Samsung ML-4550 manual

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This man ual is p rovide d for in formation purposes only . All info rmation incl uded h erein is sub ject to change w ithout n otice . Sam sun g Elec tr onics is no t responsi ble fo r any direc t or in direct damages , arising from or related to use of this man ual. © 2006 Sa msung El ectroni cs Co. , Lt d. All ri ght s reserve d. • ML-4550, M[...]

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C ONTENT S 1. Introduction Special feat ures ............... ....................... ...................... ....................... ........... ................ ....................... ........... ...... 1.1 Printer overvi ew .......... ................. ...................... ....................... ...................... ........... ..... ...... [...]

9. Troubleshooting Clearing p aper jams ............... ....................... ...................... ................. ...................... ........ ............... ...................... 9.1 Troubles hooting c hecklist ............. ........... ................. ...................... ....................... ............... . .................[...]

i Import ant Precauti ons and Safety Information Wh en usin g this machin e, these basic safety precau tions should always be foll owed to redu ce ri sk of fire, electr ic sh ock, a nd in jury to peo ple: 1 Read and unders tand al l i nstru cti ons. 2 U se com mon sense wh enever opera ting electrica l applia nces. 3 F ollow all w arni ngs a nd ins[...]

ii Power Saver Thi s print er c ontains adva nced en ergy co nser vati on te chnol ogy t hat r educes power consum pti on when i t is not in a cti ve use. Wh en the prin ter do es n ot rec eive dat a for an e xtend ed pe riod of time, po wer consum pti on is au tomati cal ly l owere d. Recycli ng Ple ase r ecycle o r dispose of pack aging mate rial[...]

iii Replacing the Fitted Plug (for UK Only) Importan t The mains lead for this machine is fitt ed with a standard (BS 1363) 13 amp plug and has a 13 amp fuse. When you c hange or examine the fuse, you must re-fit the correct 13 amp fuse. Y ou then need to replace the fuse cover . If you have lost the fuse cover , do not use the plug until you have [...]

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1 .1 < Introduct ion> 1 Introducti on Congratu lation s on the p urchase of you r printer! This cha pter include s: • Spe cial feat ures • Printer o verview • Finding more i nformation • Selecting a l ocation S p ecial features Y our new printer is equ ipped with several spe cial features that improv e the p rint quali ty . Y o u can:[...]

1 .2 < Introduct ion> Save time a nd money • This printer all ows you to us e toner save mode to sav e tone r . Se e page 2. 8. • Y ou ca n print on both sides o f the pape r to save paper ( doub le-sided printing ) if you us e th e ML- 4551ND o r install the optional duplex unit in the ML-4550 and ML-4551N . • Y ou ca n print multiple [...]

1 .3 < Introduct ion> Printer o verview Front view 1 output tray 8 han dle 2 control p anel 9 pap er level indicator 3 control bo ard cover 10 multi-purpo se tray 4 tray 1 11 top cover 5 optional tray 2 12 output support 6 optional tray 3 13 multi-purpo se tray paper w idth gu ides 7 optional tray 4 14 multi-purpo se tray extension * T he fig[...]

1 .4 < Introduct ion> Control p anel overview 1 Menu : Enters M enu mode and scro lls through the a v aila ble menus. 2 Scroll buttons : Scroll through the options ava ilable in the selected menu, and i ncreas e or de crease values . 3 OK : Confirms the s elect ion on the display . 4 Back : Sen ds you b ack to the upper menu level . 5 To n e [...]

1 .5 < Introduct ion> Selecting a locat ion Select a lev e l, st able pl ace with adeq uate space for air c irculation. Allow extra sp ace for opening covers an d trays. The area s hould be well -ventilate d and away fro m direct s unlig ht or sources of hea t, cold, an d humidity . Do not set th e printer clos e to the edge of y our desk or [...]

2 .1 < System setup> 2 System se tup This cha pter sh ows me nus you can set and prov ides bas ic settings fo r your p rinter . This cha pter include s: • Using con trol p anel menus • Menu over view • Pr int ing a dem o page • Changing t he display langu age • Using tone r save mode • Changing t he font setting Using cont rol pa [...]

2 .2 < System setup> Menu overview The contro l panel m enus are used to configu re the printer . The contro l panel provides acce ss to the foling menus. The menu s are listed based on the ML-4550 p rinter . The menus in the colored c haracters appea r only when the optional items are in st alled. a. Available with an optional hard disk. b. [...]

