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Using Your Printer in Linux

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Using Your Printer in 

Linux 

You can use your printer in a Linux environment.

This chapter includes:

• System Requirements
• Installing the Printer Driver
• Changing the Printer Connection Method
• Uninstalling the Printer Driver
• Using the Configuration Tool
• Changing LLPR Properties

System Requirements

Supported OS

• Redhat 7.1 and above
• Linux Mandrake 8.0 and above
• SuSE 7.1 and above
• Caldera OpenLinux 3.1 and above
• Turbo Linux 7.0 and above
• Slackware 8.1 and above

Recommended Capacities

• Pentium IV 1 GHz or higher
• RAM 256 MB or higher
• HDD  1  GB  or  higher

Software

• Glibc 2.1 or higher
• GTK+ 1.2 or higher
• GhostScript

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• The Linux printer’s properties window that appears in this 

User’s Guide may differ depending on the printer in use. 

However the composition of the properties is similar. 

• You can check your printer name in the supplied 

Printer software CD.

Summary of Contents for CLP-600 Series

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Page 2: ...rights reserved CLP 600 and CLP 600N are model names of Samsung Electronics Co Ltd SAMSUNG and Samsung logo are trademarks of Samsung Electronics co Ltd Apple TrueType Laser Writer and Macintosh are...

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Page 4: ...nding the Control Panel 3 1 Display CLP 600N Only 3 1 Buttons 3 1 Using Control Panel Menus CLP 600N Only 3 3 Accessing Control Panel Menus 3 3 Overview of Control Panel Menus 3 3 Information Menu 3 3...

Page 5: ...the Paper Exit Area 7 7 In the Optional Tray2 7 9 Tips for Avoiding Paper Jams 7 12 Solving Print Quality Problems 7 12 Understanding Display Messages 7 14 Common Windows Problems 7 16 Common Macinto...

Page 6: ...into the machine If the machine has been exposed to rain or water If the machine does not operate properly after instructions have been followed If the machine has been dropped or the cabinet appears...

Page 7: ...ss B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus as set out in the interference causing equipment standard entitled Digital Apparatus ICES 003 of the Industry and Science Canada Cet appare...

Page 8: ...operating a wireless device Additional limitations cautions and concerns for specific countries are listed in the specific country sections or country group sections The wireless devices in your syst...

Page 9: ...st connect the green and yellow wire to the pin marked by the letter E or by the safety Earth symbol or colored green and yellow or green You must connect the blue wire to the pin which is marked with...

Page 10: ...ocument can be magnified and printed across several sheets of paper and taped together to form a poster For details see the Software section 9 8 Save time and money You can print on both sides of the...

Page 11: ...the CLP 600N comes with a network port This wireless network antenna is only available when you have purchased and installed a wired wireless network card separately in the CLP 600N Top Cover Opento c...

Page 12: ...ely Components may differ from one country to another The Printer software CD contains the printer driver the User s Guide and the Adobe Acrobat Reader program The appearance of the power cord may dif...

Page 13: ...er on a level surface If you do not print quality problems can occur Installing the Toner Cartridges 1 Using the handle completely open the access door NOTE The paper transfer belt is already installe...

Page 14: ...the printer a label identifies which color cartridge goes into each cartridge slot Black Yellow Magenta Cyan 6 Grasp the handles on each toner cartridge Align the toner cartridges with the slots insi...

Page 15: ...es of the stack on a flat surface to even it up 4 Load paper with the print side facing up Make sure not to overfill the tray and that all four corners are flat in the tray and under the corner bracke...

Page 16: ...ift the paper length guide and place it in the correct position for the paper size you are loading Paper length guide To remove the paper length guide turn it slightly to your right to release the loc...

Page 17: ...teps 4 and 5 on page 2 4 7 To replace the tray lower the rear edge align it with the slot and slide it into the printer Connecting a Printer Cable For Local Printing To print from your computer in a l...

Page 18: ...e left rear of the printer 3 Plug the other end of the cable into a network LAN connection NOTE After connecting the printer you need to configure the network parameters on the control panel See page...

Page 19: ...ware section for details about installing the Samsung printer driver SmartPanel Appears when printing errors occur See the Software section for details about installing the SmartPanel program Macintos...

