Dell™ Personal All-In-One Printer A920
Owner’s Manual
Look Inside For:
• Learning about your printer
• Understanding the software
• Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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Understanding the printer
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# Use the:
1 Paper guide
2 Paper support
3 Operator panel
4 Paper exit tray
5 Printer (scanner unit)
6 Top cover
When you want to:
Ensure proper paper feeding.
Load paper into the printer.
Operate the printer.
Hold paper as it exits the printer.
Access the ink cartridges.
Place an item on the scanner glass.
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# Use the:
7 USB cable connector
8 Power supply
9 USB cable (sold
separately)
When you want to:
Insert the USB cable.
Supply power to the printer.
NOTE: Place the metal contacts to the left.
Connect the printer to your computer.
Notes, Notices, and Cautions
NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better
use of your printer.
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.
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Caution: SAFETY INFORMATION
Use the following safety guidelines to help ensure your own personal safety
and to help protect your computer and working environment from potential
damage.
• Use only the power supply provided with this product or the
manufacturer’s authorized replacement power supply.
• Connect the power cord to an electrical outlet that is near the
product and easily accessible.
• Refer service or repairs, other than those described in the user
documentation, to a professional service person.
CAUTION: Do not use the fax feature during a lightning storm. Do
not set up this product or make any electrical or cabling
connections, such as the power supply cord or telephone, during a
lightning storm.
Contents
Understanding the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Caution: SAFETY INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
1 Learning about your printer
Setting up the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Using the operator panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2 Understanding the software
Accessing the Dell All-In-One Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The All-In-One Main page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
View Saved Images page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Maintain/Troubleshoot page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accessing Print Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The I Want To menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Print Properties tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Save Settings menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Options menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Using the Dell Printer Solution Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Using the Dell Image Expert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3 Using the printer
Loading paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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Placing your document on the scanner glass . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Printing photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Copying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Copying photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Scanning photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Editing scanned images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Using special scan features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Using Optical Character Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Faxing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using BVRP fax software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Installing BVRP fax software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Configuring BVRP fax software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Sending a one-page fax with BVRP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Sending a multiple-page fax with BVRP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Receiving faxes with BVRP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Viewing your faxes in BVRP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using Fax Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Installing Fax Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Configuring Fax Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Sending a one-page fax with Fax Console . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Sending a multiple-page fax with Fax Console . . . . . . . . . . 25
Receiving faxes with Fax Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Viewing faxes with Fax Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Fax troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Creating other projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
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