2 .3 < System setup> 2. Layout menu Use t he 2. Layout menu to define all sett ings relating to output. Item Explanation Orientation Choose th e default orie ntatio n of the print i mage on the p age. Simplex Margin Set the ma rgin of print met erials for one-si ded printing. Y ou can increa se or decrease th e value in 0.1 mm increment s. ?[...]

2 .4 < System setup> 3. Paper menu Use t he 3. Paper menu t o defin e all se ttings relating to print meteria ls such as paper feed and exi t, as well as siz e and typ e the specif ic print meterials you are using with your print er . Item Explan ation Copies Set the d efault num ber of copie s by sel ecting any number from 1 to 999 . Paper S[...]

2 .5 < System setup> System Setup menu Use t he 5. System Setup menu to con figur e a var iety of pr inter feat ures . Item Explana tion Date & Time Form Menu Select Form See pag e 10.6 and 10 .7. Languag e This sett ing determines the language of the t ext that ap pears on th e control pan el display an d informat ion pr inting. Power Sa[...]

2 .6 < System setup> Emulation menu Use t he 6. Emulation menu to c onfigure prin ter language e mulation . PCL This men u set s the PC L emula tion configur ation. Y ou can set t he font type, symb ol type, lines per pag e, and font size . Item Explanatio n Emulation Ty p e The pr inter lang uage defines ho w the compute r commu nicates w it[...]

2 .7 < System setup> Pitch Y ou ca n determi ne the font si ze by setting t he number of ch aracters th at will print i n one hori zontal in ch of type. LPI Y ou can set the num ber of lin es printed in o ne vertical inch . Auto Wrap This ite m dete rmines whe ther or not the printer automati cally performs line feed whe n the dat a overflow [...]

2 .8 < System setup> Printing a d emo p age After se tting up your pri nter , print a demo page to make sure that th e printer is operati ng correctly . Press and hold Demo for a bout 2 seconds . Or , 1 Press Menu a nd then OK when 1. Inform ation appea rs. 2 Pres s the Scroll buttons unti l Demo Page appears an d press OK . 3 Press OK when Y[...]

3 .1 < Software over view> 3 Software overv iew This chap ter gives you an ov erview of the sof tware that comes with you r printer . Further det ails about i nstal ling and using the software are exed in the Sof tware Section . This cha pter include s: • Supplied sof tware • Printer d river featu r es • System requirement s Suppli ed s[...]

3 .2 < Software over view> Printer dr iver features Y our prin ter drivers support the foll owing stan dard featu res: • Paper s ource selection • Paper siz e, orienta tion and media t ype • Number of c opies In addition , you can use va rious spec ial printing featur es. The follow i ng tab le show s a gene ral overview o f features su[...]

3 .3 < Software over view> Linux Macintosh Item Requireme nt s Operatin g system • Red Hat 8 .0 ~ 9.0 • Fedora C ore 1 ~ 3 • Mandrake 9.2 ~ 10.1 • SuSE 8.2 ~ 9.2 Processo r Pentium IV 1 GH z or high er RAM 256 M B or higher Free disk page 1 GB or hi gher Soft ware • Linux Kern el 2.4 or higher • Glibc 2 .2 or higher • CUPS • S[...]

4 .1 < Network setup> 4 Network setup This cha pter gives y ou step- by-s tep instr ucti ons for s etting up you r printer for n etwork connecti ons. This cha pter include s: • Introduction • Supported operati ng systems • Configuring T CP/IP • Configuring I PX frame types • Setting Ether net speed • Restoring th e network configu[...]

4 .2 < Network setup> Supported operating s ystems The follo w ing tab le show s the network environm ents supporte d by the printer: • IPX/SP X: Internet Pac ket eXchange/Sequenc ed Packet eXchange • TCP/IP: T ransmiss ion Control Protocol/Internet Protocol • DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration P rotocol • BOOTP: Bootstrap Protocol Conf[...]

4 .3 < Network setup> Configuring IPX fr ame types T o us e IPX/SPX protocol ne tworks (for example, No v ell NetW are), the format of t he network com munica tion frames must be spec ified for t he printer . In most cases, you can ke ep th e Auto setting. However , you can manuall y set the frame t ype format, if required. T ake t he follow [...]

5 .1 < Loading print media> 5 Loading print me dia This cha pter wil l help you underst and typ es of paper y ou can use w ith your pr inter a nd how to proper ly loa d pape r in the dif feren t pa per trays for the best print quali ty . This cha pter include s: • Selecting print media • Loading p aper • Selecting an output location Sel[...]

