DELL 1130 User Manual

							When  the First Page  Only  box is checked,  the watermark  prints on the first page  only.
4. Select watermark  options.
You  can  select the font name, style, size,  and  shade from  the  Font  Attributes section, as well as set  the
angle of the watermark  from  the  Message Angle section.
5. Click  Add to  add  a  new watermark  to  the  Current  Watermarks list.
6. When  you have  finished editing,  click   OK or  Print  until you exit  the  Print window.
To stop printing the watermark, select  None from  the  Watermark  drop -down  list.
Editing a watermark
1. To change  the print  settings from  your  software application, access   Printing Preferences.  (See Opening
printing preferences.)
2. Click  the Advanced  tab, select  Edit from  the  Watermark  drop -down  list. The   Edit  Watermarks window
appears.
3. Select the watermark  you want  to  edit from  the  Current  Watermarks list and  change  the watermark
message  and  options.
4. Click   Update  to  save the changes.
5. Click  OK or  Print  until you exit  the  Print window.
Deleting a watermark
1. To change  the print  settings from  your  software application, access   Printing Preferences.  (See Opening
printing preferences.)
2. Click  the Advanced  tab, select  Edit from  the  Watermark  drop -down  list. The   Edit  Watermarks window
appears.
3. Select the watermark  you want  to  delete from  the  Current  Watermarks list and  click  Delete.
4. Click  OK or  Print  until you exit  the  Print window.
Using 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 letterhead paper. Rather  than  using
preprinted letterhead, you can  create an overlay  containing  exactly the same  information  that  is currently on your
letterhead. To print  a  letter  with your  company’s  letterhead, you do not need  to  load  preprinted letterhead paper in
the machine just print  the letterhead overlay  on your  document.
Creating a new page overlay
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.
2. To save the document as an overlay, access   Printing Preferences.  (See Opening  printing preferences .)
3. Click  the Advanced  tab, and  select  Edit from  the  Text drop -down  list.  Edit  Overlay window  appears.
4. In the Edit  Overlay  window, click   Create.
5. In the Save  As  window, type a  name of up  to  eight  characters in the  File name box.  Select the destination
path,  if necessary. (The default is C:\Formover.)
6. Click   Save.  The  name appears on the  Overlay List.
7. Click  OK or  Print  until you exit  the  Print window.
8. The  file is not printed.  Instead, it  is stored  on your  computer  hard disk  drive.
The  overlay  document size must  be the same  as the document you print  with the overlay. Do not create an
overlay  with a  watermark.
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   Printing Preferences.  (See Opening
 
						

							printing preferences.)
3. Click  the Advanced  tab.
4. Select the desired overlay  from  the  Text drop -down  list.
5. If  the overlay  file you want  does  not appear in the  Text drop -down  list, select  Edit from  the list and  click
Load .  Select the overlay  file you want  to  use.
If  you have  stored  the overlay  file you want  to  use in an external  source,  you can  also  load  the file when  you
access  the  Open window.
After you select the file,  click   Open.  The  file appears in the  Overlay List box and  is available  for printing.
Select the overlay  from  the  Overlay List box.
6. If  necessary, check   Confirm  Page  Overlay When Printing  box.  If  this box is checked,  a  message  window
appears each  time you submit  a  document for printing, asking you to  confirm your  wish to  print  an overlay  on
your  document.
If  this box is not checked and  an overlay  has  been  selected, the overlay  automatically prints with your
document.
7. Click   OK or  Print  until you exit  the  Print window.
The  selected overlay  prints on your  document.
The  resolution of the overlay  document must  be the same  as that  of the document you will print  with the
overlay.
Deleting a page overlay
You  can  delete page  overlays that  you no longer use.
1. In the  Printing Preferences  window, click  the Advanced tab.
2. Select Edit in the  Overlay  drop  down  list.
3. Select the overlay  you want  to  delete from  the  Overlay List box.
4. Click  Delete .
5. When  a  confirming message  window  appears,  click   Yes.
6. Click   OK or  Print  until you exit  the  Print window.
Advanced Options
Use  the following Graphics options to  adjust  the print  quality for your  specific  printing needs.
1. To change  the print  settings from  your  software application, access   Printing Preferences.  (See Opening  printing
preferences.)
2. Click  the Graphics  tab.
This options you can  select may vary depending on your  printer model.
Refer to  the online  help for each  option’s  information  provided  from  the  Printing Preferences.
Font/  Text:
Advanced (Dell  1130n  only):
True Type  Options :
Download  as  Outline :
Download  as  Bit Image :
Print as  Graphics:
Use Printer Fonts :
Graphic Controller :
Toner Save:
 
