Dell 2145cn Multifunction Color Laser Printer - Manual (Page 84)

84 | Installing accessories
installing accessories
Your printer is a full-featured model that has been optimized to meet most of your printing needs. Recognizing that each user may
have different requirements, however, Dell makes several accessories available to enhance your printer’s capabilities.
This chapter includes:
•
Precautions to take when installing accessories
• Activating the added accessories in printer properties
• Upgrading a memory module
• Using the hard disk
PRECAUTIONS TO TAKE WHEN INSTALLING
ACCESSORIES
• Disconnect the power cord
Never remove the control board cover while the power is turned on.
To avoid the possibility of an electrical shock, always disconnect the
power cord when installing or removing ANY internal or external
accessories.
• Discharge static electricity
The control board and internal accessories (network interface card or
memory module) are sensitive to static electricity. Before installing or
removing any internal accessories, discharge static electricity from your
body by touching something metal, such as the metal back plate on any
device plugged into a grounded power source. If you walk around before
finishing the installation, repeat this procedure to discharge any static
electricity again.
• Activating the added accessories in the PS driver properties.
After installing an accessory such as an optional tray, PS driver users
must do the additional setting. Go to the PS printer properties and set
the added accessory activated.
ACTIVATING THE ADDED ACCESSORIES IN
PRINTER PROPERTIES
After installing added accessories, you need to select it in the printer
properties of the printer driver in order to use it.
1. Install the driver (see "Installing the software" on page 19).
2. Click the Windows Start menu.
• For Windows 2000, select Settings → Printers.
• For Windows XP/2003, select Printers and Faxes.
• For Windows Vista/2008, select Control Panel → Hardware and
Sound → Printers.
3. Select the your printer’s driver and right-click to open Properties.
• For PS driver, select PS driver and right-click to open Properties.
4. In printer driver properties, select Device Options.
• For PS driver, select Device Settings.
5. In printer driver properties, set the necessary options.
• For PS driver, select the Installable Options section and set the
necessary options.
6. Click OK.
UPGRADING A MEMORY MODULE
Your printer has a dual in-line memory module (DIMM). Use this memory
module slot to install additional memory.
The printer has two memory slots with a factory pre-installed memory
module in one slot. When you are expanding the memory capacity, you can
add a memory module to the vacant memory slot. It is strongly
recommended that you expand a memory module in vacant memory slot
only without removing a pre-installed memory module (see "Ordering
supplies and accessories" on page 83).
Installing a memory module
1. Turn the printer off and unplug all cables from the printer.
2. Release the screws and remove the rear cover.
3. Release the screws, then lift up the cover slightly and pull the cover to
the right.
4. Take out a new memory module from the plastic bag.
When installing accessories, battery inside the printer is a service
component. Do not change it by yourself.
Risk of explosion if battery is replaced by an incorrect type. Dispose
used batteries according to the instructions.
1 Control board
cover
If you want to remove an existing memory module, push the two
latches at the ends of the module outward.