Dell 2150cn User manual

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Dell™ 2150cn/2150cdn Color Printer

User's Guide

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Contents

Dell™ 2150cn/2150cdn Color Printer 1

User's Guide 1

Before Beginning 17

A Notes, Notices, and Cautions . . . . . . . . 19

1 Dell™ 2150cn/2150cdn Color Printer User's

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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