Dell 2355dn User Guide

Dell™ 2355dn Laser MFP
User’s Guide

DellTM 2355dn Laser MFP User’s Guide

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Finding Information

Dell 2355dn MFP Quick Reference Guide
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Touch Screen
Front
Back
Quick Reference Guide Quick Reference Guide
Front
1. LCD: Display.
2. Status LED: Shows the status of your machine.
3. Job Status button: Shows the jobs.
4. M/C Setup button: Leads you to the machine setup and advanced settings. 5 Start button: Initiate operation.
6. Cancel button: Cancel displayed operation.
1. LCD: Display.
2. Status LED: Shows the status of your machine.
3. Job Status button: Shows the jobs.
4. M/C Setup button: Leads you to the machine setup and advanced settings. 5 Start button: Initiate operation.
6. Cancel button: Cancel displayed operation.
1. LCD: Display.
2. Status LED: Shows the status of your machine.
3. Job Status button: Shows the jobs.
4. M/C Setup button: Leads you to the machine setup and advanced settings. 5 Start button: Initiate operation.
6. Cancel button: Cancel displayed operation.
1. USB port
2. Locking slot
3. Network port
4. Optional tray 2 cable connector
5. Telephone line socket (Line)
6. Extension telephone socket (EXT)
7. Rear door
8. Power receptacle
9. Power switch
10. Express ervice code
11. Optional memory
12. Optional wireless card
1.
Copy: Enters the copy menu.
2. Fax: Enters the fax menu.
3. Scan: Enters the scan menu.
4. Setup: Enters the advanced settings.
5. None: You can set the option which is frequently uses on main screen. Also you can change shortcut name as well.
6. : Shows the main screen.
7. : Enters the LCD brightness, the USB memory, language, and job status.
8. : Return to the upper menu.
9. : Scroll through available options.
10. : Start a job.
Front
Front
Operator Panel
Operator Panel
Touch Screen
Touch Screen
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1. DADF
2. Document width guides
3. Document input tray
4. Document output tray
5. Operator panel
6. Output tray (face down)
7. MPF (Multi purpose feeder)
8. Front cover
9. Tray 1
10. Optional tray 2
11. USB memory port
12. Paper output extension
13. Document glass
14. Toner cartridge
15. Express ervice code
1. DADF
2. Document width guides
3. Document input tray
4. Document output tray
5. Operator panel
6. Output tray (face down)
7. MPF (Multi purpose feeder)
8. Front cover
9. Tray 1
10. Optional tray 2
11. USB memory port
12. Paper output extension
13. Document glass
14. Toner cartridge
15. Express ervice code
1. DADF
2. Document width guides
3. Document input tray
4. Document output tray
5. Operator panel
6. Output tray (face down)
7. MPF (Multi purpose feeder)
8. Front cover
9. Tray 1
10. Optional tray 2
11. USB memory port
12. Paper output extension
13. Document glass
14. Toner cartridge
15. Express ervice code
Back
Back
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2 3 5
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6
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10
11
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1. USB port
2. Locking slot
3. Network port
4. Optional tray 2 cable connector
5. Telephone line socket (Line)
6. Extension telephone socket (EXT)
7. Rear door
8. Power receptacle
9. Power switch
10. Express ervice code
11. Optional memory
12. Optional wireless card
1. USB port
2. Locking slot
3. Network port
4. Optional tray 2 cable connector
5. Telephone line socket (Line)
6. Extension telephone socket (EXT)
7. Rear door
8. Power receptacle
9. Power switch
10. Express ervice code
11. Optional memory
12. Optional wireless card
1.
Copy: Enters the copy menu.
2. Fax: Enters the fax menu.
3. Scan: Enters the scan menu.
4. Setup: Enters the advanced settings.
5. None: You can set the option which is frequently uses on main screen. Also you can change shortcut name as well.
6. : Shows the main screen.
7. : Enters the LCD brightness, the USB memory, language, and job status.
8. : Return to the upper menu.
9. : Scroll through available options.
10. : Start a job.
1.
Copy: Enters the copy menu.
2. Fax: Enters the fax menu.
3. Scan: Enters the scan menu.
4. Setup: Enters the advanced settings.
5. None: You can set the option which is frequently uses on main screen. Also you can change shortcut name as well.
6. : Shows the main screen.
7. : Enters the LCD brightness, the USB memory, language, and job status.
8. : Return to the upper menu.
9. : Scroll through available options.
10. : Start a job.
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Contents

