Maintaining Your Printer
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
Conserving Supplies
Ordering Supplies
Storing Print Media
Storing the Drum and Toner Cartridges
Replacing the Drum Cartridges
Replacing the Toner Cartridge
Cleaning Inside the Printer
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
IP address in your Web browser to view this information. To use the E-Mail 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:
l Any supply or maintenance items that require attention replacing (However, the printer can only display information about one item at a time.)
l Remains of each toner cartridges
Conserving Supplies
You can change several settings in your software program or on the operator panel to conserve toner and paper.
Ordering Supplies
You can order toner 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 toner by the following method.
1. Click Start ® All Programs ® Dell Printers ® Dell Laser Printer 3100cn ® Dell Supplies Management System.
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)
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