Dell 2355dn User manual

Dell™ 2355dn Laser MFP
User’s Guide

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DellTM 2355dn Laser MFP User’s Guide
Click the links to the left for information on the features, options, and operation of your printer.
For information on other documentation included with your printer, see "Finding Information".
To order replacement toner cartridges or supplies from Dell:
1 Double-click the Dell 2355dn Laser MFP Toner Reorder icon on your desktop.
OR
2 Visit Dell's website, or order Dell printer supplies by phone.
http://www.dell.com/supplies
Contacting Dell
NOTE: If you do not have an active Internet connection, you can find contact information on your
purchase invoice, packing slip, bill, or Dell product catalog.
Dell provides several online and telephone-based support and service options. Availability varies
by country and product, and some services may not be available in your area. To contact Dell for
sales, technical support, or customer service issues:
1 Visit www.support.dell.com .
2 Verify your country or region in the Choose A Country/Region drop-down menu at the
bottom of the page.
3 Click Contact Us on the left side of the page.
4 Select the appropriate service or support link based on your need.
5 Choose the method of contacting Dell that is convenient for you.

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Notes, Notices, and Cautions
NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your printer.
NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you
how to avoid the problem.
CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death.
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Finding Information
What Are You Looking For? Find It Here
• Drivers for my printer
• My User’s Guide
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
• Regulatory Notice
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.Alsoyou 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 Operator Panel
TouchScreen Touch Screen
13
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7
1
3
4
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2
6
9
10
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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
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2
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5
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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
mainscreen.Alsoyou 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.Alsoyou 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Understanding the Status LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Introducing the Home Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Touchscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Understanding the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Using Shortcut Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Internal Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Printing the PCL Font list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Printing the PS3 Font list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Setting up the hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Installing the Toner Cartridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Loading Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Making Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Connecting the Telephone Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Connecting the Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Powering On the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Setting fax setup sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Dell 2355dn Laser MFP Menu Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

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Printing the Printer setting and Op-panel Menu setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Printing the Printer setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Printing the Op-panel Menu setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Setting the Machine ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Changing the Display Language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Selecting Country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Power Save Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Setting the Sound/Volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Setting Daylight Savings Time (Only for USA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Scanner Lamp Power Save Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Changing the Default Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Setting the Time Out Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Setting the Job Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Setting the Toner Save Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Setting the Timing of Toner Low Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Ignoring Blank Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Ignoring the Toner Low Message (Only for Fax). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Software Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Printer Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Printer Server Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Fax Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Email Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Copy Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Printing Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Set Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Online Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Installing Software in Microsoft®Windows®Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Installing Dell Software for Local Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

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Network Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Installing Dell Software for Network Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Uninstalling Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Using the Dell Toner Management System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Printer Status Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Printer Settings Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
The Directory Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
The Fax Setting Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
The Setting Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
The Layout Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
The Paper Option Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
The Graphic Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
The Emulation Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
The Network(IPv4) Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Firmware Update Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Set IP Address Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Paper Handling
Print Media Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Transparencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Card Stock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Storing Print Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Identifying Print Media Sources and Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Selecting an Output Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Printing to the Output Tray (Face down) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Printing to the Rear Door (Face up) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Loading Print Media in the Paper Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Using the MPF (Multi purpose feeder). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Setting the Paper Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

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Setting the Paper Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Setting the Paper Margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Setting the Paper Tray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Setting the Tray linking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Substitute Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Setting the Default Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Setting the paper feeding flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Setting the paper auto feeding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Tray Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Tray Linking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Substitute Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
MPF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Bypass Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Tray Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Printing
Printing a Document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Canceling a Print Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Basic Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Paper Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Graphic Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Advanced Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Dell Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Using a Presets Setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Using Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Printing Multiple Pages on One Sheet of the Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Change Percentage of Your Document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Fitting Your Document to a Selected Paper Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Printing Posters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Printing Booklets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Printing on Both Sides of Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

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Using Watermarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Using an Existing Watermark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Creating a Watermark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Editing a Watermark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Deleting a Watermark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Using Overlays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
What is an Overlay? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Creating a New Page Overlay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Using a Page Overlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Deleting a Page Overlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Copying
Loading Paper for Copying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Selecting the Paper Tray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Preparing a Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Loading an Original Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Making Copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Setting Copy Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Number of Copies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Enlarge/Reduce Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Contrast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Original Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Original Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Using Special Copy Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
ECO Copying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Book Copying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Collate Copying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Auto Fit Copying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Clone Copying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Poster Copying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
ID Copying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
2-up or 4-up copying (N-up). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Printing Copies on Both Sides of Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

