator Panel

When Using the Tool Box

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Disabling Firewall Before Installing Printer Software

Inserting the Drivers and Utility CD

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Direct Connection Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Network Connection Setup

Network Printer Setup on a Local Network

Network Printer Setup on a Remote Network

Setting Up for Shared Printing

Point and Print

Peer-to-Peer

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11 Installing Printer Drivers on the Macintosh

Computers 141

Installing the Drivers and Software . . . . . . . . . . 141

Adding a Printer on Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6

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Adding a Printer on Mac OS X 10.4.11 . . . . . 143

Adding a Printer on Mac OS X 10.3.9

Configuring Settings

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12 Installing Printer Drivers on the Linux Computers

(CUPS) 147

Operation on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 WS/5 Client 147

Setup Overview

Installing the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147

Setting Up the Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148

Setting the Default Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Specifying the Printing Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Uninstalling the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

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Operation on SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10

Setup Overview

Installing the Printer Driver

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Setting Up the Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Setting the Default Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Specifying the Printing Options

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Setting the Password for Authority as the Printer Administrator 153

Uninstalling the Printer Driver

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Operation on SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11

Setup Overview

Installing the Printer Driver

Setting Up the Queue

Setting the Default Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Specifying the Printing Options

Setting the Password for Authority as the Printer Administrator 157

Uninstalling the Printer Driver

Using Your Printer 159

13 Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool . 161

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

When Using the Operator Panel

When Using the Tool Box . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Using the Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool . . . . . . 163

Printer Status

Printer Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Printer Settings

Print Server Settings

Copy Printer Settings

Print Volume

Address Book

Printer Information

Tray Settings

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E-Mail Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Set Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Online Help

Order Supplies at:

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Contact Dell Support at: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Setting Up the Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool0 . 165

Setting Up From Web Browser

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Setting Up From Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168

Page Display Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Top Frame

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Left Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Right Frame

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Changing the Settings of the Menu Items . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Details of the Menu Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173

Printer Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176

Printer Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178

Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179

Print Server Settings

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Copy Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245

Print Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245

Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248

Tray Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259

14 Print Media Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

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Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Paper Characteristics

Recommended Paper

Unacceptable Paper

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Selecting Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263

Selecting Pre-Printed Media and Letterheads

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Selecting Pre-Punched Paper . . . . . . . . . . 264

Printing on a Letterhead (Pre-Printed and Pre-Punched Paper) 265

Envelopes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Labels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Storing Print Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Identifying Print Media and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . 270

Supported Paper Sizes

Supported Paper Types

Paper Type Specifications

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15 Loading Print Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Print Media Dimensions

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

250-Sheet Feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

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

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Loading Letterhead (Pre-Printed and Pre-Punched Paper) 278

Loading Print Media in the SSF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Loading an Envelope in the SSF

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Using the SSF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Linking Trays

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16 Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

Using the Operator Panel Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . 285

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Printing a Panel Settings Page . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

When Using the Operator Panel

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When Using the Tool Box . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Printing, Copying, Scanning, and Faxing 289

17 Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Tips for Successful Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Tips on Storing Print Media

Avoiding Paper Jams

Sending a Job to Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Canceling a Print Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Canceling a Job From the Operator Panel

Canceling a Job From a Computer Running Windows 293

Duplex Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Duplex Printing With Duplexer (Dell 2155cdn Multifunction Color Printer Only)

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Duplex Printing Without Duplexer (Dell 2155cn Multifunction

Color Printer Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

Using Booklet Print (Dell 2155cn and 2155cdn Models)

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Using the Stored Print Function

Secure Print

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Private MailBox Print

Public MailBox Print

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Proof Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

Storing Print Jobs

Printing the Stored Jobs

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

Deleting Stored Jobs

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Printing from USB Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

Supported File Formats

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PDF Port Direct Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

Printing a Report Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

Printing System Settings Report

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Printing Font Sample List . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Printing System Settings Report

