User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell™ 2150cn/2150cdn Color Printer
- User's Guide
- Before Beginning
- Setting up the Printer (Printer Setup)
- Preparing Printer Hardware
- Installing Optional Accessories
- Connecting Your Printer
- Setting the IP Address
- Loading Paper
- Installing Printer Drivers on the Windows Computers
- Installing Printer Drivers on the Macintosh Computers
- Installing Printer Drivers on the Linux Computers (CUPS)
- Using Your Printer
- Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool
- Print Media Guidelines
- Loading Print Media
- Operator Panel
- Printing
- Know Your Printer
- Understanding the Tool Box Menus
- Understanding the Printer Menus
- Understanding Your Printer Software
- Understanding Fonts
- Understanding Printer Messages
- Printing With Web Services on Devices (WSD)
- Specifications
- Maintaining Your Printer
- Maintaining Your Printer
- Removing Options
- Clearing Jams
- Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting Guide
- Basic Printer Problems
- Display Problems
- Printing Problems
- Print Quality Problems
- The output is too light
- Toner smears or print comes off
- Random spots/Blurred images
- The entire output is blank
- Streaks appear on the output
- Part or the entire output is black
- Pitched color dots
- Vertical blanks
- Ghosting
- Light-induced fatigue
- Fog
- Bead-Carry-Out (BCO)
- Jagged characters
- Banding
- Auger mark
- Wrinkled/Stained paper
- Damage on the leading edge of paper
- Jam/Alignment Problems
- The top and side margins are incorrect
- Color registration is out of alignment
- Images are skewed
- Standard 250-Sheet Tray Misfeed Jam
- SSF Misfeed Jam
- Optional 250-Sheet Feeder Misfeed Jam
- Regi Jam (Exit Sensor On JAM)
- Exit Jam (Exit Sensor Off JAM)
- Standard 250-Sheet Tray/Optional 250-Sheet Feeder Multi-feed Jam
- SSF Multi-feed Jam
- Noise
- Problems With Installed Optional Accessories
- Other Problems
- Contacting Service
- Troubleshooting Guide
- Appendix
- Index

Understanding the Printer Menus 307
Purpose:
To allocate memory to the RAM disk file system for the Secure Print, Mailbox
Print, and Proof Print features. The change becomes effective after the printer is
turned off and then on again.
Val u e s:
NOTE: Restart your printer when you change the settings for the RAM Disk
menu.
Substitute Tray
Purpose:
Specifies whether to use paper of a different size when the paper that is loaded
in the specified tray does not match the paper size settings for the current job.
Val u e s:
Set Avail. Time
Purpose:
Sets the available time for the Print service.
Val u e s:
Disable Does not allocate memory to the RAM disk file system. Secure
Print and Proof Print jobs will abort and be recorded to the job
log.
Enable
*
300MB
*
Sets the allocation of memory to the RAM disk file system in
increments of 50 MB.
50-500MB
Off No tray size substitute accepted.
Larger Size Substitutes paper of next largest size. When there is no larger paper size,
the printer substitutes paper of nearest size.
Nearest Size
*
Substitutes paper of nearest size.
Off
*
Does not set the time when printing is available.