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Printing quality problems

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6. Troubleshooting

 

Curl

If the printed paper is curled or paper does not feed into the machine:

• Turn the stack of paper over in the tray. Also try rotating the paper 180° in the tray. 

• Change the printer’s paper option and try again. Go to 

Printing Preferences

, click the 

Paper

 tab, and set type 

to 

Thin

.

•

An unknown image 
repetitively appears on 
a few sheets

•

Loose toner

•

Light print

G

or 

contamination occurs

Your machine is probably being used at an altitude of 1,000 m (3,281 ft) or above.

The high altitude may affect the print quality, such as loose toner or light imaging. Change the altitude setting for 
your machine (See "Altitude adjustment" on page 67).

Condition

Suggested Solutions

Summary of Contents for ML-331 Series

Page 1: ...sockets You need to buy a suitable plug adaptor Do not remove the moulded plug If you cut off the moulded plug get rid of it straight away You cannot rewire the plug and you may receive an electric shock if you plug it into a socket Important warning If the wires in the mains lead do not match the colors marked in your plug do the following You must connect the green and yellow wire to the pin mar...

Page 2: ...ognition of their conformity A full declaration defining the relevant Directives and referenced standards can be obtained from your Samsung Electronics Co Ltd representative European radio approval information for products fitted with EU approved radio devices Low power Radio LAN type devices radio frequency RF wireless communication devices operating in the 2 4 GHz 5 GHz band may be present embed...

Page 3: ...em The following section is a general overview of considerations while 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 system are only qualified for use in the countries identified by the Radio Approval Marks on the system rating label If the country yo...

Page 4: ... be restricted or eliminated 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 ...

Page 5: ...Regulatory information 100 5 Appendix 21 ...

Page 6: ...d to use of this user s guide Samsung and the Samsung logo are trademarks of Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Microsoft Windows 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 or...

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Page 10: ... Guide Advanced imagine the possibilities This guide provides information about installation advanced configuration operation and troubleshooting on various OS environments Some features may not be available depending on model or country ...

Page 11: ...us 56 Information 57 Layout 58 Paper 59 Graphic 60 System setup 63 Emulation 64 Network 65 Admin setup 4 Special features 67 Altitude adjustment 68 Changing the font setting 69 Changing the default print settings 70 Setting your machine as a default machine 71 Using advanced print features 78 Using Direct Printing Utility Windows only 80 Using memory hard drive features 81 Macintosh printing 83 Li...

Page 12: ...nts 3 6 Troubleshooting 103 Paper feeding problems 104 Power and cable connecting problems 105 Printing problems 109 Printing quality problems 117 Operating system problems Contact SAMSUNG worldwide Glossary ...

Page 13: ...r using the cable If your machine is attached to a network skip the following steps below and go on to installing a network connected machine s driver see Installing driver over the network17 Installation for Macintosh 5 Reinstallation for Macintosh 7 Installation for Linux 8 Reinstallation for Linux 10 If you are a Windows OS user refer to the Basic Guide for installing the machine s driver Only ...

Page 14: ...tions will be installed If you select Custom Install you can choose individual components to install 10 When the message that warns that all applications will close on your computer appears click Continue 11 Select Typical installation for a local printer and then click OK 12 Click Continue on the Read Me window 13 After the installation is finished click Quit 14 Open the Applications folder Utili...

Page 15: ...ne name in Model Name For Mac OS X 10 4 if Auto Select does not work properly select Samsung in Print Using and your machine name in Model For Mac OS X 10 5 10 6 if Auto Select does not work properly select Select a driver to use and your machine name in Print Using Your machine appears on the Printer List and is set as the default machine 18 Click Add ...

Page 16: ...ears on your Macintosh desktop 4 Double click the MAC_Installer folder Installer OS X icon 5 Enter the password and click OK 6 Click Continue 7 Read the license agreement and click Continue 8 Click Agree to agree to the license agreement 9 Select Uninstall and click Uninstall 10 When the message which warns that all applications will close on your computer appears click Continue 11 When the uninst...

Page 17: ...5 Double click cdroot autorun 6 When the welcome screen appears click Next 7 When the installation is complete click Finish The installation program added the Unified Driver Configurator desktop icon and the Unified Driver group to the system menu for your convenience If you have any difficulties consult the on screen help that is available through your system menu or from the driver package Windo...

Page 18: ...uter and powered on 2 When the Administrator Login window appears type 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 your system administrator 3 From the Samsung website download the Printer Settings Utility package to your computer 4 Right click the Printer Settings Utility package and ext...

Page 19: ...gin window appears type root in the Login field and enter the system password You must log in as a super user root to uninstall the printer driver If you are not a super user ask your system administrator 3 Click the icon at the bottom of the desktop When the Terminal screen appears type in the following root localhost root cd opt Samsung mfp uninstall root localhost uninstall uninstall sh 4 Click...

Page 20: ...his chapter gives you step by step instructions for setting up a network connected machine and software Useful network programs 12 Wired network setup 13 Installing driver over the network 17 IPv6 configuration 24 Wireless network setup 27 ...

Page 21: ...ill be sent to a certain person s email automatically Configure the network parameters necessary for the machine to connect to various network environments 2 SyncThru Web Admin Service Web based machine management solution for network administrators SyncThru Web Admin Service provides you with an efficient way of managing network devices and lets you remotely monitor and troubleshoot network machi...

Page 22: ...e has the display screen Press the Menu button on the control panel and select Network Network Config Network Configuration Yes The machine does not have the display screen Press the Cancel or Stop Clear button for more than five seconds on the control panel Using this Network Configuration Report you can find your machine s MAC address and IP address For example MAC Address 00 15 99 41 A2 78 IP A...

