Dell 1110 User Guide

							  The  Layout  tab provides options for you to adjust how the document appears on the printed page. The  Layout Options  section includes advanced printing 
options, such as  Multiple Pages per Side  and  Poster . See step 3 in  Printing a Document  for more information on accessing printer properties.    
 
   
Paper Tab  
  Use the following options to set paper handling needs when you access printer properties. See step 3 in  Printing a Document  for more information about 
accessing printer properties. Click the  Paper  tab to access paper properties.    
 Property   Description  
 Orientation   Orientation   allows you to select the direction in which information is printed on a page.  
If you want to rotate the page 180 - degrees,  select  180  from the  Rotate  drop - down list.  
   • Portrait  prints across the width of the page, letter style.
• Landscape  prints across the length of the page, spreadsheet style.
 Layout Options   Layout Options  allows you to select advanced printing options. For details, see  Printing Multiple Pages on One Sheet of Paper and 
Printing Posters .  
  Double - sided 
Printing Double - sided Printing  allows you to print two - sided jobs manually. For details, see  Printing on Both Sides of Paper (Manual 
Duplex) .  
Property   Description  
 Copies   Copies  allows you to choose the number of copies to be printed. You can enter up to 999.  
 Size   The  Size  option allows you to choose the size of paper loaded in the paper tray.   
If the required size is not listed in the Size box,  click  Custom . When the Custom Page Size window appears, set the paper size and 
click  OK . The setting appears on the list so that you can select it.      
						

							   
Graphics Tab  
   
Use the following graphic options to adjust the print quality for your specific printing needs. See step 3 in  Printing a Document  for more information about 
accessing printer properties. Click the  Graphics  tab to display the properties shown below.   
       
 Source   Make sure that  Source  is set to the appropriate paper input mode.  
The  Manual Feed   source is used when printing on special materials. You need to load one sheet at a time into the paper tray. See 
Using Manual Feed Mode .  
If the paper source is set to  Auto Select , the printer automatically picks up print materials from the paper tray.  
 Type   Make sure that  Type  is set to  Printer Default .  If you load a different type of print material,  select the corresponding paper type. For 
more information about print materials, refer to  Paper Handling .  
If you are using cotton paper,  set the paper type to  Thick  for the best results.  
If you are using recycled paper or color paper,  select  Color Paper .  
 Scaling   Scaling  allows you to automatically or manually scale your print job on a page. You can choose from  None ,  Fit to Page , and 
Reduce/Enlarge .  
For details, see  Fitting Your Document to a Selected Paper Size  and  Printing a Reduced or Enlarged Document .  
Property   Description  
 Resolution   You can select the printing resolution by choosing from  600 dpi [Normal]  or  300 dpi [Draft] . The higher the 
setting, the sharper the clarity of printed characters and graphics. Higher settings may increase the time it takes 
to print a document.
  Toner Save Mode Selecting this option extends the life of your toner cartridge and reduces your cost per page without a 
significant reduction in print quality.  
• On : Select this option to allow the printer to use less toner on each page.
• Off : If you dont need to save toner when printing, select this option.
 Darkness   Use this option to lighten or darken your print job.  
• Normal : This setting is for normal documents.
• Light : This setting is for documents with bolder line widths or darker gray - scale images.
• Dark : This setting is for documents with finer line widths, higher definition graphics, and lighter gray - scale 
images.  
						

							   
Extras Tab  
  See step 3 in  Printing a Document  for more information about accessing printer properties. Click the  Extras  tab to access the following features:  
   
   
About Tab  
  Use the  About  tab to display the copyright notice and the version number of the driver. If you have an Internet browser, you can connect to the Internet by 
clicking  DellWebsite . See step 3 in  Printing a Document  for more information about accessing printer properties.  
   
Printer Tab    Advanced Options You can set advanced settings by clicking the  Advanced Options  button.   
   
