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Summary of Contents for CLP-320K

Page 1: ...CLP 320 Series Color Laser Printer User s Guide imagine the possibilities Thank you for purchasing a Samsung product ...

Page 2: ...this user s guide Samsung and the Samsung logo are trademarks of Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Microsoft Windows Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation TrueType LaserWriter and Macintosh are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc All other brand or product names are trademarks of their respective companies or org...

Page 3: ...ractices that may result in severe personal injury or death Caution Hazards or unsafe practices that may result in minor personal injury or property damage Do not attempt Do not disassemble Do not touch Unplug the power cord from the wall socket Make sure the machine is grounded to prevent electric shock Call the service center for help Follow directions explicitly OPERATING ENVIRONMENT Warning Do...

Page 4: ...n performance unplug the machine from all interface connections and request assistance from qualified service personnel Ź Otherwise this could result in electric shock or fire OPERATING METHOD Caution Do not forcefully pull the paper out during printing Ź It can cause damage to the machine When printing large quantities the bottom part of the paper output area may get hot Do not allow children to ...

Page 5: ...in electric shock or fire The machine should be connected to the power level which is specified on the label Ź If you are unsure and want to check the power level you are using contact the electrical utility company Do not overload wall outlets and extension cords Ź This can diminish performance and could result in electric shock or fire Use only No 26 AWGa a AWG American Wire Gauge or larger tele...

Page 6: ...othes Ź Toner dust can be dangerous if inhaled or ingested When toner gets on your clothing do not use hot water to wash it Ź Hot water sets toner into fabric Use cold water When you are working inside the machine replacing supplies or cleaning the inside do not operate the machine Ź You could get injured Do not disassemble repair or rebuild the machine by yourself Ź It can damage the machine Call...

Page 7: ...Class I level during normal operation user maintenance or prescribed service condition Wavelenght 800 nm Beam divergence Paraller 12 degrees Perpendicular 30 degrees Maximum power or energy output 5 mW WARNING Never operate or service the printer with the protective cover removed from Laser Scanner assembly The reflected beam although invisible can damage your eyes When using this product these ba...

Page 8: ...Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions This device may not cause harmful interference and This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation 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 p...

Page 9: ...eline of 20 cm 8 inches separation between the device and the body for use of a wireless device near the body this does not include extremities This device should be used more than 20 cm 8 inches from the body when wireless devices are on The power output of the wireless device or devices which may be embedded in your printer is well below the RF exposure limits as set by the FCC This transmitter ...

Page 10: ...yellow or green You must connect the blue wire to the pin which is marked with the letter N or colored black You must connect the brown wire to the pin which is marked with the letter L or colored red You must have a 13 amp fuse in the plug adaptor or at the distribution board DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY EUROPEAN COUNTRIES Approvals and Certifications The CE marking applied to this product symbolize...

Page 11: ... power Radio LAN type devices radio frequency RF wireless communication devices operating in the 2 4 GHz 5 GHz band may be present embedded in your printer system which is intended for home or office use This section is only applicable if these devices are present Refer to the system label to verify the presence of wireless devices Wireless devices that may be in your system are only qualified for...

Page 12: ...minated Airports Hospitals and Oxygen or flammable gas laden atmospheres are limited examples where use of wireless devices may be restricted or eliminated When in environments where you are uncertain of the sanction to use wireless devices ask the applicable authority for authorization prior to use or turning on the wireless device Every country has different restrictions on the use of wireless d...

Page 13: ...e in the form of a textual message at program startup or in documentation online or textual provided with the package Redistribution and use in source and binary forms with or without modification are permitted provided that the following conditions are met 1 Redistributions of source code must retain the copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer 2 Redistributions in bi...

Page 14: ...Regulatory information_ 14 CHINA ONLY ...

Page 15: ...uide are mainly based on Windows XP CONVENTION Some terms in this guide are used interchangeably as below Document is synonymous with original Paper is synonymous with media or print media Machine refers to printer or MFP The following table offers the conventions of this guide CONVENTION DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE Bold For texts on the display or button names on the machine Cancel Note Provides addition...

Page 16: ...Help This help provides you with help information about the printer driver and instructions for setting up the options for printing See Using help on page 58 Samsung website If you have Internet access you can get help support machine drivers manuals and order information from the Samsung website www samsung com printer Downloadable software You can download useful software programs from the Samsu...

Page 17: ...en be taped together to form a poster See Printing posters on page 58 You can use preprinted forms and letterhead with plain paper See Using overlay on page 60 Save time and money To save paper you can print multiple pages on one single sheet of paper See Printing multiple pages on one sheet of paper on page 58 This machine automatically conserves electricity by substantially reducing power consum...