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Using the Operator Panel to Change the Printer Settings 305

Using the Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool to Change the Printer Settings

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Resetting Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

Adjusting the Language

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18 Copying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Loading Paper for Copying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Selecting Paper Tray

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Preparing a Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Making Copies From the Document Glass

Making Copies From the ADF

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Setting Copy Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

Number of Copies

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Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

Select Tray

SSF Paper Size

SSF Paper Type

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Collated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319

Reduce/Enlarge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

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Document Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322

Original Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

Lighter/Darker

Sharpness

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Color Saturation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325

Auto Exposure

2 Sided

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Multiple-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

Margin Top/Bottom

Margin Left/Right

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Margin Middle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331

Changing the Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 331

Setting the Power Saver Timer Option

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19 Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

Scanning Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

Scanning - With scanner driver

Scanning - Without scanner driver

Scanning From the Operator Panel

Scanning Using the TWAIN Driver

Scan Setting Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

IP Address Settings

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Password Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345

Scanning Using the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) Driver

Scanning to Network

Overview

Procedures

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Setting a Login Name and a Password (SMB Only)

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Creating a Shared Folder (SMB Only) . . . . . . 352

Setting a Destination Using an Address Book . . 359

Sending the Scanned File on the Network

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Scanning to a USB Memory

Types of a USB Memory

Specifying a Folder to Save the Scanned Image

Inserting and Removing a USB Memory

Sending an E-Mail With the Scanned Image

Setting an E-Mail Alert

Registering a New User

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Sending an E-mail With the Scanned File . . . . 372

20 Faxing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375

Specifying the Fax Initial Settings Using the Easy Setup Navigator 375

Setting Your Country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376

Setting the Printer ID

Using the Numeric Keypad to Enter Characters

Keypad Letters and Numbers

Changing Numbers or Names

Inserting a Pause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379

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Setting the Time and Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379

Changing the Clock Mode

Setting Sounds

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Speaker Volume

Ringer Volume

Specifying the Fax Settings Options

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Changing the Fax Settings Options . . . . . . . 381

Available Fax Settings Options . . . . . . . . . 382

Advanced Fax Settings

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Sending a Fax

Loading an Original Document

Adjusting the Document Resolution

Adjusting the Document Contrast

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Sending a Fax Automatically . . . . . . . . . . 393

Sending a Fax Manually

Confirming Transmissions

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Automatic Redialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395

Sending a Delayed Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395

Sending a Fax from the Driver (Direct Fax)

Example

Receiving a Fax

About Receiving Modes

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Loading Paper for Receiving Faxes

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Receiving a Fax Automatically in the Fax Mode 404

Receiving a Fax Manually in the Telephone Mode

404

Receiving a Fax Automatically in the Telephone/Fax or Ans

Machine/Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405

Receiving a Fax Manually Using an External Telephone

Receiving Faxes Using the DRPD

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Receiving Faxes in the Memory . . . . . . . . . 406

Polling Receive

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Automatic Dialing

Speed Dialing

Setting Speed Dial

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Sending a Fax Using Speed Dial

Group Dialing

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Setting Group Dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

Editing Group Dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410

Sending a Fax Using Group Dial (Multi-address Transmission) 411

Printing a Speed Dial List . . . . . . . . . . . . 412

Phone Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412

Other Ways to Fax

Using the Secure Receiving Mode

Using an Answering Machine

Using a Computer Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . 416

Printing a Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416

Speed Dial

Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417

Server Address

Fax Activity

Fax Pending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417

Print Meter

Changing Setting Options

Know Your Printer 419

21 Understanding the Tool Box Menus

Printer Settings Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421

Printer Information

Menu Settings

Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426

TCP/IP Settings

Defaults Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .427

Fax Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .431

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418

. . 421

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427

Printer Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433

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System Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433

