Dell 1130 User Guide

							Plain:
Thick :
Thin:
Bond :
Color :
CardStock :
Labels:
Transparency :
Envelope:
Preprinted :
Cotton:
Recycled :
When  you use recycled paper, printouts  might be wrinkled.
Archive:
If  envelopes are printed out with wrinkles, crease  or black  bold lines, open the rear cover and  pull down  the pressure
lever and  try printing again.  Keep  the rear cover opened  during printing.
1. Pressure lever
When  selecting  envelopes, consider the following factors:
Weight:
Construction:
Condition:
Temperature:
Use  only  well-constructed envelopes with sharp-and  well-creased folds.
Do not use stamped envelopes.
Do not use envelopes with clasps,  snaps,  windows, coated  lining, self-adhesive  seals, or other synthetic
materials.
 
						

							Do not use damaged or poorly made envelopes.
Be  sure  the seam  at both  ends of the envelope  extends all the way  to  the corner of the envelope.
1. Acceptable
2. Unacceptable
Envelopes with a  peel -off adhesive  strip or with more  than  one  flap  that  folds over to  seal must  use adhesives
compatible with the machine’s  fusing temperature  about  170°C (338  °F) for 0.1 second.  The  extra  flaps and
strips  might cause wrinkling, creasing, or jams, and  may even damage  the fuser.
For  the best print  quality,  position  margins no closer  than  15
Avoid  printing over the area where the envelope’s seams meet.
Transparency
To avoid  damaging the machine,  only  use transparencies designed for use in laser  printers.
Transparencies  used in the machine must  be able  to  withstand machine’s  fusing temperature.
Place  them  on a  flat surface after removing them  from  the machine.
Do not leave unused transparencies in the paper tray  for long periods  of time.  Dust and  dirt may accumulate on
them, resulting in spotty printing.
To avoid  smudging caused by fingerprints, handle  them  carefully.
To avoid  fading, do not expose printed transparencies to  prolonged  sunlight.
Ensure  that  transparencies are not wrinkled,  curled,  or have  any torn edges.
Do not use transparencies that  separates from  the backing sheet.
To prevent  transparencies from  sticking to  each  other,  do not let  the printed sheets  stack up  as they are begin
printed out.
Labels
To avoid  damaging the machine,  use only  labels designed for use in laser  machines.
When  selecting  labels,  consider the following factors:
Adhesives:
Arrangement:
Curl:
Condition:
Make sure  that  there is no exposed adhesive  material between  labels.  Exposed  areas can  cause labels to  peel  off
during printing, which can  cause paper jams. Exposed  adhesive  can  also  cause damage  to  machine components.
Do not run  a  sheet of labels through the machine more  than  once. The  adhesive  backing is designed for only  a
single  pass  through the machine.
 
						

							Do not use labels that  are separating from  the backing sheet or are wrinkled,  bubbled,  or otherwise  damaged.
Card stock/Custom-sized paper
Postcards,  cards  and  other custom-sized materials can  be printed with this machine.
Do not print  on media smaller than  76  mm  (3.00 inches) wide or 127 mm  (5.00 inches) long.
In the software application, set  margins at least 6.4
If  media weight  is over 160 g/m2 (43 lb), try printing in the rear cover (face  up).
Letterhead/Preprinted paper
Single-sidedDouble -sided
Tray1 Face down Face up
Manual  tray Face up Face down
Letterhead/ Preprinted  paper must  be printed with heat-resistant  ink that  will not melt,  vaporize,  or release
hazardous  emissions  when  subjected  to  the machine’s  fusing temperature  about  170°C (338  °F) for 0.1 second.
Letterhead/ Preprinted  paper ink must  be non-flammable  and  should not adversely affect machine rollers.
Forms  and  letterhead should be sealed in a  moisture -proof  wrapping to  prevent  changes during storage.
Before  you load  letterhead/preprinted paper, verify that  the ink on the paper is dry.  During  the fusing process,
wet ink can  come  off preprinted paper, reducing print  quality.
Photo
Make sure  not to  use the inkjet photo  paper with this machine.  It could cause damage  to  the machine.
Glossy
Load one  paper to  the manual tray  at a  time,  glossy side  facing  up.
Recommended  media:  Glossy paper (Letter) for this machine by  HP Brochure Paper (Product: Q6611A) only.
Recommended  media:  Glossy paper (A4) for this machine by  HP Superior Paper  160 glossy (Product:
Q6616A).
Using the output support
The  surface of the output tray  may become hot if you print  a  large  number of pages at once. Make sure  that  you
do not touch the surface,  and  do not allow children near  it.
The  printed pages stack on the output support,  and  the output support will help the printed pages to  align.  The  printer
sends output to  the output tray  by default.  To use the output tray, make  sure  that  the rear cover is closed.
 