5 .2 < Loading print media> Supported sizes of p aper Print media for duplex printing Ty p e Size Dimensions Weig h t a a. I f media weight is ov er 28 lb (105 g/m 2 ), use the m ulti-purpose tray . Capacity b b. M aximum capacity may diff er depending on m edia weight, thickness, and environmental conditions. Plain p aper Letter 216 x 279 mm[...]

5 .3 < Loading print media> Guidelines for se lecting and storing print media When se lecting or loading paper , envelope s, or othe r print med ia, keep these gui delines in mind: • Always use print media that c onform w i th th e specificatio ns liste d on the ne xt colum n. • Attemp ting to print on damp, curle d, wrinkled, or torn pap[...]

5 .4 < Loading print media> T ransparen cies • T o av oid damagi ng the p rinter , use only transp arencies desi gned for use in l aser printers. • T ransparenci es used in the p rinter mus t be able to wi thstan d 19 5° C (3 83° F ), th e prin ter ’s fusing te mperature. • Pl ace th em on a f lat su rfac e after remo ving them from[...]

5 .5 < Loading print media> Using the st andard tray or the optional t rays Load the p rint media you use for the majo rity of your pr int jobs i n the st andard tray . The standard tray can h old a maximum of 500 s heets of 75 g/m 2 (20 lb ) paper. T o lo ad paper , pull open the tray and load paper with the side to be printed on face down. [...]

5 .6 < Loading print media> Using the multi-purpose tray The multi -purpose tray can hold sp ecial si zes and typ es of print medi a, such as transpare ncies, po stcards, not e cards, and envelope s. It is useful fo r single pag e printing on letterhead or colored pa per . T o lo ad paper in th e multi-purpose tray: 1 Pull the mu lti- purpo s[...]

5 .7 < Loading print media> 4 Squeeze the mu lti-purpose tray pap er widt h guides and adj ust them to the w idth of the pa per . Do not force too mu ch, or the p aper will b e bent, w hich will result in a pape r jam or skew . 5 When yo u print a docu ment, set the p aper source and type in the softw are applic ation. See the Software Sectio[...]

5 .8 < Loading print media> Selecting an o utput locat ion The p rint er has two o utput loc atio ns; th e rear cov er (fa ce up ) and t he output tray (face down). The printe r sends output t o the output tr ay by de fault. T o us e the o utput tray , make su re that the rear cover is cl osed. Notes • If p aper coming ou t of the output tr[...]

6 .1 < Basic print ing> 6 Basic printing This chap ter exp lai ns comm on pri ntin g tasks . This cha pter include s: • Pr int ing a docu men t • Canceling a p rint job Printing a document This prin ter allows yo u to print fr om various W indows, Macinto s h, or Linux ap plications. Th e exact step s for printing a document ma y vary dep[...]

7 .1 < Ordering suppl ies and accessories> 7 Orde ring su pplie s and accesso ries This cha pter provi des inform ation on purcha sing tone r cartridges and access ories availabl e for your prin ter . • T oner cartridge s • Accesso r ies • How to purcha se T oner cart ridge s When the toner runs out, yo u can order th e follow ing types[...]

8 .1 < Maintenan ce> 8 Maintenance This cha pter provi des information for maint aining your p rinter and the toner cartri dge, as well as sugge stions for high-q uality and eco nomical printing. This cha pter include s: • Printing inform ation p ages • Cleaning the printer • Maint aining the toner cartridge • Maintenanc e part s Prin[...]

8 .2 < Maintenan ce> 2 Open th e top cov er and pull the to ner ca rtridge out. Set it on a clean fl at surfac e. 3 With a dry l int-free cloth , wipe away any dust and spi lled toner from the toner cartridge area and the toner car tridge cavity . Caution • T o prevent dam age to the toner cartridge, do not expose it to light for m ore than[...]

8 .3 < Maintenan ce> 6 Clean a feed sen sor with a cotton bud . 7 Reinsert t he toner cartri dge and close t he top cover . 8 Plug in th e power cord an d turn the printer on. Printing a cleaning sheet If you are experiencing b lurred, faded, or s meared printout s, you can clear the problem by p rinting a c l eanin g sheet, provi ded by y ou[...]