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Changing the Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Scanning
Scanning Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
SmarThru Office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Starting SmarThru Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Using SmarThru Office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Scanning Using Dell Scan Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
About Dell Scan Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Setting scan information in Dell Scan Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Scanning to a PC Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Scanning and Sending an Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Quick email sending to predefined multi destination by Shortcut . . . . . . . . . . 162
Creating shortcut Meun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Scanning and Sending an Email to multi destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Scanning and Sending to SMB Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Scanning and Sending to FTP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Scanning and Sending Custom Email. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Scan to Fax Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Scanning Using the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) Driver. . . . . . . . . . . 167
Scanning to the USB Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
About USB Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Plugging in a USB memory key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Scanning Using the Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Changing the Scan Feature Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Managing the USB Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Deleting an Image File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Formatting the USB Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Printing from the USB Memory Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Viewing the USB Memory Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Scan to Email Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

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Setting up the Email Account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Scanning by a network connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Preparing for network scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Setting up Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Registering local email numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Adding an E-mail Address to Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Editing or Deleting an E-mail Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Group Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Configuring group email numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Assigning Email Addresses to a Group Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Deleting a Group Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Editing Group Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Printing Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Changing Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Networking
About Sharing the Printer on a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Locally-shared Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Wired Network-connected Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Printing Across a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Setting Up the Locally Shared Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
In Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Server 2008/Vista/ 7/ Server 2008 R2 186
Setting Up a Network-connected Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
1 Via Network Administration Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
2 Via the Operator Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Google Cloud Print™. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Registering your Google account to the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Printing with Google Cloud Print™. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Faxing
Setting the Printer ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

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Setting the Time and Date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Setting Daylight Savings Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Changing the Clock Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Setting Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Speaker, Ringer, Dial Tone, Fault, Conflict, and Selection . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Toll Save Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Setting up the Fax System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Changing the Fax Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Available Fax Defaults Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Testing Fax line connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Sending a Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Adjusting the Document Contrast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Adjusting the Document Resolution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Sending a Fax Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Sending a Fax Automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Sending a Fax Directly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Confirming Transmissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Automatic Redialing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Redialing fax number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Receiving a Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
About Receiving Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Loading Paper for Receiving Faxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Receiving Automatically in the Fax Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Receiving Manually in the Tel Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Receiving Automatically in the Ans/Fax Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Receiving Manually Using an Extension Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Receiving Faxes Using the DRPD Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Receiving Faxes in the Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Automatic Dialing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Speed Dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Group Dialing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Searching for a Number in the Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Printing a Phonebook List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Other Ways to Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

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Sending a Delayed Fax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Sending a Priority Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Adding Documents to a Scheduled Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Canceling a Scheduled Fax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Fax Forward to E-mail addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Additional Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Using the Secure Receiving Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Printing Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Using Advanced Fax Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Fax Data Back-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Macintosh
Installing Software for Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Install the printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
UnInstall the printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Install the Scan driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
UnInstall the scan driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Setting Up the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
For a Network-connected Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
For a USB-connected Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Printing a Document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Changing Printer Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Printing Multiple Pages on One Sheet of Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Duplex Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Linux
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Installing the MFP Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Installing the MFP Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Uninstalling the MFP Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

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Using the Unified Driver Configurator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Printers Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Scanners Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
MFP Ports Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Configuring Printer Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Printing a Document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Printing from Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Printing Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Scanning a Document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Using the Image Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Maintenance
Clearing the printer NVRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Backing up Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Backing up Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Restoring Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Cleaning Your Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Cleaning the Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Cleaning the Interior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Cleaning the scanner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Maintaining the Toner Cartridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Storing the Toner Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Redistributing Toner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Replacing the Toner Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Cleaning the Drum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Replacement Parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Ordering Supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Troubleshooting
Clearing Jams in the DADF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Clearing Jams in the Paper Tray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

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Paper Feed Jam (tray 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Paper Feed Jam (optional tray 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
MPF Jam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Fuser Area Jam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Paper Exit Jam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Duplex Jam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Tips for Avoiding Paper Jams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Clearing LCD Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Solving Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Paper Feeding Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Printing Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Printing Quality Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Fax Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Copying Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Scanning Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Global address problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Common Windows Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Common Linux Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Common Macintosh Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Troubleshooting PostScript (PS) Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Installing Accessories
Precautions When Installing Printer Accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Installing Printer Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Installing an Optional Tray 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Installing Wireless Network interface card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Specifications
General Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Scanner and Copier Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Printer Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Facsimile Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

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Paper Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Guidelines for Using Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Paper Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Paper Output Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Printer and Paper Storage Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339

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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 cordaSoftware and Documentation CDb
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
mainscreen. 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. :Scrollthrough available options.
10. : Start a job.
Front
Front
OperatorPanel OperatorPanel
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
mainscreen. 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. :Scrollthrough 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
mainscreen. 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. :Scrollthrough 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.
a The appearance of the power cord and the telephone line cord may differ according to your country’s
specifications.
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.
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.