Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell™ 2355dn Laser MFP User’s Guide
- Contacting Dell
- Finding Information
- Contents
- Unpacking Your Printer
- About Your Printer
- Introducing the Home Screen
- Internal Fonts
- Setting up the hardware
- Installing the Toner Cartridge
- Loading Paper
- Making Connections
- Powering On the Printer
- Dell 2355dn Laser MFP Menu Functions
- Printing the Printer setting and Op-panel Menu setting
- Setting the Machine ID
- Changing the Display Language
- Selecting Country
- Power Save Mode
- Setting the Sound/Volume
- Setting Daylight Savings Time (Only for USA)
- Scanner Lamp Power Save Mode
- Changing the Default Mode
- Setting the Time Out Option
- Setting the Job Management
- Setting the Toner Save Mode
- Setting the Timing of Toner Low Alert
- Ignoring Blank Pages
- Ignoring the Toner Low Message (Only for Fax)
- Software Overview
- Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool
- Installing Software in Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
- Uninstalling Software
- Using the Dell Toner Management System
- Printer Settings Utility
- Firmware Update Utility
- Set IP Address Utility
- Paper Handling
- Printing
- Copying
- Scanning
- Scanning Overview
- SmarThru Office
- Scanning Using Dell Scan Manager
- Scanning to a PC Application
- Scanning and Sending an Email
- Scanning and Sending to SMB Server
- Scanning and Sending to FTP Server
- Scanning and Sending Custom Email
- Scan to Fax Server
- Scanning Using the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) Driver
- Scanning to the USB Memory
- Managing the USB Memory
- Scan to Email Setup
- Scanning by a network connection
- Setting up Address Book
- Group Numbers
- Changing Default Settings
- Networking
- Faxing
- Macintosh
- Linux
- Maintenance
- Troubleshooting
- Installing Accessories
- Specifications
- Index
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MFP Ports Configuration
In this window, you can view the list of available MFP ports, check the status of each port and
release a port that is stalled in busy state when its owner is terminated for any reason.
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Refresh
: Renews the available ports list.
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Release port:
Releases the selected port.
Sharing Ports Between Printers and Scanners
Your printer may be connected to a host computer via the parallel port or USB port. Since the
MFP device contains more than one device (printer and scanner), it is necessary to organize
proper access of “consumer” applications to these devices via the single I/O port.
The Dell MFP driver package provides an appropriate port sharing mechanism that is used by
Dell printer and scanner drivers. The drivers address their devices via so-called MFP ports. The
current status of any MFP port can be viewed via the MFP Ports Configuration. The port
sharing prevents you from accessing one functional block of the MFP device, while another
block is in use.
When you install a new MFP printer onto your system, it is strongly recommended you do this
with the assistance of an Unified Driver Configurator. In this case you will be asked to choose
I/O port for the new device. This choice will provide the most suitable configuration for MFP’s
functionality. For MFP scanners I/O ports are being chosen by scanner drivers automatically, so
proper settings are applied by default.
Switches to MPF ports
configuration.
Shows the port type,
device connected to the
port and status.
Shows all of the
available ports.