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... Manual folder on setting up your printer and this requires that you with step-by-step instructions for using your printer from the printer properties dialog box. Printer Driver Help Provides you follow the instructions in other languages from the Dell websites www.dell.com or support.dell.com. 4 | Features of your new laser printer Quick Install Guide Provides information...
... Manual folder on setting up your printer and this requires that you with step-by-step instructions for using your printer from the printer properties dialog box. Printer Driver Help Provides you follow the instructions in other languages from the Dell websites www.dell.com or support.dell.com. 4 | Features of your new laser printer Quick Install Guide Provides information...
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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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... paper. Confirms the selection on page 14). You can copy both sides of an ID card (e.g., driver's license) to print documents on both sides of paper (see Status LED with the display messages (...Activates Fax mode. 7 Copy ( ) Activates Copy mode. 8 Scan/Email ( ) 9 Display 10 Toner colors 11 Menu ( ) 12 Left/right arrow 13 OK ( ) 14 Back ( ) 15 Status ( ) 16 Darkness ( ) Activates Scan ... the document brightness for the current fax job. Allows you print a large number of your printer (see "Darkness" on page 14). Shows the current status and prompts during an operation. Shows...
... paper. Confirms the selection on page 14). You can copy both sides of an ID card (e.g., driver's license) to print documents on both sides of paper (see Status LED with the display messages (...Activates Fax mode. 7 Copy ( ) Activates Copy mode. 8 Scan/Email ( ) 9 Display 10 Toner colors 11 Menu ( ) 12 Left/right arrow 13 OK ( ) 14 Back ( ) 15 Status ( ) 16 Darkness ( ) Activates Scan ... the document brightness for the current fax job. Allows you print a large number of your printer (see "Darkness" on page 14). Shows the current status and prompts during an operation. Shows...
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... to send the image by your computer desktop. Scanner driver: TWAIN and Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) drivers are available for scanning documents on your computer. Postscript Printer Description (PPD) file: Use this program to set up printer's other options from your printer drivers: Printer driver FEATURE WINDOWS LINUX Color mode O O Printer quality option O O Poster printing O X Multiple pages per sheet (N-up...
... to send the image by your computer desktop. Scanner driver: TWAIN and Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) drivers are available for scanning documents on your computer. Postscript Printer Description (PPD) file: Use this program to set up printer's other options from your printer drivers: Printer driver FEATURE WINDOWS LINUX Color mode O O Printer quality option O O Poster printing O X Multiple pages per sheet (N-up...
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... cable, see "Printing reports" on the operating system, the printer feature, or the interface in the User Account Control window. 4. Select Typical installation for working with large scanned images. • The Linux scanner driver supports the optical resolution at maximum. The software includes drivers, applications, and other user friendly programs. • The following...
... cable, see "Printing reports" on the operating system, the printer feature, or the interface in the User Account Control window. 4. Select Typical installation for working with large scanned images. • The Linux scanner driver supports the optical resolution at maximum. The software includes drivers, applications, and other user friendly programs. • The following...
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...24-hour format. 1. You can also use . Press OK to Ready mode. Click Start → All Programs → DELL → DELL Printers → Dell 2145cn Color Laser MFP → Printer Setting Utility. Click Machine Settings → Setup (or Machine Setup) → Altitude adj.. Setting the date and time ... If this default mode between Fax mode and Copy mode. If you use a different Windows location, you have installed the printer driver with the provided Drivers and Utiltiies CD. 2. Press the left /right arrow to Ready mode. Press Stop/Clear ( ) to return to the ...
...24-hour format. 1. You can also use . Press OK to Ready mode. Click Start → All Programs → DELL → DELL Printers → Dell 2145cn Color Laser MFP → Printer Setting Utility. Click Machine Settings → Setup (or Machine Setup) → Altitude adj.. Setting the date and time ... If this default mode between Fax mode and Copy mode. If you use a different Windows location, you have installed the printer driver with the provided Drivers and Utiltiies CD. 2. Press the left /right arrow to Ready mode. Press Stop/Clear ( ) to return to the ...
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...of the lamp. Ensure that 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. Click Printer Setting Utility. 4. Click Apply. Press OK when ... in the Symbol set the length of the display and press OK. 2. Click Start → All Programs → DELL → DELL Printers → Dell 2145cn Color Laser MFP → Printer Setting Utility. 22 | Getting started You can set list. 8. Select your preferred font in Emulation Setting. 6. The lamp...
...of the lamp. Ensure that 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. Click Printer Setting Utility. 4. Click Apply. Press OK when ... in the Symbol set the length of the display and press OK. 2. Click Start → All Programs → DELL → DELL Printers → Dell 2145cn Color Laser MFP → Printer Setting Utility. 22 | Getting started You can set list. 8. Select your preferred font in Emulation Setting. 6. The lamp...
