Samsung 5100A Bedienungsanleitung

LASER PRINTER ML-5100A User ’s Manual 00-Cover&Contents 5/10/99 4:35 PM Page 1[...]

This manual is provided for information purposes only . All information included herein is subject to change without notice. Samsung Electronics is not r esponsible for any damages, direct or indir ect, arising from or r elated to use of this manual. © 1998 Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. All rights r eserved. ¥ ML-5100A and Samsung logo are tradema[...]

Unpacking ÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐ 2 Selecting a Location ÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐ 2 Control Locations and Functions ÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐ 3 Front V iew ÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐ 3 Rear V iew ÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐ[...]

Chapter 3 Operating Y our Printer Chapter 4 T roubleshooting and Maintenance FCC Regulations ÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐ 56 Canadian Radio Interference Regulations ÐÐÐÐÐÐ 56 EC Declaration of Conformity ÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐ 57 Laser Safety Statement ÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐ 58[...]

P/N. JC68-00048A Rev.3.00 ELECTRONICS V isit us at http://samsungelectronics.com If you have access to this online service,you can download the User Õs Guide and drivers from Samsung Electronics. 00-Cover&Contents 5/10/99 4:35 PM Page 5[...]

Setting Up Y our Printer Chapter 1 01-Setup 5/10/99 4:28 PM Page 1[...]

2 Setting Up Y our Printer Unpacking Remove the printer and all accessories from the packing carton. Save the carton and packing materials in case you need to repack the printer . Make sure you have the following items: ¥ T oner cartridg e (Please, refer to page 4 and page 5) ¥ Power cord ¥ Setup CD-ROM ¥ This manual Notes: ¥ If you need help [...]

3 Setting Up Y our Printer Automatic Paper Feeder Holds 150 sheets of paper . Paper Guides Adjust to the width of paper . Face-down Stacker Holds printed documents. If printed on plain paper , a maximum of 100 sheets can be held. Stacker Extender Supports paper stacked in the paper output bin. Face-up Stacker Holds a single sheet of special media ([...]

4 Setting Up Y our Printer Rear View Inside Power Switch Power Cord Connector USB Port Printer Cable Connector Front Cover T oner Cartridge 01-Setup 5/10/99 4:28 PM Page 4[...]

5 Setting Up Y our Printer Installing the T oner Cartridge 1. T o open the printer cover , hold the cover u sing both hands and pull it toward you. 2. Unpack the T oner Cartridge. Carefully remove the sealing tape. 3. Rock the Cartridge 5 or 6 times to distribute the toner . 4. Find the cartridge slots inside the printer , one on each side. 5. Gras[...]

6 Setting Up Y our Printer 2. Before loading the paper , flex the sheets back and forth to loosen them, then fan them. T ap the edges on a table top to straighten them. Doing this before you load paper helps pr event paper jams. DonÕt load too much. This feeder holds up to 150 sheets. 3. Insert the paper in the paper feeder . If the paper has a pr[...]

7 Setting Up Y our Printer 5. Pull up the extender on the face-down stacker . The face-down stacker can hold up to 100 printed pages. 4. Adjust the paper guides to the width of the paper . 01-Setup 5/10/99 4:28 PM Page 7[...]

8 Setting Up Y our Printer 2. Attach the other end of the parallel cable to your computer . Note: Make sure the printer power is off when you connect it to the computer . Connecting to Y our Computer Y our printer has parallel interface port, which allows you to use it with IBM PCs and compatible computers. Y ou have to purchase a Centronics compat[...]

9 Setting Up Y our Printer Using The USB Port The USB port requir es USB v1.0-compliant cable. Ask your dealer for assistance if you need help selecting the right cable. 1. Make sure that both the printer and computer are turned off. 2. Plug the USB cable into the connector on the back of the printer . 3. Connect the other end of the cable to the U[...]

10 Setting Up Y our Printer Powering On the Printer 1. Plug one end of the power cord into the connector at the back of the printer , and the other end into a wall outlet. 2. T urn the printer on. As the printer powers up, all control panel lights turn on briefly . 01-Setup 5/10/99 4:28 PM Page 10[...]

11 Setting Up Y our Printer Installing Software Included with your printer is a CD-ROM containing printer drivers for some of the most popular W indows softwar e applications. T o operate your printer , you must install a printer driver , which translates data from your application into data the printer understands. (Installation procedur es follow[...]

12 Setting Up Y our Printer Installing Printer Driver System Requirement Before you start, make sur e you have the following computer setup. (These are the minimum r equirements.) ¥ IBM or compatible with a 386 or higher processor ¥ W indows 95, W indows 98, W indows 3.1x, or W indows NT ¥ 4 MB of available hard disk space ¥ 4 MB of RAM ¥ Cent[...]