Page 20: ...NOTE For details about installing software and using its features see the Software section Feature Printer driver Win98SE Me NT 4 0 2000 XP 2003 Linux Macintosh CUPS Color Mode Y N Y Print Quality Op...

Page 21: ...Buttons LCD displays the printer status and job in progress Status Map Buttons The figure shows a CLP 600N s control panel Toner LEDs Message Description Ready The printer is on line and ready to prin...

Page 22: ...de press to scroll through the menus This button is available only with the CLP 600N In menu mode press to select the displayed sub menu item or to confirm the changed setting The selected item is mar...

Page 23: ...ault 8 To exit the menu press the Upper Level button repeatedly or the Cancel button After 60 seconds of inactivity no key being pressed the printer automatically returns to ready mode NOTE Print sett...

Page 24: ...ob and remove it from the printer buffer the default setting Item Explanation LCD Language The LCD Language setting determines the language of the text that appears on the control panel display and in...

Page 25: ...es Static You can enter an IP address subnetmask and gateway manually BOOTP The BOOTP server allots an IP address to you automatically DHCP The DHCP server allots an IP address to you automatically IP...

Page 26: ...frame type If you select Yes the IPX Frame Type option appears on the display IPX Frame Type You can select this item only when you set Config Netware to Yes This item lets you select the IPX Frame T...

Page 27: ...other special materials 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 You cannot use mul...

Page 28: ...ience problems with paper feed place one sheet at a time in the Multi purpose Tray Using the Optional Tray The optional tray Tray2 can hold a maximum of 500 sheets of plain paper To load paper in Tray...

Page 29: ...paper source to Multi Purpose Tray and select the appropriate paper size and type in the software application For details see the Software section NOTE After printing fold away the paper support exten...

Page 30: ...opes Load envelopes into the Multi purpose Tray only Only use envelopes recommended for laser printers Before loading envelopes in the Multi purpose Tray make sure that they are undamaged and are not...

Page 31: ...software application For details see the Software section Printing on Preprinted Paper Preprinted paper is paper that has some type of printing on it before it is sent through the printer paper that...

Page 32: ...an 90mm 3 5in wide or 140mm 5 5in long In the software application set margins at least 4 3mm away from the edges of the material To print on card stock 1 Open the Multi purpose Tray and unfold the pa...

Page 33: ...waiting in a print queue or print spooler such as the printer group in Windows delete the job as follows 1 Click the Windows Start button 2 For Windows 98SE NT 4 0 2000 Me select Settings and then Pri...

Page 34: ...onfiguration Page You can print a configuration page from the printer s control panel Use the configuration page to view the current settings to help troubleshoot problems or to verify the installatio...

Page 35: ...affected by operating environment media type and media size Contact a service representative Managing Toner Cartridges Toner Cartridge Storage To get the maximum results from a toner cartridge keep t...

Page 36: ...osed to light This will cause damage to the OPC drum Close the access door should the installation need to be halted for any reason 2 Grasp the handles on the toner cartridge and pull to remove the ca...

Page 37: ...OPC drum on the front of each toner cartridge with your hands or any other material Use the handle on each cartridge in order to avoid touching this area Be careful not to scratch the surface of the p...

Page 38: ...ing until a new paper transfer belt is placed into the printer The SmartPanel program window appears on the computer indicating the paper transfer belt needs to be replaced Also if you use the CLP 600...

Page 39: ...or scissors to open the paper transfer belt package You could damage the surface of the paper transfer belt Be careful not to scratch the surface of the paper transfer belt 6 Holding the handle on the...

Page 40: ...rface the OPC drum on the front of each toner cartridge with your hands or any other material Use the handle on each cartridge in order to avoid touching this area Be careful not to scratch the surfac...

Page 41: ...to cool 2 Using the handle completely open the access door CAUTION Do not touch the green surface the OPC drum on the front of each toner cartridge with your hands or any other material Use the handl...

Page 42: ...ite CLP 600N Only If you have connected your printer to a network and set up TCP IP network parameters correctly you can manage the printer via SyncThru Web Service web based service embedded to your...

Page 43: ...nter is feeding paper correctly See 2 7 If a demo page does not print check the paper supply in the paper tray If the paper jams in the printer go to Clearing Paper Jams on page 7 4 If an error messag...

Page 44: ...ot print continued The printer may be configured incorrectly Check the printer properties to ensure that all of the print settings are correct The printer driver may be incorrectly installed Reinstall...