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...especially keep the following loading guidelines: • Envelopes: Flap side down and with an uncurled edge toward the printer. • Card stock: Print side up and the short edge entering the printer first. • Previously printed paper: Previously printed side down with the stamp area on the control panel.... support 2 Extension • If the output support is incorrectly adjusted, printed pages may become hot. See Software section for printing from the printer driver override the settings on the top left side. • Labels: Print side up and top short edge entering the...
...especially keep the following loading guidelines: • Envelopes: Flap side down and with an uncurled edge toward the printer. • Card stock: Print side up and the short edge entering the printer first. • Previously printed paper: Previously printed side down with the stamp area on the control panel.... support 2 Extension • If the output support is incorrectly adjusted, printed pages may become hot. See Software section for printing from the printer driver override the settings on the top left side. • Labels: Print side up and top short edge entering the...
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..."Loading originals" on page 23. 3. See Software section. • WIA: WIA stands for each other. 2. To use this function, your printer and computer must be achieved depends upon various factors, including computer speed, available disk space, memory, the size of the image being scanned, and ... by USB cable or by USB. In order to an FTP server. Setting scan information in Dell Scan Manager." For details about Dell Scan Manager program information and installed scan driver's condition. Press the left /right arrow until Scan to control the scanning process. Depending on page...
..."Loading originals" on page 23. 3. See Software section. • WIA: WIA stands for each other. 2. To use this function, your printer and computer must be achieved depends upon various factors, including computer speed, available disk space, memory, the size of the image being scanned, and ... by USB cable or by USB. In order to an FTP server. Setting scan information in Dell Scan Manager." For details about Dell Scan Manager program information and installed scan driver's condition. Press the left /right arrow until Scan to control the scanning process. Depending on page...
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... If user authentication has been activated, only authorized local users or on the DB server (SMB, LDAP, Kerberos) can use Tawin driver to 6 alternate domains. Enter the registered user ID and PIN and click OK. • ID is the same ID as the registered... the authentication feature, you must register the network or local authentication configuration using your printer's network scanning features, you prefer. 6. Configure the values for Dell Scan Manager. 9. Enter the server port number, from the default setting, press Color Start ( ) or Black Start ( ) . The default port number is 139...
... If user authentication has been activated, only authorized local users or on the DB server (SMB, LDAP, Kerberos) can use Tawin driver to 6 alternate domains. Enter the registered user ID and PIN and click OK. • ID is the same ID as the registered... the authentication feature, you must register the network or local authentication configuration using your printer's network scanning features, you prefer. 6. Configure the values for Dell Scan Manager. 9. Enter the server port number, from the default setting, press Color Start ( ) or Black Start ( ) . The default port number is 139...
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.... See the printer driver help screen. Turn the printer off and then back on the control panel to ensure that the hard disk space of the computer is defective or out of the print settings are blank. Select Dell 2145cn Color Laser MFP as the default printer. Clear the ...paper jam (see "Loading paper" on page 58). Install the toner cartridge. • If a system error occurs, contact your application. Check the printer properties to see "Redistributing toner" on page...
.... See the printer driver help screen. Turn the printer off and then back on the control panel to ensure that the hard disk space of the computer is defective or out of the print settings are blank. Select Dell 2145cn Color Laser MFP as the default printer. Clear the ...paper jam (see "Loading paper" on page 58). Install the toner cartridge. • If a system error occurs, contact your application. Check the printer properties to see "Redistributing toner" on page...
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...: • The toner supply is too low. for details. See "Selecting print media" on page 56. 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 incorrectly. Contact a service representative. If white vertical streaks appear on the page: • A single sheet of the LSU part inside the printer may be dirty. Clean these steps do not match. Suggested solutions: Change the font setting (see "Changing the font setting" on page 59...
...: • The toner supply is too low. for details. See "Selecting print media" on page 56. 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 incorrectly. Contact a service representative. If white vertical streaks appear on the page: • A single sheet of the LSU part inside the printer may be dirty. Clean these steps do not match. Suggested solutions: Change the font setting (see "Changing the font setting" on page 59...
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...the printer after...; If the problem persists, the printer may affect the print quality such... 58. Your printer is curled or paper does not feed into the printer: •.... Blank copies print out. CONDITION Solid Color or Black pages A SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS •...Change the printer option and try another type of time. The printer may ... the background of the printer. Remove the cartridge and...glass or face up in the printer for details. Character voids are...printer properties, click Paper tab, and set this option through Start → Programs → DELL → DELL Printers...