13 Setting Up Y our Printer 4. Click the Item you wan t to install. 5 . Follow the instructions on the scr een. Windows 95/98 Plug and Play 1. At the ÔNew Hardware FoundÕ dialog box, click on the OK button. 2. Insert the setup CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. 3. Follow the instructions on the screen. If Windows Does Not Run the CD-ROM 1. Select Run[...]

14 Setting Up Y our Printer Windows 3.1x Installation 1. Make sure the printer is plugged and connected to your computer . T urn on your printer and computer . 2. Insert the CD-ROM disk into your CD-ROM drive. 3. From the Program Manager window , double-click Main , and File Manager . 4. From the File Manager window , select your CD-ROM drive, exec[...]

15 Setting Up Y our Printer Uninstalling the Printer Driver An uninstall utility is supplied with the printer driver to enable you to remove the driver and all associated files fr om your hard disk, if so requir ed. T o uninstall the driver , proceed as follows: W indows 95/98/NT 4.0: From the Start menu, select Programs, Samsung ML-5100A, Uninstal[...]

Printing on Network Printer Setting Up Host PC Printer 1. Start W indows. 2. Click Start , select Control Panel , and double-click on the Network icon. 3. Click File and Print Sharing , check box(es), then click OK . Close the window . 4. Click Start and select Printers from Settings , then double-click your printer name (ML-5100A) . 5. Select Prop[...]

Paper Handling Chapter 2 02-Printing 5/13/99 10:34 AM Page 1[...]

18 Paper Handling Notes: ¥ When you print, select the correct paper size and sour ce in your application. ¥ Depending on paper thickness, the maximum capacity may be reduced. T ype Plain paper (20 to 30 Ib) Envelopes T ransparency Film Paper Labels Size Letter: 8 1/2 x 1 1Ó Legal: 8 1/2 x 14Ó Executive: 7 1/4 x 10 1/2 Ó A4: 210 x 297 mm A5: 14[...]

19 Paper Handling 2. Prepare the print material for loading. ¥ For paper and envelopes: - Flex paper or fan envelopes back and forth. Do not fold or crease the paper . Straighten the edges on a level surface. Note: If envelopes jam while printing, try reducing the number of envelopes in the automatic feeder . Loading Print Material Y ou can stack [...]

20 Paper Handling 3. Load the print material in the automatic feeder . Do not load too much print material. Do not mix types. See the following directions to load each type of print material. ¥ Load paper or transparencies with the print side facing you. ¥ For transparencies: - Hold the transpar encies by the edges and avoid touching the print si[...]

21 Paper Handling ¥ Load envelopes with the flap side facing away from you. The stamp area is on the right side. The end of the envelope with the stamp area enters the feeder first. ¥ Load letterhead paper with the design facing you. The top edge of the sheet with the logo should enter the printer first. LETTERHEAD Notes: ¥ Do not feed stamped e[...]

22 Paper Handling 5. Pull up the extender on the face-down stacker . The face-down stacker can hold a maximum of 100 printed pages. 6. Before starting your print job, make sur e you select the correct paper size and feed source in your application. 4. Adjust the guides to the width of the print material. Slide the guides until they lightly touch th[...]

23 Paper Handling Feeding Manually Use the manual feeder to feed one sheet at a time into your printer . The manual feeder is in front of the automatic feeder . 1. If necessary , open the face-up stacker . See page 24. 2. Load the print material in the manual feeder and adjust the paper guides to the width of the print material. See the instruction[...]

24 Paper Handling 2. If you use the face-up stacker , printed pages exit through the front output path, with the printed side up. Using Face-up Stacker 1. Push both sides of the stacker marked , and the stacker will open. Notes: ¥ The face-up stacker may not hold the printed materials properly . ¥ The printed pages will not stack in the standard [...]

25 Paper Handling Paper Guidelines When selecting or loading paper , envelopes, or other special media, keep these guidelines in mind: ¥ Attempting to print on damp, curled, wrinkled, or torn paper can cause paper jams and poor print quality . ¥ Use cut-sheet paper only . Y ou cannot use multipart paper . ¥ Use only high quality , copier grade p[...]

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Operating Y our Printer Chapter 3 03-Troubleshooting 5/10/99 4:04 PM Page 1[...]

28 Operating Y our Printer Operator Panel The operator panel has the indicator lights and one button. Depending on the light sequence, pressing the button activates differ ent printer functions, such as resetting the printer , or running self-test. See page 29. ERROR PAPER READY Indicator Lights INDICA TOR DESCRIPTION READY (on) The printer is read[...]

