Dell 2355 Mono Laser User manual

Dell™ 2355dn Laser MFP
User’s Guide

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DellTM 2355dn Laser MFP User’s Guide
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Information".
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OR
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4 Select the appropriate service or support link based on your need.
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Notes, Notices, and Cautions
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NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how
to avoid the problem.
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Finding Information
What Are You Looking For? Find It Here
• Drivers for my printer
•MyUser’sGuide
Software and Documentation CD
You can use the Software and Documentation CD to install,
uninstall, or reinstall drivers and utilities or access your User’s Guide.
For details, see "Software Overview".
Readme files may be included on your Software and Documentation
CD to provide last-minute updates about technical changes to your
printer or advanced technical reference material for experienced
users or technicians.
• How to use my printer Quick Reference Guide
CAUTION: Read and follow all safety instructions in your
Product Information Guide prior to setting up and operating your
printer.
NOTE: Quick Reference Gudie may not be provided with your
product depending on your country.
• How to set up my printer Setup diagram
• Safety information
• Warranty information
•RegulatoryNotice
Product Information Guide
Dell 2355dn MFP Quick Reference Guide
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Touch Screen
Front
Back
Quick ReferenceGuide
Quick ReferenceGuide
Front
1.LCD:Display.
2.StatusLED: Shows the status of your machine.
3.JobStatus button: Shows the jobs.
4.M/CSetup button: Leads you to the machine setup and advanced settings.
5Startbutton: Initiate operation.
6.Cancelbutton: Cancel displayed operation.
1.LCD:Display.
2.StatusLED: Shows the status of your machine.
3.JobStatus button: Shows the jobs.
4.M/CSetup button: Leads you to the machine setup and advanced settings.
5Startbutton: Initiate operation.
6.Cancelbutton: Cancel displayed operation.
1.LCD:Display.
2.StatusLED: Shows the status of your machine.
3.JobStatus button: Shows the jobs.
4.M/CSetup button: Leads you to the machine setup and advanced settings.
5Startbutton: Initiate operation.
6.Cancelbutton: Cancel displayed operation.
1.USBport
2.Lockingslot
3.Networkport
4.Optionaltray 2 cable
connector
5.Telephoneline socket (Line)
6.Extensiontelephone socket (EXT)
7.Reardoor
8.Powerreceptacle
9.Powerswitch
10.Expresservice code
11.Optionalmemory
12.Optionalwireless card
1. Copy:Entersthe copy menu.
2.Fax:Enters the fax menu.
3.Scan: Enters the scan menu.
4.Setup:Enters the advanced settings.
5.None:You can set the option which is frequently uses on
mainscreen.Also you can change shortcut name as well.
6. :Shows the main screen.
7. : Enters the LCD brightness, the USB memory,
language, and job status.
8. :Returnto the upper menu.
9. : Scroll through available options.
10. :Starta job.
Front
Front
OperatorPanel OperatorPanel
TouchScreen TouchScreen
13
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7
1
3
4
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5
2
6
9
10
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15
1.DADF
2.Documentwidth guides
3.Documentinput tray
4.Documentoutput tray
5.Operatorpanel
6.Outputtray (face down)
7.MPF(Multi purpose feeder)
8.Frontcover
9.Tray1
10.Optionaltray 2
11.USBmemory port
12.Paperoutput extension
13.Documentglass
14.Tonercartridge
15.Expresservice code
1.DADF
2.Documentwidth guides
3.Documentinput tray
4.Documentoutput tray
5.Operatorpanel
6.Outputtray (face down)
7.MPF(Multi purpose feeder)
8.Frontcover
9.Tray1
10.Optionaltray 2
11.USBmemory port
12.Paperoutput extension
13.Documentglass
14.Tonercartridge
15.Expresservice code
1.DADF
2.Documentwidth guides
3.Documentinput tray
4.Documentoutput tray
5.Operatorpanel
6.Outputtray (face down)
7.MPF(Multi purpose feeder)
8.Frontcover
9.Tray1
10.Optionaltray 2
11.USBmemory port
12.Paperoutput extension
13.Documentglass
14.Tonercartridge
15.Expresservice code
Back
Back
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2
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5
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9
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11
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1.USBport
2.Lockingslot
3.Networkport
4.Optionaltray 2 cable
connector
5.Telephoneline socket (Line)
6.Extensiontelephone socket (EXT)
7.Reardoor
8.Powerreceptacle
9.Powerswitch
10.Expresservice code
11.Optionalmemory
12.Optionalwireless card
1.USBport
2.Lockingslot
3.Networkport
4.Optionaltray 2 cable
connector
5.Telephoneline socket (Line)
6.Extensiontelephone socket (EXT)
7.Reardoor
8.Powerreceptacle
9.Powerswitch
10.Expresservice code
11.Optionalmemory
12.Optionalwireless card
1. Copy:Entersthe copy menu.
2.Fax:Enters the fax menu.
3.Scan: Enters the scan menu.
4.Setup:Enters the advanced settings.
5.None:You can set the option which is frequently uses on
mainscreen.Also you can change shortcut name as well.
6. :Shows the main screen.
7. : Enters the LCD brightness, the USB memory,
language, and job status.
8. :Returnto the upper menu.
9. : Scroll through available options.
10. :Starta job.
1. Copy:Entersthe copy menu.
2.Fax:Enters the fax menu.
3.Scan: Enters the scan menu.
4.Setup:Enters the advanced settings.
5.None:You can set the option which is frequently uses on
mainscreen.Also you can change shortcut name as well.
6. :Shows the main screen.
7. : Enters the LCD brightness, the USB memory,
language, and job status.
8. :Returnto the upper menu.
9. : Scroll through available options.
10. :Starta job.

