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Installing Printer Software in Windows

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The list of printers available on the network appears. 

Select the printer you want to install from the list and then 
click Next

• If you do not see your printer on the list, click Update to 

refresh the list, or select Add TCP/IP Port to add your 
printer to the network. To add the printer to the 

network, enter the port name and the IP address for the 
printer.

To verify your printer’s IP address or the MAC address, 
print a Network Configuration page.

• 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.

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: If you cannot find your machine in network, please turn 

off the firewall and click Update.

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: If you want to set a specific IP address on a specific 

network printer, click the Set IP Address button. The Set IP 

Address window appears. Do as follows:

a. Select a printer to be set with a specific IP address from 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.

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Select the components to be installed. After selecting the 
components, the following window appears. You can also 
change the printer name, set the printer to be shared on 

the network, set the printer as the default printer, and 
change the port name of each printer. Click Next.

To install this software on a server, select the Setting up 
this printer on a server
 checkbox.

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After the installation is finished, a window appears asking 

you to print a test page and to register yourself as a user 
of Samsung Printers in order to receive information from 
Samsung. If you so desire, select the corresponding 

checkbox(es) and click Finish.

Otherwise, just click Finish.

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: After setup is complete, if your printer driver doesn’t 

work properly, reinstall the printer driver. See “Reinstalling 
Printer Software” on page 10.

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Page 5: ...ments 3 2 4 Network setup ML 2851ND only Introduction 4 1 Supported operating systems 4 1 Using SetIP program 4 1 5 Loading print media Selecting print media 5 1 Supported sizes of paper 5 2 Guideline...

Page 6: ...d the toner cartridge 9 2 In the paper exit area 9 3 In the duplex unit area 9 3 Tips for avoiding paper jams 9 4 Troubleshooting checklist 9 5 Solving general printing problems 9 5 Solving print qual...

Page 7: ...sequently used 13 Unplug the machine from the PC and AC wall outlet and refer servicing to qualified service personnel under the following conditions When any part of the power cord plug or connecting...

Page 8: ...ent office for details of where and how they can take this item for environmentally safe recycling Business users should contact their supplier and check the terms and conditions of the purchase contr...

Page 9: ...ined from your Samsung Electronics Co Ltd representative Replacing the Fitted Plug for UK Only Important The mains lead for this machine is fitted with a standard BS 1363 13 amp plug and has a 13 amp...

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Page 11: ...s fold and staple the pages See the Software Section Print Posters The text and pictures of each page of your document are magnified and printed across the sheet of paper and can then be taped togethe...

Page 12: ...USB 2 0 I I Network Interface Ethernet 10 100 Base TX NA I PCL Emulation I I PostScript Emulation I I Duplex printinga a Printing on both sides of paper I I Printer overview Front view 1 output tray...

Page 13: ...cartridge is not installed Install the toner cartridge Your system has some problems If this problem occurs contact your service representative The toner is totally exhausted Remove the old toner cart...

Page 14: ...printer properties dialog box Samsung Website If you have Internet access you can get help support printer drivers manuals and order information from the Samsung website www samsungprinter com 1 1 2 2...

Page 15: ...matching your commonly used paper size Open the printer properties to change the paper size Altitude adjustment The print quality is affected by atmospheric pressure which is determined by the height...

Page 16: ...or Notification Area in Linux You can also click Smart Panel on the status bar in Mac OS X 3 Click Printer Setting 4 Click Emulation 5 Confirm if PCL is selected in Emulation Setting 6 Click Setting...

Page 17: ...Cancel button for about 2 seconds A demo page prints out Using toner save mode Toner save mode allows the printer to use less toner on each page Activating this mode extends the life of your toner ca...

Page 18: ...rint documents with complex fonts and graphics in the PostScript language Set IP Use this program to set your printer s TCP IP addresses User s Guide in PDF Linux Printer driver Use this driver to run...