Page 23: ...he Network Configuration Report see Printing a network configuration report on page 13 and enter it without the colons For example 00 15 99 29 51 A8 becomes 0015992951A8 8 Click Apply and then click OK The machine will automatically print the NetworkConfigurationReport Confirm that all the settings are correct IPv4 configuration using SetIP Macintosh Before using the SetIP program disable the comp...

Page 24: ...er it without the colons For example 00 15 99 29 51 A8 becomes 0015992951A8 6 Select Apply then OK and OK again 7 Quit Safari IPv4 configuation using SetIP Linux Before using the SetIP program disable the computer firewall from System Preferences or Administrator The following instructions may vary from your model or operating systems 1 Open opt Samsung mfp share utils 2 Double click the SetIPAppl...

Page 25: ...Wired network setup 16 2 Using a network connected machine 5 The machine will automatically print the Network Configuration Report ...

Page 26: ...oose individual components to install Follow the instructions on the window 4 Read License Agreement and select I accept the terms of the License Agreement Then click Next The program searches for the machine If your machine is not found on the network or locally an error message appears Check if you want to install the software without connection of the printer Check this option to install this p...

Page 27: ...mmunity Name If your system administrator set the new SNMP Community Name on the machine you can find the machine in the network Contact your system administrator for new SNMP Community Name 5 The searched machines will be shown on the screen Select the one you wish to use and click OK If the driver searched only one machine the confirmation window appears 6 Follow the instructions in the installa...

Page 28: ...tinue on the Read me window 15 After the installation is finished click OK 16 Open the Applications folder Utilities Print Setup Utility For Mac OS X 10 5 10 6 open the Applications folder System Preferences and click Print Fax 17 Click Add on the Printer List For Mac OS X 10 5 10 6 click the icon A display window will pop up 18 For Mac OS X 10 3 select the IP Printing tab For Mac OS X 10 4 click ...

Page 29: ... printer software http www samsung com printer To install other software See Installing the Smart Panel on page 8 See Installing the Printer Settings Utility on page 9 Install the Linux driver and add network printer 1 Make sure that the machine is connected to your network and powered on Also your machine s IP address should have been set 2 Download the Unified Linux Driver package from the Samsu...

Page 30: ...tion and click Next 8 After the machine is added click Finish 9 UNIX Make sure your machine supports the UNIX operating system before installing the UNIX printer driver see basic guide To use the UNIX printer driver you have to install the UNIX printer driver package first then setup the printer You can download the UNIX printer driver package from the Samsung website Installing the UNIX printer d...

Page 31: ... command to give the permission to the installer script 8 Execute the install c command to verify installation results 9 Run installprinter from the command line This will bring up the Add Printer Wizard window Setup the printer in this window referring to the following procedures On some UNIX OS for example on Solaris 10 just added printers may not be enabled and or may not accept jobs In this ca...

Page 32: ...g to the type of the printer in the Type field This is optional 4 Specify any printer description in the Description field This is optional 5 Specify the printer location in the Location field 6 Type the IP address or DNS name of the printer in the Device textbox for network connected printers On IBM AIX with jetdirectQueuetype only the DNS name is possible numeric IP address is not allowed 7 Queu...

Page 33: ...on Report that will check IPv6 addresses see Printing a network configuration report on page 13 4 Select Start Control Panel Printers and Faxes 5 Click Add a printer in the left pane of the Printers and Faxes windows 6 Click Add a local printer in the Add Printer windows 7 The Add Printer Wizard window appears Follow the instructions in the window If the machine does not work in the network enviro...

Page 34: ...s the Menu button on the control panel 2 Press Network OK TCP IP IPv6 OK DHCPv6 Config 3 Press OK to select the required value you want DHCPv6 Addr Always use DHCPv6 regardless of router request DHCPv6 Off Never use DHCPv6 regardless of router request Router Use DHCPv6 only when requested by a router Manual address configuration 1 Start a web browser such as Internet Explorer that supports IPv6 ad...

Page 35: ...orer that supports IPv6 addressing as a URL 2 Select one of the IPv6 addresses Link local Address Stateless Address Stateful Address Manual Address from Network Configuration Report see Printing a network configuration report on page 13 3 Enter the IPv6 addresses e g http FE80 215 99FF FE66 7701 Address must be enclosed in brackets ...

Page 36: ... You can install a wireless network from the machine s control panel or the computer From the control panel For most users we recommend using the WPS button to configure the wireless network settings WPS If your machine and an access point or wireless router support Wi Fi Protected Setup WPS you can easily configure the wireless network settings by pressing the WPS button on the control panel see ...

Page 37: ...SyncThru Web Service program see Using a network cable on page 48 15 Using the WPS button If your machine and an access point or wireless router support Wi Fi Protected Setup WPS you can easily configure the wireless network settings by pressing the WPS button on the control panel without a computer If you want to use the wireless network using the infrastructure mode make sure that the network ca...

Page 38: ...wireless router Factory default in your machine is PBC mode which is recommended for a typical wireless network environment To changeGthe WPS mode press Menu Wireless OK WPS Setting Machines with an display screen Ź Connecting in PBC mode 1 Press and hold the WPS button on the control panel for more than 2 seconds The machine starts waiting for up to two minutes until you press the WPS PBC button ...