Page 18: ...EATURES CLP 320 K CLP 321 CLP 325 K CLP 326 CLP 320N K CLP 321N CLP 325W K Hi Speed USB 2 0 Ɣ Ɣ Ɣ Network Interface Ethernet 10 100 BaseTX wired LAN Ɣ Ɣ Network Interface 802 11 b g n wireless LANa a Depending on your country wireless LAN cards may not be available Contact your local Samsung dealer or the retailer where you bought your printer Ɣ Duplex 2 sided printing Manual Ɣ Ɣ Ɣ Ɣ Included Blan...

Page 19: ...verview Understanding the control panel MACHINE OVERVIEW Front view 1 3 2 1 5 7 6 8 9 10 4 This illustration may differ from your machine depending on its model 1 Output tray face down 6 Front cover 2 Output support 7 Front cover release button 3 Top cover 8 Toner cartridges 4 Control panel 9 Waster toner container 5 Tray 10 Imaging unit ...

Page 20: ...ion_ 20 Rear view 1 3 5 4 2 This illustration may differ from your machine depending on its model 1 Rear cover release button 4 USB port 2 Rear cover 5 Network porta a CLP 320N K CLP 321N only 3 Power receptacle ...

Page 21: ...r See Print screen button on page 23 Demo Printb b CLP 320N K CLP 321N only Prints a demo page See Demo print button on page 23 2 CLP 325W K 1 Toner colors Shows the status of each toner cartridge See Status Toner colors LEDs on page 22 2 Power You can turn the power on and off with this button See Power button on page 23 3 Cancel Stops an operation at any time and there are more functions See Can...

Page 22: ...oner cartridge on page 84 The machine cannot recognize the status of toner cartriges and the supplies information Open and close the cover and check if the machie can operate properly If the problem persists turn the power off and on Blinks red Correspondi ng LED is solid red A minor error has occurred and the machine is waiting for the error to be cleared When the problem is cleared the machine r...

Page 23: ...old this button for about 2 seconds until the status LED blinks slowly and releaseG See Printing a demo page on page 24 Printing configuration sheets In ready mode press and hold this button for about 5 seconds until the status LED blinks quickly and release See Printing a machine report on page 69 Canceling print job Press cancel button during printing The red LED blinks while the print job is cl...

Page 24: ...is no incline greater than 2 mm 0 08 inch Otherwise printing quality may be affected 2mm 0 08 in 2mm 0 08 in 2 Unpack the machine and check all the enclosed items 3 Remove tape holding the machine securely 4 Load paper See Loading paper in the tray on page 50 5 Make sure that all cables are connected to the machine 6 Turn the machine on See Turning on the machine on page 23 This machine will not o...

Page 25: ...ore you begin ensure that your system meets the following requirements Microsoft Windows Your machine supports the following Windows operating systems OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIREMENT RECOMMENDED CPU RAM FREE HDD SPACE Windows 2000 Intel Pentium II 400 MHz Pentium III 933 MHz 64 MB 128 MB 600 MB Windows XP Intel Pentium III 933 MHz Pentium IV 1 GHz 128 MB 256 MB 1 5 GB Windows Server 2003 Intel Pentiu...

Page 26: ...ied software CD into your CD ROM drive The software CD should automatically run and an installation window will appear If the installation window does not appear click Start and then Run Type X Setup exe replacing X with the letter which represents your CD ROM drive Click OK If you use Windows Vista Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 click Start All programs Accessories Run Type X Setup exe repla...

Page 27: ...or reinstall the driver a Make sure that the machine is connected to your machine and powered on b From the Start menu select Programs or All Programs Samsung Printers your printer driver name Maintenance c Select the option you wish to execute then follow the instruction on the window Macintosh The software CD that came with your machine provides you with the Driver files that allow you to use th...

Page 28: ...menu or from the driver package Windows applications such as Unified Driver Configurator Installing the SmartPanel 1 Make sure that the machine is connected to your computer and powered on 2 When the Administrator Login window appears type in root in the Login field and enter the system password You must log in as a super user root to install the machine software If you are not a super user ask yo...

Page 29: ...ivers connected with the selected printer 6 Select the Sharing tab 7 Check Change Sharing Options 8 Check the Share this printer checkbox 9 Fill in the Share Name field Click OK Setting up a client computer 1 Install your printer driver See Installing USB connected machine s driver on page 26 Installing network connected machine s driver on page 33 2 Click the Windows Start menu 3 Select All progr...

Page 30: ...settings easily in network environment For the network administrator especially managing several machines on the network is possible Before using the programs below set the IP address first SyncThru Web Service Web server embedded on your network machine which allows you to Configure the network parameters necessary for the machine to connect to various network environments Customize machine setti...

Page 31: ...a network cable 2 Turned on the machine 3 From the Windows Start menu select All Programs Samsung Printers SetIP SetIP 4 Click on the icon third from left in the SetIP window to open the TCP IP configuration window 5 Enter the machine s new information into the configuration window as follows In a corporate intranet you may need to have this information assigned by a network manager before proceed...

