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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. 

NOTE: 

The images used in this manual are those of the Dell™ C1760nw Color Printer unless otherwise mentioned. 

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 IP address of your printer in your web browser to view this information. To use 

the 

E-Mail Alert 

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: 

•

Any supply or maintenance items that require attention replacing (However, the printer can only display 

information about one item at a time).

•

Amount of toner remaining in each toner cartridge. 

Conserving Supplies 

You can change several settings in your printer driver to conserve toner cartridge and paper. 

Supply 

Setting 

Function 

Toner cartridge 

Toner Saver

 in the 

Others

 tab of the printer 

driver 

This drop-down menu allows the users to select a print mode that uses less toner. 

When this feature is used, the image quality will be lower than when it is not 

used. 

Print media 

Multiple Up

 in the 

Layout 

tab of the printer 

driver 

The printer prints two or more pages on one side of a sheet. The available 

numbers that each printer driver can print one sheet of paper are as follows: 

•  Printer driver for Microsoft

®

 Windows

®

: 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32 pages 

•  Printer driver for Macintosh: 2, 4, 6, 9, or 16 pages 

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) 

Storing Print Media 

To avoid potential paper feeding problems and uneven print quality, you need to consider the following points: 

•

To achieve the best possible print quality, store print media in an environment where the temperature is 

approximately 21°C (70°F) and the relative humidity is 40%.

•

Store cartons of print media on a pallet or shelf, rather than directly on the floor. 

•

If you store individual packages of print media out of the original carton, ensure that they rest on a flat surface so 

the edges do not buckle or curl. 

•

Do not place anything on top of the print media packages. 

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