## Basic setup

After installation is complete, you may want to set the machine’s default settings. Refer to the next section if you would like to set or change values. This chapter gives you step-by-step instructions for setting up the machine.

This chapter includes:

- Altitude adjustment

- Setting the default tray and paper

- Changing font setting (Dell 1130n only)

## Altitude adjustment

The print quality is affected by atmospheric pressure, which is determined by the height of the machine above sea level. The following information will guide you on how to set your machine to the best print quality or best quality of print.Before you set the altitude value, find the altitude where you are using the machine.

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### For Dell 1130

1. Install the driver. (See Installing USB connected machine’s driver or Installing network connected machine’s driver.)

2. Click the Windows Start menu.

   - For Windows 2000, select Settings > Printers.

   - For Windows XP/Server 2003, select Printer and Faxes.

   - For Windows Server 2008/Vista, select Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Printers.

   - For Windows 7, select Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Devices and Printers.

   - For Windows Server 2008 R2, select Control Panel > Hardware > Devices and Printers.

3. Select the your machine’s driver and right-click to open Properties.

4. In printer driver properties, select Device Options.

5. Select necessary options in the Altitude Adjustment drop-down list.

6. Click OK.

### For Dell 1130n

You can altitude adjustment in Printer Settings Utility.

1. You can launch it from the Start menu, select Programs or All Programs > Dell > Dell Printers > your printer driver name > Printer Settings Utility.

2. Select necessary options in the Altitude Adjustment drop-down list.

3. Click the Apply button.

   This can also be adjusted via Embedded Web Service.

## Setting the default tray and paper

You can select the tray and paper you would like to keep using for printing job.

### In the computer

#### Windows

1. Click the Windows Start menu.

2. For Windows 2000, select Settings > Printers.

   - For Windows XP/Server 2003, select Printer and Faxes.

   - For Windows Server 2008/Vista, select Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Printers.

   - For Windows 7, select Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Devices and Printers.

   - For Windows Server 2008 R2, select Control Panel > Hardware > Devices and Printers.

3. Right-click your machine.

4. For Windows XP/Server 2003/Server 2008/Vista, press Printing Preferences.

   For Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, from context menus, select the Printing Preferences.

   If Printing Preferences item has ► mark, you can select other printer drivers connected with selected printer.

5. Click Paper tab.

6. Select tray and its options, such as paper size and type.

7. Press OK.

#### Macintosh

Macintosh does not support this function. Macintosh users need to change the default setting manually each time they want to print using other settings.

1. Open a Macintosh application and select the file you want to print.

2. Open the File menu and click Print.

3. Go to Paper Feed pane.

4. Open the File menu and click Print.

5. Go to Paper Feed.

6. Set appropriate tray from which you want to print.

7. Go to Paper pane.

8. Set paper type to correspond to the paper loaded in the tray from which you want to print.

9. Click Print to print.

## Using power saving feature

When you are not using the machine for a while, use this feature to save power.

### For Dell 1130

1. Install the driver. (See Installing USB connected machine’s driver or Installing network connected machine’s driver.)

2. Click the Windows Start menu.

   - For Windows 2000, select Settings > Printers.

   - For Windows XP/Server 2003, select Printer and Faxes.

   - For Windows Server 2008/Vista, select Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Printers.

   - For Windows 7, select Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Devices and Printers.

   - For Windows Server 2008 R2, select Control Panel > Hardware > Devices and Printers.

3. Select the your machine’s driver and right-click to open Properties.

4. In printer driver properties, select Device Options.

5. Select the time you want, in the Power Save drop-down list.

6. Click OK.

### For Dell 1130n

You change power save in Printer Settings Utility.

1. You can launch it from the Start menu, select Programs or All Programs > Dell > Dell Printers > your printer driver name > Printer Settings Utility.

2. Click Power Save. Select the appropriate value from the dropdown list, and then click Apply.

## Changing font setting (Dell 1130n only)

Your machine has preset font setting depending on your region or country.

If you want to change the font or set the font for special condition, such as the DOS environment, you can change the font setting as follows:

1. Ensure that you have installed the printer driver with the provided software CD.

2. If you are a Windows user, you can launch it from the Start menu, select Programs or All Programs > Dell > Dell Printers > your printer driver name > Printer Settings Utility.

3. Click Emulation Type.

4. Select your preferred font.

5. Click Apply.

Following information shows the proper font list for corresponding languages. Russian: CP866, ISO 8859/5 Latin Cyrillic Hebrew: Hebrew 15Q, Hebrew-8, Hebrew-7 (Israel only) Greek: ISO 8859/7 Latin Greek, PC-8 Latin/Greek Arabic & Farsi: HP Arabic-8, Windows Arabic, Code Page 864, Farsi, ISO 8859/6 Latin Arabic OCR: OCR-A, OCR-B