Dell P713w manual

Dell P713w User's Guide June 20 09 www.dell.com | support.dell.com[...]

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Contents Saf et y in fo rmati on.. .. .. ... ..... .. .. .. ... .. ..... .. .. ... .. ..... .. .. ... .. .... ... .. .. ... .... ... .. .7 Ab out y ou r p rin ter. .... .... ..... ...... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... ..... .... .... .... ..... .... ..8 Thank you fo r choosing thi s printe r!...................... .......... ........... ......[...]

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E- mai ling ... ..... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ....... ..... .... 60 Setting up the print er to e-mail..... .............. .............................. ................ .............. ................ .............. ................ .........60 Creating an e-mail contact l ist using the pri[...]

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S afety information Connec t the power cord to a properly groun ded electric al outlet th at is near the produc t and easily acc essibl e. Do no t pl a c e or use this pro duct ne ar wa ter o r we t locati ons . Use only the power suppl y and power cord provid ed with th is produc t or the manufac turer's aut horized replacem ents. CA UTION—[...]

About your printer Thank you for choosing t his printer! We've worked hard to make s ure it will meet your needs. To sta rt usi n g you r new pri nter ri ght aw ay, use the se tup mat eri als that ca me wi th the prin ter , and th en skim th e Use r’s G ui de to le arn ho w to per form basi c task s. To g et the mo st out of yo ur print er, [...]

Cons erving i nk • Use Quick P rint or Draft Mo de. These modes can be u sed to print documen ts u sing les s in k than norma l a nd are i deal for prin ting do cument s t hat a re most ly tex t. • Us e High Y ield cartr idges. In ks in Hig h- Yield c art ri dges al low y ou t o p rin t m ore pag es w ith few er cart ri dges . • Cl ean the pr[...]

What are you l ooki ng fo r? Find it here Help us in g the pri nter software Wind ow s Hel p Open a prin ter sof tware progra m or application, a nd then click Hel p . Cli ck to vi ew context-sensitive information. Notes: • The Help in s talls a u tomatica lly with th e printer so ft w are . • The pr in ter soft ware i s located in the printer [...]

Understa nding the parts of the printe r 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Use th e To 1 Sca nn e r li d Acce ss the scanne r gl ass. 2 Scanne r glas s Scan and copy photos and do cuments. 3 Wi-F i indicator Ch eck wire less sta tus. 4 Mem or y ca rd s lo t Inse rt a memory card . 5 Pic tBridge an d USB port Connec t a PictBri dge-enab led digit al camer a, a USB Bl[...]

Use th e To 1 Prin thead Install, replace, or re move in k cartrid g es . 2 Sca nn e r u n it • Access the in k cartridges and printhead. • Remove paper jams. 3 Eth ernet port Connect your printer to a computer, a local netw ork, an extern al DSL, or a cable modem. 4 USB port Connect the printer to a computer using a USB cable. Warnin g—Pote [...]

Ordering and replacing supplie s Order ing ink car tridges Page yields a vail able at ww w.del l .com /su pp lies . F or best r esu lt s, use on ly Dell i nk car tr idg es. Item Licensed cart ri dge 1 Regular cartridge Bl ack cart ridge Series 21 Ser ies 21R Bl ack cart ridge, h igh y ield 2 Series 24 Ser ies 24R Color c artridge Series 21 Ser ies [...]

3 Press the release tab, and then remove the used ink cartri dge or cartridges. 2 1 4 Use two hands to install each cartridge. 1 2 Not e: Install t he new ink cartridges i mmediate ly after removi ng the protec tive cap t o avoid expos ing the in k to air. 5 Clo se the printer. Recycl ing Dell produc ts To ret urn Dell produc t s to Del l for rec y[...]

Using the printer control pa nel buttons and menus Using the pr inter cont rol panel The foll owing di ag rams exp lain the s ections o f th e prin ter control panel : Not e: Th e icons are displayed when they are selectable on the current screen. If an icon is not displayed, then the fun c ti on is no t a va ilab le. 1 2 4 5 6 7 3 Use To 1 Power ?[...]

Use To 6 Help D isp lay He lp tex t and ani mati on. 7 Home Return to the home sc reen. Understanding t he home scr een Aft er th e p rint er is tur ned on and a shor t wa rm -up peri od o ccu rs, the displa y s hows t he f ol lowing bas ic scre en whi ch is refer red to a s the home s creen . Use the home s creen selec tion s to in itiat e an ac t[...]

Display item Descri ption 3 Mem or y D ev i ce or PictBr idg e View, select, print, a nd a tta ch photos a nd documents to e-ma il. Note: The PictBridge icon replaces the Memory Device icon w h en a PictBridge-enabled c a mera is conn ected to the printer. 4 Ink levels • Display t h e current in k levels of the installed tan ks. • Acces s cartr[...]

Use To 3 Accept Sa ve your s etting. 4 Up arrow Scroll up. 5 Scrollb a r Scroll up and dow n the menu list . 6 Down arr ow Scroll down. To nav igate usin g th e tou ch sc reen: • Dra g the sc rol lbar or t ouch t he arr ows unti l the me nu or sett ing th a t you want a ppear s on the di splay . • To c onfi rm a sett ing o r s elec t a m en u o[...]

Changing the Power S aver tim eout The P ower Sa ver time out is the ti me it tak es fo r the prin ter to sw itch to Po wer Saver mode when th e prin ter is le ft idle. Th e Power Saver f eatur e o ptimizes energy efficien cy by re ducin g the p rinte r p ower con sumpti on (a s muc h as 28 perc ent on so me printer models ) comp ared to the defa u[...]

Using the printer software Minimum system requirements The pr inter softw are requi res up to 5 00 MB of free dis k s pace. Suppor te d o peratin g sy stem s • Mi cr oso ft Win dow s 7 (W eb on ly) 1 • Mi cros of t Win dows Vi s ta (SP 1) • Mi cros of t Wi ndow s XP (S P3) • Micr o so ft Wind o ws 2000 (S P4 or gre ate r) • Linu x Ubunt u[...]