Page 39: ...ork the WPS LED light stays on c AP SSID After completing the wireless network connection process the AP s SSID information is diplayed on the LCD display Machines without an display screen Ź Connecting in PBC mode 1 Press and hold the WPS button on the control panel for about 2 4 seconds until the status LED blinks quickly The machine starts connecting to the wireless network The LEDblinksslowlyf...

Page 40: ...D blinks in the order below a The light blinks fast on the WPS LED The machine is connecting to the access point or wireless router b When the machine is successfully connected to the wireless network the WPS LED light stays on Re connecting to a network When the wireless function is off the machine automatically tries to re connect to the access point or wireless router with the previously used w...

Page 41: ... access point or wireless router was installed If you do not know about your wireless environment please ask the person who set up your network After completing the wireless network connection you need to install a machine driver to print from an application see Installing driver over the network on page 17 1 Press the Menu button on the control panel 2 Press Network OK Wireless OK WLAN Settings O...

Page 42: ...K to select the method of Operation Mode Ad hoc Allows wireless devices to communicate directly with each other in a peer to peer environment Go to step 4 Infrastructure Allows wireless devices to communicate with each other through an access point Go to step 5 4 Press OK to select the method of Channel If you select Auto the wireless network interface card on your machine will automatically adjus...

Page 43: ...he network cable standard or crossover Your machine should then start communicating wirelessly with the network In case of Ad hoc mode you can use a wireless LAN and wired LAN simultaneously 17 Setup using Windows Shortcut to Wireless Setting program without CD If you have installed the printer driver once you can access the Wireless Setting program without CD From the Start menu select Programs o...

Page 44: ...s failed you may check if the USB cable is properly connected between the computer and machine and follow the instructions on the window 7 After searching the window shows the wireless network devices Select the name SSID of the access point you are using and click Next If you cannot find the network name you want to choose or if you want to set the wireless configuration manually click Advanced S...

Page 45: ...ears The window may differ according to its security mode WEP or WPA WEP Select OpenSystem or SharedKey for the authentication and enter the WEP security key 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 W...

Page 46: ...et the static IP address For example If the computer s network information is as shown below IP address 169 254 133 42 Subnet Mask 255 255 0 0 Then the machine s network information should be as follows IP address 169 254 133 43 Subnet Mask 255 255 0 0 Use the computer s subnet mask Gateway 169 254 133 1 9 When the wireless network setting is completed disconnect the USB cable between the computer...

Page 47: ...nected computer Software CD that was provided with your machine The machine installed with a wireless network interface USB cable Ź Creating the ad hoc network in Windows 1 Check whether the USB cable is connected to the machine 2 Turn on your computer and the wireless network machine 3 Insert the supplied software CD into your CD ROM drive 4 Select the Wireless Setting and Installation option Ins...

Page 48: ...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 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 Encryption Selec...

Page 49: ...Wireless network setup 40 2 Using a network connected machine 8 The window showing the wireless network setting appears Check the settings and click Next ...

Page 50: ... the Wireless Network Setting Confirm window If it shows DHCP click Change TCP IP to enter the IP address and other network configuration values for the machine For example If the computer s network information is as shown follows IP address 169 254 133 42 Subnet Mask 255 255 0 0 Then the machine s network information should be as below IP address 169 254 133 43 Subnet Mask 255 255 0 0 Use the com...

Page 51: ... prints out correctly click Yes If not click No to reprint it 15 To register as a user of the machine in order to receive information from Samsung click On line Registration 16 Click Finish 18 Setup using Macintosh Items to prepare Access point Network connected computer Software CD that was provided with your machine The machine installed with a wireless network interface USB cable Access point v...

Page 52: ... point you are using and click Next When you set the wireless configuration manually click Advanced Setting Enter the wireless Network Name Enter the SSID of the access point you want with 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 dat...

Page 53: ... Protocol and AES Advanced Encryption Standard for data encryption 16 The window shows the wireless network settings and check if settings are right Click Next For the DHCP method If the IP address assignment method is DHCP check if DHCP is shown in the window If it shows Static click Change TCP IP to change the assignment method to DHCP For the Static method If the IP address assignment method is...

Page 54: ...essly to your computer by setting up an ad hoc wireless network by following these simple directions Ź Items to prepare Network connected computer Software CD that provided with your machine The machine installed with a wireless network interface USB cable Ź Creating the ad hoc network in Macintosh 1 Check whether the USB cable is connected to the machine 2 Turn on your computer and machine 3 Inse...

Page 55: ... the list which Network Name SSID is portthru and Signal is Printer Self Network Then click Next If you want to use other ad hoc settings select another wireless network from the list If you want to change ad hoc settings click the Advanced Setting button Enter the wireless Network Name Enter the SSID name you want SSID is case sensitive Operation Mode Select ad hoc Channel Select the channel Auto...

Page 56: ...s 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 15 The window showing the wireless network settings appears Check the settings and click Next ...

Page 57: ...atic method If the IP address assignment method is Static check if Static is shown in the Wireless Network Setting Confirm window If it shows DHCP click Change TCP IP to enter the IP address and other network configuration values for the machine For example If the computer s network information is as shown follows IP address 169 254 133 42 Subnet Mask 255 255 0 0 Then the machine s network informa...

Page 58: ...etwork configuration report on page 13 IP setting using SetIP Program Windows This program is used to manually set the network IP address of your machine using its MAC address to communicate with the machine The MAC address is the hardware serial number of the network interface and can be found in the Network Configuration Report See Setting IP address on page 13 Configuring the machine s wireless...

