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User ’ s Guide Monoc hr ome Laser Printer.
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C ONTENT S About this user’s g uide ..... ............ ........... ........... ........... ............ ........... ........... ........... ........ ......... ........... ...... ........... ..... i Finding mor e informat ion .................. .....
Mainten ance Parts ....................... ........... ........... ........... ............ ........... ........... ........... ........ ... ................ ....... ........... 6. 6 7. Troubleshooting Tips for avoiding pap er jams ............. .....
i About t his user ’ s guide This user’s guid e p rovid es in forma tion about basic u nd erst and ing of the machi ne as well as de taile d expl anat ion on each s tep duri ng the a ctu al usage . Bo th nov ice u sers and p rofes siona l use rs ca n ref er to this g uide for instal ling a nd usin g the mach ine.
ii Safety and Re gulatory Inf ormation Import ant Precautions and Safety Information When us ing thi s machin e, t hese ba sic safety prec aut ions sh oul d alw ays be followed to redu ce ri sk of fire, e lectr ic sho ck, a nd in jury t o p eopl e: 1 Re ad an d under stand al l i nstr ucti ons .
iii Ozone Sa fety During norm a l operat ion, t his m achi ne pr oduc es oz one. The ozon e pro duce d doe s no t pres ent a haza rd to th e oper ator. However, it is advi sable that the mac hin e be oper ated i n a wel l ve nti lat ed area . If you ne ed addition al inform atio n abo ut ozon e, pleas e contact your near est Samsung deal er .
iv Canadian Radio Int erference Regulations Thi s digi tal ap parat us does not e xceed t he Cl ass B li mits f or ra dio noise emis sions from digit al app aratu s as set o ut in the in terfer ence -caus ing equi pmen t s tandard ent itl ed “ Dig ital A pparat us” , IC ES-0 03 of th e I ndust ry and S cience Cana da.
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1 .1 < Introduct ion> 1 Introd uction Thank yo u for pu rchasi ng thi s Samsun g mult ifunct ional produc t. Y our machine provid es pri nting func tions . This chapt er in clude s: • S pecial featu res • Machine overview • Control p a nel ov erview Caution • This produ ct is high gloss y .
1 .2 < Introduct ion> Machine over view These are the main com ponen ts of your machine. Front view Note • All il lustrat ions on t his us er’s guide may dif fer from your ma chine . • Th e surf ace of the out put t ray may beco me hot if you p rint a la rge nu mber of pages a t once .
1 .3 < Introduct ion> Rear vie w 1 rear cove r 3 power recepta cle 2 power swi tch 4 USB port.
1 .4 < Introduct ion> Control p anel overview display 1 Shows th e current s tat us and prompt s duri ng an operati on. The messag e shows with s pecifi c LEDs a s below . LEDs a re wo rking w ith short message on a d ispla y . • error LED Blinks whe n the e rror occ urs on y our mac hine.
2 .1 < Software over view> 2 Software ov erview This chap ter gives y ou an o vervi ew of the s oft ware th at comes with you r machine . Furthe r det ails on how t o use the so ftware are ex plain ed in the Softwa re se ction .
2 .2 < Software over view> Printer dr iver feat ures Y our printer driv ers supp ort the f ollowin g st andard features: • Paper siz e, orien tat ion an d media ty pe • Number of copies In additio n, you can u se variou s spe cial printing fe atures .
2 .3 < Software over view> Linux Macinto sh Item Requirement s Operat ing sys tem • Red Hat 8 ~ 9 • F edora Cor e 1 ~ 4 • Mandrake 9 .2 ~ 10 .1 • S uSE 8 .2 ~ 9. 2 CPU Pentium IV 1 GHz or h igher RAM 256 MB or hi gher Free HDD space 1 GB or higher Soft ware • Li nux Kern el 2 .
3 .1 < Getting Start ed> 3 Getting Started This chapt er give s you st ep-b y-step instr uctio ns for s etti ng up t he machi ne. This chapt er in clude s: • Setting up t he hardware • Altit.
