Dell 2150cn User Guide
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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 9 Using the Operator Panel to Change the Printer Settings 251 Using the Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool to Change the Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Resetting Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Adjusting the Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Know Your Printer 257 18 Understanding the Tool Box Menus . . 259 Printer Settings Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 Printer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 Menu Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 TCP/IP Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 Printer Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 System Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 Date & Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 Paper Density . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 Color Registration Adjustment . . . . . . . . . 270 Adjust Altitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 Reset Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 Non-Dell Toner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 Initialize Print Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 Tray Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 TCP/IP Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 Network Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 Diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 Chart Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 Machine Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 Paper Wrinkle Check Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 Environment Sensor Info . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 Clean Developer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
FILE LOCATION: C:\Users\fxstdpc- admin\Desktop\30_UG??\Mioga_SFP_UG_FM\Mioga_SFP_UG_FM\Mioga- SFP-UGTOC.fm 10Contents Refresh Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 Resetting Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 When Using the Tool Box . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 19 Understanding the Printer Menus. . . . 283 Report / List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 Printer Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 Panel Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 PCL Fonts List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 PCL Macro List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 Job History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 Error History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 Print Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 Color Test Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 Stored Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 Admin Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 Print Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284 Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293 USB Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 System Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310 Secure Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .317 Tray Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Panel Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 Print Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 Secure Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 Private Mail Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 Public Mail Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Proof Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
FILE LOCATION: C:\Users\fxstdpc- admin\Desktop\30_UG??\Mioga_SFP_UG_FM\Mioga_SFP_UG_FM\Mioga- SFP-UGTOC.fm Contents 11 Panel Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326 Enabling the Panel Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326 Disabling the Panel Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327 Resetting Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327 When Using the Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . 327 20 Understanding Your Printer Software. 329 Printer Settings Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 Status Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 Tool Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 Updater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332 Status Monitor Widget for Macintosh . . . . . . . . . 332 Status Monitor Widget Feature . . . . . . . . . 332 Before Installing the Status Monitor Widget . . . 332 Installing the Status Monitor Widget . . . . . . . 333 Opening and Closing the Status Monitor Widget 333 Printer Status Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334 Order Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 Status Monitor Console for Linux . . . . . . . . . . 338 Status Monitor Console Feature . . . . . . . . . 338 Before Installing the Status Monitor Console . . 338 Installing the Status Monitor Console . . . . . . 339 Starting the Status Monitor Console . . . . . . . 339 Printer Selection Window . . . . . . . . . . . . 340 Printer Status Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Dell Supplies Management System Window . . 342 Service Tag Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 Settings Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
FILE LOCATION: C:\Users\fxstdpc- admin\Desktop\30_UG??\Mioga_SFP_UG_FM\Mioga_SFP_UG_FM\Mioga- SFP-UGTOC.fm 12Contents 21 Understanding Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 Typefaces and Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 Weight and Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 Pitch and Point Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 Bitmapped and Scalable Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 Resident Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 Symbol Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352 Symbol Sets for PCL 5/PCL 6 . . . . . . . . . . 352 22 Understanding Printer Messages. . . . . 355 23 Printing With Web Services on Devices (WSD) 361 Adding Roles of Printer Services. . . . . . . . . . . 361 Printer Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362 Installing a Printer Driver Using the Add Printer Wizard 362 24 Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365 Operating System Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . 365 Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365 Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365 Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365 Page Description Language (PDL)/Emulation, Operating System, and Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