TrueType Options    
This option determines what the driver tells the printer about how to print the text in your document. Select the appropriate 
setting according to the status of your document.  This option is available only when you use Windows 98 .  
Print All Text Black  
When the  Print All Text Black  option is checked, all text in your document is printed in solid black, regardless of the color it 
appears on the screen. When it is not checked, colored text is printed in shades of gray.  
Darken Text  
When the  Darken Text  option is checked, all text in your document is printed darker than on a normal document.  • Download as Bit Image : When this option is selected, the driver downloads the font data as bitmap images. 
Documents with complicated fonts, such as Korean or Chinese, or various other fonts, will print faster in this setting.
• Print as Graphics : When this option is selected, the driver downloads all fonts as graphics. When printing documents with high 
graphic content and relatively few TrueType fonts, printing performance (speed) may be enhanced in this setting.
Property   Description  
 Watermark   You can add text to be printed across each page of your document. See  Using Watermarks .   
 Overlay   Overlays are often used to take the place of preprinted forms and letterhead paper. See  Using Overlays .  
 Output Options   Print Order :   You can set the sequence for the pages to print. Select the print order from the drop - down list.  
Reprint When Jammed : When this option is checked, the printer retains the image of a printed page until the printer signals that 
the page has successfully exited the printer. If a paper jam occurs, the printer will reprint the last page sent from the computer after 
you have cleared the jam.  • Normal : Your printer prints all pages from the first page to the last page.
• Reverse All Pages : Your printer prints all pages from the last page to the first page.
• Print Odd Pages : Your printer prints only the odd pages of the document.
• Print Even Pages : Your printer prints only the even pages of the document.
NOTE:  When a paper jam occurs in the paper exit area, your printer will not reprint failed pages. Reprint the failed pages.  
						

							  If you access printer properties through the  Printers  folder, you can view the  Printer  tab. You can adjust the printer configuration.  
1. Click the Windows  Start  menu.  
 
2. For Windows 98/Me/2000, select  Settings  and then  Printer .  
For Windows XP, select  Printers and Faxes .  
3. Select the  Dell Laser Printer 1110  icon.  
 
4. Right - click on the printer icon and select  Properties .  
 
5. Click the  Printer  tab and set the options.  
 
 
 
 
 
Using a Favorite Setting  
  The  Favorites  option, which is visible on each properties tab, except for the  About  tab, allows you to save the current properties settings for future use.   
  To save a Favorites item:  
1. Change the settings on each tab, as needed.   
 
2. Enter a name for the item in the  Favorites  input box.  
 
   
 
 
3. Click  Save .  
   
To use a saved setting, select it from the  Favorites  drop - down list.   
   
To delete a favorite setting item, select it from the list and click  Delete .   
    Property   Description  
  High Altitude 
Correction If your printer is going to be used at an altitude above 2,500 m (8,200 ft), checking this option will optimize the print quality for 
those circumstances.   
 Power Save   When this option is checked, the printer switches to power save mode after the specified time has elapsed since its last activity. 
You can select the length of time before your printer goes into power save mode from the  Time Delay  drop - down list. The 
minimum time you can select is  5 Minutes .  
  Display Printing 
Status Window When this option is checked, the Printing Status window, which shows the status of your printer, displays on the computer screen 
each time you send a print job to the printer.    
						

							You can also restore the printer drivers default settings by selecting  Printer Default  from the list.   
   
Using Help  
   
Your printer has a help screen that can be activated by the  Help  button in the printers properties window. These help screens give detailed information about 
the printer features provided by the printer driver.  
   
You can also click   from the upper right hand corner, and then click on any setting.   
 
Printing Multiple Pages on One Sheet of Paper  
 
   
 
 
4. If necessary,  select the page order from the  Page Order  drop - down list.   
 
 
 
 
Check  Print Page Border  to print a border around each page on the sheet.  Print Page Border  or  Page Order  is enabled only if the  Pages per Side  
setting is set to a number greater than one.  
5. Click the  Paper  tab and select the paper source, size, and type.  
 