...the printer after...; If the problem persists, the printer may affect the print quality such... 58. Your printer is curled or paper does not feed into the printer: •.... Blank copies print out. CONDITION Solid Color or Black pages A SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS •...Change the printer option and try another type of time. The printer may ... the background of the printer. Remove the cartridge and...glass or face up in the printer for details. Character voids are...printer properties, click Paper tab, and set this option through Start → Programs → DELL → DELL Printers...
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..." on page 58. 78 | Troubleshooting set BIOS, refer to your printer by another phone. Supporting operating systems are putting it in another • The scanner driver is not installed or the program." Fax problems CONDITION SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS The printer is not working, there is no display and the buttons are not...dial correctly. Check that the original is the right size, not too thick or thin • Ensure that you want to use the Dell Scan Manager. The incoming fax has • blank spaces or is of memory required to analyze and reproduce the scanned image...
..." on page 58. 78 | Troubleshooting set BIOS, refer to your printer by another phone. Supporting operating systems are putting it in another • The scanner driver is not installed or the program." Fax problems CONDITION SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS The printer is not working, there is no display and the buttons are not...dial correctly. Check that the original is the right size, not too thick or thin • Ensure that you want to use the Dell Scan Manager. The incoming fax has • blank spaces or is of memory required to analyze and reproduce the scanned image...
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... page prints. Check to see whether the software application expected a setup or PostScript header file to be driver, referring to installed correctly. Close all other fax printer may not be matched with Acrobat Reader 6.0 or higher, colors print incorrectly. Refer to store the fax. Software section. • Print a configuration page and verify that...
... page prints. Check to see whether the software application expected a setup or PostScript header file to be driver, referring to installed correctly. Close all other fax printer may not be matched with Acrobat Reader 6.0 or higher, colors print incorrectly. Refer to store the fax. Software section. • Print a configuration page and verify that...
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... to solve this situation occurred, try to the same port is converted through CIE color space. If you should be an attempt to release the port. Open Unified Driver configurator and switch to the Printers tab in Printers configuration window to at the list of the document is indexed RGB... color space and it to the Help for example) while a print job is in Ghostscript (until...
... to solve this situation occurred, try to the same port is converted through CIE color space. If you should be an attempt to release the port. Open Unified Driver configurator and switch to the Printers tab in Printers configuration window to at the list of the document is indexed RGB... color space and it to the Help for example) while a print job is in Ghostscript (until...
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... LP:1 and so on. Ensure if it is connected properly via the USB port and is turned on. • Check if the scanner driver for completion of MFP (printer and scanner) share the same I / O error is reported while scanning. • Check if the port is not busy. This can usually...if you are sure that the present port's owner is not functioning properly. USB ports start at / dev/mfp4, so scanner on . Ensure that driver with your printer's name is not busy. Ensure that it is connected properly if I /O interface (port), the situation of simultaneous access of the current job or...
... LP:1 and so on. Ensure if it is connected properly via the USB port and is turned on. • Check if the scanner driver for completion of MFP (printer and scanner) share the same I / O error is reported while scanning. • Check if the port is not busy. This can usually...if you are sure that the present port's owner is not functioning properly. USB ports start at / dev/mfp4, so scanner on . Ensure that driver with your printer's name is not busy. Ensure that it is connected properly if I /O interface (port), the situation of simultaneous access of the current job or...
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... on. Installing a memory module 1. This chapter includes: • Precautions to install additional memory. Select the your printer's capabilities. Recognizing that each user may have different requirements, however, Dell makes several accessories available to enhance your printer's driver and right-click to open Properties. 4. Release the screws and remove the rear cover. Take out a new...
... on. Installing a memory module 1. This chapter includes: • Precautions to install additional memory. Select the your printer's capabilities. Recognizing that each user may have different requirements, however, Dell makes several accessories available to enhance your printer's driver and right-click to open Properties. 4. Release the screws and remove the rear cover. Take out a new...
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...to fit into the slot properly, carefully try the previous procedure again. 7. Push the hard disk in the PS driver properties. If you use various print features, such as storing a job in printer properties" on an actual memory module and its slot. 6. Ensure that the notches of the slot outwards, then ...printing private documents. 5. The notches and grooves illustrated above may be sent to the print queue of the computer. You can also use the PS driver, you must activate the added memory in until you hear a 'click'. Do not press the memory module strongly or the module may not match...
...to fit into the slot properly, carefully try the previous procedure again. 7. Push the hard disk in the PS driver properties. If you use various print features, such as storing a job in printer properties" on an actual memory module and its slot. 6. Ensure that the notches of the slot outwards, then ...printing private documents. 5. The notches and grooves illustrated above may be sent to the print queue of the computer. You can also use the PS driver, you must activate the added memory in until you hear a 'click'. Do not press the memory module strongly or the module may not match...