29 Operating Y our Printer Button Function FUNCTION USAGE On-line/Off-line Pr essing the button toggles the printer between on-line (READY light on) and of f-line (READY light of f) status. Manual Feed Start When you print a file if you have selected `Manual FeedÕ source, the printer waits you to feed paper into the manual feeder . When you are r [...]

30 Operating Y our Printer Selecting Y our Printer T o use all of the features of your Samsung ML-5100A printer , make sure it is selected as the default printer . When you install the printer driver , Samsung ML-5100A is automatically set as the default printer . If you use more than one printer , select ML-5100A as the default printer as follows:[...]

31 Operating Y our Printer Printing a Document This procedur e describes the general steps requir ed for printing from various W indows applications. The exact steps for printing a document may vary depending on the application you are using. Refer to your applicationÕs documentation for the exact printing procedur e. 1. Start the program you are [...]

Print Settings Most W indows applications allow you to make changes to the printer settings. This changes the number of copies, sequence of the pages, paper orientation, and margins. If you click Properties , Setup , or Options in the Print dialog box, youÕll access the printer driver Õs dialog box. It allows you to change additional printer sett[...]

Setup Using this tab, you can change the number of copies, print resolution, page orientation, paper size, and feed source. For detailed information about each setting, click Help at the bottom of the dialog box. Advanced Setup Using this tab, you can change graphic settings; graphic mode, grey scale, graphic quality . It also includes settings tha[...]

34 Operating Y our Printer Samsung ML-5100A PCL 6 driver includes 5 tabs. Paper Options Using this tab, you can change the number of copies, page orientation, paper siz e, paper source, an d so on. For detailed information about each setting, click Help at the bottom of the dialog box. Graphics Using this tab, you can change graphics mode, resoluti[...]

Remote Control Panel (RCP) for Windows User W indows users can change print setting with the Remote Control Panel, program. Windows 3.x 1. From Program Manager , double-click File Manager . 2. In the Ò 5100util Ó, double-click Ò winrcp.exe Ó. 3. The Remote Control Panel scr een appears. After you change settings, you must send it to the printer[...]

The Remote Control Panel dialog box includes six tabs. PRINTER Power Save Determines the length of time the printer waits after a job is printed before it goes to a r educed power state. If the printer is used constantly , select OFF which keeps the printer ready to print with the minimum warm-up time. This uses more ener gy to keep the printer war[...]

FONT SETUP T ypeface Allows you to select the desired typeface. This setting is ignor ed when the software application specifies a font. Symbol Set Determines the symbol set. A symbol set is a set of alphabetic and numeric characters, punctuation, and special symbols used when printing with a selected font. Pitch If you chose a scalable monospaced [...]

38 Operating Y our Printer Status Monitor(SM) for Win 3.x/95/98 Users Accessing status monitor . In Windows 3.x 1. From Program Manager , double-click File Manager . 2. In the Ò 5100util Ó , double-click Ò winsm.exe Ó. 3. The Remote Control Panel scr een appears. In Windows 95/98 1. Select Ò Program Ó from the Ò start Ó ment. 2. Select Ò S[...]

T roubleshooting and Maintenance Chapter 4 04-Supplies 5/10/99 4:00 PM Page 1[...]

40 T roubleshooting and Maintenance Poor Print Quality Problem Action ¥ Hot/humid or cold/dry weather conditions may affect how well toner adheres to paper . Select the next darker print setting. ¥ T urn Econo Mode off using Remote Contr ol Program. ¥ Make sure the T oner Cartridge is installed correctly . ¥ T oner Cartridge may be out of toner[...]

41 T roubleshooting and Maintenance Paper Problems Problem Action ¥ Remove paper from the paper feeder and flex or fan the paper . ¥ Make sure ther e is not too much paper in the paper tray . Depending on the thickness of your paper , the automatic feeder holds up to 150 sheets. ¥ Make sure you ar e using the correct type of paper . See ÒSelect[...]

Problem Action ¥ The film or envelopes may not be loaded correctly . Make sure you load no mor e than 10 transparencies or envelopes in the automatic feeder . Depending on the thickness, the maximum capacity may need to be reduced. ¥ When you feed into the manual feeder , you must load one sheet at a time. ¥ The paper you are using may be causin[...]

Problem Action ¥ Open and close the cover to restart the printer . ¥ Change the parallel interface cable. ¥ Make sure you ar e using the correct printer driver . ¥ Make sure the T oner Cartridge is properly installed. ¥ Paper may not be loaded and aligned correctly in the paper feeder . ¥ The applicationÕs paper size and margin settings may [...]

