Dell 2145cn User Guide

Basic Printing
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Paper Tab
Use the following options to set the basic paper handling 
specifications when you access the printer properties. See 
“Printing a Document” on page 4 for more information on 
accessing printer properties. 
Click the 
Paper tab to access various paper properties. 
Copies
Copies
 allows you to choose the number of copies to be printed. 
You can select 1 to 999 copies. 
Paper Options
Size
Size
 allows you to set the size of paper you loaded in the tray. 
If the required size is...

Basic Printing
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Graphics Tab
Use the following Graphic options to adjust the print quality for 
your specific printing needs. See “Printing a Document” on 
page 4 for more information on accessing printer properties. 
Click the 
Graphic tab to display the properties shown below.
Quality
The Quality options you can select may vary depending 
on your printer model.
 The higher the setting, the sharper the 
clarity of printed characters and graphics. The higher setting also 
may increase the time it takes...

Basic Printing
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Other Options Tab
You can select output options for your document. See “Printing 
a Document” on page 4 for more information about accessing 
the printer properties.
Click the 
Other Options tab to access the following feature:  
Watermark
You can create a background text image to be printed on each 
page of your document. 
For details, see “Using Watermarks” on 
page 13.
Overlay
Overlays are often used to take the place of preprinted forms and 
letterhead paper. 
For details, see “Using...

Basic Printing
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Using a Favorite Setting  
The Favorites option, which is visible on each properties tab, 
allows you to save the current properties settings for future 
use. 
To  s a v e  a  
Favorites item:
1Change the settings as needed on each tab. 
2Enter a name for the item in the Favorites input box. 
3Click Save. 
When you save 
Favorites, all current driver settings are 
saved.
To use a saved setting, select the item from the 
Favorites drop 
down list. The printer is now set to print according...

Advanced Printing
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3Advanced Printing
This chapter explains printing options and advanced printing 
tasks. 
NOTE: 
• Your printer driver 
Properties window that appears in this 
User’s Guide may differ depending on the printer in use. 
However the composition of the printer properties window is 
similar.
• If you need to know the exact name of your printer, you can 
check the supplied Drivers and Utilities CD.
This chapter includes:
• Printing Multiple Pages on One Sheet of Paper (N-Up 
Printing)...

Advanced Printing
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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.
1To change the print settings from your software 
application, access printer properties. See “Printing a 
Document” on page 4.
2Click the Layout tab, select Poster Printing in the 
Layout Type drop-down list.
3Configure the poster option:
You can select the page layout from 
Poster, 
Poster,...

Advanced Printing
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Printing on Both Sides of Paper
You can print on both sides of a sheet of paper. Before printing, 
decide how you want your document oriented.
The options are:
•Printer Setting, if you select this option, this feature is 
determined by the setting you’ve made on the control 
panel of the printer. 
If this option does not appear, 
your printer does not have this feature.
•None
•Long Edge, which is the conventional layout used in 
book binding.
•
Short Edge, which is the type often...

Advanced Printing
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Using Watermarks
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 the 
printer, and they can be modified, or you can add new ones to 
the list. 
Using an Existing Watermark
1To change the print settings from your software 
application, access...

Advanced Printing
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Using Overlays
What is an Overlay?
An overlay is text and/or images stored in the computer’s 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 company’s letterhead, you do not need 
to load...

Using Windows PostScript Driver
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4Using Windows 
PostScript Driver
If you want to use the PostScript driver provided with your  
Drivers and Utilities CD to print a document.
PPDs, in combination with the PostScript driver, access printer 
features and allow the computer to communicate with the 
printer. An installation program for the PPDs is provided on the 
supplied Drivers and Utilities CD. 
Printer Settings
You can use the printer properties window, which allows you to 
access all of the printer...