DELL 2355dn User Manual

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10When the following window appears, click Finish.
The installation program has added the 
Unified Driver Configurator desktop icon and 
Dell MFP group to the system menu for your convenience. If you have any difficulties, 
consult the onscreen help that is available through your system menu or can otherwise be 
called from the driver package windows applications, such as 
Unified Driver 
Configurator
 or Image Editor.
Click to configure the printer’s settings.Click to print a test page.
 

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Uninstalling the MFP Driver
1When the Administrator Login window appears, type in root in the Login field and enter 
the system password.
 NOTE: You must log in as a super user (root) to install the printer software. If you are not a super 
user, ask your system administrator.
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Insert the Software and Documentation CD. The Software and Documentation CD will 
automatically run.
If the Software and Documentation CD does not automatically run, click the   icon at 
the bottom of the desktop. When the...

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Using the Unified Driver Configurator
Unified Driver Configurator is a tool primarily intended for configuring MFP devices. Since 
an MFP device combines the printer and scanner, the Unified Driver Configurator provides 
options logically grouped for printer and scanner functions. There is also a special MFP port 
option responsible for the regulation of access to an MFP printer and scanner via a single I/O 
channel.
After installing the MFP driver, the Unified Driver Configurator icon will...

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Printers Configuration
Printers configuration has the two tabs; Printers and Classes. 
Printers Tab
You can see the current system’s printer configuration by clicking on the printer icon button 
on the left side of the Unified Driver Configurator window.
You can use the following printer control buttons:
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Refresh: renews the available printers list.
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Add Printer: allows you to add a new printer.
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Remove Printer: removes the selected printer.
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Set as Default: sets the current printer as a default...

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Classes Tab
The Classes tab shows a list of available printer classes.
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Refresh: Renews the classes list.
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Add Class...: Allows you to add a new printer class.
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Remove Class: Removes the selected printer class.
Shows the status of the
class and the number of
printers in the class.Shows all of the printer 
classes.
 

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Scanners Configuration
In this window, you can monitor the activity of scanner devices, view a list of installed Dell 
MFP devices, change device properties, and scan images.
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Properties...: Allows you to change the scan properties and scan a document. See 

Scanning a Document.
Switches to Scanners
configuration.
Shows all of the 
installed scanners.
Shows the vendor, model
name and type of your
scanner.
 

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MFP Ports Configuration
In this window, you can view the list of available MFP ports, check the status of each port and 
release a port that is stalled in busy state when its owner is terminated for any reason.
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Refresh: Renews the available ports list.
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Release port: Releases the selected port.
Sharing Ports Between Printers and Scanners
Your printer may be connected to a host computer via the parallel port or USB port. Since the 
MFP device contains more than one device (printer and scanner), it...

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Configuring Printer Properties
Using the properties window provided by the Printers configuration, you can change the 
various properties for your machine as a printer.
1Open the Unified Driver Configurator.
If necessary, switch to Printers configuration.
2Select your printer on the available printers list and click Properties.
3The Printer Properties window opens.
The following five tabs display at the top of the window:
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General: allows you to change the printer location and name. The name entered...

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Printing a Document
Printing from Applications
There are a lot of Linux applications that you are allowed to print from using Common UNIX 
Printing System (CUPS). You can print on your machine from any such application.
1From the application you are using, select Print from the File menu.
2Select Print directly using lpr.
3In the LPR GUI window, select the model name of your machine from the Printer list and 
click 
Properties.
4Change the printer and print job properties.
Click.
 

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The following four tabs display at the top of the window.
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General: allows you to change the paper size, the paper type, and the orientation of 
the documents, enables the duplex feature, adds start and end banners, and changes 
the number of pages per sheet.
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Te x t: allows you to specify the page margins and set the text options, such as spacing 
or columns.
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Graphics: allows you to set image options that are used when printing images/files, 
such as color options, image size, or image...