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Printing291 17 Printing This chapter covers tips for printing, how to print certain information from your printer, and how to cancel a job. NOTE: The images used and procedures described in this manual are those of Dell™ 2155cdn Multifunction Color Printer. Tips for Successful Printing Tips on Storing Print Media Store your print media properly. For more information, see Storing Print Media. Avoiding Paper Jams NOTICE: Before buying large quantities of any print media, it is recommended that you try a sample first. By selecting appropriate print media and loading it properly, you can avoid paper jams. See the following instructions on loading print media: • Loading Print Media in the Standard 250-Sheet Tray and the Optional 250- Sheet Feeder • Loading Print Media in the SSF • Avoiding Jams If you encounter a paper jam, see Clearing Jams.
292Printing Sending a Job to Print To support all of the printer features, use the printer driver. When you choose Print from a software program, a window representing the printer driver opens. Select the appropriate settings for the specific job that you are sending to print. Print settings selected from the driver override the default menu settings selected from the operator panel or Tool Box. You may need to click Preferences from the initial Print box to see all of the available system settings you can change. If you are not familiar with a feature in the printer driver window, open the online Help for more information. To print a job from a typical Microsoft® Windows® application: 1 Open the file you want to print. 2From the File menu, select Print. 3Verify that the correct printer is selected in the dialog box. Modify the system settings as appropriate (such as the pages you want to print or the number of copies). 4Click Preferences to adjust system settings that are not available from the first screen, and then click OK. 5Click OK or Print to send the job to the selected printer. Canceling a Print Job There are several methods for canceling a job. • Canceling a Job From the Operator Panel • Canceling a Job From a Computer Running Windows Canceling a Job From the Operator Panel To cancel a job after it has started printing: 1 Press the (Cancel) button. 2From the Job List, press or button until Print is highlighted, and then press the (Set) button. Printing is canceled only for the current job. All the following jobs will continue to print.
Printing293 Canceling a Job From a Computer Running Windows Canceling a Job From the Taskbar When you send a job to print, a small printer icon appears in the bottom right corner of the taskbar. 1 Double-click the printer icon. A list of print jobs appears in the printer window. 2Select the job you want to cancel. 3Press Delete on the keyboard. Canceling a Job From the Desktop 1Click StartPrinters and Faxes. For Windows XP ®: Click start Printers and Faxes. For Windows Vista ®: Click Start Control Panel Hardware and Sound Printers. For Windows Server ® 2008: Click Start Control Panel Printers. For Windows Server 2008 R2/Windows 7: Click Start Devices and Printers . A list of available printers appears. 2Double-click the printer that you selected when you sent the job for print. A list of print jobs appears in the printer window. 3Select the job you want to cancel. 4Press Delete on the keyboard. Duplex Printing Duplex printing (or two-sided printing) allows you to print on both sides of a sheet of paper. For sizes that are acceptable for duplex printing, see Supported Paper Sizes.
294Printing Duplex Printing With Duplexer (Dell 2155cdn Multifunction Color Printer Only) 1Click Star tPrinters and Faxes. For Windows XP: Click start Printers and Faxes. For Windows Vista: Click Star t Control Panel Hardware and Sound Printers. For Windows Server 2008: Click Star t Control Panel Printers. For Windows Server 2008 R2/Windows 7: Click Start Devices and Printers . 2Right-click the printer and select Printing Preferences. The Paper/Output tab appears. 3Select Paper Source from Tray 1, Tr a y 2, and Auto. 4From Duplex, select Flip on Long Edge or Flip on Short Edge. NOTE: For details on the Flip on Long Edge and Flip on Short Edge options, see Flip on Long Edge and Flip on Short Edge. 5Click OK. Duplex Printing Without Duplexer (Dell 2155cn Multifunction Color Printer Only) Manual duplex printing (or two-sided printing) allows you to manually print on both sides of the paper. For information on the paper sizes that support manual duplex printing, see Supported Paper Sizes. NOTE: You can use the manual duplex feature using PCL 6 printer driver. NOTE: To use the manual duplex feature, select Paper Source other than Auto or SSF. 1Click Star tPrinters and Faxes. For Windows XP: Click start Printers and Faxes. For Windows Vista: Click Star t Control Panel Hardware and Sound Printers. For Windows Server 2008: Click Star t Control Panel Printers.