Page 59: ... want to set the wireless network directly select Custom 7 Select the one Network Name SSID in the list SSID SSID Service Set Identifier is a name that identifies a wireless network access points and wireless devices attempting to connect to a specific wireless network must use the same SSID The SSID is case sensitive Operation Mode Operation Mode refers to the type of wireless connections See Wir...

Page 60: ...ed to the machine If not connect the machine with a standard network cable 2 Start a web browser such as Internet Explorer Safari or Firefox and enter your machine s new IP address in the browser window For example 3 Click Login on the upper right of the SyncThru Web Service website 4 Type in the ID and Password then click Login ID admin Password sec00000 5 When the SyncThru Web Service window ope...

Page 61: ...ed security on your access point and machine Ź Connecting Failure General Connection Error Your computer is not receiving a signal from your machine Check the USB cable and your machine s power Ź Connecting Failure Connected Wired Network Your machine is connected with a wired network cable Remove the wired network cable from your machine Ź PC Connection Error The configured network address is una...

Page 62: ...the same network and it cannot be found when searching firewall software might be blocking the communication Refer to the user s guide for the software to turn it off and try searching for 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 the access point or wireless router has a c...

Page 63: ...e range of the wireless network The machine is located away from obstacles that could block the wireless signal Remove any large metal objects between the access point or wireless router and the machine Make sure the machine and wireless access point or wireless router are not separated by poles walls or support columns containing metal or concrete The machine is located away from other electronic...

Page 64: ...access to various menus to set up the machine or use the machine s functions These menus can be accessed by pressing Menu An asterisk appears next to the currently selected menu Some menus may not appear on the display depending on options or models If so it is not applicable to your machine For models that do not have the display screen on the control panel this feature is not applicable Some men...

Page 65: ...t Prints the PS font list EPSON Font EPSON Font List Prints the EPSON font list KSC5843 Font List Prints the KS font list KSC5895 List Prints the KS5895 font list KSSM Font List Prints the KSSM font list Stored Job List Prints jobs currently stored in the optional memory or on a hard disk HDD Usage Counter Prints a usage page The usage page contains the total number of pages printed Completed Job ...

Page 66: ...ex Sets the margin for one sided printing Duplex Sets the margins for double sided printing Tray X Sets the paper margins in trays Simplex Sets the margin for one sided printing Duplex Sets the margins for double sided printing Emulation Mar Emulation Margin Sets the paper margins for emulation print page Top Margin Sets the top margin from 0 0 to 250 mm Left Margin Sets the left margin from 0 0 t...

Page 67: ...to use paper Tray Chaining Auto Tray Switch When you select any other value except Auto from Paper Source and the selected tray is empty you can set the machine to automatically print from other trays If you select Auto from Paper Source this message does not appear Tray Confirm Activates the tray confirmation message If you open and close a tray a window asking you whether to set the paper size a...

Page 68: ...per inch dpi The higher the setting the sharper printed characters and graphics Darken Text Clear Text Prints text darker than on a normal document Darkness Lightens or darkens the print on the page The Normal setting usually produces the best result Use the Light toner density setting to save toner ...

Page 69: ... Save Setshowlongthemachinewaitsbeforegoingto power save mode When the machine does not receive data for an extended period of time power consumption is automatically lowered Wakeup Event You can set the condition to wake up from power save mode Set the item on ButtonGPress GWhen you press any button except power button the machine wake up from the power save mode Printer When you open or close th...

Page 70: ... CLR Empty Msg This option appears only when toner cartridge is empty Supplies Info Allows you to check how many pages are printed and how much toner is left in the cartridge TonerLow Alert If toner in the cartridge has run out a message informing the user to change the toner cartridge appears You can set the option for this message to appear or not Paper Stacking If you use a machine in a humid a...

Page 71: ... the printing noise by turning this menu on However the printing speed and quality may be declined Eco Setup Allows you to save print resources and enables eco friendly printing Default Mode Select whether to turn the Eco mode on or off Onforce Sets the Eco mode on with password If a user wants to turn the Eco mode on off the user needs to enter the password Change Template Selects the eco templat...

Page 72: ...3 Useful setting menus Emulation Item Description Emulation Type The machine language defines how the computer communicates with the machine Setup Sets the detailed settings for the selected emulation type ...

Page 73: ...thernet Speed Configure the network transmission speed 802 1x You can selects the user authentication for network communication For detailed information consult the network administrator Wireless Selects this option to use the wireless network Clear Setting Reverts the network settings to the default values Network Conf Network Configuration This list shows information on your machine s network co...

Page 74: ...sg Prevents the TonerLow Alert message from appearing on the display Supplies Info Allows you to check how many pages are printed and how much toner is left in the cartridge TonerLow Alert If toner in the cartridge has run out a message informing the user to change the toner cartridge appears You can set the option for this message to appear or not RamDisk Enables disablesRAMdisktomanage jobs Depe...

Page 75: ...8 Changing the default print settings 69 Setting your machine as a default machine 70 Using advanced print features 71 Using Direct Printing Utility Windows only 78 Using memory hard drive features 80 Macintosh printing 81 Linux printing 83 Unix printing 85 The procedures in this chapter are mainly based on Windows 7 ...

Page 76: ...an set the altitude value from Device Settings or Machine section in Printer Settings Utlity program For Windows user see Device Settings on page 95 For Macintosh Linux or Unix OS user see Using Smart Panel Macintosh and Linux only on page 97 If your machine is connected to the network you can set the altitude via SyncThru Web Service You can also set the altitude in System Setup option on the mac...