3 .2 < Getting Start ed> Altitude ad justment The print quality is aff ected b y atmosph eric pre ssure, wh ich is dete rmine d by the hei ght of the ma chine above s ea lev el. The follo wing inf ormati on will gui de you on h ow to set yo ur machin e to the b est print q uality or best qualit y of print.
4 .1 < Selecting and loading print media> 4 Selecti ng an d loadi ng print media This cha pter int roduce s you how to l oad ori ginal s and print medi a into your mac hine.
4 .2 < Selecting and loading print media> Guidelines for selec ting and storin g print media When sele cting or load ing p aper , or oth er print materi als, keep these guidelin es in mind: • Always use pr int me dia that c onform with the spec ificat ions lis ted on page 4.
4 .3 < Loading original s and pri nt medi a> Speci fications on print me dia Note • Due to th e nature of the pro duct, th e env elope typ e of m edia c annot be used w ith your mach ine. •Use the prin t med ia typ e mention ed bel ow only .
4 .4 < Selecting and loading print media> Guidelines for special print media Media type Guid el ines T ransp ar encies • T o av oid da maging th e mac hine, use only transp arenci es des igned fo r use i n lase r mach ines. • T ranspa rencie s use d in th e machi ne must b e able to w ithst and the m achin e’s f using temper ature.
4 .5 < Loading original s and pri nt medi a> Loading p aper in the tray Load the pr int media y ou use for the m ajority of your pri nt jobs in the tray . The tray can ho ld a m aximum of 100 sheets of 75 g/ m 2 ( 2 0 lb bond ) plain paper. 1 Press the tray op en butt on, the n the tray pop s out.
4 .6 < Loading original s and pri nt medi a> 2 After in sertin g pa per int o the tr ay , while pinchin g the p ape r wid th guide as shown, move it tow ard th e stac k of p ape r until it l ightly touches the si de of t he sta ck. Do n ot pres s the guide too tightl y to the edge of the p ape r; the g uide may bend the p aper .
5 .1 < Basic print ing> 5 Basic prin ting This cha pter expla ins common prin ti ng tasks . Y our mac hine allo ws yo u to print from v ariou s Wind ows, Ma cinto sh, or L inux applicat ions. Note The f ollow ing p roce dure i s fo r Wind ows ope rati ng sy stem.
6 .1 < Maintenan ce> 6 Maintenance This cha pter prov ides in formati on for mai nta ining your mac hine a nd the toner cartri dge. This chapt er in clude s: • Printing a mach ine repor t • .
6 .2 < Maintenan ce> 3 With a dry lint-fr ee clo th, wipe away an y dust a nd spi lled t oner from the toner c artridg es area an d thei r cavi ties. Note If toner ge ts on you r cloth ing, wipe i t of f with a dry c loth and wash it in cold water .
6 .3 < Maintenan ce> Maint ai ning the cartridge T oner cartridge storage T o get the mos t from t he tone r cartridge, keep t he foll owin g guideli nes in mind: • Do not remove the toner cartri dge from it s p ackage until ready for us e. • Do not refi ll the toner ca rtridge .
6 .4 < Maintenan ce> 3 Holdin g side ed ges of the toner c artridg e, thoro ughly roc k it fr om side to s ide to redistrib ute the toner . Caution • Do no t touc h the green surface , the OPC dru m or the front of the tone r cartrid ge, w ith your h ands o r any other m aterial.
6 .5 < Maintenan ce> Replacing t he toner car tridge When the to ner cartridge is co mplete ly empty . • The toner L ED( ) blinks rapidl y and the toner-re lated mes sages o n the displ ay in dicate w hen toner cartrid ge sho uld be replaced .
6 .6 < Maintenan ce> Caution • Do no t touc h the green surface , the OPC dru m or the front of each to ner car tridge, with you r hands or an y other materi al.
7 .1 < Troubleshoot ing> 7 Troubles hootin g This cha pter giv es help ful inform ation o n what to do if you en count er a problem. This chapt er in clude s: • Tip s for avoiding p aper ja ms.
