DELL 2150cdn User Manual
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FILE LOCATION: C:\Users\fxstdpc- admin\Desktop\30_UG??\Mioga_SFP_UG_FM\Mioga_SFP_UG_FM\Mioga- SFP-UGTOC.fm Contents 1 Contents Dell™ 2150cn/2150cdn Color Printer 1 Users Guide 1 Before Beginning 17 A Notes, Notices, and Cautions . . . . . . . . 19 1 Dell™ 2150cn/2150cdn Color Printer Users Guide 21 2 Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 3 Product Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 4 About the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Front and Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Space Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Securing the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Ordering Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Setting up the Printer (Printer Setup) 35
FILE LOCATION: C:\Users\fxstdpc- admin\Desktop\30_UG??\Mioga_SFP_UG_FM\Mioga_SFP_UG_FM\Mioga- SFP-UGTOC.fm 2Contents 5 Preparing Printer Hardware . . . . . . . . . 37 Removing Tape. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Removing the Print Head Device (PHD) Ribbons . . . . . 38 Installing the Toner Cartridges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 6 Installing Optional Accessories . . . . . . 41 Installing the Optional Memory Module . . . . . . . 41 Printing Printer Settings Report . . . . . . . . . 44 Updating Your Driver to Detect Memory Module 45 Installing the Optional 250-Sheet Feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Printing Printer Settings Report . . . . . . . . . 49 Updating Your Driver to Detect 250-Sheet Feeder 50 Installing the Optional Wireless Adapter . . . . . . . 51 Verifying the Contents of the Box . . . . . . . . 52 Installing the Wireless Adapter Using Video Instructions (Recommended) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Installing the Optional Wireless Adapter . . . . . 53 Printing Printer Settings Report . . . . . . . . . 54 Determining the Wireless Network Settings . . . 55 Configuring the Optional Wireless Adapter . . . . . . 56 Using Wizard Setup to Configure a Wireless Adapter 57 Using Advanced Setup to Configure a Wireless Adapter 59 Constructing a New Wireless Network Environment for Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 7 Connecting Your Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Connecting Printer to Computer or Network . . . . . 80
FILE LOCATION: C:\Users\fxstdpc- admin\Desktop\30_UG??\Mioga_SFP_UG_FM\Mioga_SFP_UG_FM\Mioga- SFP-UGTOC.fm Contents 3 Direct Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Network Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Turning on the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 8 Setting the IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Assigning an IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 When Using the Easy Setup Navigator . . . . . 83 When Using the Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . 84 When Using the Tool Box . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Verifying the IP Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Verifying the Settings Using Printer Settings Report 86 Verifying the Settings Using Ping Command . . 87 9 Loading Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 10 Installing Printer Drivers on the Windows Computers 93 Identifying Printer Driver Pre-install Status. . . . . . 93 When Using the Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . 93 When Using the Tool Box . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Disabling Firewall Before Installing Printer Software 94 Inserting the Drivers and Utility CD . . . . . . . . . 94 Direct Connection Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Network Connection Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Network Printer Setup on a Local Network . . . 98 Network Printer Setup on a Remote Network . . 104
FILE LOCATION: C:\Users\fxstdpc- admin\Desktop\30_UG??\Mioga_SFP_UG_FM\Mioga_SFP_UG_FM\Mioga- SFP-UGTOC.fm 4Contents Setting Up for Shared Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Point and Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Peer-to-Peer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 11 Installing Printer Drivers on the Macintosh Computers 121 Installing the Drivers and Software. . . . . . . . . . 121 Adding a Printer on Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 . . . 121 Adding a Printer on Mac OS X 10.4.11 . . . . . 123 Adding a Printer on Mac OS X 10.3.9 . . . . . . 124 Configuring Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 12 Installing Printer Drivers on the Linux Computers (CUPS) 127 Operation on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 WS/5 Client 127 Setup Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Installing the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127 Setting Up the Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128 Setting the Default Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129 Specifying the Printing Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129 Uninstalling the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129 Operation on SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 . . 130 Setup Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Installing the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Setting Up the Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Setting the Default Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Specifying the Printing Options . . . . . . . . . 132 Setting the Password for Authority as the Printer Administrator 133 Uninstalling the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . 133