						

							If  you are using  A5 paper, fold  the output tray. Otherwise, printed pages might be mis -aligned or jammed.
 
						

							Printing
This chapter explains  common printing tasks.
This chapter includes:
Printer  driver  features
Basic  printing
Opening  printing preferences
Using help
Using special print  features
Changing the default print  settings
Setting  your  machine as a  default machine
Printing  to  a  file (PRN)
Macintosh  printing
Linux  printing
The  procedures in this chapter are mainly  based on Windows XP.
Printer driver features
Your  printer drivers support the following standard  features:
Paper  orientation, size,  source,  and  media type selection
Number of copies
In addition, you can  use various special printing features. The  following table shows  a  general overview  of features
supported by your  printer drivers:
Some  models  or operating  system  may not support the certain  feature(s)  in the following table.
Printer driver
Feature Windows
Machine  quality option ●
Poster printing ●
Multiple pages per sheet ●
Booklet  printing (manual) ●
Fit to  page  printing ●
Reduce and  enlarge printing ●
Different source for first page ●
Watermark ●
Overlay ●
Double -sided printing (manual) ●
(  ●: supported, Blank: Not supported)
Basic printing
Your  machine allows  you to  print  from  various Windows, Macintosh, or Linux  applications. The  exact steps for printing a
document may vary depending on the application  you use.
Your   Printing Preferences  window  that  appears in this user’s guide may differ depending on the machine in
use.  However,  the composition of the  Printing Preferences window  is similar. Check the operating  system(s)
that  are compatible with your  machine.  Refer to  the OS compatibility  section of Printer  Specifications. (See
System  requirements .)
When  you select an option in  Printing Preferences,  you may see a  warning  mark,  ,  or .  An exclamation
 
						

							mark  () means you can  select that  certain  option but it  is not recommended,  and  () mark  means you
cannot select that  option due  to  the machine’s  setting  or environment.
The  following procedure describes the general steps required  for printing from  various Windows applications.
Macintosh  basic printing. (See Macintosh  printing .)
Linux  basic printing. (See 
Linux  printing .)
The  following  Printing Preferences  window  is for Notepad  in Windows XP. Your   Printing Preferences window  may
differ, depending on your  operating  system  or the application  you are using.
1. Open the document you want  to  print.
2. Select  Print from  the  File menu.  The   Print window  appears.
3. Select your  machine from  the  Select  Printer list.
The  basic print  settings including the number of copies and  print  range are selected within  the  Print window.
To take  advantage  of the printer features provided  by your  printer driver, click   Properties or Preferences  in
the application’s  Print window  to  change  the print  setting. (See 
Opening  printing preferences .)
4. To start  the print  job,  click  OK or  Print  in the  Print window.
Canceling a print job
If  the print  job is waiting in a  print  queue or print  spooler,  cancel the job as follows:
1. Click  the Windows  Start menu.
2. For  Windows 2000, select  Settings > Printers .
For  Windows XP/Server 2003, select  Printer and Faxes.
For  Windows Server 2008/Vista,  select  Control  Panel > Hardware  and Sound   > Printers .
For  Windows 7, select  Control  Panel > Hardware  and Sound   > Devices and Printers .
For  Windows Server 2008 R2,  select  Control  Panel > Hardware   > Devices and Printers .
3. For  Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003 and  Vista,  double -click  your  machine.
For  Windows 7 and  Windows Server 2008 R2,  right  click  your  printer icon > context menus  >  See what’s
printing .
If  See what’s printing  item has  ► mark, you can  select other printer drivers connected with selected
printer.
4. From the  Document  menu,  select  Cancel.
You  can  also  access  this window  by simply  double -clicking the machine icon () in the Windows task  bar.
You  can  also  cancel the current job by pressing 
 on the control panel.
Opening printing preferences
 
