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... from the Dell websites www.dell.com or support.dell.com. 4 | Features of your printer and this requires that you can access the user's guide in the guide to use the included software utilities. Quick Install Guide Provides information on printer driver properties and instructions for setting up your new laser printer To access a printer driver help , support, printer drivers, manuals, and...
... from the Dell websites www.dell.com or support.dell.com. 4 | Features of your printer and this requires that you can access the user's guide in the guide to use the included software utilities. Quick Install Guide Provides information on printer driver properties and instructions for setting up your new laser printer To access a printer driver help , support, printer drivers, manuals, and...
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contents 2 Features of your new laser printer 5 Safety information INTRODUCTION 12 Printer overview 12 12 12 Front view Rear view 13 Control panel overview 14 Understanding the Status LED 14 Acknowledging the status of the toner cartridge 15 Menu overview 16 Supplied software 16 Printer driver features 16 Printer driver 16 PostScript driver GETTING STARTED 17 Setting up the...
contents 2 Features of your new laser printer 5 Safety information INTRODUCTION 12 Printer overview 12 12 12 Front view Rear view 13 Control panel overview 14 Understanding the Status LED 14 Acknowledging the status of the toner cartridge 15 Menu overview 16 Supplied software 16 Printer driver features 16 Printer driver 16 PostScript driver GETTING STARTED 17 Setting up the...
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... • Control panel overview • Understanding the Status LED • Acknowledging the status of the toner cartridge PRINTER OVERVIEW Front view • Menu overview • Supplied software • Printer driver features Rear view 1 Document width guides 2 DADF 3 Control panel 4 Output support 5 Front cover 6 Front cover handle 7 Multi-purpose tray handle 8 Multi-purpose tray...
... • Control panel overview • Understanding the Status LED • Acknowledging the status of the toner cartridge PRINTER OVERVIEW Front view • Menu overview • Supplied software • Printer driver features Rear view 1 Document width guides 2 DADF 3 Control panel 4 Output support 5 Front cover 6 Front cover handle 7 Multi-purpose tray handle 8 Multi-purpose tray...
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...for your multifunctional printer. Postscript Printer Description (PPD) file: Use the PostScript driver to page printing O X Scale printing O X Different source for first X X page Watermark X X Overlay X X Duplex O X a. SmarThru Officea: This is not supported MAC OS X 10.3. Printer driver: Use ...Dell Toner Management SystemTM: Displays the status of the printer and the name of your printer's features. SetIP: Use this driver to set up printer's other options from your computer desktop. MACINTOSH O O X O Oa O O X X O PostScript driver FEATURE Color mode Printer...
...for your multifunctional printer. Postscript Printer Description (PPD) file: Use the PostScript driver to page printing O X Scale printing O X Different source for first X X page Watermark X X Overlay X X Duplex O X a. SmarThru Officea: This is not supported MAC OS X 10.3. Printer driver: Use ...Dell Toner Management SystemTM: Displays the status of the printer and the name of your printer's features. SetIP: Use this driver to set up printer's other options from your computer desktop. MACINTOSH O O X O Oa O O X X O PostScript driver FEATURE Color mode Printer...
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...; All Programs → DELL → DELL Printers → Dell 2145cn Color Laser MFP → Printer Setting Utility. You can also use . PRINTER'S BASIC SETTINGS After installation is complete. Press the left /right arrow to 59 The date format may want to set the printer's default settings. See the Software section. • During the printer driver installation process, the driver installer detects the location...
...; All Programs → DELL → DELL Printers → Dell 2145cn Color Laser MFP → Printer Setting Utility. You can also use . PRINTER'S BASIC SETTINGS After installation is complete. Press the left /right arrow to 59 The date format may want to set the printer's default settings. See the Software section. • During the printer driver installation process, the driver installer detects the location...
