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b. Click Hardware and Sound. c. Click Printers. In Windows XP, click Start Control Panel Printers and Other Hardware Printers and Faxes. In Windows 2000, click Start Settings Printers. 2. Check for multiple objects for your printer. 3. Print a job to each of these print objects to see which printer is active. 4. Set that print object as the default printer: a. Right-click the Dell V305 icon. b. Click Set as Default Printer. 5. Delete the other copies of the print object by right-clicking the printer name and selecting Delete. To prevent multiple instances of the printer in your Printers folder, ensure you always plug the USB cable back into the same USB port that was originally used for the printer. Also, do not install printer drivers multiple times from the Drivers and Utilities CD. Printer Problems Ensure the printer power cable is firmly connected to the printer and the electrical outlet. Determine if the printer has been held or paused. 1. In Windows Vista: a. Click  Control Panel. b. Click Hardware and Sound. c. Click Printers. In Windows XP, click Start Control Panel Printers and Other Hardware Printers and Faxes. In Windows 2000, click Start Settings Printers. 2. Right-click the Dell V305 icon. 3. Make sure Pause Printing is not selected. If Pause Printing is selected, click it to clear the option. Check for blinking lights on the printer.

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b.
Click
Hardware and Sound
.
c.
Click
Printers
.
In Windows XP
, click
Start
Control Panel
Printers and Other Hardware
Printers
and Faxes
.
In Windows 2000
, click
Start
Settings
Printers
.
2.
Check for multiple objects for your printer.
3.
Print a job to each of these print objects to see which printer is active.
4.
Set that print object as the default printer:
a.
Right-click the
Dell V305
icon.
b.
Click
Set as Default Printer
.
5.
Delete the other copies of the print object by right-clicking the printer name and selecting
Delete
.
To prevent multiple instances of the printer in your
Printers
folder, ensure you always plug
the USB cable back into the same USB port that was originally used for the printer. Also, do
not install printer drivers multiple times from the
Drivers and Utilities
CD.
Printer Problems
Ensure the printer power cable is firmly connected to the printer and the electrical
outlet.
Determine if the printer has been held or paused.
1.
In Windows Vista
:
a.
Click
Control Panel
.
b.
Click
Hardware and Sound
.
c.
Click
Printers
.
In Windows XP
, click
Start
Control Panel
Printers and Other Hardware
Printers
and Faxes
.
In Windows 2000
, click
Start
Settings
Printers
.
2.
Right-click the
Dell V305
icon.
3.
Make sure
Pause Printing
is not selected. If
Pause Printing
is selected, click it to clear the
option.
Check for blinking lights on the printer.