Page 77: ... Unix OS user see Using Smart Panel Macintosh and Linux only on page 97 If your machine is connected to the network you can set the font setting via SyncThru Web Service You can also change the font setting in Emulation option on the machine s display The following information shows the proper font list for corresponding languages Russian CP866 ISO 8859 5 Latin Cyrillic Hebrew Hebrew 15Q Hebrew 8 ...

Page 78: ...and Printers For Windows Server 2008 R2 select Control Panel Hardware Devices and Printers 3 Right click on your machine 4 For Windows XP Server 2003 Server 2008 Vista select Printing Preferences For Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 from context menus select Printing preferences If Printing preferences has a you can select other printer drivers connected to the selected printer 5 Change the set...

Page 79: ...2008 Vista 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 Select your machine 4 Right click your machine and select Set as Default Printer For Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 if Set as default printer has a you can select other printer drivers connected to t...

Page 80: ...automatically saved in My Documents Documents and Settings or Users The saved folder may differ depending on your operating system or the application you are using 2 Understanding special printer features You can use advanced printing features when using your machine To take advantage of the printer features provided by your printer driver click Properties or Preferences in the application s Print...

Page 81: ...ap value Specify Poster Overlap in millimeters or inches by selecting the radio button on the upper right of Basic tab to make it easier to paste the sheets together Booklet Printing Prints your document on both sides of a sheet of paper and arranges the pages so that the paper can be folded in half after printing to produce a booklet If you want to make a booklet you need to print on Letter Legal...

Page 82: ...select the duplex option Double sided Printing Option Printer Default If you select this option this feature is determined by the settings you have selected on the control panel of the machine This option is available only when you use the PCL printer driver None Disables this feature Long Edge This option is the conventional layout used in bookbinding Short Edge This option is the conventional la...

Page 83: ...he preview window Watermark Editing a watermark a To change the print settings from your software application access Printing Preferences b Click the Advanced tab select Edit from the Watermark drop down list The Edit Watermarks window appears c Select the watermark you want to edit from the Current Watermarks list and change the watermark message and options d Click Update to save the changes e C...

Page 84: ... a new page overlay containing your logo or image The overlay document size must be the same as the document you print with the overlay Do not create an overlay with a watermark The resolution of the overlay document must be the same as that of the document you will print with the overlay Overlay Creating a new page overlay a To save the document as an overlay access Printing Preferences b Click t...

Page 85: ... the Overlay List box d If necessary check Confirm Page Overlay When Printing box If this box is checked a message window appears each time you submit a document for printing asking you to confirm printing an overlay on your document If this box is not checked and an overlay has been selected the overlay automatically prints with your document e Click OK or Print until you exit the Print window Ov...

Page 86: ...py first to check then print the rest of the copies later Confidential This mode is used for printing confidential documents You need to enter a password to print Store Select this setting to save a document in the hard disk without printing Spool This option can be useful when handling large amounts of data If you select this setting the printer spools the document into the hard disk and then pri...

Page 87: ...ture and retry printing Whether or not a PDF file can be printed using the Direct Printing Utility program depends on how the PDF file was created The Direct Printing Utility program supports PDF version 1 7 and below For higher versions you must open the file to print it 4 Printing There are several ways you can print using the Direct Printing Utility 1 From the Start menu select Programs or All ...

Page 88: ...dow alerting you to select the appropriate machine opens Select the appropriate machine in the Select Printer section 2 Customize the machine settings 3 Click Print The selected PDF file is sent to the machine 6 Using the right click menu 1 Right click on the PDF file to print and select Direct Printing The Direct Printing Utility window appears with the PDF file is added 2 Select the machine to u...

Page 89: ... you can use these features from the Menu button System Setup Job Management Active Job All of the print jobs waiting to be printed are listed in the active job queue in the order you sent them to the printer You can delete a job from the queue before printing or promote a job to print sooner File Policy You can choose the file policy for generating file name before you proceed with the job throug...

Page 90: ... 10 Changing printer settings You can use advanced printing features when using your machine Open an application and select Print from the File menu The machine name which appears in the printer properties window may differ depending on the machine in use Except for the name the composition of the printer properties window is similar to the following 11 Printing multiple pages on one sheet You can...

Page 91: ...h application select Print from the File menu 2 Select Layout from the drop down list under Orientation 3 Select a binding orientation from the Two Sided option 4 Select the other options to use 5 Click Print and the machine prints on both sides of the paper If you print more than 2 copies the first copy and the second copy might print on the same sheet of paper Avoid printing on both sides of pap...

Page 92: ...banners and changes the number of pages per sheet Text Specifies the page margins and set the text options such as spacing or columns Graphics Sets image options that are used when printing image files such as color options image size or image position Advanced Sets the print resolution paper source and destination 5 Click Apply to apply the changes and close the Properties window 6 Click OK in th...

Page 93: ...ter Properties window appears The following five tabs display at the top of the window General Allows you to change the printer location and name The name entered in this tab displays on the printer list in Printers configuration Connection Allows you to view or select another port If you change the machine port from USB to parallel or vice versa while in use you must re configure the machine port...

Page 94: ...d in Number of Copies To take advantage of the printer features provided by your printer driver press Properties see Changing printer settings on page 81 5 Press OK to start the print job 18 Changing the machine settings The UNIX printer driver Print Job Manager in which the user can select various print options in printer Properties The following hot keys may also be used H for Help O for OK A fo...

Page 95: ...print output HPGL 2 tab Use only black pen To print all graphics in black Fit plot to page Fit the entire graphic into a single page Pen Width Change value to increase the thickness of pen lines By default it is 1000 Margins tab Use Margins Set the margins for the document By default margins are not enabled The user can change the margin settings by changing the values in the respective fields Set...

