Multi Functional Printer User's Guide

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Table Of Contents

Features of your new laser printer
Safety information
Contents
Introduction
- Printer overview
  - Front view
  - Rear view
- Control panel overview
- Understanding the Status LED
- Acknowledging the status of the toner cartridge
- Menu overview
- Supplied software
- Printer driver features
  - Printer driver
  - PostScript driver
Getting started
- Setting up the hardware
- Printing a demo page
- Setting up the network
- System requirements
- Installing the software
- Printer's basic settings
Loading originals and print media
- Loading originals
  - On the scanner glass
  - In the DADF
- Selecting print media
- Changing the size of the paper in the paper tray
- Loading paper
  - Loading paper in the tray 1 or optional tray
  - Loading paper in the multi-purpose tray
- Adjusting the output support
  - For Letter-sized paper
  - For A4- or Legal-sized paper
- Setting the paper size and type
Copying
- Selecting the paper tray
- Copying
- Changing the settings for each copy
- Changing the scan size settings
- Changing the default copy settings
- ID card copying
- Using special copy features
- Printing on both sides of paper
- Setting copy timeout
Scanning
- Scanning basics
- Scanning from the control panel
  - Setting scan information in Dell Scan Manager.
  - Scanning to application programs
- Scanning by a network connection
- Changing the settings for each scan job
- Changing the default scan settings
- printing scan confirmation report automatically
- Setting up address book
- Scan on both sides of paper
Basic printing
- Printing a document
- Canceling a print job
Faxing
- Sending a fax
- Receiving a fax
- Other ways to fax
- Fax setup
Using USB flash memory
- About USB memory
- Plugging in a USB memory device
- Scanning to a USB memory device
  - Scanning
  - Customizing scan to USB
- Printing from a USB memory device
  - To print a document from a USB memory device:
- Backing up data
  - Backing up data
  - Restoring data
- Managing USB memory
Maintenance
- Printing reports
  - Printing a report
- Adjusting the color contrast
- Using toner low alert
- Clearing memory
- Cleaning your printer
- Maintaining the cartridge
- Replacing the toner cartridge
  - Clearing the Toner Empty message
- Replacing the paper transfer belt
- Maintenance parts
  - Checking replaceables
  - Replacing the DADF rubber pad
- Managing your printer from the website
  - To access Embedded Web Service:
- Checking the printer’s serial number
Troubleshooting
- Tips for avoiding paper jams
- Clearing document jams
- Clearing paper jams
- Understanding display messages
- Solving other problems
Ordering supplies and accessories
- Supplies
- Accessories
- How to purchase
Installing accessories
- Precautions to take when installing accessories
- Activating the added accessories in printer properties
- Upgrading a memory module
  - Installing a memory module
- Using the hard disk
Specifications
- General specifications
- Printer specifications
- Scanner specifications
- Copier specifications
- Facsimile specifications
Appendix
- Dell Technical Support Policy
- Contacting Dell
- Warranty and Return Policy
Glossary
Index
Software section
- Software section Contents
- Installing Printer Software in Windows
- Basic Printing
- Advanced Printing
- Using Windows PostScript Driver
  - Printer Settings
    - Advanced
    - Using Help
- Sharing the Printer Locally
  - Setting Up a Host Computer
  - Setting Up a Client Computer
- Scanning
- Using other software
- Using Your Printer in Linux
- Using Your Printer with a Macintosh
- Software section Index
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  - H
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Using Your Printer in Linux

Printing a Document

Printing from Applications

There are a lot of Linux applications that you are allowed to

print from using Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS). You

can print on your machine from any such application.

From the application you are using, select

from the

File

menu.

Select

directly using

lpr

In the LPR GUI window, select the model name of your

machine from the Printer list and click

Properties

Change the printer and print job properties.

Click.

The following four tabs display at the top of the window.

•

General

- allows you to change the paper size, the paper

type, and the orientation of the documents, enables the

duplex feature, adds start and end banners, and changes

the number of pages per sheet.

•

Text

- allows you to specify the page margins and set the

text options, such as spacing or columns.

•

Graphics

- allows you to set image options that are used

when printing images/files, such as color options, image

size, or image position.

•

Device

: allows you to set the print resolution, paper

source, and destination.

Click

Apply

to apply the changes and close the Properties

window.

Click

in the LPR GUI window to start printing.

The Printing window appears, allowing you to monitor the

status of your print job.

To abort the current job, click

Cancel

Printing Files

You can print many different types of files on the Dell machine

device using the standard CUPS way - directly from the

command line interface. The CUPS lpr utility allows you do that.

But the drivers package replaces the standard lpr tool by a

much more user-friendly LPR GUI program.

To print any document file:

Typ e

lpr <file_name>

from the Linux shell command

line and press

Enter

. The LPR GUI window appears.

When you type only

lpr

and press

Enter

, the Select

file(s) to print window appears first. Just select any files

you want to print and click

Open

In the LPR GUI window, select your printer from the list,

and change the printer and print job properties.

For details about the properties window, see page 27.

Click

to start printing.