Dell 2155CDN User manual

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Dell™ 2155cn/2155cdn Multifunction
Color Printer User's Guide

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Contents
Dell™ 2155cn/2155cdn Multifunction Color Printer User's Guide 1
Before Beginning 25
A Notes, Notices, and Cautions . . . . . . . . 27
1 Dell™ 2155cn/2155cdn Multifunction Color
Printer User's Guide 29
2 Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3 Product Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
4 About the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Front and Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Space Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Securing the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

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Ordering Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Setting up the Printer (Printer Setup) 47
5 Preparing Printer Hardware . . . . . . . . . 49
Removing Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Removing the Print Head Device (PHD) Ribbons . . . . . 50
Installing the Toner Cartridges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
6 Installing Optional Accessories . . . . . . 53
Installing the Optional Memory Module . . . . . . . 53
Printing System Settings Report . . . . . . . . . 56
Updating Your Driver to Detect Memory Module 58
Installing the Optional 250-Sheet Feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Printing System Settings Report . . . . . . . . . 61
Updating Your Driver to Detect 250-Sheet Feeder 63
Installing the Optional Wireless Adapter . . . . . . . 64
Verifying the Contents of the Box . . . . . . . . 65
Installing the Wireless Adapter Using Video Instructions
(Recommended) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Installing the Optional Wireless Adapter . . . . . 66
Printing System Settings Report . . . . . . . . . 67
Determining the Wireless Network Settings . . . 68
Configuring the Optional Wireless Adapter . . . . . . 69
Using Wizard Setup to Configure a Wireless Adapter 70
Using Advanced Setup to Configure a Wireless Adapter 72
Constructing a New Wireless Network Environment for Your
Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

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7 Connecting Your Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Connecting Printer to Computer or Network . . . . . 92
Direct Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Network Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Connecting the Telephone Line . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Turning on the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Setting Initial Settings on the Operator Panel . . . . . 97
8 Setting the IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Assigning an IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
When Using the Easy Setup Navigator . . . . . 103
When Using the Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . 104
When Using the Tool Box . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Verifying the IP Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Verifying the Settings Using System Settings Report 106
Verifying the Settings Using Ping Command . . 107
9 Loading Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
10 Installing Printer Drivers on the Windows
Computers 113
Identifying Printer Driver Pre-install Status . . . . . . 113
When Using the Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . 113
When Using the Tool Box . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Disabling Firewall Before Installing Printer Software 114
Inserting the Drivers and Utility CD . . . . . . . . . 114

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Direct Connection Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Network Connection Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Network Printer Setup on a Local Network . . . 118
Network Printer Setup on a Remote Network . . 124
Setting Up for Shared Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Point and Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Peer-to-Peer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
11 Installing Printer Drivers on the Macintosh
Computers 141
Installing the Drivers and Software . . . . . . . . . . 141
Adding a Printer on Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 . . . 142
Adding a Printer on Mac OS X 10.4.11 . . . . . 143
Adding a Printer on Mac OS X 10.3.9 . . . . . . 145
Configuring Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
12 Installing Printer Drivers on the Linux Computers
(CUPS) 147
Operation on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 WS/5 Client 147
Setup Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Installing the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
Setting Up the Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
Setting the Default Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
Specifying the Printing Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
Uninstalling the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
Operation on SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 . . 150
Setup Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Installing the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . 150

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Setting Up the Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Setting the Default Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Specifying the Printing Options . . . . . . . . . 152
Setting the Password for Authority as the Printer Administrator
153
Uninstalling the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . 153
Operation on SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 . . 154
Setup Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Installing the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Setting Up the Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Setting the Default Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Specifying the Printing Options . . . . . . . . . 156
Setting the Password for Authority as the Printer Administrator
157
Uninstalling the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . 157
Using Your Printer 159
13 Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool . 161
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
When Using the Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . 162
When Using the Tool Box . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Using the Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool . . . . . . 163
Printer Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Printer Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Print Server Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Copy Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Print Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Printer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Tray Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

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E-Mail Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Set Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Order Supplies at: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Contact Dell Support at: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Setting Up the Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool0 . 165
Setting Up From Web Browser . . . . . . . . . 165
Setting Up From Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
Page Display Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Top Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Left Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Right Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Changing the Settings of the Menu Items . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Details of the Menu Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
Printer Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176
Printer Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178
Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
Print Server Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Copy Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245
Print Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245
Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248
Tray Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259
14 Print Media Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Paper Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Recommended Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Unacceptable Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Selecting Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263
Selecting Pre-Printed Media and Letterheads . . 264

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Selecting Pre-Punched Paper . . . . . . . . . . 264
Printing on a Letterhead (Pre-Printed and Pre-Punched Paper)
265
Envelopes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Labels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Storing Print Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Identifying Print Media and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . 270
Supported Paper Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Supported Paper Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Paper Type Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
15 Loading Print Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Print Media Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Loading Print Media in the Standard 250-Sheet Tray and the Optional
250-Sheet Feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Loading Envelopes in the Standard 250-Sheet Tray and the
Optional 250-Sheet Feeder . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Loading Letterhead (Pre-Printed and Pre-Punched Paper) 278
Loading Print Media in the SSF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Loading an Envelope in the SSF . . . . . . . . . 281
Using the SSF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Linking Trays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
16 Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Using the Operator Panel Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . 285

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Printing a Panel Settings Page . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
When Using the Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . 287
When Using the Tool Box . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Printing, Copying, Scanning, and Faxing 289
17 Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Tips for Successful Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Tips on Storing Print Media . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Avoiding Paper Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Sending a Job to Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Canceling a Print Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Canceling a Job From the Operator Panel . . . . 292
Canceling a Job From a Computer Running Windows 293
Duplex Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Duplex Printing With Duplexer (Dell 2155cdn Multifunction
Color Printer Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Duplex Printing Without Duplexer (Dell 2155cn Multifunction
Color Printer Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Using Booklet Print (Dell 2155cn and 2155cdn Models) 296
Using the Stored Print Function . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Secure Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Private MailBox Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Public MailBox Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Proof Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Storing Print Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Printing the Stored Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Specifying Your Password on the Operator Panel (Secure
Print/Private MailBox Print) . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Deleting Stored Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300