8 .4 < Maintenan ce> Checking the remaining toner Y ou ca n check the level of tone r left in th e cartr idge. If you are having print quality p roblems, thi s can he lp you determin e if the p robl em is caus ed by lo w ton er . 1 Press Menu u ntil System Setup ap pears on the bot tom line of th e display and press OK . 2 Pres s the Scroll b[...]

8 .5 < Maintenan ce> 4 Hold th e toner ca rtridge by the han dle and slow ly insert the cartridge into the openin g in the printer . T abs on the side s of the cartridge and correspond ing grooves within the printer will guide the cartridge in to the corre ct position until it locks into pla ce complet ely . 5 Close the top cover . Make sure [...]

8 .6 < Maintenan ce> 4 Locate t he sealing t ape at the end of the toner cartri dge. Carefully pull the tape comple tely out of the c artridg e and dis c ard i t. 5 Remove t he flexible plastic h older out of the t oner cartridge. 6 Thor ough ly shak e th e cartr idge 5 or 6 ti mes to distr ibut e the t oner evenly inside the cart ridge. Thor[...]

8 .7 < Maintenan ce> Clearing the T oner Low Replace T oner message When the To n e r L o w Replac e T oner m essage a ppears you can configure not to see th is message ag ain not to distu rb you. 1 Press Menu u ntil System Setup ap pears on the bot tom line of th e display and press OK . 2 Press the Scroll buttons u n til M aintenance appear[...]

9 .1 < Troubleshoot ing> 9 Troubl eshooting This cha pter provid es helpful in formation for what to do if you encoun ter an error w hile usi ng your pri nter . This cha pter include s: • Clearing p aper jams • T roubleshootin g checklist • Underst anding the st atus LED • Underst anding displ ay messages • T oner cartridge -related[...]

9 .2 < Troubleshoot ing> In the p aper feed area In the tray 1 1 Pull the t ray 1 open. 2 Remove t he jammed p aper by gently p ulling it st raight o ut. Make sure that all of the p aper is properly aligned in the tray 1. If th e paper do es no t move when yo u pull , or if you do not se e the pape r in this area, c heck the fuser are a aroun[...]

9 .3 < Troubleshoot ing> In the multi-purpose tray 1 If the p aper is not feed ing properly , pull th e pape r out of the prin ter . 2 Open an d close the top cover to resume printing. Around the toner cartridge 1 Open th e top cover and p ull the to ner cartridge out. Note • The f user a rea i s ho t. T ake c are wh en re movin g paper fro[...]

9 .4 < Troubleshoot ing> 5 Replace the toner cartri dge and c lose the top co ver . Printing automati cally resu mes. In the p aper exit a rea 1 Open an d close the top cover . The jam m ed p aper is autom atically ejected from the printer . 2 Gently pull t he pap er out of the outpu t tray . If you do not see the jammed p aper or if t here i[...]

9 .5 < Troubleshoot ing> Duplex jam 1 1 Open th e rear cov er . 2 Gently pull the jamme d pape r straight up. 3 Clos e the r ear c over. 4 Open an d close the top cover . The print er will resume printing. T ips for avoiding paper ja ms By selecti ng the correct med ia types, mo st paper jams ca n be avoided. When a paper jam occu rs, f ollow[...]

9 .6 < Troubleshoot ing> Underst anding the st atus LED Status Description Off • The printer is of f-line and canno t print. • The prin ter is in power save mode. When data is received, i t switches to on-line auto matical ly . Green On T he printer is on-l ine and can rec eive data from the co mpute r . Blin king • When the back light [...]

9 .7 < Troubleshoot ing> Load [Size] In [T ray] The pa per size speci fied in the print er pr oper ties does not ma tch the pap er you are loadi ng. Load the correct pape r in the tray . Load Manua l Press Cont Key The mu lti-purp ose tray is empty in manual feed mode. Load a s heet of print media a nd press OK . Y ou ne ed to p ress OK each [...]

9 .8 < Troubleshoot ing> T oner cartridge-r elated messages Messag e Me anin g Suggeste d solutio ns Inst all T oner A toner cartr idge is n ot inst alled. Inst all a toner cartridge . Invalid T oner The toner cartridge you have instal led is not for y our printer . Inst all a Samsung -g enuine toner cartridge , desi gned for y our printer . [...]

9 .9 < Troubleshoot ing> Solving g eneral pr inting pro blems For problem s with the operat ion of your pri nter , refer t o the ta ble for suggeste d solutions . Condition Possib le cause Suggested solu tions The printe r does not print. The pr in ter is not receivi ng power . Check th e power cord connec tions. C heck the power switch and t[...]