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Express Service Code Express Service Code
Identify your printer when you use support.dell.com or contact
technical support.
Enter the Express Service Code to direct your call when contacting
technical support. The Express Service Code is not available in all
countries.
• Latest drivers for my printer
• Answers to technical service
and support questions
• Documentation for my
printer
Dell Support Website: support.dell.com
The Dell Support Website provides several online tools, including:
• Solutions - Troubleshooting hints and tips, articles from
technicians, and online courses
• Upgrades - Upgrade information for components, such as memory
• Customer Care - Contact information, order status, warranty, and
repair information
•Downloads-Drivers
• Reference - Printer documentation and product specifications
You can access Dell Support at support.dell.com . Select your region
on the WELCOME TO DELL SUPPORT page, and fill in the
requested details to access help tools and information.
What Are You Looking For? Find It Here

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Contents
DellTM 2355dn Laser MFP User’s Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Finding Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Unpacking Your Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
About Your Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Rear View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Operator Panel Button Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Common Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Function Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Fax Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Understanding the Status LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Introducing the Home Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Touchscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Understanding the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Using Shortcut Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Internal Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Printing the PCL Font list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Printing the PS3 Font list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Setting up the hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Installing the Toner Cartridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Loading Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Making Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Connecting the Telephone Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Connecting the Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Powering On the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Setting fax setup sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Dell 2355dn Laser MFP Menu Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Printing the Printer setting and Op-panel Menu setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

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Printing the Printer setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Printing the Op-panel Menu setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Setting the Machine ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Changing the Display Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Selecting Country. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Power Save Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Setting the Sound/Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Setting Daylight Savings Time (Only for USA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Scanner Lamp Power Save Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Changing the Default Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Setting the Time Out Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Setting the Job Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Setting the Toner Save Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Setting the Timing of Toner Low Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Ignoring Blank Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Ignoring the Toner Low Message (Only for Fax) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Software Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Printer Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Printer Server Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Fax Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Email Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Copy Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Printing Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Set Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Installing Software in Microsoft®Windows®Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Installing Dell Software for Local Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Network Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Installing Dell Software for Network Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

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Uninstalling Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Using the Dell Toner Management System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Printer Status Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Printer Settings Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
The Directory Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
The Fax Setting Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
The Setting Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
The Layout Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
The Paper Option Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
The Graphic Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
The Emulation Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
The Network(IPv4) Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Firmware Update Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Set IP Address Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Paper Handling
Print Media Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Transparencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Envelopes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Card Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Storing Print Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Identifying Print Media Sources and Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Selecting an Output Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Printing to the Output Tray (Face down) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Printing to the Rear Door (Face up) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Loading Print Media in the Paper Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Using the MPF (Multi purpose feeder) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Setting the Paper Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Setting the Paper Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

