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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Using the Operator Panel to Change the Printer Settings 251
Using the Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool to Change the
Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Resetting Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Adjusting the Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Know Your Printer 257
18 Understanding the Tool Box Menus . . 259
Printer Settings Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Printer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Menu Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263
TCP/IP Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Printer Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
System Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Date & Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269
Paper Density . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Color Registration Adjustment . . . . . . . . . 270
Adjust Altitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Reset Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Non-Dell Toner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Initialize Print Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Tray Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273
TCP/IP Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Network Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Chart Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Machine Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Paper Wrinkle Check Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279
Environment Sensor Info . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Clean Developer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

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Refresh Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Resetting Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
When Using the Tool Box . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
19 Understanding the Printer Menus . . . . 283
Report / List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Printer Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Panel Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
PCL Fonts List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
PCL Macro List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Job History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Error History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Print Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Color Test Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Stored Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Admin Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Print Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284
Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293
USB Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
System Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310
Secure Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .317
Tray Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Panel Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Print Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Secure Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Private Mail Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Public Mail Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Proof Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

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Panel Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Enabling the Panel Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .326
Disabling the Panel Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327
Resetting Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
When Using the Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . 327
20 Understanding Your Printer Software . 329
Printer Settings Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Status Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Tool Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Updater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Status Monitor Widget for Macintosh . . . . . . . . . 332
Status Monitor Widget Feature . . . . . . . . . 332
Before Installing the Status Monitor Widget . . . 332
Installing the Status Monitor Widget . . . . . . . 333
Opening and Closing the Status Monitor Widget 333
Printer Status Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Order Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Status Monitor Console for Linux . . . . . . . . . . 338
Status Monitor Console Feature . . . . . . . . . 338
Before Installing the Status Monitor Console . . 338
Installing the Status Monitor Console . . . . . . 339
Starting the Status Monitor Console . . . . . . . 339
Printer Selection Window . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Printer Status Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Dell Supplies Management System Window . . 342
Service Tag Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Settings Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

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21 Understanding Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Typefaces and Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Weight and Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Pitch and Point Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Bitmapped and Scalable Fonts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Resident Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Symbol Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Symbol Sets for PCL 5/PCL 6 . . . . . . . . . . 352
22 Understanding Printer Messages . . . . . 355
23 Printing With Web Services on Devices (WSD)
361
Adding Roles of Printer Services . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Printer Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Installing a Printer Driver Using the Add Printer Wizard 362
24 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Operating System Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Page Description Language (PDL)/Emulation, Operating System, and
Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

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MIB Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Print Quality Guarantee . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Altitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Maintaining Your Printer 369
25 Maintaining Your Printer . . . . . . . . . . 371
Determining the Status of Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Conserving Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Ordering Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Storing Print Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Storing Consumables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Replacing the Toner Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Removing the Toner Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . 374
Installing a Toner Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Replacing the Print Head Device (PHD) Unit. . . . . . . . 377
Removing the PHD Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Installing a PHD Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Replacing the Retard Roller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Removing the Retard Roller in the Standard 250-Sheet Tray
385
Installing a Retard Roller in the Standard 250-Sheet Tray 386
Cleaning Inside the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387

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Cleaning the Feed Roller . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Cleaning the CTD Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Adjusting Color Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Printing the Color Registration Chart . . . . . . 396
Determining Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .397
Entering Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .399
26 Removing Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
Removing the Optional Memory Module . . . . . . . 403
Removing the Optional 250-Sheet Feeder. . . . . . . . . . . 406
Removing the Optional Wireless Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . 408
27 Clearing Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Avoiding Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Identifying the Location of Paper Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
Clearing Paper Jams From the SSF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
Clearing Paper Jams From the Standard 250-Sheet Tray 416
Clearing Paper Jams From the Fuser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Clearing Paper Jams From the Duplexer . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
Clearing Paper Jams From the Optional 250-Sheet Feeder 425
Troubleshooting 429
28 Troubleshooting Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Basic Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431

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Display Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Printing Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Print Quality Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
The output is too light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
Toner smears or print comes off . . . . . . . . . 438
Random spots/Blurred images . . . . . . . . . . 439
The entire output is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
Streaks appear on the output . . . . . . . . . . . 442
Part or the entire output is black . . . . . . . . . 443
Pitched color dots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Vertical blanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
Ghosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
Light-induced fatigue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
Fog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449
Bead-Carry-Out (BCO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449
Jagged characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
Banding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
Auger mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
Wrinkled/Stained paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
Damage on the leading edge of paper . . . . . . 455
Jam/Alignment Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
The top and side margins are incorrect . . . . . . 456
Color registration is out of alignment . . . . . . 456
Images are skewed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
Standard 250-Sheet Tray Misfeed Jam . . . . . . 458
SSF Misfeed Jam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
Optional 250-Sheet Feeder Misfeed Jam . . . . . 462
Regi Jam (Exit Sensor On JAM) . . . . . . . . . 463
Exit Jam (Exit Sensor Off JAM) . . . . . . . . . 463
Standard 250-Sheet Tray/Optional 250-Sheet Feeder Multi-feed
Jam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464
SSF Multi-feed Jam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464

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Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Problems With Installed Optional Accessories . . . . 467
Other Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
Contacting Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
Appendix 475
B Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
Dell™ Technical Support Policy . . . . . . . . . . . 477
Online Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
Warranty and Return Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
Recycling Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478

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