Printing295 For Windows Server 2008 R2/Windows 7: Click Start Devices and Printers . 2Right-click the printer and select Printing Preferences. The Paper/Output tab appears. 3From Paper Source, select Tr a y 1 or Tray 2. 4From Duplex, select Flip on Long Edge or Flip on Short Edge. NOTE: For details on the Flip on Long Edge and Flip on Short Edge options, see Flip on Long Edge and Flip on Short Edge. 5Click OK. A window that shows the instructions for manual duplex printing appears. The even-numbered pages are printed from the printer. Clicking the OK button on your printer driver will first print the even- numbered pages of your document. If your document consists of six pages, its even-numbered pages are printed in the order of page 6, 4, and then 2. After the even-numbered pages are printed, a message Insert Output to Tray 1 (Tray 2) (071-920 or 072-920) appears on the operator panel . 6 Remove the stack of output from the output tray. Load the stack back into the tray without turning it over (with the blank side face up). 7A message Press to continue printing (071-921 or 072-921) appears on the operator panel. Press the (Set) button.
296Printing The odd-numbered pages are printed in the order of page 1, 3, and then 5. NOTE: You cannot duplex print mix-sized documents. Using Booklet Print (Dell 2155cn and 2155cdn Models) To use the booklet print feature, select Booklet Creation in the Booklet/Poster/Mixed Document dialog box displayed by clicking the Booklet/Poster/Mixed Document button. Flip on Long Edge binding position is selected by default. If you want to change the position, select Flip on Short Edge from the Duplex menu in the printer properties dialog box. NOTE: For Dell 2155cdn Multifunction Color Printer, select Paper Source or Auto to use the booklet printing feature. For Dell 2155cn Multifunction Color Printer, select Paper Source. You cannot select Auto or SSF for booklet printing. NOTE: When XPS driver is used, booklet print is not available. Flip on Long Edge Assumes binding along the long edge of the page (left edge for portrait orientation and top edge for landscape orientation). The following illustration shows long-edge binding for portrait and landscape pages:
Printing297 Using the Stored Print Function When you send a job to the printer, you can specify in the driver that you want the printer to store the job in the memory. When you are ready to print the job, go to the printer and use the operator panel menus to identify which job in the memory you want to print. You can use this function for Secure Print, Private MailBox Print, Public MailBox Print, and Proof Print. NOTE: Stored Print function is available when: • The optional memory module is installed. • The RAM disk is enabled in the operator panel menu. •RAM Disk is set to Available in the printer driver. NOTE: The data in memory is cleared when the printer is turned off. The stored print function includes the following job types: • Secure Print • Private MailBox Print Flip on Short Edge Assumes binding along the short edge of the page (top edge for portrait orientation and left edge for landscape orientation). The following illustration shows short-edge binding for portrait and landscape pages:
298Printing • Public MailBox Print • Proof Print Secure Print You can store print jobs temporarily in printer memory and print them later from the operator panel. This feature can be used to print confidential documents. A stored print job will be deleted after you print it or at a designated time. NOTE: Secure Print is available when using the PCL driver. Private MailBox Print You can store print jobs temporarily in printer memory and print them at a more convenient time from the operator panel. This feature can be used to print confidential documents. The stored jobs remain in printer memory until you delete them on the operator panel or turn off the printer. NOTE: Private MailBox Print is available when using the PCL driver. Public MailBox Print You can store print jobs temporarily in printer memory and print them at a more convenient time from the operator panel. A print job is stored until you delete it from printer memory on the operator panel or turn off the printer. You cannot use the password function with this feature. This function does not require a password to print a stored job. NOTE: Public MailBox Print is available when using the PCL driver. Proof Print When you specify multiple copies for a collated job, this feature allows you to print only the first set for checking, before proceeding to print the remaining copies at the printer. NOTE: If a print job is too large for the memory available, the printer may display error messages. NOTE: If a document name is not assigned to your print job in the printer driver, the jobs name will be identified using the printers time and date of submission to distinguish it from other jobs you have stored under your name. NOTE: Proof Print is available when using the PCL driver.