7 .2 < Troubleshoot ing> 4 Align the tray with the s lot, an d slide i t into t he mac hine. 5 Press the top co ver le ver , comple tely o pen the top co ver . 6 Hold th e top cove r and cl ose i t slo wly an d care fully , unt il the cove r is securely latc hed.
7 .3 < Troubleshoot ing> 10 Hold bo th edg es of the re ar cov er , and align it as shown in the following figure. Press t he rear cover firm ly until it cli cks. Note If the rear c over i s not co mplete ly cl osed, the pa per jam may occur . 11 Open an d close t he top cover firmly .
7 .4 < Troubleshoot ing> 4 Press the top co ver le ver , comple tely o pen the top co ver . 5 Hold th e top cove r and cl ose i t slo wly an d care fully , unt il the cove r is securely latc hed. Note If the t op cover is not comp letely closed, the m achin e will n ot operate.
7 .5 < Troubleshoot ing> 10 After rem ovin g the jam med pa per , check for p aper whi ch may b e jammed in oth er p arts of the machine . 11 Slide the toner c artridge ba ck in to the m achine. 12 Close the top co ver firm ly . The m achin e will resu me pri nting.
7 .6 < Troubleshoot ing> 3 Hold th e top cove r and cl ose i t slo wly an d care fully , unt il the cove r is securely latc hed. Note If the t op cover is not comp letely closed, the m achin e will n ot operate. Caution Be car eful not to pi nch you r fi nger s , sinc e the to p cover i s very heavy .
7 .7 < Troubleshoot ing> Underst an ding display m essages Message s app ear on t he Sma rt Panel program w indow or on th e con trol panel displ ay to ind icate machi ne st atus or error s. Refer t o the t ables below to underst and t he mes sages m eanin g to correc t the p roblem , if necessa ry .
7 .8 < Troubleshoot ing> Solving ot her proble ms The f ollo wing chart lists some co nditi ons that m ay oc cur an d the recomme nded solu tions . Follo w the su ggeste d soluti ons un til the problem i s correcte d. If th e probl em per sist s, plea se ca ll for s ervice.
7 .9 < Troubleshoot ing> The machi ne sele cts prin t materi als from the wrong paper source . The pa per optio n tha t was se lected in the machine properti es may b e inco rrec t. For many sof tware applicati ons, t he pap er source selecti on is found under the Paper t ab withi n the printer properti es.
7 .10 < Troubleshoot ing> Printing quality problems If the insi de of the mach ine is dirty o r pa per has been load ed imp roperly , you may notic e a redu ction in print q uality .
7 .11 < Troubleshoot ing> V ertical re petit ive defec ts If mark s repe atedly a ppear on the printed s ide of th e page at even int erva ls: • Clean the insi de of the m achi ne. Cont act a servic e represen tat ive to clean th e insi de of the machine .
7 .12 < Troubleshoot ing> Loos e toner • Clean the insi de of the m achi ne. Cont act a servic e represen tat ive to clean the insi de of the machine . Afte r clea ning the insid e of th e machi ne, if y ou st ill ha ve the same probl ems, co nta ct a s ervice rep resent ati ve.
7 .13 < Troubleshoot ing> Common Linux problems Condition Suggest ed soluti ons The printer doesn ’t print. • Check if th e printer driver is ins tal led in y our system. O pen Un ified Dr iver C onfigurato r and swit ch to the Printers tab in Print ers configu ration window to lo ok at t he list of availa ble pri nters.
8 .1 < Ordering suppl ies and accessories> 8 Ordering supplies and access ories This cha pter prov ides in formati on on purc hasin g cartr idges and access ories ava ilable for yo ur machi ne.
9 .1 < Specif ications> 9 Specifications This chapt er in clude s: • General specific ations • Printer s pecificat ions Note The nu mbers her ein is subj ect to change acco rding to it s inst all envir onment.
10 .1 < Glossary> 10 Glossary Con tr ol Pan el A control p ane l is a flat ar ea where contro l or moni toring instrumen ts are display ed. The y are typi cally found in top or front of the machine. Cove rag e This is t he prin ting term u sed fo r toner u sage me asuremen t on pri nting and genera lly u sed as 5% cove rage.