9 .10 < Troubleshoot ing> Print job i s extremel y slow . (Continu ed) If using Windo w s 98/Me, t he S pooling S etting may be set incorrec tly . From the Sta rt menu, c hoose Settings an d Pri nter s . Right- click t he Sams ung ML-4 550 Seri es PCL 6 printe r icon, choose Properties , clic k the Det ails tab, and t hen choose the S pool Se[...]

9 .11 < Troubleshoot ing> Solving pr int quali ty problems Dirt insid e of the printer or i m prope r paper loadi ng may reduce prin t quality . See th e table be low to t roubleshoot pr oblems. Condition Suggeste d solutions Light or faded print If a vertic al white strea k or faded area appears on the page: • The ton er supply is l ow . Y[...]

9 .12 < Troubleshoot ing> Ve r t i c a l repetitive defect s If marks rep eatedly appear on the p rinted s ide of the pa ge at even in tervals: • The ton er cartridge may be dama ged. If a repetitiv e mark occurs o n the p age, print a cleanin g sheet several times to clean the cartridge; see page 8.3. Af ter th e print out, if you stil l h[...]

9 .13 < Troubleshoot ing> Common W indows problem s Character V oids Char acter voids are w hite a reas within character s that should be soli d black: • If you are using transp arencies, try another type of tr anspar ency . B ecaus e of th e compos ition of the tra nspar ency , some characte r voids may be normal. • Y ou may b e print in[...]

9 .14 < Troubleshoot ing> Commo n Linux problems A PostScript error pa ge prints . Print job m ay not be PostScript . Make sure that the print job is a PostScript job. Check to se e whether the so ftware appl icat ion expect ed a setu p or PostScript header fil e to be sent to the printer . The optio nal tra y 2 (tr ay 3 or tray 4) is not sel[...]

10 .1 < Installi ng accessories > 10 Installing acces sories Y our prin ter is a fu ll-featured la ser printer that has been optimiz e d to meet t he majori ty of your pri nting n eeds. Recogn izing tha t each user may hav e differen t requirement s, however , Samsung ma kes sev eral access ories avail able to en hance the pri nter ’s cap a[...]

10 .2 < Installi ng accessories > 3 Grasp th e control board cover and rem ove it. 4 T ake out a new DI MM from it s pla stic bag . 5 Locate t he extra DMM s lot and alig n the n otch on th e DIMM with the gr oove at th e DIMM slot, h olding the DIM M by it s edges. 6 Push the DIMM into the printer until it s naps into pl ace. Make sure that [...]

10 .3 < Installi ng accessories > Removing a DIMM T o ex pand the printer mem ory to 51 2 MB, you need to remove the preinst alled 128 MB DI MM and inst all two 256 MB DIMM s into the DIMM slot s. Push the l atches at both e nds of the DIMM slo t away to remove the DIMM and pull out the DIM M. Inst alling a network int erface card The ML-45 5[...]

10 .4 < Installi ng accessories > 4 Align the connector on the wire d networ k interface card with the connec tor on the c ontrol board. Pus h the card firmly in to the connec tor on the control b oard until it is c ompletel y and s ecurely in place. 5 Inser t and tight en the two scre ws supplied with your network c ard. 6 Close the control [...]

10 .5 < Installi ng accessories > 4 Align the connector on the hard d isk with the con nector on the control b oard. Push the hard disk in un til it is latch ed into place. 5 Fasten th e four screws supplied with your new hard disk. 6 Close the control board cover by alig ning the groove o n it with the notch on the printer an d slidin g it. [...]

10 .6 < Installi ng accessories > Printing with the optional hard dis k Afte r insta lling the opt ional hard disk , you can use a dvanced printi ng features, such as storin g or spoolin g a print job t o the hard disk, proofing a job, and specifying o f printing a private job in the printer properti es window . Once you have stored files i n[...]

10 .7 < Installi ng accessories > Controlling the ac tive job queue All of the print jobs wai ting to be printed are listed in th e Active Job Queue in the order you se nt them to the pri nter . Y ou can del ete a job from the q ueue before printi ng, or promote a job to p rint sooner . T o delete a file from the queue : 1 Press Menu u ntil J[...]

11 .1 < Specif ications> 11 Specifications Printer specif ications Item Sp ecifications and Desc ription Printing s peed a Up to 43 ppm in A4 (45 ppm in Le tter) Duplex: 29 ipm (A4); 30 ip m (Letter) Resolution Up to 1200 x 1200 d pi W arm-up time Less than 45 seconds First prin t out time 8.5 secon ds (From R eady) Sleep mod e: 35 seconds Po[...]