Page 45: ...ed Check the application s printer selection menu to ensure that your printer is selected The software application is malfunctioning Try printing a job from another application The operating system is...

Page 46: ...y page 7 5 Jam Inside Printer Inside printer page 7 6 Jam In Exit Area In the paper exit area page 7 7 Jam0 In Tray2 In the optional Tray2 page 7 9 In the Paper Feed Area If paper is jammed in the pap...

Page 47: ...he access door firmly The printer will resume printing CAUTION If the access door is not completely closed the printer will not operate In the Multi purpose Tray When you print using the Multi purpose...

Page 48: ...e the CLP 600N Jam Inside Printer also appears on the display 1 Using the handle completely open the access door 2 Open the top cover 3 Push the levers up 4 Open the inner cover using the handle on it...

Page 49: ...ong portion of the paper is visible pull it straight out Open and close the access door firmly The printer will resume printing If you cannot find the jammed paper or if there is any resistance removi...

Page 50: ...he fuser s operating temperature is 180 C 356 F Take care when removing paper from the printer 7 After removing the jammed paper check for paper which may be jammed in other parts of the printer The f...

Page 51: ...y 1 Using the handle completely open the access door 2 Open the top cover 3 Push the levers up 4 Open the inner cover using the handle on it and carefully take the jammed paper out of the printer 5 Cl...

Page 52: ...o scratch the surface of the paper transfer belt If you leave the access door open for more than a few minutes the OPC drum can be exposed to light This will cause damage to the OPC drum Close the acc...

Page 53: ...y slightly to release the tray from the printer 11If you see the jammed paper remove the paper from the printer by gently pulling it straight out as shown below 12Slide the tray back into the printer...

Page 54: ...e streak or faded area appears on the page The toner supply is low You may be able to temporarily extend the toner cartridge life See Redistributing Toner on page 6 2 If this does not improve print qu...

Page 55: ...BbCc AaBbCc AaBbCc AaBbCc AaBbCc AaBbCc AaBbCc AaBbCc AaBbCc AaBbCc AaBbCc AaBbCc AaBbCc Background scatter Background scatter results from bits of toner distributed on the printed page The paper may...

Page 56: ...c AaBbCc AaBbCc Understanding Display Messages Messages appear on the SmartPanel program window or the control panel display CLP 600N only to indicate the printer s status or errors Refer to the table...

Page 57: ...Exit Area A paper jam has occurred in the paper exit area Remove the jammed paper from the printer referring to page 7 7 Jam Inside Printer A paper jam has occurred inside the printer Open the access...

Page 58: ...rinter Replace the fuser unit with a new one See page 6 7 Replace Fuser Soon The life span of the fuser unit will expire soon When Replace Fuser message appears the printer will stop printing Replace...

Page 59: ...on t start You may not have the GTK libraries installed These usually come with most Linux distributions but you may have to install them manually Refer to your distribution s installation manual for...

Page 60: ...or the process to return and thus will appear to be frozen its windows won t refresh This is normal and the application should resume functioning correctly after the user exits LLPR Problem Possible C...

Page 61: ...by a trained service professional Printing Across a Network Whether the printer is locally connected or network connected you need to install the CLP 600 series printer software on each computer that...

Page 62: ...change the setting to No disable or Yes enable If you selected Netware change the setting to Off disable or On enable 7 Press the Enter button to save the selection 8 Press the On Line Continue butto...

Page 63: ...ied for the printer In most cases you can keep the Auto default setting However you can manually set the frame type format if required Auto default Automatically senses and limits the frame type to th...

Page 64: ...the bottom line Press the Enter button 6 Press the scroll button or until Yes displays on the bottom line Press the Enter button You can configure the following items SSID When you select Search List...

Page 65: ...for example Key 1 configured on other wireless devices The default setting is 64 bit WEP Using Key Select the key to use in your network This option is available in Static WEP mode only The default s...

Page 66: ...al shock always disconnect the power cord when installing or removing ANY internal or external printer option DISCHARGE STATIC ELECTRICITY The control board and internal printer option Network Interfa...

Page 67: ...des of the printer 5 Click the Printer tab and select Tray2 from the Optional Tray drop down list 6 Click OK Installing a Network Interface Card CLP 600N Only NOTE This procedures are only for service...