Page 96: ...uces management tools provided to help you make full use of your machine It also provides information for maintaining the toner cartridge Storing the toner cartridge 88 Tips for moving storing your machine 90 Useful management tools 91 ...

Page 97: ...he toner cartridge properly Store the cartridge inside the protective bag from the original package Store lying flat not standing on end with the same side facing up as if it were installed in the machine Do not store consumables in any of the following conditions Temperature greater than 40 C 104 F Humidity range not less than 20 and not greater than 80 An environment with extreme changes in humi...

Page 98: ...e life Estimated cartridge life the life of the toner cartridge yield depends on the amount of toner that print jobs require The actual print yield may vary depending on the print density of the pages you print on operating environment printing interval media type and or media size For example if you print a lot of graphics the consumption of the toner is higher and you may need to change the cart...

Page 99: ...ing the machine do not tilt or turn it upside down Otherwise the inside of the machine may be contaminated by toner which can cause damage to the machine or reduce print quality When moving the machine make sure at least two people are holding the machine securely ...

Page 100: ...y differ from your machine depending on its options or models Network model only Accessing SyncThru Web Service 1 Access a web browser such as Internet Explorer from Windows Enter the machine IP address of your printer http xxx xxx xxx xxx in the address field and press the Enter key or click Go 2 Your machine s embedded website opens Ź Logging into SyncThru Web Service Before configuring options ...

Page 101: ...set configurations provided by your machine and network You need to log in as an administrator to view this tab Machine Settings tab Sets options provided by your machine Network Settings tab Shows options for the network environment Sets options such as TCP IP and network protocols Ź Security tab This tab allows you to set system and network security information You need to log in as an administr...

Page 102: ...e Settings E mail Notification If you have not configured outgoing server environment go to Settings Network Settings Outgoing Mail Server SMTP to configure network environment before setting e mail notification 4 Select Enable check box to use the E mail Notification 5 Click Add button to add e mail notification user Set the recipient name and e mail address es with notification items you want to...

Page 103: ...msung Easy Printer Manager provides two different user interfaces for the user to choose from the basic user interface and the advanced user interface Switching between the two interfaces is easy just click a button Internet Explorer 6 0 or higher is the minimum requirement for Samsung Easy Printer Manager Understanding Samsung Easy Printer Manager To open the program Select Start Programs or All ...

Page 104: ...area gives you general information about your machine You can check information such as the machine s model name IP address or Port name and machine status User s Guide button This button opens Troubleshooting Guide when an error occurs You can directly open the necessary section in the user s guide 3 Application information Includes links for changing to the advanced settings preference help and ...

Page 105: ...ccurs while operating you can check the error from the Samsung Printer Status Samsung Printer Status is installed automatically when you install the machine software You can also launch Samsung Printer Status manually Go to the Printing Preferences click the Basic tab Printer Status button These icons appear on the Windows task bar Icon Mean Description Normal The machine is in ready mode and expe...

Page 106: ...t Panel overview If an error occurs while operating you can check the error from the Smart Panel You can also launch Smart Panel manually 2 Alert Settings Select the settings you want from the options window 3 Order Supplies You can order replacement toner cartridge s from online 4 Troubleshooting You can directly open the troubleshooting section in the user s guide 5 Close Close the window Macint...

Page 107: ...ically be created on your desktop Opening Unified Driver Configurator 1 Double click the Unified Driver Configurator on the desktop You can also click the Startup Menu icon and select Samsung Unified Driver Unified Driver Configurator 2 Click each button on the left to switch to the corresponding configuration window 3 User s Guide You can view the online User s Guide This button opens the Trouble...

Page 108: ...nt system s printer configuration by clicking on the machine icon button on the left side of the Unified Driver Configurator window The printer control buttons are as follows Refresh Renews the available machines list Add Printer Allows you to add a new machines Remove Printer Removes the selected machine 1 Printer Configuration 2 Port Configuration 1 Switches to Printers configuration 2 Shows all...

Page 109: ...e Classes tab shows a list of available machine classes Refresh Renews the classes list Add Class Allows you to add a new machine class Remove Class Removes the selected machine class Ports configuration In this window you can view the list of available ports check the status of each port and release a port that is stalled in a busy state when its owner has terminated the job for any reason 1 2 1 ...

Page 110: ...01 5 Maintenance Refresh Renews the available ports list Release port Releases the selected port 1 Switches to Ports configuration 2 Shows all of the available ports 3 Shows the port type device connected to the port and status ...

Page 111: ... chapter gives helpful information for what to do if you encounter an error Paper feeding problems 103 Power and cable connecting problems 104 Printing problems 105 Printing quality problems 109 Operating system problems 117 ...

Page 112: ... and reload it correctly There is too much paper in the tray Remove excess paper from the tray The paper is too thick Use only paper that meets the specifications required by the machine The paper keeps jamming There is too much paper in the tray Remove excess paper from the tray If you are printing on special materials use the multi purpose tray or manual feeder An incorrect type of paper is bein...

Page 113: ... power problems Condition Suggested solutions The machine is not receiving power ortheconnectioncablebetweenthe computer and the machine is not connected properly Connect the machine to the electricity supply first and press the Power button on the control panel Disconnect the machine s cable and reconnect it ...

Page 114: ... If a system error occurs contact your service representative The connection cable between the computer and the machine is not connected properly Disconnect the machine cable and reconnect it The connection cable between the computer and the machine is defective If possible attach the cable to another computer that is working properly and print a job You can also try using a different machine cabl...