DellTM 2355dn Laser MFP User’s Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Contacting Dell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Unpacking Your Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
About Your Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Introducing the Home Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Operator Panel Button Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Common Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Function Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Fax Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Understanding the Status LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Touchscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Understanding the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Using Shortcut Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Internal Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Printing the PCL Font list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Printing the PS3 Font list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Setting up the hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Installing the Toner Cartridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Loading Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Making Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Connecting the Telephone Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Connecting the Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Powering On the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Setting fax setup sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Dell 2355dn Laser MFP Menu Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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Printing the Printer setting and Op-panel Menu setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Printing the Printer setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Printing the Op-panel Menu setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Setting the Machine ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Changing the Display Language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Selecting Country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Power Save Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Setting the Sound/Volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Setting Daylight Savings Time (Only for USA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Scanner Lamp Power Save Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Changing the Default Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Setting the Time Out Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Setting the Job Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Setting the Toner Save Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Setting the Timing of Toner Low Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Ignoring Blank Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Ignoring the Toner Low Message (Only for Fax). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Software Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Printer Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Printer Server Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Fax Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Email Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Copy Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Printing Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Set Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Online Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Installing Software in Microsoft
®
Windows® Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Installing Dell Software for Local Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
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Network Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Installing Dell Software for Network Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Uninstalling Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Using the Dell Toner Management System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Printer Status Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Printer Settings Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
The Directory Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
The Fax Setting Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
The Setting Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
The Layout Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
The Paper Option Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
The Graphic Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
The Emulation Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
The Network(IPv4) Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Firmware Update Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Set IP Address Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Paper Handling
Print Media Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Transparencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Card Stock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Storing Print Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Identifying Print Media Sources and Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Selecting an Output Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Printing to the Output Tray (Face down) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Printing to the Rear Door (Face up) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Loading Print Media in the Paper Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Using the MPF (Multi purpose feeder). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Setting the Paper Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
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Setting the Paper Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Setting the Paper Margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Setting the Paper Tray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Setting the Tray linking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Substitute Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Setting the Default Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Setting the paper feeding flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Setting the paper auto feeding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Tray Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Tray Linking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Substitute Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
MPF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Bypass Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Tray Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Printing
Printing a Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Canceling a Print Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Basic Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Paper Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Graphic Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Advanced Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Dell Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Using a Presets Setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Using Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Printing Multiple Pages on One Sheet of the Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Change Percentage of Your Document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Fitting Your Document to a Selected Paper Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Printing Posters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Printing Booklets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Printing on Both Sides of Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
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Using Watermarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Using an Existing Watermark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Creating a Watermark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Editing a Watermark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Deleting a Watermark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Using Overlays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
What is an Overlay? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Creating a New Page Overlay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Using a Page Overlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Deleting a Page Overlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Copying
Loading Paper for Copying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Selecting the Paper Tray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Preparing a Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Loading an Original Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Making Copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Setting Copy Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Number of Copies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Enlarge/Reduce Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Contrast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Original Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Original Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Using Special Copy Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
ECO Copying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Book Copying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Collate Copying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Auto Fit Copying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Clone Copying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Poster Copying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
ID Copying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
2-up or 4-up copying (N-up). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Printing Copies on Both Sides of Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
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Changing the Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Scanning
Scanning Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
SmarThru Office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Starting SmarThru Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Using SmarThru Office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Scanning Using Dell Scan Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
About Dell Scan Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Setting scan information in Dell Scan Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Scanning to a PC Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Scanning and Sending an Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Quick email sending to predefined multi destination by Shortcut . . . . . . . . . . 162
Creating shortcut Meun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Scanning and Sending an Email to multi destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Scanning and Sending to SMB Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Scanning and Sending to FTP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
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Scanning and Sending Custom Email. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Scan to Fax Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Scanning Using the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) Driver. . . . . . . . . . . 167
Scanning to the USB Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