11 .2 < Specif ications> Fonts 1 bitma p, 45 scalable , 136 PostScrip t 3 fonts, Bar Code fo nts, OCR fo nts Interface • IEEE 12 84 Bidirectional Parallel S tanda rd - Mod es supported: Com patible, Ni bble, Byte , ECP • USB Interfac e S tanda rd - USB 2 .0 complian t - 480 M bps 1 port • N etwo rk Int erf ace - ML-4 551N, ML-4551ND: en[...]

1 I NDEX A access ories inst alling DIMM 10.1 hard di sk 10.4 network int erface card/device 10.3 order info rmation 7.1 C clean ing drum 8.3 insi de 8.1 outside 8.1 cleanin g sheet, print 8.3 compone nt location 1.3 control p anel buttons 1.4 menus 2.1 stat us LED 9.6 D demo page, pr int 2.8 DIMM, install 10.1 display language, chan ge con trol pa[...]

2 R rear co ver, use 5.8 redistribu ting, tone r cartridge 8.4 replacin g, toner ca rtridge 8.5 , 8.7 S special print media, gu idelines 5.3 specifi cation, printer 11.1 status LE D, meaning 9.6 suppl ies checki ng life 8.4 order info rmation 7.1 sys tem re qui remen ts Linux 3.3 Macin tosh 3.3 Window s 3.2 T toner cartridg e checki g remaining ton[...]

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Installing Printer Software in Windows 5 N OTE : If your pri nter is not alr eady connected t o the comput er , th e fol lowi ng window wi ll appear . • After connecting the printer , click Next . • If you don’t want to co nnect the p rinter at this time, click Next , and No on the f ollowi ng scr een. Then the instal lat ion will sta rt and [...]

Installing Printer Software in Windows 6 3 Click Next . • If necessary , select a language from the drop-down list. • Vi ew U ser’s Gu ide : Al lows you to v iew the Us er’s Guide. If your computer doesn’ t have Adobe Acrobat, cl ick on this op tion and it will a uto matic ally insta ll Ado be Acrobat Reader for you. 4 Select Custom insta[...]

Installing Printer Software in Windows 7 9 T o register yourself as a user of Samsung Printers in order to receive information from Samsung, select the checkbox and click Finish . Y ou are now se nt to the Samsung web site. Otherwise, just click Finish . Installin g Software fo r Network Prin ting When you connect your printe r to a network, you mu[...]

Installing Printer Software in Windows 8 5 The list o f print ers a vai lable o n the netw ork a ppe ars. Select the pr inter you w ant to install from the list and th en click Next . • If you do not see your pri nter on the li st, cl ick Update to refresh the list, or select Add TCP/IP Port to add your printer to th e network. T o add the pr int[...]

Installing Printer Software in Windows 9 5 The list o f print ers a vai lable o n the netw ork a ppe ars. Select the pr inter you w ant to install from the list and th en click Next . • If you do not see your pri nter on the li st, cl ick Update to refresh the list, or select Add TCP/IP Port to add your printer to th e network. T o add the pr int[...]

Installing Printer Software in Windows 10 Changing the Software Language After installation of the softw a re, you can change the display language. 1 Click the Windows Start menu. 2 Select Programs or All Programs and t hen your pri nter driver name . 3 Select Language Selection . 4 Select the d esired language f rom the la nguage selection win dow[...]

Installing Printer Software in Windows 11 Removing Printer Software 1 Start Windows. 2 From the Star t menu select Programs or All Programs → your printer dr iver name → Mai nte nanc e . 3 Select Remove and click Next . Y ou wil l see a component list so that you can rem ove any ite m in div idu ally . 4 Select the comp onents y o u wa nt to re[...]

Basic Printing 12 2 Basic Printing This chapter exp lains the printing options an d com mon printing tasks in Windows. This cha pter in clude s: • Printing a Docu ment • Printer Settings - Lay out T ab - Pa per Ta b - Gr ap hics T ab - Ex tra s Tab - Abo ut Ta b - Pr inte r Tab - Using a Favorite Setting - Us ing Help Printing a Document N OTES[...]

Basic Printing 13 Printer Settings Y ou can use t he printer p roperti es window , which all ows you to access all of the print er options you need wh en using your printer . Wh en the p rinter properties are d i splay e d, y ou can revi ew and change the setti ngs needed for your p rint job. Y our print er proper ties window may differ , dependin [...]