Page 19: ...or more 5 GB Windows Vista 15GB 15GB or more Internet Explorer Windows 2000 XP 2003 5 0 or higher Windows Vista 7 0 or higher Note For Windows 2000 XP 2003 Vista users who have an administrator right...

Page 20: ...2003 Vista Varios Linux OS including Red Hat 8 9 Fedora Core 1 4 Mandrake 9 2 10 1 SuSE 8 2 9 2 Mac OS 8 6 9 2 10 1 10 5 Network protocols TCP IP EtherTalk HTTP 1 1 SNMP Dynamic addressing server DHC...

Page 21: ...he machine s performance and the output quality When you choose print materials consider the following The type size and weight of the print media for your machine are described later in this section...

Page 22: ...10 mm 5 82 x 8 26 inches A6 105 x 148 mm 4 13 x 5 82 inches Envelope Envelope B5 176 x 250 mm 6 93 x 9 84 inches 75 to 90 g m2 20 to 24 lb 1 sheet for manual feeding in the tray 1 Envelope Monarch 98...

Page 23: ...dia such as transparencies and label sheets from sticking together remove them as they print out Caution If you print 20 envelopes in succession the surface of the top cover may become hot Please exer...

Page 24: ...s Do not run a sheet of labels through the printer more than once The adhesive backing is designed for only a single pass through the printer Do not use labels that are separating from the backing she...

Page 25: ...in the manual feed You can load previously printed paper The printed side should be facing up with an uncurled edge at the front If you experience problems with paper feed turn the paper around Note t...

Page 26: ...the paper with the side to be printed on facing up 3 Adjust the manual tray paper width guides to the width of the paper Do not force too much or the paper will bend which could result in a paper jam...

Page 27: ...200 x 215 Slovakia 104 x 148 Czech 107 x 147 Prescription Recept 98 x 220 Doctors note napotnica 154 x 210 105 x 148 5 125 x 176 Singapore 141 x 218 Philippines 182 x 257 S E Asia EU Poland Slovenia...

Page 28: ...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 2000 select Settings and then Printers For Wind...

Page 29: ...your machine Otherwise the print cartridge or supplies will be incompatible with your machine since the configuration of the print cartridge or supplies vary depending on the contries Accessory You c...

Page 30: ...ances can discolor or crack the cabinet If your machine or its around is contaminated with toner we recommend you to use cloth or tissue dampened with water to clean it If you use a vacuum cleaner ton...

Page 31: ...efilled cartridge Store toner cartridge in the same environment as the printer To prevent damage to the toner cartridge do not expose it to light for more than a few minutes Expected cartridge life Th...

Page 32: ...uching this area Caution If toner gets on your clothing wipe it off with a dry cloth and wash clothing in cold water Hot water sets toner into fabric Note At this stage if you need to replace the tone...

Page 33: ...he toner cartridge Use the handle on the cartridge to avoid touching this area Printing a configuration page You can print a configuration page to view current printer settings or to help troubleshoot...

Page 34: ...ible always pull the paper in the direction that it normally moves so as not to damage internal components Always pull firmly and evenly do not jerk the paper If the paper tears ensure that all fragme...

Page 35: ...en and close the front cover 3 Load a paper into the manual feeder then the printer resumes Around the toner cartridge Note The fuser area is hot Take care when removing paper from the printer 1 Open...

Page 36: ...uide rear on each side down and remove the paper Return the guide rear to its original position 5 Close the rear cover Printing automatically resumes 1 guide rear 1 In the duplex unit area If the dupl...

Page 37: ...hat the paper level is below the paper capacity mark on the inside wall of the tray Do not remove paper from the tray while your printer is printing Flex fan and straighten paper before loading Do not...

Page 38: ...ving general printing problems on page 9 5 Common Windows problems on page 9 9 Common PostScript problems on page 9 10 Common Linux problems on page 9 10 Common Macintosh problems on page 9 11 Solving...