About USB Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Plugging in a USB memory key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Scanning Using the Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Changing the Scan Feature Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Managing the USB Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Deleting an Image File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Formatting the USB Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Printing from the USB Memory Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Viewing the USB Memory Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Scan to Email Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Setting up the Email Account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Scanning by a network connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Preparing for network scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Setting up Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Registering local email numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Adding an E-mail Address to Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Editing or Deleting an E-mail Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Group Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Configuring group email numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Assigning Email Addresses to a Group Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Deleting a Group Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Editing Group Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Printing Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Changing Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Networking
About Sharing the Printer on a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Locally-shared Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Wired Network-connected Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Printing Across a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Setting Up the Locally Shared Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
In Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Server 2008/Vista/ 7/ Server 2008 R2 186
Setting Up a Network-connected Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
1 Via Network Administration Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
2 Via the Operator Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Google Cloud Print™. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Registering your Google account to the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Printing with Google Cloud Print™. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Faxing
Setting the Printer ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
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Setting the Time and Date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Setting Daylight Savings Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Changing the Clock Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Setting Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Speaker, Ringer, Dial Tone, Fault, Conflict, and Selection . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Toll Save Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Setting up the Fax System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Changing the Fax Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Available Fax Defaults Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Testing Fax line connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Sending a Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Adjusting the Document Contrast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Adjusting the Document Resolution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Sending a Fax Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Sending a Fax Automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Sending a Fax Directly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Confirming Transmissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Automatic Redialing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Redialing fax number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
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Receiving a Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
About Receiving Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Loading Paper for Receiving Faxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Receiving Automatically in the Fax Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Receiving Manually in the Tel Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Receiving Automatically in the Ans/Fax Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Receiving Manually Using an Extension Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Receiving Faxes Using the DRPD Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Receiving Faxes in the Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Automatic Dialing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Speed Dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Group Dialing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Searching for a Number in the Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Printing a Phonebook List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Other Ways to Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Sending a Delayed Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Sending a Priority Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Adding Documents to a Scheduled Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Canceling a Scheduled Fax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Fax Forward to E-mail addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Additional Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Using the Secure Receiving Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Printing Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Using Advanced Fax Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Fax Data Back-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Macintosh
Installing Software for Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Install the printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
UnInstall the printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Install the Scan driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
UnInstall the scan driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Setting Up the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
For a Network-connected Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
For a USB-connected Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Printing a Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Changing Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Printing Multiple Pages on One Sheet of Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Duplex Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Linux
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Installing the MFP Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Installing the MFP Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Uninstalling the MFP Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
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Using the Unified Driver Configurator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Printers Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Scanners Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
MFP Ports Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Configuring Printer Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Printing a Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Printing from Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Printing Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Scanning a Document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Using the Image Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Maintenance
Clearing the printer NVRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Backing up Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Backing up Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Restoring Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Cleaning Your Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Cleaning the Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Cleaning the Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Cleaning the scanner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
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Maintaining the Toner Cartridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Storing the Toner Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Redistributing Toner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Replacing the Toner Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Cleaning the Drum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Replacement Parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Ordering Supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Troubleshooting
Clearing Jams in the DADF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Clearing Jams in the Paper Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Paper Feed Jam (tray 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Paper Feed Jam (optional tray 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
MPF Jam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Fuser Area Jam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Paper Exit Jam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Duplex Jam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Tips for Avoiding Paper Jams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Clearing LCD Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Solving Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Paper Feeding Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Printing Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Printing Quality Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Fax Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Copying Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Scanning Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Global address problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Common Windows Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Common Linux Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Common Macintosh Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Troubleshooting PostScript (PS) Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Installing Accessories
Precautions When Installing Printer Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Installing Printer Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Installing an Optional Tray 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Installing Wireless Network interface card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Specifications
General Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Scanner and Copier Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Printer Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Facsimile Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
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Paper Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Guidelines for Using Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Paper Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Paper Output Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Printer and Paper Storage Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
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Unpacking Your Printer

