Dell 2150cdn User Guide

Understanding Your Printer Software339
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•SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11
Printing system
• CUPS (Common Unix Printing System)
Installing the Status Monitor Console
1Activate the terminal, and log in as a super user.
2Type the following rpm command in the terminal window.
Starting the Status Monitor Console
1Click...

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Printer Selection Window
Printers list
All the printers registered in the CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System) are 
displayed in a list.
• Status icons:
 Ready
 Unknown/Offline/Toner Low/Paper Low
 Door Open/Paper Jam/No Toner/Out Of Paper
Settings button
Click this button to open the Settings window.
Details...

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Printer Status Window
When the printer is specified in the Printer Selection window, the Printer 
St a t us window appears.
Printer Status Message Area
Displays a message of the current printer status.
 NOTE: The Status Monitor Console automatically obtains the printer 
information at the updated interval that...

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Toner Alert
Displays an alert message when any remaining toner is low, empty, or unknown.
Order Online
•Order Supplies Online button
Click this button to access the web site for ordering Dell printer supplies. 
This button appears when the amount of toners becomes less than 30%.
Refresh button
Click this button...

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Select Printer Model
Select your printer model name.
Order Online
•Order Supplies Online button
• When the Regular URL is selected in the 
Select Reorder URL:
Click this button to open the 
Service Tag window.
• When the Premier URL is selected in the 
Select Reorder URL:
Click this button to open the...

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Select your country with phone number from the list, and call the displayed 
telephone number to order supplies.
Close button
Click this button to close the Dell Supplies Management System window.
Service Tag Window
1Enter the Dell printer service tag.
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Update of status
•Printer Status is regularly updated check box
Select the check box to enable/disable the Printer Status to be updated by the 
specified interval.
•
Update interval text box
Specify the update interval of the printer status.
Port Number Settings
• Port Number
Specify the port number in the Port...

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The selected URL address is set as default web site for the Select Reorder 
URL 
in the Dell Supplies Management System window.
 

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Understanding Fonts347
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Understanding Fonts
Typefaces and Fonts
A font is a set of characters and symbols created with a distinct design. The 
distinct design is called a typeface. The typefaces you select add personality to a 
document. Well-chosen typefaces make a document easier to read.
The printer has numerous resident fonts in PCL 5/PCL 6. See Resident Fonts 
for a listing of all resident fonts.
Weight and Style
Typefaces are often...

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Pitch and Point Size
The size of a font is specified as either a pitch or point size, depending on 
whether the font is fixed space or proportional.
In fixed space fonts, each character has the same width. Pitch is used to specify 
the size of fixed space fonts. It is a measure of the number of characters that will 
print in...