1 C cleaning inside 6.1 outside 6.1 control pa nel 1.2 , 1.4 D driver feature 2.2 E error message 7.7 J jam clearing pap er from the tray 7.1 tips for av oidin g paper ja ms 7.1 L Linux requiremen ts 2.3 Linux pro blems 7. 13 M Macin tosh problems 7.13 requiremen ts 2.
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1 S OFTWARE SECTION C ONTENTS Chapter 1: I NST ALLI NG P RINTER S OFTWARE IN W INDOWS Installing Printer Software .............. ..... ......... .......... ..... ......... .......... ......... .......... ......... ......... ..... 4 Changing the Software Lang uage .
2 Chapter 3: A DVANCE D P RIN TING Printing Multi ple Pages on One Sheet of Pape r (N-Up Printing) .................. ......... .......... ......... ....... 13 Printing Posters ............... ......... .......... ......... .......... .......... .....
3 Using the Unified Driver Confi gurator .................. ............... ......... .......... ......... .......... ......... ....... 2 2 Opening the Unified Driver Configurator .................... ......... .......... ......... .......... ........
Installing Printer Software in Windows 4 1 Installing Printer Software in Windows This ch a p t e r in cl ud e s: • I nstalling Printer Software • Changing the Software Lang uage • R einst alling Printer Software • Removing Prin ter Software Installing P rinter Softwa re Y ou can install the printe r software for l ocal print ing.
Installing Printer Software in Windows 5 • Typi cal : Installs t he most common software for your print er . This is r ecommended f or most user s. • Custo m : Allows yo u to cho os e th e ind ividua l components you want to install. N OTE : If your pri nter is not already connected t o the comput er , t he f ollowi ng wi ndow will appe ar .
Installing Printer Software in Windows 6 Reinstalling Pri nter Software Y ou can reinstall the software if installation fails. 1 Start Windows. 2 From the Start menu select Programs or All Progr ams → your printer dr iver name → Maintena nce . 3 Select Repair and cli ck Next .
Basic Printing 7 2 Basic Printing This chapter exp lains the printing op tions and com mon printing tasks in Windows. This ch a p t e r in cl ud e s: • P rinting a Do cu m en t • P rinting to a fi.
Basic Printing 8 Printing to a f ile (PRN) Y ou will sometimes need to sa ve the print data as a file for y our purpose. T o create a file: 1 Check the Print to file box at the Print wind ow. 2 Select the fo lder an d assi gn a nam e of the file a n d th e n click OK.
Basic Printing 9 Layout T ab The Lay out tab provide s op tions to ad just ho w the do cu m e nt appear s o n the p r inte d pa ge . Paper Orientation Paper Orientation allows you to select the direct ion in which info rm at ion is p rin te d o n a pa g e.
Basic Printing 10 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 “P rinting a Document” on page 7 for more information on accessing p rinter prope rties. Click the Graphic tab to displa y th e p r o per ties sh ow n b e low .
Basic Printing 11 Extras Tab Y ou can select output opt ions for your document. See “Print ing a Document” on page 7 for more information about accessing the printe r pr o pe r ties. Click the Extras tab to access the following feature: Watermark Y ou can create a background text image to be printed on each page of your document.
Basic Printing 12 Using a Favorite Setting The Fav orit es option, which is visibl e on each prope rties t ab, allows you to save the c urrent properti es sett ings for fut ure use. To s a v e a Favorites item: 1 Change the settin gs a s n ee d ed o n ea ch tab.
Adv ance d Prin ting 13 3 Advance d Prin ting This chapter e xplains pri nting opti ons and advanced printi ng tasks. N OTE : • Y o ur print er driver Properties window that a pp ears in this User ’s Guide may diffe r depending on t he pri nter in us e.
Adv ance d Prin ting 14 Printing Posters This featur e allows you t o print a single-p age document onto 4, 9, or 16 sheet s of pa per , for t he purpo se of p asting t he sheet s togethe r to fo rm one po ste r - siz e do cu m ent. 1 T o change the p rint setting s from y o ur so ftw ar e appli cati on, acce ss pri nter prop erties .