Dell 2355dn MFP Quick Reference Guide
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Touch Screen
Front
Back
Quick Reference Guide Quick Reference Guide
Front
1. LCD: Display.
2. Status LED: Shows the status of your machine.
3. Job Status button: Shows the jobs.
4. M/C Setup button: Leads you to the machine setup and advanced settings. 5 Start button: Initiate operation.
6. Cancel button: Cancel displayed operation.
1. LCD: Display.
2. Status LED: Shows the status of your machine.
3. Job Status button: Shows the jobs.
4. M/C Setup button: Leads you to the machine setup and advanced settings. 5 Start button: Initiate operation.
6. Cancel button: Cancel displayed operation.
1. LCD: Display.
2. Status LED: Shows the status of your machine.
3. Job Status button: Shows the jobs.
4. M/C Setup button: Leads you to the machine setup and advanced settings. 5 Start button: Initiate operation.
6. Cancel button: Cancel displayed operation.
1. USB port
2. Locking slot
3. Network port
4. Optional tray 2 cable connector
5. Telephone line socket (Line)
6. Extension telephone socket (EXT)
7. Rear door
8. Power receptacle
9. Power switch
10. Express ervice code
11. Optional memory
12. Optional wireless card
1.
Copy: Enters the copy menu.
2. Fax: Enters the fax menu.
3. Scan: Enters the scan menu.
4. Setup: Enters the advanced settings.
5. None: You can set the option which is frequently uses on main screen. Also you can change shortcut name as well.
6. : Shows the main screen.
7. : Enters the LCD brightness, the USB memory, language, and job status.
8. : Return to the upper menu.
9. : Scroll through available options.
10. : Start a job.
Front
Front
Operator Panel
Operator Panel
Touch Screen
Touch Screen
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1
7
1
3
4
7
8
5
2
6
9 10
11 12
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15
1. DADF
2. Document width guides
3. Document input tray
4. Document output tray
5. Operator panel
6. Output tray (face down)
7. MPF (Multi purpose feeder)
8. Front cover
9. Tray 1
10. Optional tray 2
11. USB memory port
12. Paper output extension
13. Document glass
14. Toner cartridge
15. Express ervice code
1. DADF
2. Document width guides
3. Document input tray
4. Document output tray
5. Operator panel
6. Output tray (face down)
7. MPF (Multi purpose feeder)
8. Front cover
9. Tray 1
10. Optional tray 2
11. USB memory port
12. Paper output extension
13. Document glass
14. Toner cartridge
15. Express ervice code
1. DADF
2. Document width guides
3. Document input tray
4. Document output tray
5. Operator panel
6. Output tray (face down)
7. MPF (Multi purpose feeder)
8. Front cover
9. Tray 1
10. Optional tray 2
11. USB memory port
12. Paper output extension
13. Document glass
14. Toner cartridge
15. Express ervice code
Back
Back
1
2 3 5
4
6
8
9
10
11
12
1. USB port
2. Locking slot
3. Network port
4. Optional tray 2 cable connector
5. Telephone line socket (Line)
6. Extension telephone socket (EXT)
7. Rear door
8. Power receptacle
9. Power switch
10. Express ervice code
11. Optional memory
12. Optional wireless card
1. USB port
2. Locking slot
3. Network port
4. Optional tray 2 cable connector
5. Telephone line socket (Line)
6. Extension telephone socket (EXT)
7. Rear door
8. Power receptacle
9. Power switch
10. Express ervice code
11. Optional memory
12. Optional wireless card
1.
Copy: Enters the copy menu.
2. Fax: Enters the fax menu.
3. Scan: Enters the scan menu.
4. Setup: Enters the advanced settings.
5. None: You can set the option which is frequently uses on main screen. Also you can change shortcut name as well.
6. : Shows the main screen.
7. : Enters the LCD brightness, the USB memory, language, and job status.
8. : Return to the upper menu.
9. : Scroll through available options.
10. : Start a job.
1.
Copy: Enters the copy menu.
2. Fax: Enters the fax menu.
3. Scan: Enters the scan menu.
4. Setup: Enters the advanced settings.
5. None: You can set the option which is frequently uses on main screen. Also you can change shortcut name as well.
6. : Shows the main screen.
7. : Enters the LCD brightness, the USB memory, language, and job status.
8. : Return to the upper menu.
9. : Scroll through available options.
10. : Start a job.
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Select a location for your printer.
CAUTION: The printer requires at least two people to lift it safely.
Leave enough room to open the printer tray, covers, doors, and options. It is also important to allow enough space around the printer for proper ventilation.
Provide the proper environment:
A firm, level surface.
Away from the direct airflow of air conditioners, heaters, or ventilators.
Away from sunlight, extreme humidity, or high fluctuat ions in temperature.
A clean, dry, and dust free lowcation.
Select a level, stable place with adequate space for air circulation. See "
hardware".
Do not set the machine close to the edge of your desk or table.
NOTE: Leave the printer in the box until you are ready to install it.
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In addition to the
Dell 2355dn Laser MFP
, ensure that you have the following items in the
box. If there is a missing item, contact Dell:
Setting up the
Toner cartridge
Quick Reference Guide
Power cord
c
Telephone line cord
a
a
Software and Documentation CD
Setup diagram
b
Product Information Guide
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a The appearance of the power cord and the telephone line cord may differ according to your country’s
specifications.
b The Software and Documentation CD contains Dell printer drivers, Scan drivers, Printer Settings Utility,
Set IP, Macintosh driver, Linux driver, Dell Toner Management System, SmarThru Office and a User’s Guide.
c Quick Reference Guide may not be provided with your product depending on your country.
NOTE: Use the telephone line cord supplied with your printer. If you choose to use a different
cord, use an A W G #26 or lower gauge cord that is not more than 250 cm (98 inches) in length.
NOTE: The power cord must be plugged into a grounded power socket.
3
Save the carton and packing material in case the printer needs to be repacked.
4
Remove the packing tape from the front, back, and sides of the printer.
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5
Remove the label completely from the scanner m odule by gently pull ing it. The scan u nlock switch should move forward to the unlock position as the label is pulled out.
NOTE: To confirm the scanner is unlocked, open the scanner cover and ensure that the blue
latch is in the unlocked ( ) position. If the latch is not in the unlocked position, reach under the operator panel and pull it forward. If the scan switch is locked, you cannot copy or scan.
NOTE: When you are moving the printer or do not intend to use it for a long period of time,
move the switch BACKWARD to the lock position, as shown. To scan or copy a document, the switch must be unlocked.
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About Your Printer

