Maintaining Your Printer | Samsung 1740 instruction

5Maintaining Your Printer

This chapter provides suggestions for maintaining the toner cartridge and the printer.

This chapter includes:

•Maintaining the Toner Cartridge

•Cleaning the Printer

•Consumables and Replacement Parts

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Samsung 1740 manual Maintaining Your Printer

Contents

Page Page Contents Printing on Card Stock or Printing Multiple Pages on One Sheet of Paper Redistributing Toner Replacing the Toner Cartridge Cleaning the Outside Cleaning the InsideTips for Avoiding Paper Jams When Printing Appendix Environmental and Safety Consideration Ozone Safety Radio Frequency Emissions Introduction Handle paper flexibly Special FeaturesPrint with excellent quality and high speed Create professional documents You can print in Windows 95/98/Me/NT 4.0/2000/XP Save your time and moneyPrint in various environments Printer Components Front View Inside View Rear View Description On Line/Error and Toner Save LEDsUnderstanding the Control Panel Cancel button Function Description Introduction Setting Up Your Printer Unpacking Components may differ from one country to another Your desk or table Selecting a LocationSelect a level, stable place with adequate space for air Installing the Toner Cartridge Setting UP Your Printer Loading Paper Slide the tray back into the printer Load paper with the print side facing downMake sure that all four corners are flat in the tray Changing the Paper Size in the Tray See your computer User’s Guide if you need help Connecting a Printer CableUsing a Parallel Cable Using a USB Cable Turning the Printer on Printing a Demo If you are printing from Macintosh Installing Printer SoftwareIf you are printing from Windows If you are printing in Linux Watermark feature is not supported on Mac OS 9.1 or higher Printer Driver FeaturesPrinter Driver Feature System Requirements Installing Printer software in WindowsInstalling Printer Software If the CD-ROM drive does not automatically run Setting UP Your Printer Checkbox and click Finish. You are now accessed to Repairing the Printer software Select Samsung ML-1740 Series and then Printer Maintenance Select Samsung ML-1740 Series and Language Selection Removing the Printer softwareChanging the Display Language Viewing the User’s Guide Select Samsung ML-1740 Series and View User’s Guide Using Print Materials Choosing Paper and Other Materials Sizes and Capacities Size Input Source/Capacitya Tray Guidelines for Paper and Special Materials Selecting the Output Location Printing to the Top Output Tray Face down Printing to the Rear Output Tray Face up To open the rear output tray Using the Tray Using the Manual Feeder Repeat this step for every page to be printed Double-click this icon to view Queue of the print jobs Guidelines Adjust the guide to the edge of the envelope stackPrinting on Envelopes Using Print Materials Printing on Labels Printing on Transparencies Using Print Materials Printing on Card Stock or Custom-sized Materials Printing on Preprinted Paper Load with the design face up, top edge towards the printer Using Print Materials Printing Tasks Printing a Document Landscape Press the Cancel button on the control panel Canceling a Print JobThere are two ways to cancel a print job To stop a print job from the Control Panel From the Document menu, select Cancel Printing Using a Favorite SettingUsing Help Windows 9x/Me or Cancel Windows NT 4.0/2000/XP Setting Paper Properties Property Description Color Paper Using the Toner Save Mode From the Control Panel Click OK From the software applicationSelect this option Printing Multiple Pages on One Sheet of Paper N-Up Printing Select the page order, if necessary Scaling Your Document Fitting Your Document to a Selected Paper Size Printing Posters Printing Tasks Toner Save Setting Graphic PropertiesResolution Advanced Options Darkness ➂ True-Type Options Advanced Using an existing Watermark Printing Watermarks Creating a Watermark Deleting a Watermark Click Update to save the changes Click OKEditing a Watermark Creating a New Page Overlay What is an Overlay?Printing Overlays Printing Tasks Using a Page Overlay Click OK until you exit the Print window Deleting a Page OverlayClick Delete Overlay Samsung ML-1740 Series Status monitor window appears Using the Status MonitorOpening the Status Monitor Changing the Status Monitor Program Setting Top of the window regardless of other open programs Setting Up Client PC Setting Up Locally Shared PrinterSetting Up Host Computer Windows 9x/Me Windows NT/2000/XP Printing Tasks Maintaining Your Printer Toner cartridge life expectancy Maintaining the Toner CartridgeToner cartridge storage Saving toner Redistributing Toner Replacing the Toner Cartridge Cleaning the Inside Cleaning the PrinterCleaning the Outside Cleaning inside the printer Maintaining Your Printer Printing a cleaning sheet Consumables and Replacement Parts Items Yield Average Solving Problems Line/Error LED is on Troubleshooting ChecklistCheck Solution Solving General Printing Problems Problem Possible Cause Solution Select the desired spool setting Reinstall the printer driver seeSpecifications required by the printer Settings matches the paper in the tray Text is wrong Then back on again Download as Bit Image Pages print Toner cartridge isBut are blank Defective or out Toner Print Wrong Water as hot water will set the toner into the fabric Clearing Paper JamsPaper Exit Area Solving Problems Paper Feed Area Around the Toner Cartridge Select 90 degrees Click Tips for Avoiding Paper Jams Solving Print Quality ProblemsPrint Quality Checklist Print Solving Print Quality ProblemsLight or faded Dropouts Toner smear Problem Solution Wrinkles or Black pages Curl Remove the paper and turn it aroundIf horizontally aligned black streaks or smears appear LED status legend Troubleshooting Error MessagesLED pattern Possible Problems and Solutions Common Windows Problems Problem Possible Cause and Solution Printing Errors Common Macintosh ProblemsProblems in the Chooser Does not appear Printer is turned on Chooser Common Linux Problems /etc/printcap file Am trying to print a Length of the option string that can be passed toMemory usage Rotated and cropped Your software vendor to inform them of the issue Errors Owning the spooler daemon On my PCL or SPLError messages printing Printing Solving Problems Appendix Macintosh Hardware Requirement Using Your Printer in MacintoshInstalling Software in Macintosh Macintosh System Requirement Click Continue and then click Continue Installing SoftwareMac OS 8.6 ~ Mac OS Click InstallAfter the installation is finished, click Restart Click Continue Installation After installation is completed, click Restart Setting Up Your Printer Printing a Document Saves the current Mac OS 8.6 ~ Using Advanced Printing FeaturesClick Print when you finish setting the options Color Darkness/QualityLayout Background Printing Paper Source Layout Output Option Print Quality Paper Source Summary Output Option Print Quality Summary Installing the Printer Driver Using Your Printer in LinuxInstalling the Printer Driver Appendix Appendix Appendix Changing the Printer Connection Method Uninstalling the Printer Driver Select Complete uninstall and then click Uninstall Using the Configuration Tool Appendix Changing Llpr Properties Appendix Printer Specifications Specifications and Description Paper Specifications Overview Paper Dimensionsa Weight Capacityb Supported Sizes of Paper Guidelines for Using Paper Symptom Problem with Solution Paper Paper Output Capacity Paper SpecificationsCategory Specifications Output Tray Capacity Printer and Paper Storage Environment Appendix Index Uninstall Visit us at Rev.1.00