Use th e To Dell Fast P ics (referred to as Fast Pics) Man age, edit, tr ansfer, an d print photos an d document s. Ado b e TM Ph oto Album S tarter Edition View , manage, a nd edit ph otos. Dell Toolbar (referred to as Toolbar) Print, scan, o r convert loca l files from Windows. Del l Ink Ma na gement Sy stem Order in k. Dell Fax Solutions (referr[...]

Finding and instal ling optional softwa re 1 Clic k or S tart . 2 Clic k Al l Pr o g ra m s or Program s , and t hen s elec t the p rinter progra m folder from the list. 3 Selec t Pr in ter H om e . 4 Cho ose your printe r from th e printe r drop- down list. 5 From the S upp ort t ab, c lick On-line s u ppor t . 6 From the W eb sit e, select your p[...]

3 Sele ct th e un in stal l opt ion. 4 Foll ow the i nstruc tion s on the compu ter s creen to r emove the software. 5 Once the un insta l l pro cess in compl ete, rest art you r compute r . Insta lling the p rinte r softw are Not e: I f you ins talle d the pr inte r so ftware on thi s comp uter be for e bu t need to re ins tall th e so ftware , th[...]

Loading p a per and origina l documents Loading the paper tray Make sure : • You us e p aper desi gned fo r inkjet printers. • The paper is not used or damaged. • If you are us ing s pecia lt y paper , y ou f ol low t he inst ru ctio ns t hat ca me w ith i t. Not e: To avoid ja ms, ma ke sure the pape r does n ot bu ckle w hen you adjust the [...]

3 If y ou are load ing A4- or legal -size p aper, t hen s queeze the tab an d pull to ex tend t he t ray. Not e: When you pull the exten sion ou t, the first st op accomm odates A4-size paper. When the ext ension is fully ou t, i t a ccommoda tes le gal -size p a per . 4 Loa d the paper. 5 Adju st t he p ap er gui des to res t gen tly a gains t the[...]

6 Inse rt the tr ay. Not e: If yo u exte nded th e tray to accommo date A4- o r leg al-si ze pa per, then the tr ay sticks out f rom th e fro nt of the prin ter when inse rted . 7 Flip up t he paper stop to cat ch the paper as it exits. Not e: If you loaded A4 - or legal-size pa per, then exten d the pape r stop. U se bot h ex tenders for A4 a nd l[...]

Loading envelopes or photo paper 1 Pull tr ay co mplete ly ou t of t he printe r. 2 Move the p aper gu ides to t he s ides of t ray. Lo ad ing pa pe r a nd o ri ginal do cu me nts 27[...]

3 Use the envelo pe icon an d the phot o pap er outlin e on the bott om of t he tray to hel p you po sition en velopes o r phot o paper. Not e: Do not mix paper types in the tray. You can l o ad eith er envelop es or photo paper, but not both. 4 Loa d envelopes or photo pape r. Not e: Load envel opes or photo paper with the printable side facedown [...]

5 Adjust the pa per gu ides to res t gent ly agai nst the left, r ight, a nd b ottom e dges of t he env elopes or photo paper. 2 3 1 2 3 1 6 Inse rt the tr ay. 7 Flip up t he paper stop to cat ch the envelopes or photos as they exit. Not e: F or bes t res ult s, al low ph oto s to d ry at le ast 2 4 hour s bef ore st ack ing, disp lay in g, or sto [...]

Loading various paper types Loa d up to Make sure 150 sheets of plain paper • The paper is d es igned for use wi th inkjet printers. • The paper g uides rest a gainst the lef t, right, a nd bottom edg es of the paper. 100 sheets of coated paper 25 sheets of photo paper 25 shee ts of glossy pape r • The gl ossy or printa bl e sid e of the p ap[...]

Loa d up to Make sure 25 sheet s of lab els • You use full lab e l sheets. Partial sheets (wi th areas exposed by mis s ing labels) may cause labels to peel off durin g printin g , resulti n g in a pa per jam. • You load letter- or A4-size label sheets. • The pri n t side of the labels faces down. • The top of th e labels feeds into th e pr[...]

Loa d up to Make sure 20 sheets of banner paper • The pri n t side of the banne r faces dow n. • The leading ed ge of the banner paper fee ds i n to the prin ter first. • If you r pr inter h as more th an one paper tr ay, then loa d bann er paper in Tray 1 . To load b anner paper: 1 Pull the tr a y completely out of the printer. 2 Remove all [...]

Loading original docum ents on the scanner glass 1 Open the scanner lid an d place t he doc ument facedown on the sca nner glass. 2 Clos e the sc anner li d. Lo ad ing pa pe r a nd o ri ginal do cu me nts 33[...]

Printing Tips for print ing • Use the a ppropriate pape r for y our print job. • Sele ct a higher print quality for better print s. • Mak e sure ther e is en ough ink in t he in k c artr idges. • Remove eac h sh eet as it i s prin ted w hen pr in ting ph otos or w hen w orkin g wi th sp ecial ty m edia. • Sele ct th e bord erless settin g[...]

4 Clic k OK to c lose a ny p rint er sof twar e di alog s. 5 Clic k OK or Pr in t . Print i ng pag e s in rever se order By defa u lt , the f irs t p ag e is pr in ted fi rst. If yo u wan t to re vers e th e ord er in wh ic h pag es pri nt to ma ke docu me n ts rea dy to r e ad wi th the fi rst p a g e on top , t hen do the foll owi ng: 1 With a do[...]