Basic Printing 14 Pap er Tab Use the fo llowing options to set th e basic pap er handling specif ica tions when yo u access t he print er proper tie s. See “Print ing a Document” on page 12 for more information on accessing printer propertie s. Click the Paper tab to access v arious paper propertie s. Copies Copies allows you to choose the numb[...]

Basic Printing 15 Gra phi cs Tab Use the followin g Gr aphic options to adjust the print qu ality for your specifi c printi ng needs. See “Pri nting a Document” on page 12 for more inf ormation on accessing pri nter prop erties. Click the Graphic tab to displa y the pro p erties show n below .. Resolution The Resolution op tions you can select [...]

Basic Printing 16 Extras Tab Y ou can select output optio ns for your do cument. See “Printi ng a Document” on page 12 for more inf ormation about accessing the printe r proper ties. Click the Extras tab to access the following feature: Water mar k Y ou can create a background text image to be printed on each page of your document. For deta ils[...]

Basic Printing 17 About Tab Use the About tab to display the copyright notice and the version number of the dri ver . If you have an Internet bro wser , you can connect to the Int ernet by cli cking on the web site icon. See “Print ing a Document” o n page 12 for more inf ormation about accessing printer properties. Prin ter Ta b If you access [...]

Adv anced Printi ng 18 3 Advance d Printing This chapter e xplains pri nting opti ons and advanced printing tasks. N OTE : • Y o ur printer driver Properties window that appears in this User ’s Guide may differ de pending on t he prin ter in use . Howev er the composition of th e printer prope r ties wind ow is similar . • If you need to know[...]

Adv anced Printi ng 19 Printing Posters This featur e allows you t o print a single-page document onto 4, 9, or 16 sheets of pa per , fo r the purpose of pasti ng the sheets togethe r to form one po ster-s ize do cument. 1 T o ch ange the p rint settings from yo ur software appli cati on, acce ss print er prop erties. See “Pri nting a Document”[...]

Adv anced Printi ng 20 Printing on Both Sides of Paper Y ou can print on both sides of a sheet of pape r . Bef ore pr inti ng, decide how you want your document orie nted. The options are: • Printer Setting , if you sele ct thi s opt ion, this featu re is deter mine d by the set ting you’ ve made on the cont rol pane l of th e print er . If thi[...]

Adv anced Printi ng 21 Using Watermar ks The W aterm ark option allows you to pr int text over an existing document. For example, you may want to have large gray lett ers r eading “ DRAF T” or “C ONFIDENTIAL ” pr inte d diagonal ly acros s the fi rst page or all pages of a document. There are se ver al predefined w atermarks that com e with[...]

Adv anced Printi ng 22 Using Overlays What is a n Overlay? An overlay is text and/ or images st ored in the computer hard dis k dr ive (H DD) as a sp ec ial f ile for mat t hat can b e print ed on any do cument. Ov erlays are ofte n used to tak e the pla ce of preprinte d forms and letterhe ad paper . Rather than using preprinte d letter head, you [...]

Using Windows PostScript Dri ver 23 4 Using Windows PostScript Driver If you want to use th e P ostScript dr iver provided wi th your system CD-RO M to print a docume nt. PPDs, in combination with the P ostScript driver , access printer features an d allow the co mputer to com municate with the printer . An installation progr am for the PPD s is pr[...]

Usin g Dire ct Pr int Ut ility 24 5 Using Direct Print Utility This cha pter explai ns how to use Dir ect Print Utility to print PDF files without having to open the file s. Overview Direct Pri nt Utility Direct Print Util ity is a program that sends a PDF file directly to your pr inter witho ut ha ving to ope n the file. It sends da ta through the[...]

Sha ring the Prin ter L oca lly 25 6 Sharing the Printer Locally Y ou can connect the printer directly to a selected computer , which is called “hos t com puter , ” on th e network. The follo wing procedure i s for Windows XP . For other Windows OS, refer to the corr esponding Windows U ser's Guide or onli ne help. N OTES : • Check the O[...]

Using Smart Panel 26 7 Using Smart Pane l Smart P anel is a program that monitors and informs y ou of the status of the printer , and allows you to customize th e printer’ s settings. Smar t Pan el is installed automatically when you install t he printer software. N OTES : • T o use this program, you need: - Windows 98 or highe r (Windows NT 4.[...]