Date & Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .439

Paper Density

Color Registration Adjustment

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440

. . . . . . . . . 440

Adjust Altitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442

Reset Defaults

Non-Dell Toner

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

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443

Initialize Print Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443

Tray Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .443

TCP/IP Settings

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

Network Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447

Copy Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .447

Scan Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .453

Fax Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .456

Print from USB Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .458

Fax Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .460

Diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463

Chart Print

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463

Machine Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464

Paper Wrinkle Check Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .465

Environment Sensor Info

. . . . . . . . . . . . 466

Clean Developer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467

Refresh Mode

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467

22 Understanding the Printer Menus . . . . 469

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Resetting Defaults

When Using the Tool Box

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467

. . . . . . . . . . . . 467

Report / List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469

System Settings

Panel Settings

PCL Fonts List

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469

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PCL Macro List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469

PDF Fonts List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470

Job History

Error History

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470

Print Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470

Color Test Page

Protocol Monitor

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470

Speed Dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470

Address Book

Server Address

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471

Fax Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471

Fax Pending

Stored Documents

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471

Admin Menu

Phone Book

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471

Print Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472

Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482

Fax Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .490

System Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501

Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513

Secure Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .519

USB Settings

Defaults Settings

Copy Defaults

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522

Scan Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524

Fax Defaults

Print from USB Defaults

Tray Settings

Panel Language

Print Menu

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525

. . . . . . . . . . . . 526

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530

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Secure Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530

Private Mail Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531

Public Mail Box

Proof Print

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533

Secure Receive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534

Copy Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534

Select Tray

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534

SSF Paper Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535

SSF Paper Type

Collated

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537

Reduce/Enlarge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537

Document Size

Original Type

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539

Lighter/Darker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .539

Sharpness

Color Saturation

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540

Auto Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540

2Sided

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540

Multiple-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541

Margin Top/Bottom

Margin Left/Right

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541

Margin Middle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542

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Scan Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542

Scan to USB Memory

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542

Scan to E-Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542

Scan to Network

Scan to Application

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543

File Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544

Color Mode

Resolution

Document Size

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545

Lighter/Darker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .546

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Sharpness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546

Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546

Auto Exposure

Margin Top/Bottom

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547

Margin Left/Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547

Margin Middle

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547

Fax Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548

Fax to

Resolution

Lighter/Darker

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549

OnHook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549

Delayed Start

Polling Receive

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550

Fax Cover Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550

Print from USB Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550

Document

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550

Select Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551

SSF Paper Size

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551

SSF Paper Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552

2Sided

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552

Layout

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553

PDF Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553

Panel Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553

Enabling the Panel Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .553

Disabling the Panel Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554

Resetting Defaults

When Using the Operator Panel

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555

. . . . . . . . . 555

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23 Understanding Your Printer Software . 557

Printer Settings Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559

Status Window

Tool Box

Updater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560

Troubleshooting

Address Book Editor

ScanButton Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560

Dell ScanCenter

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560

Address Books

Types of Address Books

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 561

Adding and Editing Entries to the Address Books

Status Monitor Widget for Macintosh

Status Monitor Widget Feature

. . . . . . . . . 565

. . . . . . . . . 566

Before Installing the Status Monitor Widget

Installing the Status Monitor Widget

. . . . . . . 566

Opening and Closing the Status Monitor Widget 567

Printer Status Window

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568

Order Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569

Preferences

Status Monitor Console for Linux

Status Monitor Console Feature

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570

. . . . . . . . . . 571

. . . . . . . . . 572

Before Installing the Status Monitor Console

Installing the Status Monitor Console

. . . . . . 572

Starting the Status Monitor Console . . . . . . . 573

Printer Selection Window

Printer Status Window

. . . . . . . . . . . . 573

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574

Dell Supplies Management System Window

Service Tag Window

Settings Window

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577

562

. . . 566

. . 572

. . . 575

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24 Understanding Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581