If t he p ri nt er i s usi ng a U SB c onn ec tion a Sel e ct th e fil e nam e of th e do cu m ent tha t y ou wan t t o pr in t. b Pre ss to star t print i ng th e docu ment. If th e prin ter is us ing a Wirele ss c onnec tion ( select ed mode ls onl y) a Sel e ct th e fil e nam e of th e do cu m ent tha t y ou wan t t o pr in t. b Pre ss , and the[...]

c Fro m th e Pa per S i ze lis t o f th e P rin t Set up ta b , c hoo se a pap er si ze th at ma tc hes th e s i ze o f t he l a bel sh e et . If no pap er siz e ma tche s the la bel sh eet si ze, th en set a cus tom si ze. If necess ary, choo se the app ropr iate type of pa per from t he P aper Type list. d Cl ic k OK to close any p rin ter so ftw[...]

Workin g with photos Using a memory card or flash drive wi t h the prin ter Memory car ds and f las h drives are st orage devices frequently use d with cameras and c ompu ters. You can remov e the memory c ard from the cam era o r the flas h driv e fro m t he com puter an d inser t it direc tly in to the printer. 1 Ins ert a memo ry ca rd int o the[...]

Su pporte d me mory ca rds a nd fil e ty pes Memory Card File T ype • Secure Dig ital (SD) • Secur e D igi tal High Cap aci ty (S DHC ) • Micro Se cure Di g ital (w ith a da pter) (Micro S D) • Min i Se c ure D ig it al ( w it h a d ap t er) (M i ni S D ) • Mu ltiMedia Card (MMC) • Redu ced S ize MultiMedia Card (w ith adapter) (R S-MMC[...]

3 Touch Vi ew Ph ot os . The Sele ct P hotos screen a ppear s. 4 Tou ch the phot o you want to edit. 5 Touch to view the selected photo . Tips : • If you wa nt t o cl ear the s elect ed phot o, th en t ouch . • If y o u w a n t t o v i e w t h e p r e v i o u s o r n e x t p h o t o , t h e n t o u c h t h e l e ft o r r i g h t a rr o w , a n [...]

c Transfer or print th e phot os: • Fas t P i cs launche s auto matical l y w hen a connecti o n i s esta blished. Fo l low the i n str u cti o ns on th e comput er scree n t o tran sfer the photos to t he comput er or to print. Printi ng ph otos fro m a Pic tBridge -ena bled digi tal c amera Pict Bridge is a techn o lo gy avai lable in most di g[...]

4 If you wa nt to cha nge the defa u lt p r int setti ngs: a To u c h Mor e Option s to acce ss the Pict Bridge menu. b Select the pa per sou rce, p aper si ze, pap er ty pe, phot o si ze, qua lity , and l ayout of the photo s that you want t o pr int. T ouc h Accept each time you ma ke a s election . Not e: The pri nter will use the d efaul t prin[...]

Printing fr om a Bluetooth-e nabled devic e • Th is print er is compli ant wit h Bluetoo th Specific a tion 2.0 . It suppo rt s the fol lowin g prof iles: Obj ec t Push Profil e (OPP) and Serial Po rt Profile (SPP ). Check with your Bluetooth- enabl ed device manufact urers (cellul ar phone or PDA ) to de termin e thei r hardw are compa tib ili t[...]

3 M ake s ure Di sc ove r y is s e t to O N. I f n ece ss ary , to u ch ON , and th en touc h Accept . The prin ter is now ready to acc ept a connec tion from a Bluet ooth- enabl ed devi ce. 4 Con figure the Bluet ooth-en able d device to set up a connec tion to t he prin ter. For more in formation , see the doc ume nt ation for y our B luet oot h [...]

1 Insert a USB Bluetooth adapter in to the USB port. Bluetooth R Blue too th Do ngle Conn ect ed appea rs on the disp lay . Warn ing— Po tenti al Dam age : Do not touc h any cabl es, any n etwork ad apter, any connector , the USB Bluetooth adapter, or th e p rinter in the areas sh own while actively printing, reading , or writing from a Bluetooth[...]

3 Clic k the Advanced tab. 4 From t he 2-Si ded Printing sect i on, s elect On f rom th e dro p-dow n me nu. Not e: To u s e th e setti ngs de fine d in the p rinte r, sel ect Us e Printe r Setting s . 5 Sele ct either the Sidefli p or To pfl ip option . Sid efli p is t he s ettin g m ost often used. 6 Selec t Ext e nd Dr y T i me , a nd t h en se [...]

Managing print jobs Set ting your printe r as the def ault prin ter Y o u r p r i n t e r s h o u l d b e s e l e c t e d a u t o m a t i c a l l y f r o m t h e P r i n t d i a l o g w h e n y o u s e n d a p r i n t j o b . I f y o u h a v e t o m a n u a l l y sel ect your p r in ter, th en it is no t the d efaul t print er. To se t the defa ult[...]

Resum ing print jobs 1 Clic k , or c lick St art and t he n cl ick Run . 2 In t he Sta rt Se arch or Run b ox, type con trol prin ters . 3 Pre ss Ente r , or cli ck OK . The p rinter f older open s. 4 Right -click the p rinter , and then select Open . 5 Resu me th e prin t job: • If you wa nt t o resu me a particul ar print j ob, th en ri ght-cli[...]

Copying ADF Scan ner glass Use th e ADF for multiple-p a ge documents. Note: The A DF is av ailable only on selected models. If you purchased a printer wi thout an ADF, th en load original d oc uments or photos on the scanner glass. Use th e scann er glass f or single pages, small it ems (such as postcar ds or photos), transparencies, photo paper, [...]

Copying photos 1 Loa d photo paper. 2 Plac e a ph ot o fa cedo wn on the sca nne r gl ass. 3 F rom the h om e s c ree n , n av i ga te to Pho to Repr int : Co py > More Op tion s > Phot o Re pr in t 4 Touch Co nti nue . 5 Sele ct t he ph oto pr in t size, an d then t ouch Accept . 6 Touch Co nti nue to sta rt p ri nt in g. Not e: For b est re[...]

