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Installing the Optional Memory Card

  Print and Check the System Settings Page

  Updating your PCL Driver

This chapter describes how to install the printer's optional memory card.

Your printer supports 256 MB additional memory card.

1. Ensure that the printer is turned off.
   
   
2. Turn the screw on the memory cover in the counter-clockwise direction.
   
   

NOTE: Loosen the screw. You do not need to remove the screw.

3. Slide the memory cover towards the back of the printer.
   
   

4. Open the memory cover halfway until it stops, and then slide it again towards the back of the printer.
   
   

5. Open the memory cover completely.
   
   

6. Orient the connector of the memory card to the slot and insert the memory card into the slot.
   
   

7. Push the memory card into the slot firmly.
   
   

NOTE: Ensure that the memory card is firmly fixed in the slot and cannot be moved easily.

8. Close the memory cover halfway until it stops, and then slide it towards the front of the printer.
   
   

9. Close the memory cover completely and slide it again towards the front of the printer.
   
   

10. Turn the screw in the clockwise direction.
    
    

11. Turn on the printer.
    
    

Print and Check the System Settings Page

Print a System Settings page to verify that the optional memory card is installed correctly.

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.

4. Verify the capacity of the installed memory listed in the system settings under General.
   
   

If the memory capacity has not increased, turn off the printer, unplug the power cable, and reinstall the memory card.

From Your Computer

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

The Quick Launch Utility dialog box opens.

2. Click the Tool Box button.
   
   

The Tool Box dialog box opens.

3. Select the printer from Printer Name.
   
   

The Tool Box opens.

4. Click the Printer Settings Report tab.
   
   
5. Select Reports from the list at the left side of the page.
   
   

The Reports page is displayed.

6. Click the System Settings button.
   
   

The System Settings page is printed.

7. Verify the capacity of the installed memory listed in the system settings under General.
   
   

If the memory capacity has not increased, turn off the printer, unplug the power cable, and reinstall the memory card.

Updating your PCL Driver

If you installed the additional print memory after installing the printer driver, update your driver by following the instructions for the operating system you are using. If the printer is on a network, update the driver for each client.

1. Click start® Printers and Faxes.
   
   

For Windows^® 2000: Click Start® Settings® Printers.

For Windows Server^® 2003: Click Start® Printers and Faxes.

For Windows Vista^®: Click Start® Control Panel® Hardware and Sound® Printers.

For Windows Server 2008: Click Start® Control Panel® Printers.

2. Right-click the printer and select Properties.
   
   
3. Click the Options tab, and then select Get Information from Printer.
   
   
4. Verify the capacity of the installed memory listed on the Memory Capacity: drop-down list.
   
   
5. Click Apply, and then click OK.
   
   
6. Close the Printers and Faxes folder.
   
   

For Windows Server 2003: Close the Printers and Faxes folder.

For Windows 2000/Windows Vista/Windows Server 2008: Close the Printers folder.

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