DELL 1130n User Manual

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:...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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....