Typefaces and Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581

Weight and Style

Pitch and Point Size

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582

Bitmapped and Scalable Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583

Resident Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585

Symbol Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586

Symbol Sets for PCL 5/PCL 6

. . . . . . . . . . 586

25 Understanding Printer Messages . . . . . 589

26 Printing With Web Services on Devices (WSD)

601

Adding Roles of Printer Services . . . . . . . . . . . 601

Printer Setup

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602

Installing a Printer Driver Using the Add Printer Wizard

27 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605

Operating System Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . 605

Power Supply

Dimensions

Memory

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

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606

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MIB Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606

Environment

Operation

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606

Print Quality Guarantee

Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607

Altitude

Cables

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607

Copier Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608

Scanner Specifications

Facsimile Specifications

Maintaining Your Printer 611

28 Maintaining Your Printer . . . . . . . . . . 613

Determining the Status of Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613

Conserving Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613

Ordering Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 606

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609

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Storing Print Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614

Storing Consumables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615

Replacing the Toner Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615

Removing the Toner Cartridge

Installing a Toner Cartridge

. . . . . . . . . . 616

. . . . . . . . . . . 617

Replacing the Print Head Device (PHD) Unit . . . . . . . . 619

Removing the PHD Unit

Installing a PHD Unit

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 619

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622

Replacing the Retard Roller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627

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Removing the Retard Roller in the Standard 250-Sheet Tray 628

Installing a Retard Roller in the Standard 250-Sheet Tray

629

Cleaning Inside the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631

Cleaning the Feed Roller

Cleaning the CTD Sensor

. . . . . . . . . . . . 631

. . . . . . . . . . . . 637

Cleaning the Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640

Cleaning the ADF Feed Roller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642

Adjusting Color Registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643

Printing the Color Registration Chart

. . . . . . 643

Determining Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644

Entering Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646

29 Removing Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649

Removing the Optional Memory Module . . . . . . . 649

Removing the Optional 250-Sheet Feeder. . . . . . . . . . . 652

Removing the Optional Wireless Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . 654

30 Clearing Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659

Avoiding Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659

Identifying the Location of Paper Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660

Clearing Paper Jams From the ADF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661

Clearing Paper Jams From the SSF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664

Clearing Paper Jams From the Standard 250-Sheet Tray 668

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Clearing Paper Jams From the Fuser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 672

Clearing Paper Jams From the Duplexer . . . . . . . . . . . . 676

Clearing Paper Jams From the Optional 250-Sheet Feeder 677

Troubleshooting 683

31 Troubleshooting Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . 685

Basic Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685

Display Problems

Printing Problems

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686

Print Quality Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688

The output is too light

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689

Toner smears or print comes off . . . . . . . . . 692

Random spots/Blurred images

The entire output is blank

. . . . . . . . . . 693

. . . . . . . . . . . . 694

Streaks appear on the output . . . . . . . . . . . 696

Part or the entire output is black

. . . . . . . . . 697

Pitched color dots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698

Vertical blanks

Ghosting

Light-induced fatigue

Fog

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703

Bead-Carry-Out (BCO)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 704

Jagged characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705

Banding

Auger mark

Wrinkled/Stained paper

Damage on the leading edge of paper

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 707

. . . . . . 709

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Jam/Alignment Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710

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The top and side margins are incorrect . . . . . . 710

Color registration is out of alignment . . . . . . 710

Images are skewed

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712

Standard 250-Sheet Tray Misfeed Jam . . . . . . . . . .712

SSF Misfeed Jam

Optional 250-Sheet Feeder Misfeed Jam

Regi Jam (Exit Sensor On JAM)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714

. . . . . 716

. . . . . . . . . 717

Exit Jam (Exit Sensor Off JAM) . . . . . . . . . 717

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

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718

SSF Multi-feed Jam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718

Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719

Appendix 737

B Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739

Copy Problem

Fax Problems

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720

Scanning Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723

Problems With Installed Optional Accessories

Scanner Driver/Printer Utility Problems

Before Beginning

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data and tells you how to avoid the problem.

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