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Connecting Your Printer

  Choosing the Right Cable

  Connecting the Printer Directly to a Computer

  Turning On the Printer

  Connecting the Printer to the Network

  Connecting the Telephone Line

  Using the RESET Button


Choosing the Right Cable

Your Dell™ 2135cn Color Laser Multifunction Printer interconnection cable must meet the following requirements:

Connection type

Connection specifications

USB

USB 2.0

Ethernet

10 Base-T/100 Base-TX

Wall jack connector

RJ11

Phone connector

RJ11

1

Phone connector

2

Wall jack connector

3

Ethernet port

4

USB port

Connecting the Printer Directly to a Computer

A local printer is a printer which is directly attached to your computer using a USB cable. If your printer is attached to a network instead of your computer, skip this section and go to "Connecting the Printer to the Network".

Microsoft® Windows® 2000, Windows XP, Windows XP 64-bit Edition, Windows Server® 2003, Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition, Windows Vista®, and Windows Vista 64-bit Edition support USB connections.

See your computer operating system documentation to see if your system supports USB.

To attach the printer to a computer:

  1. Ensure that the printer, computer, and any other attached devices are turned off and unplugged.

  2. Connect the printer to the computer using a USB cable.

1

USB port

A USB port requires a USB cable. Ensure that you match the USB symbol on the cable to the USB symbol on the printer.

Plug the other end of the cable into a USB port at the back of the computer. Do not plug it into the USB keyboard.

Turning On the Printer

  1. Connect the power cable to the printer and plug it into a power source.

Do not use extension cords or power strips.

The printer should not be plugged into a UPS system.

  1. Turn on the computer and the printer. When you use the USB cable, the USB driver is automatically installed.

Connecting the Printer to the Network

To attach the printer to a network:

  1. Ensure that the printer, computer, and any other attached devices are turned off and unplugged.

  2. Connect the printer to the network using an ethernet cable.

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Ethernet port

To connect the printer to the network, plug one end of an Ethernet cable into the Ethernet port at the back of the printer, and the other end into a LAN drop or hub.

Turn On the Printer

  1. Plug one end of the power cable into the socket at the back of the printer and the other end into a properly grounded power outlet.

Do not use extension cords or power strips.

The printer should not be plugged into a UPS system.

  1. Turn on the computer and the printer.

Print and Check the System Settings Page

Print the System Settings page.

From the Printer Operator Panel

  1. Press until >SETUP appears, and then press .

  2. Press until >Reports appears, and then press .

  3. System Settings is displayed. Press .

The System Settings page is printed.

From Your Computer

  1. Click start® All Programs® Dell Printers® Additional Color Laser Software® Quick Launch Utility.

The Quick Launch Utility dialog box opens.

  1. Click the Tool Box button.

The Tool Box dialog box opens.

  1. Select the printer from Printer Name.

The Tool Box opens.

  1. Click the Printer Settings Report tab.

  2. Select Reports from the list at the left side of the page.

The Reports page is displayed.

  1. Click the System Settings button.

The System Settings page is printed.

Assign an IP Address

An IP address is a unique number that consists of four sections that are delimited by a period and can include up to three digits in each section, for example, 111.222.33.44.

Assigning an IP address already in use can cause network performance issues.

NOTE: Assigning an IP address is considered as an advanced function and is normally done by a system administrator.

From the Printer Operator Panel

For more information on using your operator panel, see "Operator Panel".

  1. Turn on the printer.

>COPY appears.

  1. Press until >SETUP appears, and then press .

  2. Press until >Admin Menu appears, and then press .

  3. Press until >Wired Network appears, and then press .

  4. Press until >TCP/IP appears, and then press .

  5. >Get IP Address is displayed. Press .

  6. Panel is displayed. Press .

  7. Press the button.

  8. Press until >IP Address appears, and then press .

The cursor is located at the first digit of the IP address.

  1. Use the ten keys to enter the first digit of the IP address, and then press .

The cursor moves to the next digit.

NOTE: You can only enter one digit at a time and must press after entering each digit.
  1. Enter the rest of the digits, and then press .

  2. Press the button.

  3. Press until >Subnet Mask appears, and then press .

  4. Repeat steps 10 to 11 to set Subnet Mask, and then press .

  5. Press the button.

  6. Press until >Gateway Address appears, and then press .

  7. Repeat steps 10 to 11 to set the Gateway Address, and then press .

  8. Turn off the printer, and then turn it on again.

From Your Computer

  1. Click start® All Programs® Dell Printers® Additional Color Laser Software® Quick Launch Utility.

The Quick Launch Utility dialog box opens.

  1. Click the Tool Box button.

The Tool Box dialog box opens.

  1. Select the printer from Printer Name.

The Tool Box opens.

  1. Click the Printer Maintenance tab.

  2. Select TCP/IP Settings from the list at the left side of the page.

The TCP/IP Settings page is displayed.

  1. Select the mode from IP Address Mode, and then enter the values in IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Gateway Address.

  2. Press the Apply New Settings button to take effect.

You can also assign the IP address to the printer when installing the printer drivers with the installer. When you use the Network Installation feature, and the Get IP Address is set to AutoIP or DHCP on the operator panel menu, you can set the IP address from 0.0.0.0 to the desired IP address on the printer selection window.

Verify the IP Settings

  1. Print another System Settings page.

  2. Look under the TCP/IP heading on the System Settings page to ensure that the IP address, subnet mask, and gateway are what you expected.

OR

Ping the printer and verify that it responds. For example, at a command prompt on a network computer, type ping followed by the new IP address (for example, 192.168.0.11):

ping 192.168.0.11

If the printer is active on the network, you will receive a reply.

Connecting the Telephone Line

NOTE: Do not connect your printer directly to a DSL (digital subscriber line). This may damage the printer. To use a DSL, you will need to use an appropriate DSL filter. Contact your service provider for the DSL filter.
  1. Plug one end of a telephone line cord into the wall jack connector and the other end into an active wall jack.

  1. Remove the "Blue" plug from the phone connector.

  1. To connect a telephone and/or answering machine to your printer, plug the telephone or answering machine line cord into the phone connector ( ).

If the phone communication is serial in your country (such as Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Austria, Belgium, Italy, France and Switzerland), and that you are supplied with a "Yellow" terminator, insert the "Yellow" terminator into the phone connector ( ).

Using the RESET Button

Your printer is supplied with an electric leakage detector, which prevents an electric shock or fire due to an electric leakage by automatically cutting circuits inside the printer.

When an electric leakage is detected, the RESET button is tripped. In this case, press the RESET button to turn the printer back on. If the RESET button is tripped again after you press the RESET button, contact Dell.

At least once a month, check whether or not the electric leakage detector is functioning by following the steps below:

  1. Turn on the printer, and then press the TEST button.

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