						

							You  can  preview  the settings you selected on the upper right  of the Printing Preferences.
1. Open the document you want  to  print.
2. Select Print from  the file menu.  The   Print window  appears.
3. Select your  machine from  the  Select  Printer.
4. Click  Properties  or Preferences .
Using a favorite setting
The  Presets  option,  which is visible on each  preferences tab except for  Dell tab, allows  you to  save the current
preferences settings for future use.
To save a   Presets item:
1. Change the settings as needed on each  tab.
2. Enter  a  name for the item in the  Presets input box.
3. Click  Add.  When  you save  Presets,  all current driver  settings are saved.
If  you click   Add,  the  Add button changes to   Update button. Select more  options and  click   Update,  settings will be
added to  the  Presets you made.
To use a  saved  setting, select it  from  the  Presets drop  down  list. The  machine is now set  to  print  according to  the
setting  you selected.
To delete saved  setting, select it  from  the  Presets drop  down  list and  click   Delete.
You  can  also  restore the printer driver’s default settings by selecting   Default  Preset from  the Presets drop  down
list.
 
						

							Using help
Click  the question  mark  from  the upper-right  corner of the window  and  click  on any option you want  to  know about.
Then a  pop  up  window  appears with information  about  that  options  feature  which is provided  from  the driver.
If  you want  to  search information  via a  keyword, click  the Dell tab in the  Printing Preferences  window, and  enter a
keyword  in the input line  of the  Help option.  To get  information  about  supplies,  driver  update or registration  and  so
on,  click  appropriate buttons.
Using special print features
Special print  features include:
Printing  multiple pages on one  sheet of paper .
Printing  posters.
Printing  booklets (Manual) .
Printing  on both  sides of paper (Manual) .
Change percentage  of your  document.
Fitting  your  document to  a  selected paper size .
Using watermarks.
Using overlay.
Advanced Options .
Printing multiple pages on one sheet of paper
You  can  select the number of pages to  print  on a  single  sheet of paper. To print  more  than  one  page  per sheet,  the
pages will be reduced  in size and  arranged  in the order  you specify.  You  can  print  up  to  16  pages on one  sheet.
1. To change  the print  settings from  your  software application, access   Printing Preferences.  (See Opening  printing
preferences.)
2. Click  the Basic tab, select  Multiple  Pages  Per Side  in the Type drop -down  list.
3. Select the number of pages you want  to  print  per sheet (2, 4, 6, 9, or 16) in the  Pages  per  Side drop -down  list.
4. Select the page  order  from  the  Page  Order drop -down  list, if necessary.
5. Check Print Page  Border  to  print  a  border around  each  page  on the sheet.
6. Click  the Paper tab, select the  Size, Source ,  and  Type.
7. Click  OK or  Print  until you exit  the  Print window.
Printing posters
This feature  allows  you to  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 -size document.
1. To change  the print  settings from  your  software application, access   Printing Preferences.  (See Opening  printing
preferences.)
2. Click  the Basic tab, select  Poster Printing  in the Type drop -down  list.
3. Select the page  layout  you want.
Specification  of the page  layout:
Poster 2x2 :
Poster 3x3:
Poster 4x4:
 
						