Page 68: ...shown below 5 To remove an existing wired network interface card remove the two screws and the card 6 Separate the wired wireless network card antenna from the card itself 7 Align the connector on the...

Page 69: ...moved in step 4 11Replace the control board cover as shown below and replace the four screws you removed in step 2 12Plug one end of the Ethernet cable into the Ethernet network port on the printer an...

Page 70: ...materials such as cut sheet paper including up to 100 recycled fiber content paper envelopes labels and custom size paper Properties such as weight composition grain and moisture content are importan...

Page 71: ...and free of cuts nicks tears spots loose particles dust wrinkles voids and curled or bent edges If you are unsure of what type of paper you are loading such as bond or recycled paper check the label...

Page 72: ...sed it loses moisture causing streaks and smudging Humid weather or water coolers can cause the humidity to increase in a room As paper is opened and used it absorbs any excess moisture causing light...

Page 73: ...hesive Strips or Flaps Envelopes with a peel off adhesive strip or with more than one flap that folds over to seal must use adhesives compatible with the heat and pressure in the printer The extra fla...

Page 74: ...network connected printer set 8 1 parameters configure 8 1 O option install network card 9 2 P paper choose 4 1 guideline 4 1 loading 4 2 sizes and capacities 4 1 specifications 10 1 paper jams clear...

Page 75: ...Samsung Printer Software section...

Page 76: ...re 11 Chapter 2 BASIC PRINTING Printing a Document 12 Printer Settings 13 Layout Tab 13 Paper Tab 14 Graphics Tab 15 Extras Tab 16 About Tab 16 Printer Tab 16 Using a Favorite Setting 17 Using Help 17...

Page 77: ...ANEL Understanding Smart Panel 27 Opening the Troubleshooting Guide 27 Using Printer Settings Utility 28 Using Onscreen Help 28 Changing the Smart Panel Program Settings 28 Chapter 6 USING YOUR PRINTE...

Page 78: ...3 For a USB connected Macintosh 35 Printing 36 Printing a Document 36 Changing Printer Settings 36 Printing Multiple Pages on One Sheet of Paper 37...

Page 79: ...talling Software for Network Printing on page 7 You can install the printer software using the typical or custom method NOTE If the New Hardware Wizard window appears during the installation procedure...

Page 80: ...tep 7 6 If the test page prints out correctly click Yes If not click No to reprint it 7 To register yourself as a user of Samsung Printers in order to receive information from Samsung select the check...

Page 81: ...ting the printer click Next If you don t want to connect the printer at this time click Next and No on the following screen Then the installation will start and a test page will not be printed at the...

Page 82: ...rs All components necessary for printer operations will be installed 1 Make sure that the printer is connected to your network and powered on For details about connecting to the network see the suppli...

Page 83: ...ise just click Finish NOTE After setup is complete if your printer driver doesn t work properly reinstall the printer driver See Reinstalling Printer Software on page 10 Custom Installation You can ch...

Page 84: ...the list b Configure an IP address subnet mask and gateway for the printer manually and click Configure to set the specific IP address for the network printer c Click Next 6 Select the components to b...

Page 85: ...the printer To find a shared network printer UNC Path select Shared Printer UNC and enter the shared name manually or find a shared printer by clicking the Browse button You will see a component list...

Page 86: ...ntenance 3 Select Remove and click Next You will see a component list so that you can remove any item individually 4 Select the components you want to remove and then click Next 5 When your computer a...

Page 87: ...ng from various Windows applications The exact steps for printing a document may vary depending on the application program you are using Refer to the User s Guide of your software application for the...

Page 88: ...ent make them in the Printers folder The following procedure is for Windows XP For other Windows OS refer to the corresponding Windows User s Guide or online help 1 Click the Windows Start button 2 Se...

Page 89: ...l in the following tray order Manual Tray or Multi Purpose Tray Tray1 Optional Tray2 Type Set Type to correspond to the paper loaded in the tray from which you want to print This will let you get the...

Page 90: ...settings in the Settings option Advanced Options You can set advanced settings by clicking the Advanced Options button TrueType Options This option determines what the driver tells the printer about...

Page 91: ...rints all pages from the last page to the first page Print Odd Pages Your printer prints only the odd numbered pages of the document Print Even Pages Your printer prints only the even numbered pages o...

