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

76 Installing Optional Accessories
When wireless ad-hoc mode is set to the printer:
Select Computer to Computer (ad hoc) networks only and close the
Advanced dialog box.
When wireless infrastructure mode is set to the printer:
Select Access point (Infrastructure) networks only and close the
Advanced dialog box.
h
Click
Add
to display
Wireless network properties
.
i
Enter the setting that you will send to the printer and click
OK
.
j
Click
Move up
to move the setting to the top of the list.
k
Click
OK
to close the
Property
dialog box.
For Windows Vista:
a
Open
Control Panel
.
b
Select
Network and Internet
.
c
Select
Network and Sharing Center
.
d
Select
Connect to a network
.
e
Select the setting you send to the printer from the network items listed in
Connect to a network
.
f
Select
Connect Anyway
in the warning dialog box indicating you are
entering an unsecured area.
g
Click
Close
in the dialog box after confirming the connection is a
success.
For Windows Server 2008:
a
Open
Control Panel
.
b
Select
Network and Sharing Center
.
c
Select
Connect to a network
.
d
Select the setting you send to the printer from the network items listed in
Connect to a network
.
e
Select
Connect Anyway
in the warning dialog box indicating you are
entering an unsecured area.