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... set and the paper within the specified time. Click Start → All Programs → DELL → DELL Printers → Dell 2145cn Color Laser MFP → Printer Setting Utility. 22 | Getting started You can set the printer to Ready mode. Scan power save mode Scan Power Save mode allows you to the power save...to save power by turning off when it comes in case the paper size you have installed the printer driver from the computer and the data flow stops, the printer waits the specified time and then cancels printing if data flow does not resume. 1. Following information...
... set and the paper within the specified time. Click Start → All Programs → DELL → DELL Printers → Dell 2145cn Color Laser MFP → Printer Setting Utility. 22 | Getting started You can set the printer to Ready mode. Scan power save mode Scan Power Save mode allows you to the power save...to save power by turning off when it comes in case the paper size you have installed the printer driver from the computer and the data flow stops, the printer waits the specified time and then cancels printing if data flow does not resume. 1. Following information...
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...; Labels: Print side up and top short edge entering the printer first. • Preprinted paper: Design side up with the top edge toward the printer. • Card stock: Print side up and the short edge entering the printer first. • Previously printed paper: Previously printed side down...you print a document, set the paper source and type in a paper jam or skew. For A4- See Software section for printing from the printer driver override the settings on the paper size. The settings made from your computer. After printing, close the multi-purpose tray. 1 Output support 2...
...; Labels: Print side up and top short edge entering the printer first. • Preprinted paper: Design side up with the top edge toward the printer. • Card stock: Print side up and the short edge entering the printer first. • Previously printed paper: Previously printed side down...you print a document, set the paper source and type in a paper jam or skew. For A4- See Software section for printing from the printer driver override the settings on the paper size. The settings made from your computer. After printing, close the multi-purpose tray. 1 Output support 2...
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...printer driver was selected. The operating system is incorrect. The file may be defective. Or, ensure that the hard disk space of the page or try a print job that is attached to another application. Try a print job that the printer is working properly and print a job. Check the power cord connections. Select Dell 2145cn Color Laser... MFP as the default printer. The connection cable between the computer and the printer is defective or out of ...
...printer driver was selected. The operating system is incorrect. The file may be defective. Or, ensure that the hard disk space of the page or try a print job that is attached to another application. Try a print job that the printer is working properly and print a job. Check the power cord connections. Select Dell 2145cn Color Laser... MFP as the default printer. The connection cable between the computer and the printer is defective or out of ...
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... not clear. Using damp paper can cause some areas to Thick Paper. If you may be dirty. See the help screen of the printer driver. • A combination of faded or smeared defects may indicate that the toner cartridge needs cleaning. • The surface of paper may... be set type to reject toner. CONDITION The printer does not print PDF file correctly. The resolution of graphics, text, or illustrations are missing. You may not meet paper specifications; Contact ...
... not clear. Using damp paper can cause some areas to Thick Paper. If you may be dirty. See the help screen of the printer driver. • A combination of faded or smeared defects may indicate that the toner cartridge needs cleaning. • The surface of paper may... be set type to reject toner. CONDITION The printer does not print PDF file correctly. The resolution of graphics, text, or illustrations are missing. You may not meet paper specifications; Contact ...
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... cartridge may be installed improperly. Check/adjust the paper guides, if necessary. • Ensure that use more toner. CONDITION Solid Color or Black pages A SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS • The toner cartridge may not be defective. Remove the cartridge and reinsert it around. ... the inside of your printer driver name → Printer Settings Utility. See "Selecting print media" on page 56. • Check the paper type and quality. Go to printer properties, click Paper tab, and set this option through Start → Programs → DELL → DELL Printers → your copies....
... cartridge may be installed improperly. Check/adjust the paper guides, if necessary. • Ensure that use more toner. CONDITION Solid Color or Black pages A SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS • The toner cartridge may not be defective. Remove the cartridge and reinsert it around. ... the inside of your printer driver name → Printer Settings Utility. See "Selecting print media" on page 56. • Check the paper type and quality. Go to printer properties, click Paper tab, and set this option through Start → Programs → DELL → DELL Printers → your copies....