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Setting the Paper Margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Setting the Paper Tray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Setting the Tray linking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Substitute Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Setting the Default Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Setting the paper feeding flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Setting the paper auto feeding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Tray Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Tray Linking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Substitute Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
MPF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Bypass Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Tray Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Printing
Printing a Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Canceling a Print Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Printer Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Basic Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Paper Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Graphic Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Advanced Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Dell Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Using a Presets Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Using Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Printing Multiple Pages on One Sheet of the Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Change Percentage of Your Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Fitting Your Document to a Selected Paper Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Printing Posters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Printing Booklets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Printing on Both Sides of Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Using Watermarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Using an Existing Watermark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Creating a Watermark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

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Editing a Watermark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Deleting a Watermark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Using Overlays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
What is an Overlay? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Creating a New Page Overlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Using a Page Overlay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Deleting a Page Overlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Copying
Loading Paper for Copying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Selecting the Paper Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Preparing a Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Loading an Original Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Making Copies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Setting Copy Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Number of Copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Enlarge/Reduce Copy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Original Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Original Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Using Special Copy Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
ECO Copying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Book Copying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Collate Copying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Auto Fit Copying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Clone Copying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Poster Copying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
ID Copying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
2-up or 4-up copying (N-up) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Printing Copies on Both Sides of Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Changing the Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Scanning
Scanning Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

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SmarThru Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Starting SmarThru Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Using SmarThru Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Scanning Using Dell Scan Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
About Dell Scan Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Setting scan information in Dell Scan Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Scanning to a PC Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Scanning and Sending an Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Scanning and Sending to SMB Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Scanning and Sending to FTP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Scanning and Sending Custom Email. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Scan to Fax Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Scanning Using the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Scanning to the USB Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
About USB Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Plugging in a USB memory key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Scanning Using the Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Changing the Scan Feature Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Managing the USB Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Deleting an Image File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Formatting the USB Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Printing from the USB Memory Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Viewing the USB Memory Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Scan to Email Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Setting up the Email Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Scanning by a network connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Preparing for network scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Setting up Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Registering local email numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Adding an E-mail Address to Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Editing or Deleting an E-mail Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Group Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Configuring group email numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Assigning Email Addresses to a Group Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

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Deleting a Group Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Editing Group Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Printing Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Changing Default Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Networking
About Sharing the Printer on a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Locally-shared Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Wired Network-connected Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Printing Across a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Setting Up the Locally Shared Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
In Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Server 2008/Vista/ 7/ Server 2008 R2. . . . 172
Setting Up a Network-connected Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
1 Via Network Administration Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
2 Via the Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Faxing
Setting the Printer ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Setting the Time and Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Setting Daylight Savings Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Changing the Clock Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Setting Sounds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Speaker, Ringer, Dial Tone, Fault, Conflict, and Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Toll Save Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Setting up the Fax System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Changing the Fax Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Available Fax Defaults Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Testing Fax line connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Sending a Fax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Adjusting the Document Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Adjusting the Document Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Sending a Fax Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

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Sending a Fax Automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Sending a Fax Directly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Confirming Transmissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Automatic Redialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Redialing fax number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Receiving a Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
About Receiving Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Loading Paper for Receiving Faxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Receiving Automatically in the Fax Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Receiving Manually in the Tel Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Receiving Automatically in the Ans/Fax Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Receiving Manually Using an Extension Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Receiving Faxes Using the DRPD Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Receiving Faxes in the Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Automatic Dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Speed Dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Group Dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Searching for a Number in the Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Printing a Phonebook List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Other Ways to Fax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Sending a Delayed Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Sending a Priority Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Adding Documents to a Scheduled Fax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Canceling a Scheduled Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Fax Forward to E-mail addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Additional Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Using the Secure Receiving Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Printing Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Using Advanced Fax Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Fax Data Back-up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

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Macintosh
Installing Software for Macintosh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Install the printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
UnInstall the printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Install the Scan driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
UnInstall the scan driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Setting Up the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
For a Network-connected Macintosh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
For a USB-connected Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Printing a Document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Changing Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Printing Multiple Pages on One Sheet of Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Duplex Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Linux
Getting Started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Installing the MFP Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Installing the MFP Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Uninstalling the MFP Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Using the Unified Driver Configurator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Printers Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Scanners Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
MFP Ports Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Configuring Printer Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Printing a Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Printing from Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Printing Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Scanning a Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Using the Image Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