6. Click  OK  and print the document.    
   
Printing Posters     You can select the number of pages to be printed on a single sheet of paper. To print more than one page per sheet, the pages will be 
decreased in size and arranged on the sheet. You can print up to 16 pages on one sheet.  
1. To change the print settings from your software application, access printer properties. See step 3 in  Printing a Document .  
 
2. From the  Layout  tab, choose  Multiple Pages per Side  from the  Type  drop - down list.   
 
3. Select the number of pages you want to print per sheet (1, 2, 4, 6, 9, or 16) from the  Pages per Side  drop - down list.    
  You can print a single - page document onto 4, 9, or 16 sheets of paper, for the purpose of pasting the sheets together to form one poster -
sized document.  
1. To change the print settings from your software application, access printer properties. See step 3 in  Printing a Document .  
 
2. From the  Layout   tab, select  Poster  from the  Type  drop - down list.   
   
						

							   
 
3. Configure the poster option:  
 
You can select the page layout from  2x2 ,  3x3 , or  4x4 . If you select  2x2 , the output will be automatically stretched to cover  
4 physical pages.  
 
 
   
 
 
Specify an overlap in millimeters or inches to make it easier to reconstruct the resulting poster.   
 
 
   
 
4. Click the  Paper  tab and select the paper source, size, and type.  
 
5. Click  OK  and print the document. You can complete the poster by pasting together the resulting pages    
   
Printing on Both Sides of Paper (Manual Duplex)  
 
 
   
   
To manually print a 2 - sided document:  You can print on both sides of a sheet of paper manually. Before printing, decide how you want your document oriented.  
   
The options are:  
   
l Long Edge , which is the conventional layout used in book binding.  
 
     
l Short Edge , which is the type often used with calendars.    
 
NOTE:  Do not print on both sides of labels, transparencies, envelopes, or thick paper. Paper jamming and damage to the printer may result. 
NOTE:  To use double - sided printing, you can use only the following paper sizes: A4, Letter, Legal, and Folio, with a weight of 20~24 lbs (75~90 g/m 2
).   
						

							1. To change the print settings from your software application, access printer properties. See step 3 in  Printing a Document .  
 
2. From the  Layout  tab, select the paper orientation.  
 
3. From the  Double - sided Printing  section, select either  None ,  Long   Edge , or  Short Edge .   
 
 
 
 
4. Click the  Paper  tab and select the paper source, size, and type.  
 
5. Click  OK  and print the document.   
 
 
The printer prints every other page of the document first. Once the first side of your job has printed, the following window appears and   blinks red. 
 
 
 
   
 
6. Load the paper back into the printer with the already - printed side down and the top of the page toward the front of the tray according to the 
instructions in the above window.  
 
7. Press   to print the other side of your job.   
   
Fitting Your Document to a Selected Paper Size  
You can scale your print job to any selected paper size, regardless of the digital document size. This can be useful when you want to check 
fine details on a small document.    
1. To change the print settings from your software application, access printer properties. See step 3 in  Printing a Document .  
 
2. From the  Paper  tab, select  Fit to Page  from the  Type  drop - down list.   
 
3. Select the size that you want from the  Target Page  drop - down list.    
 
 
 
4. Select the paper source, size, and type in  Paper Options .  
 
5. Click  OK  and print the document.      
						

							   
Printing a Reduced or Enlarged Document   
   
Using Watermarks  
Using an Existing Watermark  
1. To change the print settings from your software application, access printer properties. See step 3 in  Printing a Document .   
 
2. Click the  Extras  tab and select a watermark from the  Watermark  drop - down list. It appears in the preview image window.   
 
 
 
3. Click  OK  and start printing.   
 
   You can scale your print job on a page.   
1. To change the print settings from your software application, access printer properties. See step 3 in  Printing a Document .   
 
2. From the  Paper  tab, select  Reduce/Enlarge  from the  Type  drop - down list.   
 
3. Enter the scaling rate in the  Percentage  input box.   
 
You can also click the     or     button.  
 