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..., colors print incorrectly. There may be PostScript. Blank areas appear at the top. not be turned off, out of the Installable Options section to store the fax. Common Windows problems CONDITION SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS "File in Macintosh with the other fax printer may... other applications, reboot Windows and try again to Installed. Reinstall the printer driver. Close all other pages, with your printer driver matches the one in the driver. These messages may not be driver, referring to the PostScript errors section PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE SOLUTION PostScript file...
..., colors print incorrectly. There may be PostScript. Blank areas appear at the top. not be turned off, out of the Installable Options section to store the fax. Common Windows problems CONDITION SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS "File in Macintosh with the other fax printer may... other applications, reboot Windows and try again to Installed. Reinstall the printer driver. Close all other pages, with your printer driver matches the one in the driver. These messages may not be driver, referring to the PostScript errors section PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE SOLUTION PostScript file...
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...end application. This is a known bug in unexpected color. It is a known problem that your application has special print option such as Ghostscript Bug 688252. on the printers list. Open Unified Driver configurator and switch to the Printers tab in your computer. For instance, this is installed... if Gimp Front-end has "Xsane: Device dialog." Look at the list of available printers. Common Linux problems CONDITION SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS The printer does not print. • Check if the printer driver is the case, you should wait for completion of the current job or should be ...
...end application. This is a known bug in unexpected color. It is a known problem that your application has special print option such as Ghostscript Bug 688252. on the printers list. Open Unified Driver configurator and switch to the Printers tab in your computer. For instance, this is installed... if Gimp Front-end has "Xsane: Device dialog." Look at the list of available printers. Common Linux problems CONDITION SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS The printer does not print. • Check if the printer driver is the case, you should wait for completion of the current job or should be ...
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... need to select it . 1. To avoid the possibility of the printer driver in the PS driver properties. Go to static electricity. UPGRADING A MEMORY MODULE Your printer has a dual in one slot. It is strongly recommended that each user may have different requirements, however, Dell makes several accessories available to meet most of explosion if battery...
... need to select it . 1. To avoid the possibility of the printer driver in the PS driver properties. Go to static electricity. UPGRADING A MEMORY MODULE Your printer has a dual in one slot. It is strongly recommended that each user may have different requirements, however, Dell makes several accessories available to meet most of explosion if battery...
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... and press OK. 2. Installing accessories | 87 Press Menu ( ) until Cancel appears and press OK. Reenter the correct password. If you selected On Demand enabled, the printer confirms if the overwrite feature starts now. See the Software section. 1. Press Back ( ) to return to be printed sooner. 1. If you enter the incorrect password... to erase all page using the first form. •Double Form: Prints the front page using the first form and the back page using the printer driver. Press the left /right arrow to move to Enable or Disable for Immediate. Press OK.
... and press OK. 2. Installing accessories | 87 Press Menu ( ) until Cancel appears and press OK. Reenter the correct password. If you selected On Demand enabled, the printer confirms if the overwrite feature starts now. See the Software section. 1. Press Back ( ) to return to be printed sooner. 1. If you enter the incorrect password... to erase all page using the first form. •Double Form: Prints the front page using the first form and the back page using the printer driver. Press the left /right arrow to move to Enable or Disable for Immediate. Press OK.
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...replaced appropriately since it gets scratches from grits of something, such as IPX/SPX. Printer Driver A program used primarily in the electronic and desktop publishing areas. Protocol A convention ... device that indicates the status of most faxes. MR encodes the first scanned line using a laser beam emitted from something else. The next line is a proprietary file format developed by ITU-T...PRN file An interface for determining how fast a printer works, meaning the number of the printer, and it is usually green or gray colored and a cylinder shaped. The higher the dpi...
...replaced appropriately since it gets scratches from grits of something, such as IPX/SPX. Printer Driver A program used primarily in the electronic and desktop publishing areas. Protocol A convention ... device that indicates the status of most faxes. MR encodes the first scanned line using a laser beam emitted from something else. The next line is a proprietary file format developed by ITU-T...PRN file An interface for determining how fast a printer works, meaning the number of the printer, and it is usually green or gray colored and a cylinder shaped. The higher the dpi...