Page 39: ...access memory RAM Simplify the page layout and remove any unnecessary graphics from the document Condition Possible cause Suggested solutions Half the page is blank The page layout is too complex Sim...

Page 40: ...rtical white 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 page 8 2 If this does not improve print quality install...

Page 41: ...rrect itself after a few more pages The fusing assembly may be damaged Contact a service representative Condition Suggested solutions Background scatter Background scatter results from bits of toner d...

Page 42: ...izontal stripes If horizontally aligned black streaks or smears appear The toner cartridge may be installed improperly Remove the cartridge and reinsert The toner cartridge may be defective Install a...

Page 43: ...r matches that in Acrobat Reader Condition Suggested solutions Common Linux problems Condition Suggested solutions The printer doesn t print Check if the printer driver is installed in your system Ope...

Page 44: ...t printing options Note It will take longer to print when you print a PDF file as an image The document has printed but the print job has not disappeared from the spooler in Mac OS 10 3 2 Update your...

Page 45: ...a grounded power source If you walk around before finishing the installation repeat this procedure to discharge any static electricity again Installing a memory module Your machine has a dual in line...

Page 46: ...it 1 Make sure that the PostScript printer driver is installed on your computer For details about installing the PS printer driver see Software section 2 Click the Windows Start menu 3 For Windows 200...

Page 47: ...roved DIMM External dimensions W x D x H 364 X 369X 210 mm 14 3 X 14 5 X 8 3 inches Operating environment Temperature 50 F to 90 F 10 C to 32 C Humidity 20 to 80 RH Printer language PCL6e IBM ProPrint...

Page 48: ...r exit area 9 3 tray 1 9 1 paper level indicator 5 4 paper load tray 1 optional tray 2 5 5 paper size specifications 5 2 paper type specifications 5 2 PostScript problems 9 10 print quality problems s...

Page 49: ...Samsung Printer Software section...

Page 50: ...Printing a Document 12 Printing to a file PRN 13 Printer Settings 13 Layout Tab 14 Paper Tab 14 Graphics Tab 15 Extras Tab 16 About Tab 17 Printer Tab 17 Using a Favorite Setting 17 Using Help 17 Cha...

Page 51: ...Y Setting Up a Host Computer 24 Setting Up a Client Computer 24 Chapter 6 USING SMART PANEL Understanding Smart Panel 25 Opening the Troubleshooting Guide 26 Using Printer Settings Utility 26 Using On...

Page 52: ...Printing Files 31 Chapter 8 USING YOUR PRINTER WITH A MACINTOSH Installing Software 32 Printer driver 32 Setting Up the Printer 33 For a Network connected 33 For a USB connected 33 Printing 34 Printin...

Page 53: ...le If your printer is attached to a network skip this step and go to Installing Software for Network Printing on page 7 You can install the printer software using the typical or custom method NOTE If...

Page 54: ...sent to the Samsung web site Otherwise 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 pag...

Page 55: ...n this User s Guide may differ depending on the printer and interface in use 6 Select the components to be installed and click Next NOTE You can change the desired installation folder by clicking Brow...

Page 56: ...Setup exe in Install or run program field and click Continue in the User Account Control window 3 Click Next If necessary select a language from the drop down list View User s Guide Allows you to vie...

Page 57: ...into your CD ROM drive The CD ROM should automatically run and an installation window appears If the installation window does not appear click Start and then Run Type X Setup exe replacing X with the...

Page 58: ...s window appears Do as follows a Select a printer to be set with a specific IP address from the list b Configure an IP address subnet mask and gateway for the printer manually and click Configure to s...

Page 59: ...he Browse button You will see a component list so that you can reinstall any item individually NOTE If your printer is not already connected to the computer the following window will appear After conn...

Page 60: ...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 61: ...printing 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 f...

Page 62: ...ffer depending on the printer in use If you access printer properties through the Printers folder you can view additional Windows based tabs refer to your Windows User s Guide and the Printer tab see...