						

							without  a  significant  reduction in print  quality.
Printer Setting: If  you select this option,  this feature  is determined by the setting  you’ve made from
the machine.
On : Select this option to  allow the printer to  use less toner on each  page.
Off : If  you do not need  to  save toner when  printing a  document,  select this option.
Darkness :
For  Dell 1130n ,  you change  darknesss in the  Printer Settings Utility.
3. Click  OK or  Print  until you exit  the  Print window.
Changing the default print settings
Most  Windows applications  will override settings you specify in the printer driver. Change all print  settings
available  in the software application  first, and  change  any remaining settings using  the printer driver.
1. Click  the Windows  Start menu.
2. For  Windows 2000, select  Settings > Printers .
For  Windows XP/Server 2003, select  Printers 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. Right-click  your  machine.
4. For  Windows XP/Server 2003/Server 2008/Vista,  press   Printing Preferences.
For  Windows 7 and  Windows Server 2008 R2,  from  context menus, select the  Printing preferences.
If  Printing preferences  item has  ► mark, you can  select other printer drivers connected with selected printer.
5. Change the settings on each  tab.
6. Click   OK.
If  you want  to  change  the settings for each  print  job,  change  it  in  Printing Preferences.
Setting your machine as a default machine
1. Click  the Windows Start menu.
2. For  Windows 2000, select  Settings > Printers .
For  Windows XP/Server 2003, select  Printers 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. Select your  machine.
4. Right-click  your  machine and  select  Set as  Default  Printer.
For  Windows 7 and  Windows Server 2008 R2
If  Set as  default printer  item has  ► mark, you can  select other printer drivers connected with selected
printer.
Printing to a file (PRN)
You  will sometimes need  to  save the print  data as a  file.
To create a  file:
1. Check the  Print to file  box at the Print window.
 
						

							2. Click  Print.
3. Type  in the destination path  and  the file name, and  then  click   OK.
For  example  c:\Temp\file  name.
If  you type in only  the file name, the file is automatically saved  in  My  Documents.  The  saved  folder may
differ, depending on your  operating  system.
Macintosh printing
This chapter explains  how to  print  using  Macintosh. You  need  to  set  the print  environment  before printing.
USB  connected (See Macintosh .)
Network  connected (See Macintosh.)
Printing a document
When  you print  with a  Macintosh, you need  to  check  the printer driver  setting  in each  application  you use.  Follow the
steps below  to  print  from  a  Macintosh:
1. Open an application  and  select the file you want  to  print.
2. Open the File menu  and  click   Page  Setup (Document Setup  in some  applications).
3. Choose your  paper size,  orientation, scaling, other options,  and  make  sure  that  your  machine is selected. Click
OK.
 
						

							4. Open the File menu  and  click   Print.
5. Choose the number of copies you want  and  indicate which pages you want  to  print.
6. Click  Print.
Changing printer settings
You  can  use advanced printing features when  using  your  machine.
Open an application  and  select  Print from  the  File menu.  The  machine name, which appears in the printer
properties  window  may differ depending on the machine in use.  Except  for the name, the composition of the printer
properties  window  is similar  to  the following.
The  setting  options may differ depending on printers and  Macintosh  OS version.
  Layout
The   Layout  tab provides  options to  adjust  how the document appears on the printed page. You  can  print  multiple
pages on one  sheet of paper. Select  Layout from  the drop -down  list under  Orientation to  access  the following
features.
Pages  per  Sheet :Printing  multiple
pages on one  sheet of paper .)
Layout Direction:
Border:
Reverse  Page  Orientation :
Resolution (Quality ):
 