   
4. Select the paper source, size, and type in  Paper Options .   
 
5. Click  OK  and print the document.   
   
  The Watermark option allows you to print text over an existing document. For example, you may want to have large gray letters reading 
DRAFT or CONFIDENTIAL printed diagonally across the first page or all pages of a document.   
   
There are several predefined watermarks that come with your printer, and they can be modified or you can add new ones to the list.  
   
NOTE:  The preview image shows how the page will look when it is printed.   
						

							Creating a Watermark  
1. To change the print settings from your software application, access printer properties. See step 3 in  Printing a Document .   
 
2. Click the  Extras  tab and click  Edit  in the  Watermark  section. The Edit Watermark window appears.   
 
   
 
 
3. Enter the text message you want to have printed in the  Watermark Message  box.   
The message displays in the preview image window. The preview image is provided so that you can see how the watermark will appear on the printed 
page.  
When the First Page Only box is checked, the watermark is printed on the first page only.  
4. Select the watermark options.   
You can select the font name, style, size, and gray scale level from the  Font Attributes  section and set the angle of the watermark from the  Message 
Angle  section.   
5. Click  Add  to add a new watermark to the list.   
 
6. When you have finished, click  OK  and start printing.   
   
To stop printing the watermark, select  [No Watermark]  from the  Watermark  drop - down list.   
   
Editing a Watermark  
1. To change the print settings from your software application, access printer properties. See step 3 in  Printing a Document .   
 
2. Click the  Extras  tab and click  Edit  in the  Watermark  section. The Edit Watermark window appears.  
 
3. Select the watermark you want to edit from the  Current Watermarks  list, and change the watermark message and the options.  
 
4. Click   Update  to save the changes.  
 
5. Click  OK .   
 
     
Deleting a Watermark  
1. To change the print settings from your software application, access printer properties. See step 3 in  Printing a Document .  
 
2. From the  Extras  tab, click  Edit  in the  Watermark  section. The Edit Watermark window appears.  
 
3. Select the watermark you want to delete from the  Current Watermarks  list and click  Delete .   
 
4. Click  OK .  
 
 
Using Overlays  
What is an Overlay?  
  An overlay is text and/or images stored in the computer hard disk drive (HDD) as a special file format that can be printed on any document. 
Overlays are often used to take the place of preprinted forms and letterhead paper. Rather than using preprinted letterhead, you can create 
an overlay containing the exact same information that is currently on your letterhead. To print a letter with your companys letterhead, you 
do not need to load preprinted letterhead paper in the printer. You need only tell the printer to print the letterhead overlay on your 
document.    
						

							Creating a New Page Overlay  
 
 
4. In the Edit Overlay window, click  Create Overlay .   
 
 
 
5. In the Create Overlay window, type a name of up to eight characters in the  File name  box. Select the destination path,  if necess ary.  (The default is 
C:\Formover ).   
 
 
 
6. Click  Save . You can see the name in the  Overlay List .   
 
7. Click  OK  or  Yes   until you have finished.   
The file is not printed; it is stored in your computer.   
   
Using a Page Overlay  
   
After an overlay has been created, it is ready to be printed with your document. To print an overlay with a document:  
1. Create or open the document you want to print.   
 
2. To change the print settings from your software application, access printer properties. See step 3 in  Printing a Document .   
 
3. Click the  Extras  tab.   
 
4. Select the overlay you want to print from the  Overlay  drop - down list box.   
 
5. If the overlay file doesnt appear on the  Overlay   list,  click  Edit  and then  Load Overlay , and select the overlay file.   
 
 To use a page overlay, you must create a new page overlay containing your logo or image.  
1. Create or open a document containing text or an image for use in a new page overlay. Position the items exactly as you wish them to 
appear when printed as an overlay.  If needed,  save the file for later use.  
 
2. To change the print settings from your software application, access printer properties. See step 3 in  Printing a Document .  
 
3. Click the  Extras  tab and click  Edit  in the  Overlay  section.