Samsung ML-186XW manual Basic setup, Setting the default tray and paper, Altitude adjustment

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basic setup

After installation is complete, you may want to set the machine’s default settings. Refer to the next section if you would like to set or change values. This chapter gives you step-by-step instructions for setting up the machine.

This chapter includes:

 

Setting the default tray and paper

Altitude adjustment

Setting the default tray and paper

You can select the tray and paper you would like to keep using for printing job.

From your computer

Windows

1.Click the Windows Start menu.

2.For Windows 2000, select Settings > Printers.

For Windows XP/2003, select Printer and Faxes.

For Windows 2008/Vista, select Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Printers.

For Windows 7, select Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Devices and Printers.

For Windows Server 2008 R2, select Control Panel > Hardware > Devices and Printers.

3.Right-click on your machine.

4.For Windows XP/2003/2008/Vista, press Printing Preferences.

For Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, from context menus, select the Printing Preferences.

If Printing Preferences item has a ► mark, you can select other printer drivers connected with the selected printer.

5.Click Paper tab.

6.Select tray and its options, such as paper size and type.

7.Press OK.

If you want to use special-sized paper such as a billing paper, select Edit... in the Paper tab in the Printing Preferences. (See "Opening printing preferences" on page 42.)

Macintosh

Macintosh does not support this function. Macintosh users need to change the default setting manually each time they want to print using other settings.

1.Open a Macintosh application and select the file you want to print.

2.Open the File menu and click Print.

3.Go to Paper Feed pane.

4.Set appropriate tray from which you want to print.

5.Go to Paper pane.

6.Set paper type to correspond to the paper loaded in the tray from which you want to print.

7.Click Print to print.

Linux

1.Open Terminal Program.

2.When the Terminal screen appears, type in the following:

[root@localhost root]# lpr <FileName>

3.Select Printer and click Properties…

4.Click on the Advanced tab.

5.Select the tray (source) and its options, such as paper size and type.

6.Press OK.

Altitude adjustment

The print quality is affected by atmospheric pressure, which is determined by the height of the machine above sea level. The following information will guide you on how to set your machine to the best print quality or best quality of print.

Before you set the altitude value, determine the altitude where you are.

4,000 m

(13,123 ft)

1

 

 

3,000 m

 

 

(9,842 ft)

 

 

2

 

 

2,000 m

 

 

(6,561 ft)

 

 

3

1

High 3

1,000 m

(3,280 ft)

2

High 2

4

3

High 1

0

4

Normal

You can altitude adjustment in Printer Settings Utility.

1.Double-click the Smart Panel icon on the Windows task bar (or Notification Area in Linux).For Mac OS X, see "Using the Smart Panel program" on page 49.

Or, if you are a Windows user, you can launch it from the Start menu, select Programs or All Programs > Samsung Printers > your printer driver name > Smart Panel.

2.Click Printer Setting.

3.Select necessary options in the Altitude Adjustment drop-down list.

4.Click the Apply button.

If your machine is connected to a network, SyncThru™ Web Service screen appears automatically. This can also be adjusted via SyncThru™ Web Service.

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