Page 92: ...em from the Favorites drop down list The printer is now set to print according to the Favorites setting you selected To delete a Favorites item select it from the list and click Delete You can also re...

Page 93: ...Overlays Printing Multiple Pages on One Sheet of Paper N Up Printing You can select the number of pages to print on a single sheet of paper To print more than one page per sheet the pages will be red...

Page 94: ...Click the Paper tab select the paper source size and type 5 Click OK and print the document You can complete the poster by pasting the sheets together 0 15 inches 0 15 inches Printing Booklets This p...

Page 95: ...use double sided printing you can use only the following paper sizes A4 Letter Legal and Folio with a weight of 20 24 lbs 75 90 g m Long Edge Short Edge 2 5 3 2 5 3 2 5 3 2 5 3 1 To change the print s...

Page 96: ...e size and type in Paper Options 5 Click OK and print the document Fitting Your Document to a Selected Paper Size This printer feature allows you to scale your print job to any selected paper size reg...

Page 97: ...he preview image shows how the page will look when it is printed Preview Image Creating a Watermark 1 To change the print settings from your software application access printer properties See Printing...

Page 98: ...text and or images stored in the computer hard disk drive HDD as a special file format that can be printed on any document Overlays are often used to take the place of preprinted forms and letterhead...

Page 99: ...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 To change the print settings from your software application access prin...

Page 100: ...printing begins The selected overlay downloads with your print job and prints on your document NOTE The resolution of the overlay document must be the same as that of the document you will print with...

Page 101: ...ter software CD Setting Up a Host Computer 1 Start Windows 2 From the Start menu select Printers and Faxes 3 Double click your printer driver icon 4 From the Printer menu select Sharing 5 Check the Sh...

Page 102: ...Panel Right click the Smart Panel icon on the Windows task bar and select your printer name The Smart Panel window and its contents shown in this Software section may differ depending on the printer...

Page 103: ...wing window opens Display when job is finished for network printer The computer shows the Smart Panel popup window or balloon when your job is complete Only for Windows network supported printer Displ...

Page 104: ...edhat 7 1 and above Linux Mandrake 8 0 and above SuSE 7 1 and above Caldera OpenLinux 3 1 and above Turbo Linux 7 0 and above Slackware 8 1 and above Recommended Capacities Pentium IV 1 GHz or higher...

Page 105: ...oot local cdrom setup sh 4 Select the type of installation either Recommended or Expert and then click Continue Recommended is fully automated and does not require any interaction Expert installation...

Page 106: ...Method If you change the printer connection method from USB to Networkl or vice versa while in use you must reconfigure your Linux printer by adding the printer to your system Take the following steps...

Page 107: ...strative tasks including adding and removing new printers and changing their global settings Regular users can also run it to easily inspect job queues examine printer properties and changing their lo...

Page 108: ...ens You will see the following six tabs at the top of the window General allows you to change the paper size the paper type the paper source the orientation of the documents enable the duplex feature...

Page 109: ...k Space 200 MB Install the Printer driver 1 Make sure that you connect your printer to the computer Turn on your computer and printer 2 Insert the Printer software CD which came with your printer into...

Page 110: ...Printer Type WHEN PRINTING A DOCUMENT CONTAINING MANY PAGES PRINTING PERFORMANCE MAY BE ENHANCED BY CHOOSING SOCKET FOR PRINTER TYPE OPTION 6 Enter the printer s IP address in the Printer Address fie...

Page 111: ...e File menu and click Print 5 Choose the number of copies you want and indicate which pages you want to print 6 Click Print when you finish setting the options Mac OS 10 3 Make sure that your printer...

Page 112: ...document Color Mode You can set the color options Setting to Color typically produces the best possible print quality for color documents If you want to print a color document in grayscale select Gra...

Page 113: ...cintosh 37 Windows 18 O orientation print Windows 13 overlay create 23 delete 25 print 24 P Paper properties set 14 paper size set 14 paper source set Linux 33 Windows 14 paper type set Linux 33 Macin...

Page 114: ...rements Linux 29 Macintosh 34 uninstall Linux 32 Macintosh 34 Windows 11 status monitor use 27 system requirements Linux 29 Macintosh 34 T toner save set 15 U uninstall software Linux 32 Macintosh 34...

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