Enlarging or r educing ima ges 1 Load paper. 2 Loa d an or igina l d ocu ment fac eu p in to the ADF or f ace dow n on t he sc ann er g l ass. 3 F rom the h om e s c ree n , n av i ga te to R esi ze : Co py > More Op tion s > Re si ze 4 Se l ect a resi ze s ett ing , and the n tou ch Accept . Not es: • If you sel ect Cus tom %, the n select[...]

Collating copie s usi ng the printer c ontrol pa nel If you pr int mul t ip le copies of a do cument, th en you can cho ose to print ea ch copy as a set (colla ted) or to p ri n t the copi es as gr oups of pages (not c ollat ed). Co llat ed No t co llat ed 1 Load paper. 2 Loa d an or igina l d ocu ment fac eu p in to the ADF or f ace dow n on t he [...]

4 Sele ct the nu m ber of p ages t ha t you w ant to co py on a she et of pa pe r, and then t ouc h Accept . You may choos e to c opy one, t wo, or f our pa ge imag es on a sheet . Not e: If y ou ar e c opyin g four pag es in l ands cape fo rm at, s can pages 3 and 4 f irst , and th en scan pages 1 and 2. 5 Pre ss . Making a duplex copy Making a d [...]

6 Remove the p aper from the paper exit t ray, and t hen reloa d the paper to p rint the other si de of the do cument. 7 Pre ss . Canceling copy jobs To ca ncel a c opy job, p ress . Scan ning sto ps and th e pr i n ter retu rns to the prev io u s men u . Copy in g 54[...]

Scanning ADF Scan ner glass Use th e ADF for multiple-p a ge documents. Note: The A DF is av ailable only on selected models. If you purchased a printer wi thout an ADF, th en load original d oc uments or photos on the scanner glass. Use th e scann er glass f or single pages, small it ems (such as postcar ds or photos), transparencies, photo paper,[...]

5 Sele ct t he color , res olu tion quali ty an d t he orig in al im age si ze . If nec ess ary, t ou ch Accept eac h ti me you m ake a sel ecti on. 6 Pre ss to star t scan ning . The scan i s compl ete when the ap plicat io n you sel ecte d in st ep 4 op ens on the des tina tion comput er, and th e scan app ears w it hin t he app lic atio n as a n[...]

4 Wait unt il th e printer has f inished dow nloadin g the l ist of s can a pplic ations av aila ble on th e sel ected compu ter. 5 Sele ct a n appl icat ion, an d t hen t ouch Accept . 6 Sele ct t h e re solut ion qual ity and the or igina l imag e s ize. T ouc h Accept ea ch time yo u make a selecti on. 7 Pre ss to star t scan ning . The scan i s[...]

7 When t he sc an i s fi nis hed, sa ve the doc umen t in a wo rd- proc essin g ap plic at ion. 8 Open the doc ument i n th e select ed app licat ion t o edit it. Scanning dir ectly to e-m ail usi ng the printer softwa re 1 Loa d an or igina l d ocu ment fac eu p in to the ADF or f ace dow n on t he sc ann er g l ass. 2 Clic k or Start . 3 Clic k A[...]

Scanning F AQ How c an I im prov e th e qua lit y of a sca n? • Mak e s ure your or igin al docum ent s ar e i n good con diti on. • Mak e s ure th e a pplic ation that r eceives t he sc ann ed d ocum ent is ap propriat e. For exam ple , if you a re scan ni ng a ph oto to ed it it , th en make su re you cho ose a phot o edit in g appl icat ion [...]

E-mailing You r can use yo u r pri nter to send e-m ail to o ne or mo re recip ie nts wi thout usi ng a com puter. To do t his, yo u can eith er scan a document or ph oto a nd th en sen d it a s a n e-mai l, or you can att ach a s aved documen t or ph oto fro m a me mo ry d ev ic e t o a n e- m a il . Befor e you can send e-mai l using t he pr in t[...]

If y ou want to ch ange the e- mail se ttin gs 1 F rom the h om e s c ree n , n av i ga te to E -ma il Se tup : > E- mail S etup 2 Touc h each it em, an d then ent er the nec essar y inform ation . If nec essary, t ouch OK or Accept to save ea ch item . • Return E-ma il Addre ss —enter your e-mail address. • Se n d M e a C op y —touc h Y[...]

Sending e- mail ADF Scan ner glass Use th e ADF for multiple-p a ge documents. Note: The A DF is av ailable only on selected models. If you purchased a printer wi thout an ADF, th en load original d oc uments or photos on the scanner glass. Use th e scann er glass f or single pages, small it ems (such as postcar ds or photos), transparencies, photo[...]

• Histo r y —se lect the n ame or e-ma il address from the history list. If ne c essa ry, to uch OK or Accept each ti me you make a selecti on. 5 To en ter addi tiona l reci pi ents , touc h Add R ecipient , and then enter th e e-ma il address , name, or group you w ant to add. Touch Accept every t ime you add a recipient. Not e: You ca n sen d[...]

• If you wan t to attach a phot o: a Touch Attach Phot o to E- mail . b Touch the photo y ou wan t to atta ch. c Touch Continu e . 6 Touch an opti on to enter or sel e ct the reci pie nts: • Enter E -mail Addr ess —enter the e-mail address manually. • Address B ook —t ou ch Sort by Name or Sort by Gro up , and th en sele ct the conta ct. [...]

Networking Installing t he printer on a wireless network Wireless n etwor k co mpatibili ty You r print er co nta ins an IE EE 802.11n wirel ess p rint server . Your print er is co mpa tib le wit h IEEE 80 2.11 b/g/ n rou ters th at a re W i-F i c ert if ied. Su pporte d n etwor k se cur ity o ptio ns The p rinte r s u pp orts thre e wi rele ss s e[...]

