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What Does Pc Kit Life Warning Mean On Dell Printer 3330dn
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User's Guide - Page 3
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...Center...51 Driver Profiler...51 Dell Printer Alert Utility...51 Installing the optional XPS driver...52 Dell Toner Management System...53
Printing Status Window...53 Dell Printer Supplies Reorder Application ...53
...card stock...58
Printing confidential and other held jobs...58
Holding jobs in the printer ...58 Printing confidential and other held jobs...59
Printing information pages...60
Printing ...
User's Guide - Page 5
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... Checking the status of supplies from a network computer 126 Ordering supplies...126
Printer attached to a network ...126 Printer attached locally to a computer ...127
Replacing supplies...127
Replacing the toner cartridge ...127 Replacing the photoconductor kit ...129
Moving the printer...132
Moving the printer to another location...132
Administrative support 133
Using the Embedded Web Server...
User's Guide - Page 12
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... installed on your country or region. Find it here
• Software and Drivers-Certified drivers for my printer and Software and Documentation CD
installers for Dell printer software
Note: If you looking for preparing to operate my printer • Regulatory information • Warranty information
Product Information Guide
Note: The Product Information Guide may not...
User's Guide - Page 51
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...) • User-defined paper sizes (custom papers) • Simple text and watermarks • Overlay references • Font references • Form associations
Dell Printer Alert Utility
Note: This application is not available with Macintosh®.
Driver Profiler
Use the Driver Profiler to change the appearance of the list of ...
User's Guide - Page 52
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... Utility:
1 In Windows Vista or later: a Click Programs. b Click Dell Printers. To disable the Dell Printer Alert Utility:
1 From the System Tray, right click the icon. 2 Select Exit. In Windows XP: Click Start Programs or All Programs Dell Printers Dell 3330dn Laser Printer.
2 Click Printer Alert Utility. d Double-click xps, and then click Open.
b Double...
User's Guide - Page 53
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... level of the job when you can order toner by Phone heading. In Windows XP and 2000: Click Start Programs or All Programs Dell Printers Dell 3330dn Laser Printer.
2 Click Dell Printer Supplies Reorder Application.
An exception is added to the Windows® Firewall to print. The Order Supplies dialog box opens.
3 If Multiple...
User's Guide - Page 112
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...printer. Warning-Potential Damage: Do not turn the printer off while this message appears on the paper currently in the printer.
• Cancel the current print job. • For more information, select Show Me. Note: While the menus are disabled, printer...message.
Disabling Menus
Wait for the message to clear.
Cartridge Life Exceeded
The toner cartridge is exhausted.
1 Remove the used...
User's Guide - Page 115
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... value for the Cartridge Alarm is connected to clear.
Understanding printer messages
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PC Kit Life Warning
This is the active communication link. Send a job to print to clear. Parallel interface is the final warning message for the photoconductor kit. Parallel indicates that the printer is On, then the printer stops printing. If the setting is using the parallel...
User's Guide - Page 116
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... the message.
Wait for the message to clear.
When the PC Kit Life Warning appears, order a new photoconductor kit. Resetting the printer
Wait for the message to clear. Understanding printer messages
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Replace PC Kit
This is the early warning message for the message to clear. Wait for the photoconductor kit.
Remove paper from the standard exit bin to clear the...
User's Guide - Page 121
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...installed
Try one or more of the following:
• Turn the printer off, and then remove extra flash options: 1 Turn the printer off. 2 Unplug the power cord from the wall outlet. 3 ... to have scheduled maintenance done. Contact Customer Support, and report the message.
84 PC Kit life warning
The photoconductor kit is exhausted.
1 Replace the toner cartridge. 2 Press to clear the message....
User's Guide - Page 127
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... printing. When shaking the cartridge no longer improves the print quality, replace the toner cartridge. c Click Dell 3330dn Laser Printer. In Windows® XP and 2000, Click Start Programs or All Programs Dell Printers Dell 3330dn Laser Printer.
2 Click Dell Printer Supplies Reorder Application. Note: You can check to see approximately how much toner is located inside...
User's Guide - Page 128
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Warning-Potential Damage: When replacing a toner cartridge, do not leave the photoconductor kit exposed to distribute the toner. Extended light exposure can cause print quality problems.
4 Rotate the cartridge in all directions to direct light for an extended period of the photoconductor kit, and then pull the toner cartridge out using the handle.
3 Unpack...
User's Guide - Page 129
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When 84 PC Kit life warning or 84 Replace PC Kit first appears, you before the photoconductor kit reaches a page maximum by showing 84 PC Kit life warning or 84 Replace PC Kit on the toner cartridge
handle. Note: The photoconductor kit and toner cartridge form a unit. The cartridge clicks into place when correctly installed.
6 Close the front door. While the printer may continue to...
User's Guide - Page 131
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... toner cartridge with the tracks.
Push the toner cartridge until it will go.
7 After you replace the photoconductor kit, reset the photoconductor counter. To reset the counter, see the
instruction sheet that came with the arrows in the printer. Warning-Potential Damage: Resetting the photoconductor counter without replacing the photoconductor may damage your...
User's Guide - Page 133
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... Device Status. Viewing reports
You can view paper tray settings, the level of toner in the print cartridge, the percentage of life remaining in the maintenance kit, and capacity measurements of the printer, then print a network setup page and locate the IP address in the top left corner of the screen. The virtual...
User's Guide - Page 151
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...are possible solutions. Warning-Potential Damage: Do not touch the photoconductor on the underside of the printer near the fuser may be hot. To reduce the risk of the printer near the fuser...CLEAR
Paper could be caught between the photoconductor kit and the fuser. CAUTION-HOT SURFACE: The fuser and the inside of the photoconductor kit.
Check the paper path around the fuser ...
User's Guide - Page 155
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...58 Too many flash options installed 121
80 Routine maintenance needed 121 84 PC Kit life warning 121 84 Replace PC Kit 121 88.yy Cartridge is low 121 88.yy Cartridge nearly low 121... users 59 Confidential Print menu 96 configurations printer 12 Configure MP menu 78 configuring supply notifications 134 conserving supplies 126 control panel, printer 14 factory defaults, restoring 136 custom paper...
User's Guide - Page 157
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... 80 Parallel 115 Parallel 115 Parallel menu 92 parallel port 26 PC Kit Life Warning 115 PCL Emul menu 106 PDF menu 106 photoconductor kit replacing 129 PostScript menu 106 Power Saver 115 adjusting 134 print job canceling from Macintosh 61 canceling from the printer control
panel 61 canceling from Windows 61 print quality test pages...
User's Guide - Page 158
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...PC Kit Life Warning 115 Power Saver 115 Printing 115 Programming flash 115 Programming System Code 116
Ready 116 Remote Management Active 116 Remove paper from standard
bin 116 Remove paper from Windows 54 installing printer...too many flash options installed 121 80 Routine maintenance needed 121 84 PC Kit life warning 121 84 Replace PC Kit 121 88.yy Cartridge is low 121 88.yy Cartridge nearly low...
User's Guide - Page 159
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...PC Kit 116 replacing photoconductor kit 129 toner cartridge 127 reports viewing 133 Reports menu 84, 87 Reserve print jobs 58 printing for Macintosh users 59 printing for Windows users 59 Resetting the printer...linking 42, 43 loading 33 unlinking 43 troubleshooting checking an unresponsive
printer 137 solving basic printer
problems 137 troubleshooting, display
display is blank 137 display shows only...