After Googling around for those terms, I realized that the Dell drivers are identical to drivers for a Lexmark laser printer model. The 1710 must be a version of the Lexmark manufactured for Dell. The Lexmark docs were adequate.

 

Okay, just checked my archives... It's the Lexmark e240. It's nearly identical to the 1710, but their PDF manual is much better than the inadequate docs Dell supplies.

 

You can get the Owner's Manual and Users's Guide at this link. 

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Thanks, Gina. However, Dell's documentation completely omits any explanation of the printer driver settings.

 

The driver for the Lexmark e240 is identical to the 1710's. The e240's manual actually explains the printer driver settings. You can find it here.

Thanks Denny - your post helped a lot and I found some of the answers I was looking for.

 

Gina - the Dell manual is just about useless.  I wouldn't have had to post here if it answered any of these questions!