Ever y device o n the wireless net work must use the same WPA passphra se. WPA s e curity is an option only on infr astr uctu re net works wit h wir eles s ac cess poi nts an d ne twor k cards t hat su pport W PA. Mo st ne wer wir el e ss netw ork equ ipmen t also offe rs WPA2 secu rit y as an option . Not e: If yo ur netwo rk us es WP A or WPA2 s [...]

Inst alling the pr int er on a wir eless ne twork Bef or e y ou inst all t he pr inte r o n a wi rel e ss n etw ork , ma ke su re th at : • Yo ur wi rele ss netw ork i s set up and worki ng prop erly. • The compu ter you are using is connec ted to the s ame wireles s network wher e you want to set up t h e prin ter. 1 Clo se all open software p[...]

Spec ial w ireless in sta llation instruc tio ns Th e foll owing instruc tion s apply to cust omer s outside of N orth Americ a who are using a wir eless broa dban d box. Some ex ample s of thes e box es in clude LiveBox, Al iceBox , N9UF Bo x, FreeBox, and C lub Int ernet. Befo re y ou be gi n • Mak e sur e you r box is wire less - enab led and [...]

7 Typ e t he IP addr ess yo u wan t to a ssign to the pr inter in th e IP A dd r es s field. 8 Clic k the Submit bu tton. The Subm itting Sel ection mess age appe ars. To co nfirm t hat th e address was success fully as signed, t ype the sta tic IP a ddress i n the W eb b rowser addr ess fiel d and t hen press Ent er . The p rinter W eb p age lo ad[...]

6 Clic k Se t up a w ireless ad-ho c (co mpu ter- to-co mpute r) net work , wh en you are prompt ed to choose a co nnec ti on op tio n, a nd th en c lick Nex t . 7 Foll ow the i nstr uction s in the “ Set up a w ireless ad hoc n etwork” wizard. As part of t he s etup: a Cre ate a netw ork name o r SSID for the ne twor k betwe en the com p uter [...]

11 Under Preferred Networks, delete any existing n etworks. a S elect the netw ork to b e r emoved. b Cl ic k Remove to de let e th e n et wor k f rom th e li st. 12 Clic k Ad d to crea te an ad hoc ne twork . 13 In the Networ k Name (SSI D) box, typ e the name you want to give your wi rele ss ne twor k. 14 Wri te down th e netw ork n a me yo u cho[...]

3 Selec t Pr in ter H om e . 4 Clic k the Settings ta b. 5 Clic k Wir eless setup utility link . 6 Foll ow the i nstruc tion s on the comp uter s creen . Not e: Wind ow s V is t a c om pu ter s ma y ne ed to be re co n nec t ed t o th e a d ho c n e tw ork a fte r r est ar tin g . Conf iguring the printer wirelessl y using WPS (Wi-F i Prote cted Se[...]

5 Clic k the Wirel ess setu p utilit y li nk. 6 Foll ow the i nstr uction s on the com puter sc reen to s et up t he pri nter wirele ssly. Not e: There i s no ne ed to r emove the US B cable c onnectin g t he pri nter to th e comp uter du ring wirele ss confi guration. If t he p rin ter i s cu rrent ly s et up for Ether net 1 Unp lug th e Eth ernet[...]

If th e pr int e r is curr en tl y se t up loc a lly (u si ng USB c on ne cti on ) 1 Plu g an Ethe rnet c able in to t he p rinte r and i nto a n avai lab le port on a s witch or w all j ack . 2 Inse rt the s o ft war e and insta llati on CD in to the co mpute r you wan t to us e to co nfigur e the prin ter . 3 Foll ow the i ns truct ions o n th e [...]

b R ight - clic k the name o f your prin ter. c Cl ic k Pro perti es . d Cl ic k th e Por ts ta b, a nd t hen cl ick Add Port . e Sel e c t Lo ca l P or t , and t h en click Ne w Port . f Ty pe t he Universal Na ming Convention (UN C) Port name , wh ic h cons is ts of th e se rv er n ame a nd th e distin c tive pr inter n ame t hat wa s specifie d [...]

If the Welcome scre en does not appear after a minute, do one of t he follow ing: a Cl ic k , or cl ick Start an d t hen cli ck Ru n . b In the St a r t Sea rc h o r R un box , ty p e D: set up.e xe , w her e D is the l ett er of you r CD or D VD d rive . 3 Foll ow the i ns truct ions o n th e compu ter s creen to s et up the p rin ter, selectin g[...]

An SSID can c ontain up to 3 2 al ph anum eric char ac ters. Where do I f ind my S SID? You can find the SSID for the wireles s network by viewin g the setting s on the access point o r wireless router . Most access p oint s have a built-i n We b server that ca n be access ed usin g a Web brow s er. Many n et work a dapt ers provid e a so ftwar e a[...]

Wire d net wor k ex ampl e • A desk top compu ter, a lap top, an d a prin ter are co nnected by Ether net cab les to a hub, router, or s witch. • The networ k is connecte d to the Interne t t hrou gh a DSL or cable modem. Internet Wi rele ss n etw ork ex am ples Sce na rio 1 : Mixe d wire d and wir e less c onne cti on s on a ne two rk w it h I[...]

Sce na ri o 2: Wi re le ss net wor k w ith Inte rn et acc e ss • All compu t ers and pr i nte rs conn ect to the netwo r k using a wi rel ess acc e ss p oint or wire less rou ter. • The w ireless a cces s poin t c onnect s the n etwork t o the Int ernet throug h a DSL or c able mo de m. Internet Sce na ri o 3: Wi rele ss net wor k wit h no In t[...]

The in stal lation cab le con nects to a r ectangul ar USB po rt on the i nstalli ng compu ter an d the square U SB por t on the print er. How d o I atta ch the installa ti on ca ble? The in stallat ion cable attaches to a U SB port o n th e compu ter an d to the squ are conn ector o n the ba ck o f the p rinte r. This con nectio n a llows you to c[...]

