Printer Settings Utility
Use the Drivers and Utilities CD that shipped with your printer to install a combination of software programs, depending on your operating system.
The Printer Status window alerts you when there is a warning or when an error occurs, for example, when a paper jam occurs or toner is running low.
By default, the Printer Status window launches only when an error occurs. When an error occurs, the error message appears on the Printer Status window. You can set the Printer Status window to always launch when printing in Printing Status Window Properties.
You can also check toner level, quantity of paper remaining or the configuration of options for the local printer.
Use the Status Monitor Console to manage multiple instances of the Status Window for a particular printer.
Select a printer from the list view (or Printer Selection) by clicking its name to open a Status Window for a particular printer.
You can launch the Dell Supplies Management System dialog box from the All Programs menu or the desktop icon.
You can order consumables by phone or from the web.
The Dell Supplies Management System window appears.
Your Service Tag number is located inside the side cover of your printer.
The User Setup Disk Creating Tool program located in the MakeDisk folder of the Utilities folder on the Drivers and Utilities CD and the printer drivers located on the Drivers and Utilities CD are used to create driver installation packages that contain custom driver settings. A driver installation package can contain a group of saved printer driver settings and other data for things such as:
If you want to install the printer driver with the same settings on multiple computers running the same operating system, create a setup disk in a floppy disk or in a server on the network. Using the setup disk that you have created will reduce the amount of work required when installing the printer driver.
The firmware and/or driver updates can be downloaded from the Dell Support website located at support.dell.com.
Using the Quick Launch Utility window, you can open the Status Window, Tool Box, Updater, Troubleshooting, Address Book Editor, ScanButton Manager, and Dell ScanCenter.
To use the Quick Launch Utility, select to install the Quick Launch Utility when you install the Dell software.
For information about installing the software, see "Setting Up for Shared Printing".
To open the Quick Launch Utility window:
The Quick Launch Utility dialog box opens.
To exit, click the X button at the top-right of the window.
For details, click the Help button of each application.
The Status Window button opens the Printer Status window. See "Printer Status Window".
The Tool Box button opens the Tool Box. See "Understanding the Tool Box Menus".
The Updater button updates the Dell software and printer firmware.
The Troubleshooting button opens the Troubleshooting Guide, which allows you to resolve issues by yourself.
Click the Address Book Editor button to create and edit Address Book entries.
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NOTE: You must install the scanner driver before reading or editing the Address Book entries. |
The ScanButton Manager button opens the ScanButton Manager, which allows you to specify how the ScanButton Manager behaves for scan events that the device generates.
The Scan to Application stores the image files in the My Documents folder by default, and then you can open them using the related application. Use ScanButton Manager to change the output destination of the obtained image files and to select whether to open the image files using the related application.
The Dell ScanCenter button opens the Dell ScanCenter.
Dell ScanCenter is a PaperPort application that enables you to scan items and send them directly to PaperPort or other programs on your computer without running the PaperPort program first. For more information about using Dell ScanCenter, refer to PaperPort's Help menu.