FILE LOCATION: C:\Users\fxstdpc- admin\Desktop\30_UG??\Mioga_SFP_UG_FM\Mioga_SFP_UG_FM\Mioga- SFP-UGTOC.fm Contents 5 Operation on SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 . . 134 Setup Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Installing the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Setting Up the Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Setting the Default Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Specifying the Printing Options . . . . . . . . . 136 Setting the Password for Authority as the Printer Administrator 137 Uninstalling the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . 137 Using Your Printer 139 13 Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool . 141 Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 When Using the Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . 142 When Using the Tool Box . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Using the Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool . . . . . . 143 Printer Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Printer Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Print Server Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Copy Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Print Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Printer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Tray Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 E-Mail Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Set Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Order Supplies at: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Contact Dell Support at: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Setting Up the Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool . 145
FILE LOCATION: C:\Users\fxstdpc- admin\Desktop\30_UG??\Mioga_SFP_UG_FM\Mioga_SFP_UG_FM\Mioga- SFP-UGTOC.fm 6Contents Setting Up From Web Browser . . . . . . . . . 145 Setting Up From Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148 Page Display Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Top Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Left Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Right Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Changing the Settings of the Menu Items . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Details of the Menu Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152 Printer Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154 Printer Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156 Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158 Print Server Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Copy Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204 Print Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204 Tray Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207 14 Print Media Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Paper Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Recommended Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Unacceptable Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Selecting Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Selecting Pre-Printed Media and Letterheads . . 212 Selecting Pre-Punched Paper . . . . . . . . . . 212 Printing on a Letterhead (Pre-Printed and Pre-Punched Paper) 213 Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Storing Print Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
FILE LOCATION: C:\Users\fxstdpc- admin\Desktop\30_UG??\Mioga_SFP_UG_FM\Mioga_SFP_UG_FM\Mioga- SFP-UGTOC.fm Contents 7 Identifying Print Media and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . 218 Supported Paper Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Supported Paper Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Paper Type Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 15 Loading Print Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Print Media Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Loading Print Media in the Standard 250-Sheet Tray and the Optional 250-Sheet Feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Loading Envelopes in the Standard 250-Sheet Tray and Optional 250-Sheet Feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Loading Letterhead (Pre-Printed and Pre-Punched Paper) 226 Loading Print Media in the SSF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Loading an Envelope in the SSF . . . . . . . . . 229 Using the SSF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Linking Trays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 16 Operator Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Using the Operator Panel Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . 233 Printing a Panel Settings Page . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 When Using the Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . 234 When Using the Tool Box . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 Printing 237
FILE LOCATION: C:\Users\fxstdpc- admin\Desktop\30_UG??\Mioga_SFP_UG_FM\Mioga_SFP_UG_FM\Mioga- SFP-UGTOC.fm 8Contents 17 Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Tips for Successful Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Tips on Storing Print Media . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Avoiding Paper Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Sending a Job to Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Canceling a Print Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Canceling a Job From the Operator Panel . . . . 240 Canceling a Job From a Computer Running Windows 241 Duplex Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Duplex Printing With Duplexer (Dell 2150cdn Color Printer Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Duplex Printing Without Duplexer (Dell 2150cn Color Printer Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 Using Booklet Print (Dell 2150cn and 2150cdn Models) 244 Using the Stored Print Function . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Secure Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Private MailBox Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Public MailBox Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Proof Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Storing Print Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Printing the Stored Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Specifying Your Password on the Operator Panel (Secure Print/Private MailBox Print) . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Deleting Stored Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 Printing a Report Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 Printing Printer Settings Report . . . . . . . . . 248 Printing Font Sample List . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Printing Printer Settings Report . . . . . . . . . 250