Page 63: ...rinting on page 18 For details see Printing Posters on page 19 For details see Printing Booklets on page 19 Double sided Printing Double sided Printing allows you to print on both sides of paper If th...

Page 64: ...have this feature Scaling Printing Scaling Printing allows you to automatically or manually scale your print job on a page You can choose from None Reduce Enlarge and Fit to Page For details see Print...

Page 65: ...rint darker than on a normal document Some printers do not support this feature Extras Tab You can select output options for your document See Printing a Document on page 12 for more information about...

Page 66: ...rite Setting The Favorites option which is visible on each properties tab allows you to save the current properties settings for future use To save a Favorites item 1 Change the settings as needed on...

Page 67: ...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 reduced in si...

Page 68: ...k 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 printe...

Page 69: ...you should complete the printing job manually The printer prints every other page of the document first After printing the first side of your job the Printing Tip window appears Follow the on screen i...

Page 70: ...message displays in the preview window When the First Page Only box is checked the watermark prints on the first page only 4 Select watermark options You can select the font name style size or graysca...

Page 71: ...T Dear ABC Regards WORLD BEST 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...

Page 72: ...ons will override settings you specify in the printer driver Change all print settings available in the software application first and change any remaining settings using the printer driver The settin...

Page 73: ...ROM 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 Share this pr...

Page 74: ...y installed more than one Samsung printer first select the printer model you want in order to use the corresponding Smart Panel Right click in Windows or Linux or click in Mac OS X the Smart Panel ico...

Page 75: ...ndows or Linux or click in Mac OS X the Smart Panel icon and select Printer Setting 2 Change the settings 3 To send the changes to the printer click the Apply button NOTES If your printer is connected...

Page 76: ...alled automatically this is possible on a wide set of the most popular Linux clones Installing the Unified Linux Driver Installing the Unified Linux Driver 1 Make sure that you connect your machine to...

Page 77: ...in the Login field and enter the system password NOTE You must log in as a super user root to install the printer software If you are not a super user ask your system administrator 2 Insert the printe...

Page 78: ...fied Driver Configurator Printers Configuration button Ports Configuration button Printers Configuration Printers configuration has the two tabs Printers and Classes Printers Tab You can see the curre...

Page 79: ...en the Unified Driver Configurator If necessary switch to Printers configuration 2 Select your machine on the available printers list and click Properties 3 The Printer Properties window opens The fol...

Page 80: ...s files such as color options image size or image position Device allows you to set the print resolution paper source and destination 5 Click Apply to apply the changes and close the Properties window...

Page 81: ...net cable 2 Turn on your computer and the machine 3 Insert the PostScript driver CD ROM which came with your machine into the CD ROM drive 4 Double click the Samsung_LBP on your Macintosh desktop 5 Do...

Page 82: ...d on the Printer List For MAC OS 10 5 press the icon then a display window will pop up 4 Select the AppleTalk tab For MAC OS 10 3 select the Rendezvous tab For MAC OS 10 4 click Default Browser and fi...

Page 83: ...ck Print when you finish setting the options Make sure that your printer is selected Changing Printer Settings You can use advanced printing features when using your printer From your Macintosh applic...

Page 84: ...st quality printout If you load a different type of print material select the corresponding paper type Printer Features This tab provides options for selecting the paper type and adjusting print quali...

Page 85: ...ocument The binding options are Long Edge Binding Which is the conventional layout used in book binding Short Edge Binding Which is the type often used with calendars 1 From your Macintosh application...

Page 86: ...ws 18 O orientation print 31 Windows 14 overlay create 22 delete 22 print 22 P Paper properties set 14 paper size set 14 print 31 paper source set 31 Windows 15 paper type set Macintosh 35 print 31 po...

Page 87: ...15 software install Macintosh 32 Windows 4 reinstall Windows 10 system requirements Macintosh 32 uninstall Windows 11 status monitor use 25 T toner save set 15 U uninstall software Windows 11 uninstal...

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