FILE LOCATION: C:\Users\fxstdpc- admin\Desktop\30_UG??\Mioga_SFP_UG_FM\Mioga_SFP_UG_FM\Mioga- SFP-UGTOC.fm Contents 13 MIB Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366 Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366 Print Quality Guarantee . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366 Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367 Altitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367 Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367 Maintaining Your Printer 369 25 Maintaining Your Printer . . . . . . . . . . 371 Determining the Status of Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 Conserving Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 Ordering Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 Storing Print Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 Storing Consumables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373 Replacing the Toner Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373 Removing the Toner Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . 374 Installing a Toner Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . 375 Replacing the Print Head Device (PHD) Unit . . . . . . . . 377 Removing the PHD Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 Installing a PHD Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379 Replacing the Retard Roller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384 Removing the Retard Roller in the Standard 250-Sheet Tray 385 Installing a Retard Roller in the Standard 250-Sheet Tray 386 Cleaning Inside the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
FILE LOCATION: C:\Users\fxstdpc- admin\Desktop\30_UG??\Mioga_SFP_UG_FM\Mioga_SFP_UG_FM\Mioga- SFP-UGTOC.fm 14Contents Cleaning the Feed Roller . . . . . . . . . . . . 387 Cleaning the CTD Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . 392 Adjusting Color Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396 Printing the Color Registration Chart . . . . . . 396 Determining Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .397 Entering Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .399 26 Removing Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 Removing the Optional Memory Module. . . . . . . 403 Removing the Optional 250-Sheet Feeder . . . . . . . . . . . 406 Removing the Optional Wireless Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . 408 27 Clearing Jams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411 Avoiding Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411 Identifying the Location of Paper Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412 Clearing Paper Jams From the SSF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413 Clearing Paper Jams From the Standard 250-Sheet Tray 416 Clearing Paper Jams From the Fuser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420 Clearing Paper Jams From the Duplexer . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 Clearing Paper Jams From the Optional 250-Sheet Feeder 425 Troubleshooting 429 28 Troubleshooting Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . 431 Basic Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
FILE LOCATION: C:\Users\fxstdpc- admin\Desktop\30_UG??\Mioga_SFP_UG_FM\Mioga_SFP_UG_FM\Mioga- SFP-UGTOC.fm Contents 15 Display Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431 Printing Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432 Print Quality Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434 The output is too light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Toner smears or print comes off . . . . . . . . . 438 Random spots/Blurred images . . . . . . . . . . 439 The entire output is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . 440 Streaks appear on the output . . . . . . . . . . . 442 Part or the entire output is black . . . . . . . . . 443 Pitched color dots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444 Vertical blanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445 Ghosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Light-induced fatigue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448 Fog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449 Bead-Carry-Out (BCO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449 Jagged characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 Banding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451 Auger mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452 Wrinkled/Stained paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453 Damage on the leading edge of paper . . . . . . 455 Jam/Alignment Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 The top and side margins are incorrect . . . . . . 456 Color registration is out of alignment . . . . . . 456 Images are skewed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 Standard 250-Sheet Tray Misfeed Jam . . . . . . 458 SSF Misfeed Jam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460 Optional 250-Sheet Feeder Misfeed Jam . . . . . 462 Regi Jam (Exit Sensor On JAM) . . . . . . . . . 463 Exit Jam (Exit Sensor Off JAM) . . . . . . . . . 463 Standard 250-Sheet Tray/Optional 250-Sheet Feeder Multi-feed Jam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464 SSF Multi-feed Jam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464
FILE LOCATION: C:\Users\fxstdpc- admin\Desktop\30_UG??\Mioga_SFP_UG_FM\Mioga_SFP_UG_FM\Mioga- SFP-UGTOC.fm 16Contents Noise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465 Problems With Installed Optional Accessories . . . . 467 Other Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467 Contacting Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470 Appendix 475 B Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477 Dell™ Technical Support Policy . . . . . . . . . . . 477 Online Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477 Warranty and Return Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478 Recycling Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478 Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
DELL CONFIDENTIAL – PRELIMINARY 9/13/10 - FOR PROOF ONLY 17 Before Beginning
18 FILE LOCATION: C:\Users\fxstdpc- admin\Desktop\30_UG??\Mioga_SFP_UG_FM\Mioga_SFP_UG_FM\sectionnote.fm DELL CONFIDENTIAL – PRELIMINARY 9/13/10 - FOR PROOF ONLY