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Dell™ Workgroup Laser Printer M5200
Owner’s Manual
Look Inside For:
• Network Printing
Installing Printer Drivers
Installing Memory Cards
Loading Paper
Using Your Printer
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Order toner cartridges Dell™ toner cartridges are available only through Dell. You can order toner cartridges online at www.dell.com/supplies or by phone. USA 877-465-2968 (877-Ink2You) Canada 877-501-4803 Mexico 001-800-210-7607 Puerto Rico 800-805-7545 UK 0870 907 4574 Ireland 1850 707 407 France 0825387247 Italy 800602705 Spain 902120385 Germany 0800 2873355 Austria 08 20 - 24 05 30 35 Netherlands 020 - 674 4881 Belgium 02.713 1590 Sweden 08 587 705 81 Norway 231622 64 Denmark 3287 5215 Finl
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Dell™ Workgroup Laser Printer M5200 1 2 8 7 5 3 6 4 1 Standard output bin 5 On/Off switch 2 Operator panel 6 Power cord connector 3 Multipurpose feeder 7 Ethernet port 4 Standard tray (500 sheets) 8 USB port If you purchased additional options, for example, paper trays, a duplex unit, or an envelope feeder, refer to the User’s Guide (Start → Programs → Dell Printers → Dell Laser Printer M5200 →User’s Guide) for installation instructions. www.dell.com/supplies | support.dell.com
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Notes, Notices, and Cautions NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. ____________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice. © 2003 Dell Computer Corporation. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any
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Contents 1 Set up for network printing Selecting your printer network setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Attaching locally to a print server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Complete Microsoft Plug and Play Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Installing drivers in a Linux environment . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Installing drivers in a Novell environment . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Set up the queue on the print server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Install printer drivers on one client comput
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3 Set up for local printing Installing printer drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 4 Load paper Loading paper and transparencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 In the standard tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 In the multipurpose feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Loading envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 In the multipurpose feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 5 Use your printer Changing the langua
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6 Appendix Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Limited Warranties and Return Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Limited Warranty for Dell-Branded Hardware Products (U.S. Only) . 81 "Total Satisfaction" Return Policy (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . 84 Limited Warranty Terms for Dell-Branded Hardware Products (Canada Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 "Total Satisfaction" Return Policy (Canada Only) . . . . . . . . . 89
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8 Contents
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CAUTION: SAFETY INFORMATION Use the following safety guidelines to help ensure your own personal safety and to help protect your system and working environment from potential damage. Your product uses a laser. CAUTION: Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure. Your product uses a printing process that heats the print media, and heat can cause certain media to release emissions. You must un
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1 SE CT ION 1 Set up for network printing Selecting your printer network setup Attaching locally to a print server Attaching directly to the network (print server) Attaching directly to the network (no print server)
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Selecting your printer network setup Determine your network setup from the three options below. 1 Attach your printer to a print server (or other computer) with a USB cable. Go to page 13 for instructions. Print Server Printer Clients 2 Attach your printer directly to the network with an Ethernet cable, with the print server managing the print queue. Go to page 20 for instructions. Print Server Printer Clients 3 Attach your printer directly to the network with an Ethernet cable (no print serve
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Attaching locally to a print server If you are connecting the printer to a print server with a USB cable and want to share the printer with multiple users on the network, use this method. In this section you will: Complete the Microsoft Plug and Play Wizard. Set up the queue on the print server. Install printer drivers for all clients connected to the print server. Complete Microsoft Plug and Play Wizard When you turned on the printer and print server, the Found New Hardware Wizard screen
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4 Click Finish when the software is installed. 5 Go to “Set up the queue on the print server” on page 18. Using Windows 2000 1 Insert the Drivers and Utilities CD, and then click Next. 2 Select Search for a suitable driver, and then click Next. 3 Select Specify a location only, and then click Next. 4 Browse to the location of the printer driver on the Drivers and Utilities CD. D:\Drivers\Win_2000\ Replace D:\ with the letter of your CD-ROM drive (for example, type D:\ where D is the drive le
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4 Select your printer and driver from the list on the screen, and then click OK. Use the following table to identify the driver for your language. If your computer Select the driver from the list uses this language (Replace the D:\ in the table with the letter of your CD-ROM drive) English D:\DRIVERS\WIN_9X\ENGLISH\LMPCL5C.INF French D:\DRIVERS\WIN_9X\FRENCH\LMPCL5C.INF German D:\DRIVERS\WIN_9X\GERMAN\LMPCL5C.INF Italian D:\DRIVERS\WIN_9X\ITALIAN\LMPCL5C.INF Spanish D:\DRIVERS\WIN_9X\SPANISH\
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Using Windows 98 NOTE: Depending on the software and printers already installed on your computer, your screens may vary from those in the instructions. You must install both a USB port driver and a custom print driver. When you attached the cable and turned on the printer and computer, the Add New Hardware Wizard screen appeared on your computer screen. 1 Insert the Drivers and Utilities CD, and then click Next. 2 Select Search for the best driver for your device (recommended), and then cli
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12 Use the default printer name (for example, Dell Laser Printer M5200) or type a unique name for your printer, and then click Next. 13 Select Yes to print a test page, and then click Finish. All the necessary files are installed on your computer. 14 After the test page prints, click Yes to close the message window. 15 Click Finish to complete the installation. Using Windows 95 NOTE: USB support is not available for Windows 95 operating systems. When you attached the parallel cable and turne
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5 Select whether or not to use this printer as the default printer. 6 Click Next. 7 You are prompted to insert the Drivers and Utilities CD. Click OK. A dialog box asks for the file “lexdrvin.exe”. 8 Browse to the appropriate folder on the Drivers and Utilities CD (for example, D:\Drivers\Win_9x\English). 9 Click OK. 10 Click OK again. All the necessary files are installed on your computer. 11 Go to "Set up the queue on the print server" on page 18. Installing drivers in a Linux environment You
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7 Choose the port that corresponds to the hardware port you used when you connected the printer to the print server (or other computer). For example, USB001 represents the USB port on the print server. 8 Click Finish. The Congratulations screen appears. 9 Click Print a Test Page to verify the driver is installed correctly. 10 Click Finish. If you are sitting at the print server and want to install printer drivers on one client computer, you can go to that client computer, insert the Drivers
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Attaching directly to the network (print server) If your print server is in one location (for example, a secure area) and the network printer is in another location (for example, a printer room), use this method to install software on one or multiple printers on the network. In this section you will: Locate the IP address. Assign an IP address to the printer. Set up the queue on the print server. Install printer drivers for all clients connected to the print server. Locate the IP addr