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Maintenance
Clearing the printer NVRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Backing up Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Backing up Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Restoring Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Cleaning Your Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Cleaning the Exterior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Cleaning the Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Cleaning the scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Maintaining the Toner Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Storing the Toner Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Redistributing Toner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Replacing the Toner Cartridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Cleaning the Drum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Replacement Parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Ordering Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Troubleshooting
Clearing Jams in the DADF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Clearing Jams in the Paper Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Paper Feed Jam (tray 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Paper Feed Jam (optional tray 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
MPF Jam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Fuser Area Jam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Paper Exit Jam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Duplex Jam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Tips for Avoiding Paper Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Clearing LCD Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Solving Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Paper Feeding Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Printing Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Printing Quality Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

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Fax Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Copying Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Scanning Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Global address problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Common Windows Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Common Linux Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Common Macintosh Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Troubleshooting PostScript (PS) Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Installing Accessories
Precautions When Installing Printer Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Installing Printer Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Installing an Optional Tray 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Installing Wireless Network interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Specifications
General Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Scanner and Copier Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Printer Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Facsimile Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Paper Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Guidelines for Using Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Paper Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Paper Output Capacity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Printer and Paper Storage Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

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Unpacking Your Printer
1 Select a location for your printer.
CAUTION: The printer requires at least two people to lift it safely.
• Leave enough room to open the printer tray, covers, doors, and options. It is also
important to allow enough space around the printer for proper ventilation.
• Provide the proper environment:
• A firm, level surface.
• Away from the direct airflow of air conditioners, heaters, or ventilators.
• Away from sunlight, extreme humidity, or high fluctuations in temperature.
• A clean, dry, and dust free lowcation.
• Select a level, stable place with adequate space for air circulation. See "Setting up the
hardware".
• Do not set the machine close to the edge of your desk or table.
NOTE: Leave the printer in the box until you are ready to install it.
2 In addition to the Dell 2355dn Laser MFP , ensure that you have the following items in
the box. If there is a missing item, contact Dell:
Toner cartridge Power corda
a The appearance of the power cord and the telephone line cord may differ according to your country’s
specifications.
Software and Documentation CDb
b The Software and Documentation CD contains Dell printer drivers, Scan drivers, Printer Settings Utility, Set
IP, Macintosh driver, Linux driver, Dell Toner Management System, SmarThru Office and a User’s Guide.
Quick Reference GuidecTelephone line cordaSetup diagram
Product Information Guide
Dell 2355dn MFP Quick Reference Guide