DADF (Duplex Automatic
Document Feeder) cover
document width guides
operator panel (See
"Operator Panel
Button Functions".)
optional tray 2
(250-sheet paper feeder)
tray 1
(250-sheet paper feeder)
front cover
document glass
document input tray
MPF (multi
purpose feeder)
output tray (face down)
document output tray
toner cartridge
USB memory port
paper output
extension
These are the main components of your printer . T he following illustrations show the standard
2355dn Laser MFP
and an optional tray 2 attached:

Front View

Dell
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Rear V i ew

USB port
a
If you want to connect the extension phone or answering machine, see "Making Connections".
b
Y ou can purchase a cable lock that completely prevents access to the control board cover.
control board cover
optional tray 2 cable
power receptacle
extension telephone socket (EXT)
a
telephone line socket (Line)
optional tray 2 cable connector
network port
locking unit slot
b
power switch
rear door
(open for face
up output)
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Operator Panel Button Functions

Function keys

Fax keys
Status LED

Common keys

Common Keys
Press: To:
Stop an operation at any time, or return to main menu.
Reverts the current setting to the default values.
Start a job.
Function Keys
Press: To:
Deletes characters in the edit area.
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Job status shows the jobs currently running and in queue.
You can copy both sides of an ID Card, such as a driver’s license, to a single side of paper.
Gives detailed information about machine’s info., reports, troubleshooting guide, and quick reference guide.

Fax Keys

Press: To:
Dial/Enter number.

Understanding the Status LED

When the problem occurs, the Status LED indicates the ma chin e's condition by the light color of it's action.
Status Description Off
Green Blinking The machine is warming up or ready to receive the data.
On The machine is on-line and can be used.
Orange Blinking
• The machine is off-line.
• The machine is in power save mode. When data is received, or any button is pressed, it switches to on-line automatically.
• A minor error has occurred and the machine is waiting for the error to be cleared. Check the display message. When the problem is cleared, the machine resumes.
• The toner cartridge is low. Order a new toner cartridge. You can temporarily improve print quality by redistributing the toner.
• The toner cartridge is totally empty. Remove the old toner cartridge and install a new one.
• A paper jam has occurred.
• There is no paper in the tray. Load paper in the tray.
• The machine has stopped due to a major error. Check the display message.
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Introducing the Home Screen

Touchscreen

The home screen on the control panel allows user-f riendly operation of the machine. Once you press the home icon ( ) on the screen , it shows the home screen.
Copy
: Enters the LCD Brightness, USB, and Language.
: Shows the toner status.
: Start a job.
: Scroll through available options.
: Enters the copy menu.
Scan
: Enters the scan menu.
Fax
: Enters the fax menu.
Setup
: You can browse current machine settings or change machine values.
Shortcuts 1, 2, 3
Also you can change shortcut name as well. Shortcut1 to Shortcut5 are pre-assigned by default. You can change it at anytime. See "Using Shortcut Menu".
USB
: Enters the USB menu when USB memory is inserted into the USB memory port on
your machine.
Language LCD Brightness
...
8,9,10
: You can set the option which is frequently used on home screen.
: Changes the display language on the display screen.
: Adjusts brightness of the display screen.
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Understanding the Keyboard