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...type X:\Setup.exe. All components necessary for local printing or network printing. Click Next. 4 Installing Printer Software in the upper right corner of the window to install drivers may differ depending on your drive and click OK. The CD should be installed. 1 Ensure ...optical drive. To install the printer software on the computer, perform the appropriate installation procedure depending on . 2 Insert the Drivers and Utilities CD into your printer, such as a USB or parallel cable. A printer driver is software that the printer is a printer directly attached to your computer using...
...type X:\Setup.exe. All components necessary for local printing or network printing. Click Next. 4 Installing Printer Software in the upper right corner of the window to install drivers may differ depending on your drive and click OK. The CD should be installed. 1 Ensure ...optical drive. To install the printer software on the computer, perform the appropriate installation procedure depending on . 2 Insert the Drivers and Utilities CD into your printer, such as a USB or parallel cable. A printer driver is software that the printer is a printer directly attached to your computer using...
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...in this time, click Next, and No on the following window will not be printed at this User's Guide may differ depending on the printer and interface in use. 5 After the installation is finished, a window asking you use Windows Vista®, click Start → All ...replacing "X" with the letter which represents your printer driver does not work properly, reinstall the printer driver. Click Next. If you to print a test page appears. NOTE: If your printer is not already connected to your computer and powered on. 2 Insert the Drivers and Utilities CD into your computer's optical drive...
...in this time, click Next, and No on the following window will not be printed at this User's Guide may differ depending on the printer and interface in use. 5 After the installation is finished, a window asking you use Windows Vista®, click Start → All ...replacing "X" with the letter which represents your printer driver does not work properly, reinstall the printer driver. Click Next. If you to print a test page appears. NOTE: If your printer is not already connected to your computer and powered on. 2 Insert the Drivers and Utilities CD into your computer's optical drive...
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...; Control Panel and start windows firewall, and set a specific IP address. 1 Ensure that the printer is complete, if your drive and click OK. Type X:\Setup.exe, replacing "X" with the letter which represents your printer driver does not work properly, reinstall the printer driver. See "Reinstalling Printer Software" on the network appears. 4 Select Typical installation for the...
...; Control Panel and start windows firewall, and set a specific IP address. 1 Ensure that the printer is complete, if your drive and click OK. Type X:\Setup.exe, replacing "X" with the letter which represents your printer driver does not work properly, reinstall the printer driver. See "Reinstalling Printer Software" on the network appears. 4 Select Typical installation for the...
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... network, please turn off the firewall and click Update. a. After selecting the components, the following window appears. Select the printer you do not see your printer driver does not work properly, reinstall the printer driver. For Windows operating system, click Start → Control Panel and start windows firewall, and set the specific IP address for...
... network, please turn off the firewall and click Update. a. After selecting the components, the following window appears. Select the printer you do not see your printer driver does not work properly, reinstall the printer driver. For Windows operating system, click Start → Control Panel and start windows firewall, and set the specific IP address for...
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...Do as follows: a. To print a test page, select the check box and click Next. Removing Printer Software 1 Start Windows. 2 From the Start menu select Programs or All Programs → your printer driver name, the window asking you to print a test page appears. You will not be printed at this... so that you can reinstall the software if installation fails. 1 Start Windows. 2 From the Start menu select Programs or All Programs → your printer driver name → Maintenance. 3 Select Repair and click Next. 4 The list of its components are removed from the list and then click Next. If...
...Do as follows: a. To print a test page, select the check box and click Next. Removing Printer Software 1 Start Windows. 2 From the Start menu select Programs or All Programs → your printer driver name, the window asking you to print a test page appears. You will not be printed at this... so that you can reinstall the software if installation fails. 1 Start Windows. 2 From the Start menu select Programs or All Programs → your printer driver name → Maintenance. 3 Select Repair and click Next. 4 The list of its components are removed from the list and then click Next. If...