Page 115: ...ion that was selected in the Printing Preferences may be incorrect For many software applications the paper source selection is found under the Paper tab within the Printing Preferences Select the correct paper source See the printer driver help screen A print job is extremely slow The job may be very complex Reduce the complexity of the page or try adjusting the print quality settings Half the pa...

Page 116: ...ftware application is malfunctioning Try printing a job from another application The operating system is malfunctioning Exit Windows and reboot the computer Turn the machine off and back on again If you are in a DOS environment the font setting for your machine may be set incorrectly See Changing the font setting on page 68 Pages print but they are blank The toner cartridge is defective or out of ...

Page 117: ...s very low Reduce the photo size If you increase the photo size in the software application the resolution will be reduced Before printing the machine emits vapor near the output tray Usingdamppapercancausevaporduring printing This is not a problem Just keep printing The machine does not print special sized paper such as billing paper Paper size and paper size setting do not match Set the correct ...

Page 118: ...solution setting is too low or the toner save mode is on Adjust the print resolution and turn the toner save mode off See the help screen of the printer driver A combination of faded or smeared defects may indicate that the toner cartridge needs cleaning Clean the inside of your machine The surface of the LSU part inside the machine may be dirty Clean the inside of your machine If these steps do n...

Page 119: ...as to reject toner Try a different kind or brand of paper Change the printer option and try again Go to Printing Preferences click the Paper tab and set type to ThickG or Thicker see Basic Guide for paper weights for each sheet If these steps do not correct the problem contact a service representative White Spots If white spots appear on the page The paper is too rough and a lot of dirt from paper...

Page 120: ...he inside of your machine If these steps do not correct the problem contact a service representative Black background If the amount of background shading becomes unacceptable Change to a lighter weight paper Check the environmental conditions very dry conditions or a high level of humidity higher than 80 RH can increase the amount of background shading Remove the old toner cartridge and install a ...

Page 121: ...sture If background scatter occurs on an envelope change the printing layout to avoid printing over areas that have overlapping seams on the reverse side Printing on seams can cause problems If background scatter covers the entire surface area of a printed page adjust the print resolution through your software application or in Printing Preferences GEnsure the correct paper type is selected For ex...

Page 122: ... that the paper is loaded properly Check the paper type and quality Ensure that the guides are not too tight or too loose against the paper stack Curl or wave Ensure that the paper is loaded properly Check the paper type and quality Both high temperature and humidity can cause paper curl Turn the stack of paper over in the tray Also try rotating the paper 180 in the tray Condition Suggested Soluti...

Page 123: ... paper 180 in the tray Back of printouts are dirty Check for leaking toner Clean the inside of the machine Solid color or black pages The toner cartridge may not be installed properly Remove the cartridge and reinsert it The toner cartridge may be defective Remove the toner cartridge and install a new one The machine may require repairing Contact a service representative Condition Suggested Soluti...

Page 124: ...another type of transparency Because of the composition of transparencies some character voids are normal You may be printing on the wrong surface of the paper Remove the paper and turn it around The paper may not meet paper specifications Horizontal stripes If horizontally aligned black streaks or smears appear The toner cartridge may be installed improperly Remove the cartridge and reinsert it T...

Page 125: ...y again Go to Printing Preferences click the Paper tab and set type to Thin An unknown image repetitively appears on a few sheets Loose toner Light printGor contamination occurs Your machine is probably being used at an altitude of 1 000 m 3 281 ft or above The high altitude may affect the print quality such as loose toner or light imaging Change the altitude setting for your machine See Altitude ...

Page 126: ...emove all software from the startup group then restart Windows Reinstall the printer driver General Protection Fault Exception OE Spool 32 or Illegal Operation messages appear Close all other applications reboot Windows and try printing again Fail To Print A printer timeout error occurred message appear These messages may appear during printing Just keep waiting until the machine finishes printing...

Page 127: ...crobat printing options It will take longer to print when you print a PDF file as an image The document has printed but the printjobhasnotdisappearedfrom the spooler in Mac OS X10 3 2 Update your MAC OS to MAC OS X 10 3 3 or higher Some letters are not displayed normally during cover page printing Mac OS cannot create the font while printing the cover page The English alphabet and numbers are disp...

Page 128: ...y For Gimp front end select print Setup printer and edit the command line parameter in the command item The machine does not print whole pages and output is printed on half the page It is a known problem that occurs when a color machine is used on version 8 51 or earlier of Ghostscript 64 bit Linux OS and has been reported to bugs ghostscript com as Ghostscript Bug 688252 The problem is solved in ...

Page 129: ... page and verify that the PS version is available for printing If the problem persists contact a service representative Limit Check Error report prints The print job was too complex You might need to reduce the complexity of the page or install more memory A PostScript error page prints The print job may not be PostScript Make sure that the print job is a PostScript job Check to see whether the so...

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Page 132: ...G 172678 022 607 93 33 www samsung com Country Region Customer Care Center Web Site PORTUGAL 80820 SAMSUNG 726 7864 www samsung com PUERTO RICO 1 800 682 3180 www samsung com RUMANIA 08010 SAMSUNG 08010 726 7864 only from landline local network Romtelecom local tariff 021 206 01 10 for landline and mobile normal tariff www samsung com RUSSIA 8 800 555 55 55 www samsung com SAUDI ARABIA 9200 21230 ...