The following table compares the characteris tics and requi rements of the two types of w ireles s networks. Inf ras tru ctu re Ad hoc Cha ra ct eris tic s Communication Th rough w ireless access point Dire ctly between devices Sec ur i t y More securi ty options WEP o r no s ecu rity Ran ge Determined by range and number of wir eless access p oint[...]

How c an I i m prove wire les s signa l streng th? A comm on reas on wireles s print ers fai l to co mmuni cate ove r a netw or k is poor w ire les s sig nal quali ty. If th e sig nal is t oo weak, t oo d istor ted, or blocke d b y an objec t, it ca nnot car ry in for mati on bet ween t h e acces s point an d the print er . To d eterm ine if the pr[...]

How can I make sur e my computer and printer are c o nnec t ed to the same w ireless netwo r k? If the pr int er is not o n the sam e wire less ne two rk as the com puter , you wi ll not b e ab le to pri nt wir ele ssl y. The SSID of th e pr inter must match the SSID o f t he co mputer, if t he c omput er is al ready conn ected to t he wi reless ne[...]

Every device capa b le o f communica ting on a netw ork has a MAC address. N etwork pr inters, co mpute rs, a nd rou ters, wh eth er Eth ern et or wirel ess , al l hav e MA C addr ess es. Whi l e i t is p os s ib le to cha nge the MA C add res s of a n etwor k devi ce, it is no t comm on pr actice to d o so . F or thi s re a so n , MAC addresses ar[...]

What is an IP address? An IP ad dres s is a uniq u e nu mbe r use d by devic es ( such as a wire les s prin ter , co mput er, or wir eles s acc es s poi nt) on an IP netw ork to locat e and commu nicate wit h each other . Devices on an IP netw ork can communi cate wi th each other only if they have unique and valid IP addresses. A u nique IP addres[...]

Selec t the sa me key in dex on yo ur print er as you are usin g on your wirel ess a cces s point . Netw or ki ng 86[...]

Maintaini ng the printer Maintaining ink cart ridges In a dditio n to th e foll owin g tas ks th at you can pe rform, your pr inter perfo rms an au toma tic maintena nce cyc le e very week if it is plugg ed int o an elect rical outlet . It will bri ef ly come out of Power Saver mode or wi ll tem po rarily powe r on if it is tur ned off . Chec king [...]

6 Fro m the Mainte na nce tab , cl ick Align cart ridges . 7 Foll ow the i nstruc tion s on the comp uter s creen . If you a lign ed the cart ridg es to im prove pri nt q ua lity , then p rint your d ocume nt again . If p rin t qual ity has no t improved, th en clean the printhead nozzles. Cleani ng th e p rin thead n ozzles Poor prin t qualit y is[...]

4 Wipe o nly t he outs ide of th e prin ter , mak i ng su re to re m ove an y ink re sidu e t hat ha s acc umulat ed on the paper exit tra y. Warning—Potentia l D amage: Using a damp clo th to clean the inter i or may cau se damag e to your pr inter . 5 Mak e s ure th e p rint er i s dry bef ore b eginn in g a n ew print job . Cleaning the sca nn[...]

Troubles hooting Before you t roubleshoot Use this check list to solve most pri nter problems : • Mak e sure the power cord is pl ugged int o the print er and into a properly groun ded electric al outl et. • Make su re the print er is not pl ugged into an y surge prot ectors, u nint errupted power supp lies, or exten sion cor ds. • Ma ke sure[...]

• “Pr inter is pr inti ng bl ank pages” o n page 9 4 • “Pr in ter is bu sy o r does n ot re spo nd” on p age 9 4 • “C a nno t del ete doc um ent s from th e pr in t qu eue ” o n pa ge 95 • “C ann o t p r in t th rou gh US B ” o n pag e 9 5 Incorr ect la nguage a ppea rs on the disp lay If th e "Befor e you troub leshoot[...]

3 Wipe t he pri nthead con tacts using a cle an, li nt-fr ee cloth . 4 Rein sert the printhead, and then clos e the latch until it clicks. 5 Clo se the pri nter. Not e: I f re moving and re inse rtin g the pr inth e ad doe s not reso lve the err or, the n co nta ct techni cal sup po rt. Soft w are di d not install If you en coun ter ed pro blem s w[...]

3 Firmly plug t he re ctang ular end of the U SB cable into the USB port o f the comput er. Th e U SB port is ma rke d w ith a USB sym bo l. Not e: I f you c ont inue to hav e problem s, then t ry anot her USB po rt on th e comput er. You may have c onnecte d to a defec tive port . R ECON NE CT THE PRINTER PO WE R SUPPLY 1 Turn off t he prin ter, a[...]

3 Firmly plug t he re ctang ular end of the U SB cable into the USB port o f the comput er. Th e U SB port is ma rke d w ith a USB sym bo l. Not e: I f you c ont inue to hav e problem s, then t ry anot her USB po rt on th e comput er. You may have c onnecte d to a defec tive port . R EM OVE AN D REINSTAL L THE PRIN TE R SOFTWARE Printe r is print i[...]

3 Plu g the powe r cord in to the w a ll outl et, an d then tu rn on the pr int e r. Cannot de lete docum ent s fr om th e prin t que ue If you ha ve jobs s tuck in the print que ue and can not de le te them to get o ther jo bs to pr int , the n the comp uter and pri nte r may not be com mun icat ing. R ESTART THE CO MPUT ER AND TRY AGAIN Cannot pr[...]

1 Pre ss to tu rn o ff th e p rin te r. 2 Chec k the pa per tr ay or li ft the sc anne r uni t to che ck for j amm ed pa per. 3 Firml y gras p the paper, a nd th en gent ly pu ll it o ut. Not e: Be car e f u l no t to te a r the pape r whi le removi ng it. 4 Pre ss t o turn th e pr i nte r ba ck on. Paper ja m in t he dup lex unit Not e: Th e parts[...]

2 Firml y gras p the paper, a nd th en gent ly pu ll it o ut. Not e: Be car e f u l no t to te a r the pape r whi le removi ng it. 3 Re ins ert t h e du pl ex un it . 4 Touch DON E or pr ess , depen ding on your print er m odel. 5 From yo ur com puter, res ume the prin t job. Paper or s pec ialty media mis fe eds These a re poss ible so lutions if [...]

Print trouble shooting • “Po or q uali ty at the edges of the page” o n page 98 • “S treaks or lin es on printed image” on page 98 • “Pr in t spee d is sl ow” on pag e 99 • “Comp uter slow s down when pri nting” o n page 99 Poor qu al ity a t the edge s o f t he page If the "Before you troub leshoo t" c hec klist d[...]

Print speed is slow If the "Before you troub leshoo t" c hec klist does not solve the proble m, then try one or more of the followin g: M AXIMIZE COMP UTE R PROCESSING SPEED • Cl ose a ll ap plic at ions not in us e. • Minimize t he numb er and size of grap hics and i mages i n the do cument. • Re mo ve a s m any un use d f onts as [...]

Copier or sca nner does no t resp ond If the "Before you troub leshoo t" c hec klist does not solve the proble m, then try one or more of the followin g: S ET YOUR PRIN T ER AS THE DEFA ULT PRINTER R EM OVE AN D REINSTAL L THE PRIN TE R SOFTWARE Sca nner u nit doe s no t c lose 1 Lift the scanner unit . 2 Remove any obstr uction keeping t[...]

Scan was not succ essful If the "Before you troub leshoo t" c hec klist does not solve the proble m, then try one or more of the followin g: C HECK THE US B CONN ECT ION 1 Check t he USB c able fo r a ny ob vious da mage. If the cable is dam aged, th en us e a new o ne. 2 Firmly plug th e sq uare end of t he USB cable into the back of the[...]

C HECK YOUR NET WORK CONN ECT ION Mak e su re the pr inter is con nected to an Ethern et or wi reless netw ork. Yo ur ne twork mu st be conne ct ed to th e Int ernet for the printe r to commu nica te with the SMTP serv er. C HECK YOUR PROXY CONF IGURA TION Your pro xy s erve r c on fig ura ti on sho uld al low SM TP se rv er conn ec t ion s. For h [...]

C HECK THE US B CONN ECT ION 1 Check t he USB c able fo r a ny ob vious da mage. If the cable is dam aged, th en us e a new o ne. 2 Firmly plug th e sq uare end of t he USB cable into the back of the prin ter. 3 Firmly plug t he re ctang ular end of the U SB cable into the USB port o f the comput er. Th e U SB port is ma rke d w ith a USB sym bo l.[...]

Networ k trouble shooting • “Net work troub leshoo ting c heckl ist” on pa ge 104 • “The Co ntinue but ton i s una vail able” on pag e 105 • “C annot prin t and there is a fi rewall on the computer” on pag e 106 • “Comm unic a tio n with p rin ter lost whe n conn ected to Virtua l Pri vate Netw ork (VPN) ” on pag e 107 Netwo[...]

• The pr inter is l ocat ed away from obsta cles or ele ctroni c devic es t hat coul d inte rfere with t he wi reless sig nal. Make sure the pr inter and w ireles s access poin t are n ot sepa rated by pole s, wall s, or support columns con taini ng meta l or concr ete. Many devices ca n inter fer e with the wi re less sign a l, includi n g bab y[...]

4 Plug the power cord back into the power outl et. 5 Turn on the printer , and t h en resume the instal lation o n your comput er. T RY RUNNING THE INSTALLER AGAIN 1 Clo se the i nsta ller. 2 Remove the CD, and then restart the compu ter. 3 Ins ert the CD an d t hen r un the in stall er ag ain. Not es : • W hen y ou g et to t he Soft ware Alre a [...]

Comm unic ation wit h print er lo s t whe n co nnect ed to Vir tual P riva te Networ k ( VPN) You will lose you r conn ectio n to a wir eles s print er on y our l ocal netwo r k whe n co nnecte d to mos t Virtual P rivate Networks ( VPN s). Most VPN s a llow u ser s to communi cate w ith o nly the VPN a nd no o the r netw o rk a t the s ame ti me. [...]

Fro m the pri nter con tro l pan el, na vig ate to Demo Mo de : > De mo M ode . Se le c t Off , a nd then sa ve the se ttin g. C HECK YOUR WEP KEY OR WPA PASSPH RASE I f your wi rel ess ac c e ss po int is usi ng W ire d E quiv alen t Pr iva cy (W EP) secu rit y, t hen th e W EP k ey sho uld be: • Exact ly 1 0 or 2 6 hex adec imal ch aract ers[...]

C HECK YOUR AD VANCED SEC URITY SET TINGS • If yo u are u sing M AC addres s filteri ng to limit a ccess to your wir eless ne twork , then y ou mus t add the pr inter MAC address to the list o f addresses a llowed to connect to th e wireless access point . • If you set th e wir eles s ac cess po int to iss u e a li mited numbe r of IP a ddr ess[...]

Wi- F i in dicato r light is no t lit C HECK POWER If the Wi- Fi indi ctor light is o ff, mak e sur e the li ght is on . I f t he li ght is no t on, check the fol low ing: • Make su re th e pr inter is pl ug ged in an d t urned on . • Make su re the pr inter i s p lugg ed in to a w orkin g outlet . • If th e prin ter is plug ged in to a pow e[...]

S EL ECT THE WIRELESS PORT If yo u hav e pre viou sly set up y o ur prin ter as a lo call y atta ched p r in ter, th en yo u may need t o se lect th e wi rel ess pr inter to u se the pri nter wi rele ssl y. 1 Cli ck , or click St art and then cli ck Run . 2 In the Star t Search o r Run box , ty pe co nt rol p ri nte rs . 3 Pr ess Ente r , or clic k[...]

If you are using WPA security A valid WPA passp hrase is: • Fro m 8 to 63 ASCI I chara cters. A SCII char acters in a WP A pa ssp hrase ar e cas e-sen siti ve. or • Exact ly 6 4 h exad eci mal c h arac ter s. He xadec imal ch ara cter s are A-F, a -f, an d 0 -9. If your wi rele ss n etwor k is not usi ng se curity , the n you will not h ave a s[...]

C HECK YOUR WEP KEY OR WPA PASSPH RASE A WE P k ey or WP A pa ss phr ase is l ike a pas swo rd. All d evic es o n a W EP-s ec ure d w irel ess n etw or k must s ha re the same WE P key, and all devi ce s on a WPA- se cure d wir eles s net wo rk mus t share the sa me WPA pass ph ras e. Not e: Make sure you copy it exact ly, in cludin g any capital l[...]

3 Check t o see w heth er the ac ces s poin t res ponds: • If the acc ess poi nt re spon ds, y ou wil l see sev eral l ine s a p pear t hat st ar t wit h “ Rep ly f ro m.” It i s pos sib le th at th e p rin t er di d not co nn ec t to th e wir e les s net wo rk . Tu rn of f a nd th en re s ta rt th e print e r to try t o con nect aga in. • [...]

3 Sel ect Pri nte r Home . 4 Cli ck the Setting s ta b. 5 Cli ck the Wirele ss set up utility lin k. Not e: You m ay b e pr ompted to c onnect the print er to the co mp uter a gain using t he i ns tallatio n ca ble as par t of th e setu p proc es s. 6 Follo w the in stru ctions on t he c omput er s creen. Wir e l ess p rin t serv er not instal led [...]

If the laptop and/o r prin ter stil l does no t receive a val id IP address, there is a pr oblem with you r wirel ess ne twork. Try the following: • Make sure y our wi rele ss acce ss poin t (wir eles s rout er) is tu rn ed on and is wor k ing. • Remove any o bj ects that cou ld b e bl ocking th e sig nal. • Tem porari ly turn off an y unnece[...]

Re solv in g i nte rmi t ten t wi rele ss com mu ni cati on s i ss ues You may not ice tha t your pri n ter works fo r a shor t time and the n sto ps wor king, alth ough app aren tly no thing ha s change d on y o ur w ireless n et w or k. Many d ifferent issu es can inter rupt networ k communica tions, a n d somet i mes m ore than one pro blem exis[...]

C ONFIGUR E TH E WIRELESS ROUTER WI TH A U NIQUE SSID Many w ireless net works us e th e SSID that the router was origi nally config ured by the man ufa cturer to us e. U sing the defau lt SS ID can caus e probl ems when mor e than one network is operati ng i n the s ame area with t he s ame S SID. The print er or compu ter may atte mpt to att a c [...]

C HECK FOR WIRELESS ADAPTER UPDATE S If you are h avi ng trou ble pri ntin g from one p artic ular com puter, check th e W eb sit e of the ma nufa cturer of t he netwo rk ad ap ter c ard in t ha t co mput er. It is possi ble that th ere is an up d ated driv er avai lab le th at c oul d r esolv e the iss ue. C HANGE ALL NETWOR K DEVI CES TO THE SA M[...]

Index A ad hoc SSID 69 WEP 69 ad hoc n etwor k 8 0 ad hoc wir eles s ne tw ork adding a printer 7 1 crea ti ng u sin g Wi nd ow s 69 additional compu ters inst al lin g w ire le ss p r inte r 67 Address Boo k, e-mai l set ting up 61 AliceBox 68 ali gni ng the pr inth ead 87 app liances wir eles s netwo rk 82 app licatio n l is t up dati ng 59 as si[...]

sc a nni ng us ing the t ouch screen 55 duplex co py in g , au tom a ti c 5 3 copy ing , m anual 5 3 ext endi ng d ryi ng t ime 45 pr in ti n g , au to ma ti c 4 5 pri nting, manu al 46 duplex unit lo cati on 1 2 E Eco- Mode usin g 19 editin g phot os us ing t ou ch s creen 39 energy co nse rving 8 enlar ging a n image 51 envelo pes load ing 27, 30[...]

la ngua ge chan ging 91 LiveBox 68 lo adin g doc umen t s o n sc an ner g las s 33 envelo pes 3 6 envelo pes or photo paper 2 7 paper t ray 24 vario us paper types 30 lo ca ti ng SSID 77 WEP ke y 7 6 WPA pa ssphrase 7 6 M MAC address 83 finding 84 MAC address filtering 8 3 memor y card inse rt ing 38 pri nti ng docu ment s from 35 prin ting phot os[...]

printer pri nting blank pa ges 94 printer pr oblems, ba sic sol ution s 90 print er s oftw are inst al lin g 2 3 unin st allin g 22 print er , se tt ing as d efau lt 47 printh ead al igni ng 87 lo cati on 1 2 printh ead error 91 printh ead nozzles cle a ning 8 8 print ing colla t e 34 custo m-siz e paper 37 documents 34 docume nts from memor y card[...]

nav igati ng 17 tran sp arenc ies lo adin g 3 1 tra y loadin g paper 24 trou blesho oting chec king an unres ponsive print er 9 0 cont acti ng tech nica l supp ort 90 Serv ice Ce nter 9 0 solving basic pri nter problems 90 wir eles s netw ork 104 trou blesho oting , cop y sca nner unit does not clos e 10 0 trou blesho oti ng, copy and scan cann ot [...]

phot os d o not pri nt fr om m emor y card acro ss wirel ess net work 103 printer and computer on differ ent net works 83 prin ter wo rks in term itten tly on wir eless ne twork 117 Wi- Fi in dic ato r ligh t is bl inki ng orang e 112 Wi- Fi indi cator li ght i s not li t 110 Wi- Fi in dic ato r ligh t is sti ll orang e 111 Wi -Fi i nd ica tor de s[...]