Dell 1355 Color User manual

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Dell™ 1355cn/1355cnw Multifunction
Color Printer
User's Guide

Contents 1
Contents
Dell™ 1355cn/1355cnw Multifunction Color
Printer ............................................................1
User's Guide .................................................1
Before Beginning .......................................19
A Notes, Notices, and Cautions . . . . . . . . . 21
1 Dell™ 1355cn/1355cnw Multifunction Color Printer
User's Guide 23
2 Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3 Product Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
4 About the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Space Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

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Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Securing the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Ordering Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Setting Up Printer (Printer Setup) ...........39
5 Removing Packaging Material . . . . . . . . 41
6 Connecting Your Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Connecting Printer to Computer or Network . . . . . . 44
Direct Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Network Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Turning On the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Connecting the Telephone Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
7 Setting the IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Setting Initial Settings on the Operator Panel . . . . . 51
Assigning an IP Address (for IPv4 Mode) . . . . . . . . 53
The Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
The Tool Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Verifying the IP Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Printing and Checking the Printer Settings Page . . . . 57
The Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

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The Tool Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
8 Loading Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Loading Print Media in the Multipurpose Feeder (MPF) 59
Loading Print Media in the Priority Sheet Inserter (PSI) 66
9 Installing Printer Drivers on Computers Running
Windows 69
Identifying Printer Driver Pre-install Status (For Network Connection
Setup) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
The Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
The Tool Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Disabling the firewall before installing your printer 70
Inserting the Drivers and Utility CD . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Direct Connection Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
For installing host-based printer driver . . . . . . 71
For installing XML Paper Specification (XPS) printer driver 71
Network Connection Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Network Printer Setup on a Local Network . . . . 74
Network Printer Setup on a Remote Network . . . 79
Configuring Wireless Settings (Dell 1355cnw Multifunction Color
Printer Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Using Wizard Setup to Configure Wireless Settings 86
Using Advanced Setup to Configure Wireless Settings 88
Setting up a New Wireless Network Environment for Your
Computer (When you need to setup your wireless connectivity
with your computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Setting Up for Shared Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

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Point and Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Peer-to-Peer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
10 Installing Printer Drivers on Computers Running
Macintosh 117
Installing the Drivers and Software . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Adding a Printer on Mac OS X 10.5 or Later Version(s) 117
Adding a Printer on Mac OS X 10.4.11 . . . . . . . 118
Using Your Printer ...................................121
11 Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool . . . 123
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Using the Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool . . . . . 125
Setting Up the Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool . . 126
Setting Up From Web Browser . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Setting Up From Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . . 129
Page Display Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Top Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Left Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Right Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Changing the Settings of the Menu Items . . . . . . . . 133
Details of the Menu Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Printer Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Printer Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Print Server Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

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Print Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Tray Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
12 Print Media Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Paper Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Recommended Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Unacceptable Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Selecting Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Selecting Preprinted Media and Letterhead . . . . 192
Printing on Letterhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Loading Letterhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Selecting Pre-Punched Paper . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Storing Print Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Identifying Print Media and Specifications . . . . . . 196
Supported Paper Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Supported Paper Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Paper Type Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
13 Loading Print Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Print Media Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Loading Print Media in the Multipurpose Feeder (MPF) 202
Loading an Envelope in the Multipurpose Feeder (MPF) 207

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Loading Letterhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Loading Print Media in the Priority Sheet Inserter (PSI) 211
Loading an Envelope in the Priority Sheet Inserter (PSI) 214
Loading Letterhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Manual Duplex Printing (Windows Printer Driver Only) 218
The Multipurpose Feeder (MPF) . . . . . . . . . . 218
The Priority Sheet Inserter (PSI) . . . . . . . . . . 219
Using the Output Tray Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
14 Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Using the Operator Panel Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Printing a Panel Settings Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
The Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
The Tool Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Printing, Copying, Scanning, and Faxing 227
15 Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Tips for Successful Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Tips on Storing Print Media . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Avoiding Paper Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Sending a Job to Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Canceling a Print Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Canceling From the Operator Panel . . . . . . . . 230
Canceling a Job From the Computer Running Windows 230

Contents 7
Direct Print Using the USB Storage Device . . . . . . 231
Supported File Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Printing a Report Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Printing a System Settings Page . . . . . . . . . . 232
The Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Using the Tool Box to Change the Printer Settings 233
Adjusting the Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
16 Copying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Loading Paper for Copying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Preparing a Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Making Copies From the Document Glass . . . . . . . 235
Making Copies From the ADF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Setting Copy Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Number of Copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Collated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Reduce/Enlarge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Document Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Original Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Lighter/Darker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Sharpness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Auto Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Multiple-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Margin Top/Bottom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Margin Left/Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Margin Middle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

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Changing the Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Setting the Power Saver Timer Option . . . . . . . . . 250
17 Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Scanning Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Scanning From the Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Scanning Using the TWAIN Driver . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Scanning Using the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) Driver 257
Using a Scanner on the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Confirming a Login name and Password . . . . . . 261
Specifying a Destination to Store the Document . 262
Configuring the Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . 271
Sending the Scanned File on the Network . . . . . 279
Scanning to USB Storage Device . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Sending an E-Mail with the Scanned Image . . . . . . 281
Setting an E-Mail Address Book . . . . . . . . . . 281
Sending an E-mail With the Scanned File . . . . . 282
18 Faxing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Using the Numeric Keypad to Enter Characters . . . . 285
Keypad Letters and Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Changing Numbers or Names . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Inserting a Pause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Configuring Fax Initial Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Setting Your Country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286