Page 32: ...section followed by Printing network configuration report You can print a Network Configuration Report from the machine s control panel that will show the current machine s network settings This will help you to set up a network and troubleshooting problems To print the report In ready mode press and hold the cancel button for about 5 seconds You can find your machine s MAC address and IP address ...

Page 33: ... All programs Accessories Run Type X Setup exe replacing X with the letter which represents your CD ROM drive and click OK If the AutoPlay window appears in Windows Vista Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 click Run Setup exe in Install or run program field and click Continue or Yes in the User Account Control window 3 Select Install now If necessary select a language from the drop down list For...

Page 34: ...le click the Installer OS X icon 6 Enter the password and click OK 7 The Samsung Installer window opens Click Continue 8 Read the license agreement and click Continue 9 Click Agree to agree to the license agreement 10 The Samsung Installer window opens Click Continue 11 Select Easy Install and click Install Easy Install is recommended for most users All components necessary for machine operations ...

Page 35: ...e and extract the package 4 Double click cdroot autorun 5 The Samsung Installer window opens Click Continue 6 The Add printer wizard window opens Click Next 7 Select Network printer and click Search button 8 The Printer s IP address and model name appears on list field 9 Select your machine and click Next 10 Input the printer description and Next 11 When the add printer is done click Finish 12 Whe...

Page 36: ...PS button on the control panel of your machine and the WPS PBC button on a Wi Fi Protected Setup WPS enabled access point or wireless router respectively The Personal Identification Number PIN method helps you connect your machine to a wireless network by entering the supplied PIN information on a Wi Fi Protected Setup WPS enabled access point or wireless router The PBC mode is recommended for a t...

Page 37: ... button on the control panel again When the Wi Fi Network is in idle mode The machine is immediately disconnected from the wireless network and the wireless LED is off When the Wi Fi Network is being used While the machine waits until the current job is finished the light blinks fast on the wireless LED Then the wireless network connection is automatically disconnected The wireless LED is off USIN...

Page 38: ...re CD that provided with your machine The machine installed with a wireless network interface USB cable Creating the infrastructure network in Windows When the items are ready follow below steps 1 Check whether the USB cable is connected to the machine 2 Turn on your computer access point and machine 3 Insert the supplied software CD into your CD ROM drive The software CD should automatically run ...

Page 39: ...42 Subnet Mask 255 255 0 0 Machine s network information should be as below IP address 169 254 133 43 Use computer s IP address with changed last three digits Subnet Mask 255 255 0 0 Use the computer s subnet mask Gateway 169 254 133 1 Change the last three digits from IP address of your machine to 1 9 When the wireless network setting is completed disconnect the USB cable between the computer and...

Page 40: ... Select Open System or Shared Key for the authentication and click Next WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy is a security protocol preventing unauthorized access to your wireless network WEP encrypts the data portion of each packet exchanged on a wireless network using a 64 bit or 128 bit WEP encryption key 8 The window which shows the wireless network setting appears Check the settings and click Next Be...

Page 41: ...ireless Network Name Type the SSID of access point you want SSID is case sensitive Operation Mode Select Infrastructure Authentication Select an authentication type Open System Authentication is not used and encryption may or may not be used depending on the need for data security Shared Key Authentication is used A device that has a proper WEP key can access the network WPA Personal or WPA2 Perso...

Page 42: ... hoc settings select other wireless network from the list If you want to change ad hoc settings click the Advanced Setting buttonU Enter the wireless Network Name Type in the SSID name you want SSID is case sensitive Operation Mode Select Ad hoc Channel Select the channel Auto Setting or 2412 MHz to 2467 MHz Authentication Select an authentication type Open System Authentication is not used and en...

Page 43: ...y setting the network IP address of your machine using its MAC address to communicate with the machine A MAC address is the hardware serial number of the network interface and can be found in the Network Configuration Report For using SetIP program disable the computer firewall before continuing by performing the following 1 Open Start All programs Control Panel 2 Double click Security Center 3 Cl...

Page 44: ...n If it s your first time logging into SyncThru Web Service type in the below default ID and password ID admin Password sec00000 5 When the SyncThru Web Service window opens click Network Settings 6 Click Wireless Wizard Wizard will help you setup the wireless network configuration However if you want to set the wireless network directly select Custom 7 Select the one Network Name SSID in the list...

Page 45: ...ght be blocking the communication Refer to the user s guide for the software to turn it off and try searching the machine again Check whether the machine s IP address is allocated correctly You can check the IP address by printing the network configuration report Check whether access point or wireless router has a configured security password If it has a password refer to the access point or wirel...