Page 133: ...om TRINIDAD TOBAGO 1 800 SAMSUNG 726 7864 www samsung com TURKEY 444 77 11 www samsung com U A E 800 SAMSUNG 726 7864 www samsung com U K 0330 SAMSUNG 726 7864 www samsung com U S A 1 800 SAMSUNG 726 7864 www samsung com UKRAINE 0 800 502 000 www samsung ua www samsung com ua_ru UZBEKISTAN 8 10 800 500 55 500 www samsung com VENEZUELA 0 800 100 5303 www samsung com VIETNAM 1 800 588 889 www samsun...

Page 134: ...cts as a central transmitter and receiver of WLAN radio signals ADF An Automatic Document Feeder ADF is a scanning unit that will automatically feed an original sheet of paper so that the machine can scan some amount of the paper at once AppleTalk AppleTalk is a proprietary suite of protocols developed by Apple Inc for computer networking It was included in the original Macintosh 1984 and is now d...

Page 135: ...ically vertical area where control or monitoring instruments are displayed They are typically found in front of the machine Coverage It is the printing term used for a toner usage measurement on printing For example 5 coverage means that an A4 sided paper has about 5 image or text on it So if the paper or original has complicated images or lots of text on it the coverage will be higher and at the ...

Page 136: ...associated with domain names in a distributed database on networks such as the Internet Dot Matrix Printer A dot matrix printer refers to a type of computer printer with a print head that runs back and forth on the page and prints by impact striking an ink soaked cloth ribbon against the paper much like a typewriter DPI Dots Per Inch DPI is a measurement of resolution that is used for scanning and...

Page 137: ...behavior which is in contrast to simulation which concerns an abstract model of the system being simulated often considering its internal state Ethernet Ethernet is a frame based computer networking technology for local area networks LANs It defines wiring and signaling for the physical layer and frame formats and protocols for the media access control MAC data link layer of the OSI model Ethernet...

Page 138: ... areas consist of a large number of dots while lighter areas consist of a smaller number of dots HDD Hard Disk Drive HDD commonly referred to as a hard drive or hard disk is a non volatile storage device which stores digitally encoded data on rapidly rotating platters with magnetic surfaces IEEE The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE is an international non profit professional ...

Page 139: ...ange It is a networking protocol used by the Novell NetWare operating systems IPX and SPX both provide connection services similar to TCP IP with the IPX protocol having similarities to IP and SPX having similarities to TCP IPX SPX was primarily designed for local area networks LANs and is a very efficient protocol for this purpose typically its performance exceeds that of TCP IP on a LAN ISO The ...

Page 140: ...ory Access Protocol LDAP is a networking protocol for querying and modifying directory services running over TCP IP LED A Light Emitting Diode LED is a semiconductor device that indicates the status of a machine MAC address Media Access Control MAC address is a unique identifier associated with a network adapter MAC address is a unique 48 bit identifier usually written as 12 hexadecimal characters...

Page 141: ...e first the differences determined and then the differences are encoded and transmitted NetWare AnetworkoperatingsystemdevelopedbyNovell Inc Itinitiallyused cooperative multitasking to run various services on a PC and the network protocols were based on the archetypal Xerox XNS stack Today NetWare supports TCP IP as well as IPX SPX OPC Organic Photo Conductor OPC is a mechanism that makes a virtua...

Page 142: ...by HP as a printer protocol and has become an industry standard Originally developed for early inkjet printers PCL has been released in varying levels for thermal dot matrix printer and laser printers PDF Portable Document Format PDF is a proprietary file format developed by Adobe Systems for representing two dimensional documents in a device independent and resolution independent format PostScrip...

Page 143: ...rld s public circuit switched telephone networks which on industrial premises is usually routed through the switchboard RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial In User Service RADIUS is a protocol for remote user authentication and accounting RADIUS enables centralized management of authentication data such as usernames and passwords using an AAA authentication authorization and accounting concept to ma...

Page 144: ... part of the address is the network address and which part is the host address TCP IP The Transmission Control Protocol TCP and the Internet Protocol IP the set of communications protocols that implement the protocol stack on which the Internet and most commercial networks run TCR Transmission Confirmation Report TCR provides details of each transmission such as job status transmission result and ...

Page 145: ...ucts The format of a UNC path is servername sharename Additional directory URL Uniform Resource Locator URL is the global address of documents and resources on the Internet The first part of the address indicates what protocol to use the second part specifies the IP address or the domain name where the resource is located USB Universal Serial Bus USB is a standard that was developed by the USB Imp...

Page 146: ...WEP WPA PSK WPA PSK WPA Pre Shared Key is special mode of WPA for small business or home users A shared key or password is configured in the wireless access point WAP and any wireless laptop or desktop devices WPA PSK generates a unique key for each session between a wireless client and the associated WAP for more advanced security WPS The Wi Fi Protected Setup WPS is a standard for establishing a...

Page 147: ...formationG 56 machine setup machine statusG 56 Macintosh common Macintosh problemsG 118 driver installation for network connectedG18 driver installation for USB cable connectedG 5 driver reinstallation for USB cable connectedG 7 printingG 81 using SetIPG 14 N network driver installation LinuxG 20 MacintoshG 18 UNIXG 21 WindowsG 17 general setupG 64 introducing network programsG 12 IPv6 configurati...

Page 148: ... supplies estimated toner cartridge lifeG 89 SyncThru Web Service general informationG 91 T toner cartridge estimated lifeG 89 handling instructionsG 88 non Samsung and refilledG 88 storingG 88 U UNIX driver installation for network connectedG21 printingG 85 USB cable driver installationG 5SG8 driver reinstallationG 7SG10 using helpG 82 W watermark createG 74 deleteG 74 editG 74 Windows common Win...

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