lenaProtarepO
Touch Screen
Front
Back
Quick ReferenceGuide
Quick ReferenceGuide
Front
1.LCD:Display.
2.StatusLED: Shows the status of your machine.
3.JobStatus button: Shows the jobs.
4.M/CSetup button: Leads you to the machine setup and advanced settings.
5Startbutton: Initiate operation.
6.Cancelbutton: Cancel displayed operation.
1.LCD:Display.
2.StatusLED: Shows the status of your machine.
3.JobStatus button: Shows the jobs.
4.M/CSetup button: Leads you to the machine setup and advanced settings.
5Startbutton: Initiate operation.
6.Cancelbutton: Cancel displayed operation.
1.LCD:Display.
2.StatusLED: Shows the status of your machine.
3.JobStatus button: Shows the jobs.
4.M/CSetup button: Leads you to the machine setup and advanced settings.
5Startbutton: Initiate operation.
6.Cancelbutton: Cancel displayed operation.
1.USBport
2.Lockingslot
3.Networkport
4.Optionaltray 2 cable
connector
5.Telephoneline socket (Line)
6.Extensiontelephone socket (EXT)
7.Reardoor
8.Powerreceptacle
9.Powerswitch
10.Expresservice code
11.Optionalmemory
12.Optionalwireless card
1. Copy:Entersthe copy menu.
2.Fax:Enters the fax menu.
3.Scan: Enters the scan menu.
4.Setup:Enters the advanced settings.
5.None:You can set the option which is frequently uses on
main screen. Also you can change shortcut name as well.
6. :Shows the main screen.
7. : Enters the LCD brightness, theUSB memory,
language,and job status.
8. : Return to the upper menu.
9. :Scroll through available options.
10. : Start a job.
Front
Front
OperatorPanel Operator Panel
TouchScreen Touch Screen
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1
7
1
3
4
78
5
2
6
9
10
11
12
14
15
1.DADF
2.Documentwidth guides
3.Documentinput tray
4.Documentoutput tray
5.Operatorpanel
6.Outputtray (face down)
7.MPF(Multi purpose feeder)
8.Frontcover
9.Tray1
10.Optionaltray 2
11.USBmemory port
12.Paperoutput extension
13.Documentglass
14.Tonercartridge
15.Expresservice code
1.DADF
2.Documentwidth guides
3.Documentinput tray
4.Documentoutput tray
5.Operatorpanel
6.Outputtray (face down)
7.MPF(Multi purpose feeder)
8.Frontcover
9.Tray1
10.Optionaltray 2
11.USBmemory port
12.Paperoutput extension
13.Documentglass
14.Tonercartridge
15.Expresservice code
1.DADF
2.Documentwidth guides
3.Documentinput tray
4.Documentoutput tray
5.Operatorpanel
6.Outputtray (face down)
7.MPF(Multi purpose feeder)
8.Frontcover
9.Tray1
10.Optionaltray 2
11.USBmemory port
12.Paperoutput extension
13.Documentglass
14.Tonercartridge
15.Expresservice code
Back
Back
1
2
3
5
4
6
8
9
10
11
12
1.USBport
2.Lockingslot
3.Networkport
4.Optionaltray 2 cable
connector
5.Telephoneline socket (Line)
6.Extensiontelephone socket (EXT)
7.Reardoor
8.Powerreceptacle
9.Powerswitch
10.Expresservice code
11.Optionalmemory
12.Optionalwireless card
1.USBport
2.Lockingslot
3.Networkport
4.Optionaltray 2 cable
connector
5.Telephoneline socket (Line)
6.Extensiontelephone socket (EXT)
7.Reardoor
8.Powerreceptacle
9.Powerswitch
10.Expresservice code
11.Optionalmemory
12.Optionalwireless card
1. Copy:Entersthe copy menu.
2.Fax:Enters the fax menu.
3.Scan: Enters the scan menu.
4.Setup:Enters the advanced settings.
5.None:You can set the option which is frequently uses on
main screen. Also you can change shortcut name as well.
6. :Shows the main screen.
7. : Enters the LCD brightness, theUSB memory,
language,and job status.
8. : Return to the upper menu.
9. :Scroll through available options.
10. : Start a job.
1. Copy:Entersthe copy menu.
2.Fax:Enters the fax menu.
3.Scan: Enters the scan menu.
4.Setup:Enters the advanced settings.
5.None:You can set the option which is frequently uses on
main screen. Also you can change shortcut name as well.
6. :Shows the main screen.
7. : Enters the LCD brightness, theUSB memory,
language,and job status.
8. : Return to the upper menu.
9. :Scroll through available options.
10. : Start a job.

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NOTE: Use the telephone line cord supplied with your printer. If you choose to use a different cord,
use an AWG #26 or lower gauge cord that is not more than 250 cm (98 inches) in length.
NOTE: The power cord must be plugged into a grounded power socket.
3 Save the carton and packing material in case the printer needs to be repacked.
4 Remove the packing tape from the front, back, and sides of the printer.
5 Remove the label completely from the scanner module by gently pulling it. The scan
unlock switch should move forward to the unlock position as the label is pulled out.
c Quick Reference Guide may not be provided with your product depending on your country.

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NOTE: To confirm the scanner is unlocked, open the scanner cover and ensure that the blue
latch is in the unlocked ( ) position. If the latch is not in the unlocked position, reach under
the operator panel and pull it forward. If the scan switch is locked, you cannot copy or scan.
NOTE: When you are moving the printer or do not intend to use it for a long period of time,
move the switch BACKWARD to the lock position, as shown.
To scan or copy a document, the switch must be unlocked.