Page 46: ... SyncThru Web Service SETTING THE DEFAULT TRAY AND PAPER You can select the tray and paper you would like to keep using for printing job From your computer Windows 1 Click the Windows Start menu 2 For Windows 2000 select Settings Printers For Windows XP Server 2003 select Printers and Faxes For Windows Server 2008 Vista select Control Panel Hardware and Sound Printers For Windows 7 select Control ...

Page 47: ...ont for special condition such as the DOS environment you can change the font setting as follows 1 Double click the Smart Panel icon on the Windows task bar or Notification Area in Linux You can also click Smart Panel on the status bar in Mac OS X See Using the Smart Panel program on page 66 Or if you are a Windows user you can launch it from the Start menu select Programs or All Programs Samsung ...

Page 48: ...should be appropriate for your project Brightness Some print media are whiter than others and produce sharper more vibrant images Surface smoothness The smoothness of the print media affects how crisp the printing looks on the paper Some print media may meet all of the guidelines in this section and still not produce satisfactory results This may be the result of the sheets characteristics imprope...

Page 49: ...ce paper with the side you want to print facing up 4 Slide the paper length guide until it lightly touches the end of the paper stack Squeeze the paper width guide and slide it to the edge of the paper stack without causing it to bend For paper smaller than Letter sized return the paper guides to their original positions and adjust the paper length guide and paper width guide If the paper that you...

Page 50: ...paper from the tray if necessary 2 If you want to change the size to Letter hold the lever at the back of the tray and rotate the lever clockwise L T R A 4 3 Squeeze the paper width guide and slide it to the edge of the lever L T R A 4 If you want to change the size to A4 first move the paper width guide to left and rotate the lever counterclockwise If you force the lever it could damage the tray ...

Page 51: ...envelope transparency labels or custom sized paper you need to adjust the paper guides for manual feeding in the tray To use manual feeding in the tray you must adjust the paper length width guide properly Tips on using the manual feeding method Tips on manual feeding in the tray If you select Manual Feeder for Source from your software application you need to press cancel button each time you pri...

Page 52: ... for each tray See Print media specifications on page 89 TYPES TRAY MANUAL FEEDING IN THE TRAY Plain Ɣ Ɣ Thick Ɣ Ɣ Thin Ɣ Ɣ Cotton Ɣ Ɣ Color Ɣ Ɣ Preprinted Ɣ Ɣ Recycled Ɣ Ɣ Envelope Ɣ Transparency Ɣ Labels Ɣ CardStock Ɣ Bond Ɣ Archive Ɣ Glossy Photo Ɣ Matte Photo Ɣ Ɣ Supported Blank Not supported The following media types are shown in the Printing Preferences This paper type option allows you to s...

Page 53: ...ansparencies designed for laser printers Transparencies used in the machine must be able to withstand machine s fusing temperature Place them on a flat surface after removing them from the machine Do not leave unused transparencies in the paper tray for long periods of time Dust and dirt may accumulate on them resulting in spotty printing To avoid smudging caused by fingerprints handle transparenc...

Page 54: ...not guaranteed Recycled paper must be printed with heat resistant ink that will not melt vaporize or release hazardous emissions when subjected to the machine s fusing temperature for 0 1 second Check your machine s specification to view the fusing temperature about 170 C 338 F Recycled paper ink must be non flammable and should not adversely affect machine rollers Before you load recycled paper v...

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Page 56: ...ber of copies In addition you can use various special printing features The following table shows a general overview of features supported by your printer drivers Some models or operating systems may not support some of the feature s in the following table Printer driver FEATURE WINDOWS Print quality option Ɣ Poster printing Ɣ Multiple pages per sheet Ɣ Booklet printing manual Ɣ Fit to page printi...

Page 57: ...ista select Control Panel Hardware and Sound Printers For Windows 7 select Control Panel Devices and Printers For Windows Server 2008 R2 select Control Panel Hardware Devices and Printers 3 For Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista and Server 2008 double click your machine For Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 right click your printer icon context menus See what s printing If See what s printing it...

Page 58: ...9 or 16 in the Pages per Side drop down list 4 Select the page order from the Page Order drop down list if necessary 5 Check Print Page Border to print a border around each page on the sheet 6 Click the Paper tab select the Size Source and Type 7 Click OK or Print until you exit the Print window Printing posters This feature allows you to print a single page document onto 4 9 or 16 sheets of paper...

Page 59: ...selected paper size This feature allows you to scale your print job to any selected paper size regardless of the document size This can be useful when you want to check fine details on a small document A 1 To change the print settings from your software application access Printing Preferences See Opening printing preferences on page 57 2 Click the Paper tab 3 Select the paper size you want from th...

Page 60: ... exit the Print window 8 The file is not printed Instead it is stored on your computer hard disk drive The overlay document size must match same as the document you print Do not create an overlay with a watermark Using a page overlay After an overlay has been created it is ready to be printed with your document To print an overlay with a document 1 Create or open the document you want to print 2 T...

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