Using Smart Panel 27 Driver Setting (Onl y for Windows ) Y ou can use t he printer p roperti es window , which all ows you to access all of the print er options you need fo r using your printer . For d et a i ls , See “Printe r Settings” on page 13. Opening the Troubleshooting Guide Using the troubleshoot ing guide , you can view solut ions for[...]

Usin g Your Print er in Lin ux 28 8 Using Your Printer in Linux Y ou can use your machine in a Linux environment. This cha pter in clude s: • Gettin g Started • Installi ng the Unified Linux Driv er • Us ing th e Uni fie d Dr iver Co nf igura to r • Configuri ng Printer Prop erties • Printing a Docu ment Getting Started The suppl ied CD-R[...]

Usin g Your Print er in Lin ux 29 5 When the installation is complete, click Finis h . The in stall ation pr ogram has added th e Unifie d Driver Configurator desktop i con and Samsung Unified Driver group to the system menu for your convenience. I f you have an y d ifficulties, consul t the onscreen help that is available through your system menu [...]

Usin g Your Print er in Lin ux 30 Using the Unifi ed Driver Configurator Unifie d Linux Driver Configurator is a tool pr imarily intended for configur ing Printer. After installing the Unified Linux driver , the Uni fied Linux Driver Configurator icon will automatically be created on yo ur desktop. Opening the Unified Driver Configurator 1 Do ub le[...]

Usin g Your Print er in Lin ux 31 Cla sses Tab The Classes tab shows a list of available printer classes. • Refresh : Renews the classes list. • Add Class... : Allows y ou to add a new printer class. • Remove Class : Remo ves the selected printer cl ass. Ports Configuratio n In this window, you can vie w the list of av ai lable ports, check t[...]

Usin g Your Print er in Lin ux 32 Printing a Document Printing from Applications Ther e are a l ot of L inux app licat ions that you are allowe d to print fr om using Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS). Y ou can print on your machine from any such app lication. 1 From the application you are using, select Print from the File menu. 2 Select Print di[...]

Using Your Prin ter with a M acintosh 33 9 Using Your Printer with a Macin tosh Y our machine supports Macintosh systems with a built-in USB interf ace or a 10/ 100 Base- TX network int erface ca rd. When you print a fi le from a Macint osh computer , you can use the P ostScript driv er by installing the PPD file. N OTE : Some printers do not suppo[...]

Using Your Prin ter with a M acintosh 34 Setting Up the Printer Set up for your pr inter wi ll be dif ferent depend ing on which cable you use to co nnect the print er to your computer—the network cabl e or the USB cab le. For a Netwo rk-connected Mac intosh N OTE : Some printer s do not support a netw ork interfa ce. Before connectin g your prin[...]

35 Printing N OTES : • The Macintosh pri nter’s properti es window that appears in this User’s Guide may diffe r depending on t he printe r in use. Howev er the composition of th e printer prope r ties wind ow is similar . • You can check your printer name in the supplied CD- ROM. Printing a Do cument When you print with a Macintosh, you ne[...]

36 Printer Features Setting The Prin ter F eatures tab provides op tions for sel ectin g the paper t ype and ad justi ng print quali ty . Select Printer Fea tures from the Preset s drop-down li st to access the following features: Reve rse Dup lex Allows you to select general print order compare to duplex print order . Fit to Page Thi s pr inte r f[...]

37 Duplex Printin g Y ou can print on both sides of the p aper . Before printing in the duple x mode, deci de on whic h edge you wil l be bi nding your finishe d document. The bindi ng opti ons are: Long- Edge Binding : Which is the conv entional la yout used in boo k bindi ng. Short-Edge Binding : Which is the type often used with calendars . 1 Fr[...]

38 S OFTWARE SECTION I NDEX A advanced printing, use 18 B booklet printing 19 D document, print Macintosh 35 Windows 12 double-sided printing 20 E Extras properti es, set 16 F favorites setti ngs, use 17 G Graphics prope rties, set 15 H help, use 17 , 23 I install printer driver Macintosh 33 Win dows 4 installing Linux software 28 L language, chang[...]

39 resolution Macintosh 36 Win dows 15 toner save 15 true-type option 15 software install Macintosh 33 Win dows 4 reinstall Win dows 10 system requ irements Macintosh 33 uninstall Win dows 11 status monitor, use 26 T toner save, set 15 U uninstall, software Windows 11 uninstalling MFP dri ver Linux 29 W waterm ark create 21 delete 21 edit 21 print [...]

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