Problem Action ¥ The printer cable might not be connected properly . Check the printer cable connection. ¥ There may be a pr oblem with the printer driver software. Exit W indows and reboot the computer . T urn the printer off and then back on again. ¥ The printer cable specifications may be incorrect. Use the printer cable supplied with the pri[...]

Clearing Paper Jams If the paper has just started to feed from the feeder when the jam occurs: 1. Pull the jammed paper back out of the feeder toward you. 2. Open and close the cover to resume printing. 45 T roubleshooting and Maintenance 04-Supplies 5/10/99 4:00 PM Page 7[...]

If the jam occurs near the fusing unit, do not pull the paper through the fuser or you may damage the fusing unit. 4. Check that there is no other paper in the printer . 5. Close the cover . The printer continues printing. If the jam occurs inside the printer: 1. Open the cover , and remove the T oner Cartridge. 3. Grasp the paper on both sides and[...]

Tips for A voiding Paper Jams By carefully selecting print materials and loading them pr operly , you should be able to avoid most paper jams. If jams occur frequently , make sure you ar e following these tips to avoid jams. ¥ Follow the procedur es in ÒLoading a Stack of PaperÓ on page 6 to load paper properly . ¥ Do not overload the paper fee[...]

Cartridge Maintenance T o get the maximum benefit from your T oner Cartridges: ¥Do not remove a T oner Cartridge from its packaging until you are ready to install it. ¥Do not refill T oner Cartridge. The printer warranty does not cover damage caused by using a refilled Cartridge . ¥Store T oner Cartridge in the same environment as the printer . [...]

Cleaning OPC Drum If you are getting str eaks or spots on your prints, the OPC drum on your printer may need to be cleaned. T o clean the OPC drum, press and hold the operator panel button until all indicator lights come on steadily . The printer starts feeding paper and prints one cleaning sheet stained with toner . 3. Unpack the new T oner Cartri[...]

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Printer Options Chapter 5 05-Options 5/10/99 2:01 PM Page 1[...]

52 Printer Options Shield cover Optional Memory Card Y our printer comes with 4 Mb of memory . Y ou can install an optional memory card for a maximum of 32 Mb of printer memory . 1. T urn the printer power Off (O) and unplug the printer power cord and all cables from the back of the printer . 2. Open the front cover and remove the T oner Cartridge.[...]

53 Printer Options Control board 5. Locate the connector on the control board. 6. Hold the memory card with the connection pointing toward the control board, and insert all the way into the connector at a 30 o angle . Memory Card Connector 05-Options 5/10/99 2:01 PM Page 3[...]

54 Printer Options 8. Reassemble the shield cover . 9. T urn the printer back over and replace the T oner Cartridge. Pull out the feeder and stacker extenders. Then, reconnect the printer cable and power cord and power ON the printer . Note : When you disassemble the memory card, push out on the metal clips at each end of the connector , and pull i[...]

Appendix 06-Appendix 5/10/99 1:58 PM Page 1[...]

56 Appendix FCC Regulations This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to pr ovide reasonable pr otection against harmful interference in a r esidential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency en[...]

57 Appendix EC Declaration of Conformity We , SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.,L TD #259, Gong Dan-Dong, Gumi-City , Kyung Buk, Korea declare sole r esponsibility that the ML-5100A Laser printer meets the intent of Directive 89/336/EEC for Electr omagnetic Compatibility and Low V oltage Directive 73/23/EEC. Compliance was demonstrated to the following speci[...]

58 Appendix Laser Safety Statement The printer is certified in the U.S. to conform to the requir ements of DHHS 21 CFR Subchapter J for Class I(1) laser products, and elsewher e is certified as a Class I laser product conforming to the r equirements of IEC 825. Class I laser products ar e not considered to be hazar dous. The laser system and printe[...]

59 Appendix Laser product labels are located above the print cartidge. CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT LASER KLASSE 1 LUOKAN 1 LASERLAITE APP AREL À LASER DE CLASSE 1 TO IEC 825 Safety Information PRODUCT SAFETY USA UL 1950 (UL LISTING) CANADA CSA C22.2 No. 950 & UL 1950 (CSA Certification) EEC (Europe) IEC 60950/EN 60950 (T Ü V GS Certification) CB IE[...]

Item Description Remarks Speed Resolution Developing method/T oner W arm up time First print time Duty cycle Size (w x d x h) W eight Power consumption Noise level Input capacity Output capacity Paper size T ype Life time Charging/T ransfer Econo mode CPU Emulation Memory Interface 8 PPM 600 DPI Eletrophotography Non-mag monocomponent Less than 30 [...]