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Maintaining Your Printer
Determining the Status of Supplies
Conserving Supplies
Ordering Supplies
Storing Print Media
Storing Consumables
Replacing Print Cartridges
Replacing the Fuser
Replacing Separator Roller
Replacing the Belt Unit
Adjusting Color Registration
Periodically, your printer requires you to complete certain tasks to maintain optimum print quality. If several people are
using the printer, you may want to designate a key operator to maintain your printer. Refer printing problems and
maintenance tasks to this key operator.
Determining the Status of Supplies
If your printer is connected to the network, the
Dell™ Printer Configuration Web Tool
can provide instant feedback on
remaining toner levels. Type the printer's IP address in your Web browser to view this information. To use the
Alert Setup
feature that notifies you when the printer requires new supplies, type your name or the name of the key
operator in the e-mail list box.
On the operator panel, you can also confirm the following:
Any supply or maintenance items that require attention replacing (However, the printer can only display
information about one item at a time.)
Amount of toner remaining in each print cartridge
Conserving Supplies
You can change several settings in your printer driver to conserve print cartridge and paper.
Supply
Setting
Function
cartridge
Toner Saving
Mode
in the
Advanced
tab of
the printer driver
This check box allows the users to select a print mode that uses less toner. When this
feature is used, the image quality will be lower than when it is not used.
media
Multiple Up
in the
Layout
tab of the
printer driver
The printer prints two or more pages on one side of a sheet. Values for
Multiple Up
are
2 Up, 4 Up, 8 Up, 16 Up, or 32 Up. Combined with the duplex setting,
Multiple Up
allows you to print up to 64 pages on one sheet of paper. (32 images on the front and
32 on the back)
Ordering Supplies
You can order consumables from Dell on the Internet when using a networked printer. Type the IP address of your printer
in your Web browser, launch the
Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool
, and click the
Order Supplies at:
to order toner
for your printer.
You can also order print cartridges by the following method.