							5. Click  the Paper tab, select the  Size, Source ,  and  Type.
6. Click  OK or  Print  until you exit  the  Print window.
7. You  can  complete  the poster  by pasting  the sheets  together.
Printing booklets (Manual)
This feature  prints your  document on both  sides of a  paper and  arranges  the pages so that  the paper can  be folded
in half  after printing to  produce  a  booklet.
If  you want  to  make  a  booklet, you need  to  print  on Letter, Legal,  A4,  US Folio, or Oficio sized print  media.
1. To change  the print  settings from  your  software application, access  the  Printing Preferences.  (See Opening
printing preferences.)
2. Click  the Basic tab, select  Booklet  Printing  from  the Type drop -down  list.
3. Click  the  Paper tab, select the  Size, Source ,  and  Type.
The  Booklet  Printing  option is not available  for all paper sizes. In order  to  find out the available  paper size
for this feature, select the available  paper size in the  Size option on the  Paper tab.
If  you select an unavailable paper size,  this option can  be automatically canceled. Select only  available
paper. (paper without  
 or  mark).
4. Click   OK or  Print  until you exit  the  Print window.
5. After printing, fold  and  staple  the pages.
Printing on both sides of paper (Manual)
You  can  print  on both  sides of a  paper; duplex. Before  printing, decide how you want  your  document oriented.  You
can  use this feature  with Letter, Legal,  A4,  US Folio, or Oficio sized paper. (See 
Print media specifications .)
We  recommend  not to  print  on both  sides of the special media,  such as labels,  envelopes, or thick paper to
print  on both  sides of paper. It may cause a  paper jam  or damage  the machine.
The  Double -Sided  Printing (Manual)  feature  is available  only  for the tray  1.
1. To change  the print  settings from  your  software application, access   Printing Preferences.  (See Opening  printing
preferences.)
2. Click  the Advanced  tab.
3. From the Double -Sided  Printing (Manual)  section, select the binding  option you want.
None
Long Edge:
Short Edge :
4. Click  the Paper tab, select the  Size, Source ,  and  Type.
5. Click  OK or  Print  until you exit  the  Print window.
If  your  machine does  not have  a  duplex  unit, you should complete  the printing job manually.  The  machine
prints every other page  of the document first. After that, a  message  appears on your  computer. Follow the on-
 
						

							screen instructions to  complete  the printing job.
Change percentage of your document
You  can  change  the size of a  document to  appear larger  or smaller on the printed page  by typing in a  percentage
you want.
1. To change  the print  settings from  your  software application, access  Printing Preferences.  (See Opening  printing
preferences.)
2. Click  the Paper tab.
3. Enter  the scaling  rate  in the  Percentage input box.
You  can  also  click  the up/down arrows to  select the scaling  rate.
4. Select the  Size, Source ,  and  Type in Paper  Options .
5. Click  OK or  Print  until you exit  the  Print window.
Fitting your document to a selected paper size
This printer feature  allows  you to  scale  your  print  job to  any selected paper size regardless of the 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   Printing Preferences.  (See Opening  printing
preferences.)
2. Click  the Paper tab.
3. Select the paper size you want  from  the  Fit  to Page.
4. Select the Size, Source ,  and  Type in Paper  Options .
5. Click  OK or  Print  until you exit  the  Print window.
Using watermarks
The  watermark  option allows  you to  print  text over an existing document.  For  example, you use it  when  you 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 the machine.  They  can  be modified,  or you can  add  new
ones  to  the list.
Using  an existing watermark
1. To change  the print  settings from  your  software application, access   Printing Preferences.  (See Opening
printing preferences.)
2. Click  the Advanced  tab, and  select the desired watermark  from  the  Watermark drop -down  list. You  will see
the selected watermark  in the preview  image.
3. Click   OK or  Print  until you exit  the print  window.
Creating a watermark
1. To change  the print  settings from  your  software application, access   Printing Preferences.  (See Opening
printing preferences.)
2. From the Advanced  tab, select  Edit from  the  Watermark  drop -down  list. The   Edit  Watermarks window
appears.
3. Enter  a  text message  in the  Watermark Message box.  You  can  enter up  to  256 characters.  The  message
displays  in the preview  window.