Printer Settings

You can change most printer settings from your software program or printer driver. If your printer is attached to the network, you can change settings from the Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool. To launch the Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool, type the printer IP address in your Web browser. Print a Printer Settings page to find your printer's IP address (see "Printing a Printer Settings Page").

Settings you change from the software or printer driver apply only to the job you are preparing to send to the printer.

Changes made to printer settings from an software program override changes made from the printer operator panel.

If you cannot change a setting from your software program, use the printer operator panel or the Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool. Changing a printer setting from the printer operator panel or from the Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool makes that setting the user default.

Printing a Printer Settings Page

The Printer Settings page lists all the options you purchased or installed. If a feature or an option is not listed, you need to check your installation.

1. Press Menu.
   
   
2. Press until Configure appears, and then press or .
   
   
3. Press until Reports appears, and then press or .
   
   
4. Printer Settings is displayed. Press .
   The Printer Settings page is printed.
   
   
5. Verify that the options you installed are correctly listed under Printer Options.
   
   
6. If an option you installed is not listed, turn off the printer, unplug the power cord, and reinstall the option.
   
   
7. Verify the amount of memory installed is correctly listed under General.
   
   

Using the Operator Panel to Change Printer Settings

You can select menu items and corresponding values from the operator panel.

When you first enter the printer menus from the operator panel, you see an asterisk (*) next to a value in the menus.

This asterisk indicates the factory default menu setting. These settings are the original printer settings. (Factory defaults may vary for different countries.)

When you select a new setting from the operator panel, an asterisk appears next to the setting to identify it as the current user default menu setting.

These settings are active until new ones are selected or the factory defaults are restored.

To select a new value as a setting:

1. Press Menu.
   
   
2. Press until the required menu appears, and press or .
   
   
3. Press until the desired menu or menu item appears, and press or .
   
   
   • If the selection is a menu, the menu is opened and the first printer setting in the menu appears.
     
     
   • If the selection is a menu item, the default menu setting for the menu item appears.(The current user default menu setting has an asterisk (*) beside it.)
     
     

Each menu item has a list of values for the menu item. A value can be:

• A phrase or word to describe a setting
  
  
• A numerical value that can be changed
  
  
• An On or Off setting
  
  
• Press at the same time. This will recover the factory default menu settings.
  
  

4. Press to scroll until the desired value appears.
   
   
5. Press .
   This enables the setting value, which is indicated by an asterisk (*) next to the setting value.
   
   
6. Press Cancel or to return to the previous menu.
   To continue setting other items, select the desired menu. To quit setting new values, press Cancel.
   
   

User default menu settings remain in effect until you save new settings or restore the factory defaults. Settings you choose from your software program can also change or override the user default menu settings you select from the operator panel.

NOTE: Settings you choose from your software program may override the settings you select from the operator panel.

Using the Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool to Change Printer Settings

If your printer is connected to the network, you can change the operator panel settings from your Web browser. If you are a network administrator, you can clone the printer settings of one printer to one or all printers on the network.

Type your network printer IP address in your Web browser. Choose Printer Settings from the topics list, and then select the printer settings you want to change.

To copy your printer settings to another printer on the network, choose Copy Printer Settings from the topics list, and then type the other printer's IP address.

If you do not know your printer IP address, it is specified on the Printer Settings page. To print a Printer Settings page:

1. Press Menu.
   
   
2. Press until Configure appears, and then press or .
   
   
3. Press until Reports appears, and then press or .
   
   
4. Printer Settings is displayed. Press .
   The Printer Settings page is printed.
   
   

Initializing NVRAM

You can restore the original factory default menu settings by initializing NVRAM.

1. Press Menu.
   
   
2. Press until Configure appears, and then press or .
   
   
3. Press until Maintenance appears, and then press or .
   
   
4. Press until Init NVRAM appears, and then press or .
   
   
5. The Init NVRAM Are you sure? message appears on the operator panel. Press .
   
   
6. Turn off the printer, and then on again.
   
   

Deleting NVRAM from Network settings

You can initialize IP Address by deleting NVRAM from Network settings.

1. Press Menu.
   
   
2. Press until Configure appears, and then press or .
   
   
3. Press until Network appears, and then press or .
   
   
4. Press until Init NVRAM appears, and then press or .
   
   
5. The Init NVRAM Are you sure? message appears on the operator panel. Press .
   
   
6. Turn off the printer, and then on again.