						

							sharper the clarity of printed characters and  graphics.  The  higher  setting  also  may increase  the time it  takes
to  print  a  document.
Darkness:
 Printer Settings
Printer Settings  tab provides  Toner Save  Mode , Reprint When Jammed ,  and  Power Save  options.  Select
Printer Settings  from  the drop -down  list under  Orientation to  access  the following features:
Toner Save  Mode :
Printer Setting: If  you select this option,  this feature  is determined by the setting  you’ve made from  the
machine.
On : Select this option to  allow the printer to  use less toner on each  page.
Off : If  you do not need  to  save toner when  printing a  document,  select this option.
Reprint When Jammed :
Power Save:
 
						

							3. Select the other options you want  to  use.
4. Click  Print,  then  the machine prints the selected the number of pages you want  to  print  on one  sheet of paper.
Linux printing
Printing from applications
There are a  lot  of Linux  applications  that  allow you to  print  using  Common UNIX  Printing  System  (CUPS). You  can
print  on your  machine from  any such application.
1. Open an application, and  select  Print from  the  File menu.
2. Select  Print directly using  lpr.
3. In the LPR  GUI  window, select the model name of your  machine from  the printer list and  click   Properties.
4. Change the print  job properties  using  the following four  tabs displayed at the top of the window.
 
						

							General:
Text:
Graphics :
Advanced :
If  an option is grayed out, it  means that  the grayed out option is not supported.
5. Click  Apply  to  apply the changes and  close  the  Properties window.
6. Click  OK in the  LPR GUI  window  to  start  printing.
7. The  Printing  window  appears,  allowing  you to  monitor the status of your  print  job.
To abort the current job,  click   Cancel.
Printing files
You  can  print  many different types of files  on your  machine using  the standard  CUPS way, directly from  the
command  line  interface.  The  CUPS lpr utility  allows  you to  do that. But the drivers package replaces the standard  lpr
tool by a  much  more  user -friendly  LPR  GUI  program.
To print  any document file:
1. Type  lpr  from  the Linux  shell command  line  and  press  Enter. The   LPR GUI window  appears.
When  you type only  lpr and  press   Enter,  the Select  file(s)  to print  window  appears first. Just  select any files
you want  to  print  and  click   Open.
2. In the  LPR GUI  window, select your  machine from  the list, and  change  the print  job properties.
3. Click  OK to  start  printing.
Configuring printer properties
Using the  Printer Properties  window  provided  by the  Printers configuration,  you can  change  the various
properties  for your  machine as a  printer.
1. Open the  Unified Driver Configurator .
If  necessary, switch to   Printers configuration .
2. Select your  machine on the available  printers list and  click   Properties.
3. The  Printer Properties  window  opens.
 
						

							The  following five tabs display  at the top of the window:
General:
Connection :
Driver:
Jobs:
Classes :
 
						

							Management tools
This chapter introduces management tools provided  to  help you make  full use of your  machine.
This chapter includes:
Introducing useful  management tools
Using Embedded Web Service  (Dell 1130n  only)
Using the Printer  Status Monitor
Introducing useful  management tools
Using the printer settings utility
Firmware  update utility
Using the Unified Linux  Driver  Configurator
Introducing useful management tools
The  programs below  help you to  use your  machine conveniently.
Using Embedded Web Service  (Dell 1130n  only).
Using the Printer  Status Monitor .
Using the Unified Linux  Driver  Configurator .
Using Embedded Web Service  (Dell 1130n  only)
Your  Embedded Web Service  window  that  appears in this user’s guide may differ depending on the machine in use.
If  you have  connected your  machine to  a  network and  set  up  TCP/IP network parameters  correctly, you can  manage
the machine via  Embedded Web Service ,  an embedded  web server.  Use   Embedded Web Service to:
View the machine’s  device information  and  check  its  current status.
Change TCP/IP parameters  and  set  up  other network parameters.
Change printer preference.
Set  the email notifications  advising of the machine’s  status.
Get  support for using  the machine.
To access Embedded Web Service :
1. Access  a  web browser, such as Internet  Explorer, from  Windows.
Enter  the machine IP  address (http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx)  in the address field and  press  the Enter  key  or click   Go.
2. Your  machine’s  embedded  website opens.
Embedded Web Service overview
Information  tab:
Machine Settings  tab:
Network Settings  tab:
Maintenance tab:
Support tab: