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M5200
Quick Reference

CAUTION: Before you set up and operate your Dell 
printer, read and follow the safety instructions in your 

Owner’s Manual

.

Operator Panel

1

LCD display

2

Select button

Selects the item on the second line of the display

Saves the selection as the new default setting

3

Return button

Returns to the previous menu

4

Stop button

5

Go button

Exits the menus and returns to 

Ready

Clears messages

6

Power Indicator Light (flashes when busy)

7

Menu button

Enters and scrolls through the menus

Takes the printer offline

Loading a Tray

Load print media into any of the standard or optional trays. All 
trays are loaded the same way.

1

Remove the tray.

2

Squeeze the width guide tab and the width guide, and slide 
the guide to the far right side of the tray.

3

Squeeze the length guide lever, and slide the length guide to 
the correct position for the size paper you are loading.

4

Place the print media into the tray with the recommended 
print side face down for single-sided printing and face up for 
double-sided printing. Do not load print media above the 
load line.

5

Squeeze the width guide tab and the width guide, and slide 
the width guide to the left until it lightly rests against the 
edge of the paper stack.

Loading the Multipurpose Feeder

1

Push the lower release latch and open the multipurpose 
feeder door.

2

Pull the metal bar out far enough to support your print 
media size.

3

Slide the width guide to the far right.

4

Place the print media in the multipurpose feeder and push 
it forward without forcing it.

5

Slide the width guide to the left until it lightly touches the 
side of the print media.

Loading Letterhead

Letterhead must be loaded differently depending on whether you 
are duplexing and whether you are using the multipurpose feeder 
or a tray. 

Printing a Menu Settings Page

To verify Paper Size and Paper Type settings, and to check 
installed options and memory, print a menu settings page:

1

Press Menu until you see 

Utilities Menu

, and then press 

Select.

2

Press Menu until you see 

Print Menus

, and then press 

Select. The menu settings page prints.

Canceling a Print Job

To cancel a print job after it has started printing:

1

Press the left arrow on the Menu button once. 

JOB MENU 

and 

Cancel Job

 are displayed.

2

Press Select. 

Canceling Job

 is displayed. 

Printing Confidential Jobs

If you want to print a job that you do not want anyone else to see, 
the printer can hold your job in memory until you arrive at the 
printer.

NOTE: 

This only works with custom printer drivers. These drivers are 

located on the drivers CD that shipped with your printer.

To print a confidential job:

1

In your word processor, spreadsheet, browser, or other 
application, select File   Print.

2

Click Properties (or OptionsPrinter, or Setup depending 
on the application) to view the printer driver settings. 

3

Click Help and refer to the topic “Confidential print”

 

or 

“Print and hold.

 Follow the instructions. 

NOTE: 

If you send a large file to a shared network printer, it remains in 

the printer memory until you print it. This could prevent others from 
printing. Retrieve your print jobs as soon as possible. To check the 
amount of memory in your printer, see 

Printing a menu settings page

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Squeeze

Width guide tab

Size 
indicators

Length guide

Width guide

Paper and transparencies

Envelopes

In a tray

In the multipurpose 
feeder

Single-sided 
printing

Double-sided 
printing 
(duplex)

Adjust the width guide after 
loading the letterhead.

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