Adv ance d Prin ting 15 Using Watermar ks The W ater mark option allows you to print text over an existing document. For example, you may want to have large gray lett ers r eading “ DRAF T” or “CONFIDENTIAL ” printe d dia gonally acros s the fi rst page or all pages of a document.
Adv ance d Prin ting 16 Using Overlays What is a n Overlay? An overlay is text and/ or images st ored i n the computer hard dis k driv e (H DD) as a s pecia l file form at th at ca n be p rint ed on any do cu m en t. O v e r la y s ar e o fte n used to tak e the p la c e o f preprinte d forms and letterhe ad paper .
Sha ring the Prin ter L oca lly 17 4 Sharing the Printer Locally Y ou can connect the printer dire ctly to a selected computer , which is ca lled “h ost c o m pu t er , ” on the n e tw ork. The follo wing procedure i s for Windows XP . For other Windows OS, refer to the corr esponding Wi ndows User's Guide or onli ne help.
Using Smart Panel 18 5 Using Smar t Pane l Smart P anel is a progra m that monitors and informs you of the status of the printer , and allow s you to customiz e the printer’s settings. Smar t P an el is installed automatically when you install t he printer software.
Using Smart Panel 19 Opening the Troubleshooting Guide Using the troubleshoot ing guide , you can view sol utions for error stat us problems. Right-click (i n Windows or Linux) or cl ick (in Mac OS X) the Smart P anel icon and select Troubleshooting Gu ide .
Usin g Y ou r Pri nt er in Linux 20 6 Using Your Printer in Linux Y ou ca n use y our machine in a Linux environment. This ch a p t e r in cl ud e s: • Gettin g Started • I nstalling the Unified L.
Usin g Y ou r Pri nt er in Linux 21 5 When the installation is complete, click Finis h . The in stall ation pr ogram has added t he Unifi ed Driver Configurator desktop i con and Samsung Unified Driver group to the system menu for your convenience.
Usin g Y ou r Pri nt er in Linux 22 Using the Unifi ed Driver Configurator Unifie d Linux Driver Configurator is a tool primarily intended for configur ing Printer. After installing the Unified Linux driver , the Unified Linux Driver Configurator icon will automatically be created on yo ur desktop.
Usin g Y ou r Pri nt er in Linux 23 Cla sse s Ta b 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.
Usin g Y ou r Pri nt er in Linux 24 Printing a Document Printing from Applications Ther e are a l ot of Linux app lic at ions that you are allowed to print fr om using Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS). Y ou can print on your machine from any such app lication.
Using Your Prin ter with a Macintosh 25 7 Using Your Printer with a Macin tos h Y our pri nter supports Macintosh systems with a built-in USB inte rfac e or 1 0 /100 B ase - TX ne tw or k in terf ace car d. W he n you print a file from a Macintosh compu ter , you can use the CU PS driver by installing the PPD fil e.
Using Your Prin ter with a Macintosh 26 Setting Up the Printer Set up for your pr inter wi ll be dif ferent de pending on which cable you use to co nnect the print er to your computer—the network cabl e or the USB cab le.
27 Printing N OTES : • The Macintosh pri nter ’ s properties window that appears in this User’s Guide may diffe r dependin g on the printe r in use. Howev er the com position of the p rinter properties win dow is similar . • You can check your printer name in the supplied CD- ROM.
28 Graphics The higher the set ting, the sharper t he clarity of printed characters and graphics. The higher setting also may increase the time it takes to print a docu ment. Paper Set Paper Typ e to correspo nd to the pape r loaded in th e tr ay from wh ich y ou w a nt to print.
29 S OFTWARE SECTION I NDEX A advanced printing, use 13 D document, print Macintosh 27 Windows 7 E Extras properti es, set 11 F favorites setti ngs, use 12 G Graphics prope rties, set 10 H help, use 1.
30 system requ irements Macintosh 25 uninstall Macintosh 25 Win dow s 6 status monitor, use 18 T toner save, set 10 U uninstall, software Macintosh 25 Windows 6 uninstalling MFP dri ver Linux 21 W wat.
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