You can enter alphabet characters, numbers, diacritical marks, or special symbols using the keyboard on the home screen. This keyboard is specially arranged like a normal keyboard for better usability to the user.
Touch the input area where you need to enter alphabet characters, numbers, diacritical marks, or special symbols and the keyboard pops up on the screen.
: Return to the upper menu.
: Deletes all characters in the input area.
: Moves the cursor between characters in the input area.
: Deletes the character on the left side of the cursor .
: Saves and closes input result.
: Enters a blank between characters. Also, you can insert a pa use in the fax number. A “,” appears on the display.
: T oggles between lowercase keys and uppercase keys or vice versa.
: Switches from the alphanumeric keyboa rd to the numbers or specia l symbol s keyboard.
: Switches diacritical characters.
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Using Shortcut Menu

You can set the option which is frequently used on home screen.
Creating Shortcut Menu
1
Press
Shortcut
2
Press the left/right arrows to select the you want shortcut.
3
Press the left/right arrows to select the feature you want.
4
If you want to change shortcut name, press when the confirmation window appears and enter the new name using the keyboard. Otherwise, press
Setting the Default Settings
The default settings are used unless they are changed by using the operator panel. To create your own default settings:
1
Press
Setup
2
Press the
3
Press
Default Setting
4
Press the left/right arrows to select
5
Press the left/right arrows to select the you want shortcut.
6
Press the left/right arrows to select the feature you want.
7
If you want to change shortcut name, press when the confirmation window appears and enter the new name using the keyboard. Otherwise, press
( ) from the home screen.
Machine Setup
Next
( ) button.
.
from the home screen.
Shortcut Default
.
.
.
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Internal Fonts

The
Dell 2355dn Laser MFP
If you want to see the PCL and PS font list, follow these steps:

Printing the PCL Font list

1
Press
Setup
Machine Setup
2
Press the
3
Press the up/down arrows to select
4
Press the up/down arrows to select
5
PCL Font list pages print out.
Next
( ) button.

Printing the PS3 Font list

1
Press
Setup
Machine Setup
2
Press the
3
Press the up/down arrows to select
4
Press the up/down arrows to select
5
PS Font list pages print out.
NOTE: You can add additional PCL fonts and PS fonts in Printer Settings Utility. See "Printer
Settings Utility".
Next
( ) button.
Laser printer supports the PCL and PS fonts.
from the home screen.
Reports PCL Font List
.
.
from the home screen.
Report
.
PS Font List
.
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Setting up the hardware

200 mm
(7.8 inches)
100 mm
(3.9 inches)
485 mm (19 inches)
200 mm
(7.8 inches)
This section shows the steps to set up the hardware which is explaine d in the Placemat. Make sure you read the Placemat and complete the following steps:
1
Select a stable location. Select a level, stable place with adequate space for air circulation. Allow extra spac e to open
covers and trays. The area should be well-ventilated and away from direct sunlight or sources of heat, cold,
and humidity. Do not set the machine close to the edge of your desk or table.
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2 3
Place the machine on a flat, stable surface so tha t there is no inc line greater than 2 m m (0.08 inch). Otherwise, printing quality may be affected.
Unpack the machine and check all the enclosed items. Remove the tape holding the machine tightly.
4
Install the print cartridge.
5
Load paper . S ee "Loading Paper".
6
Make sure that all the cables are connected to the printer.
7
Turn the printer on.
NOTE:
printer may be contaminated by toner, which can cause damage to the printer or result in bad printing quality.
When you move the printer, do not tilt or turn it upside down. Otherwise, the inside of the

Installing the Toner Cartridge

1
Open the front cover.
CAUTION: To prevent damag e, do not expose the ton er cartridge to light for more than a few
minutes.
CAUTION: Do not touch the green underside of the toner cartridge. Use the handle on the
cartridge to avoid touching this area.
2
Remove the toner cartridge from its bag and thoroughly shake the cartridge from side-to-side to distribute the toner evenly inside the cartridge.
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