User’s Guide
SAMSUNG LASER PRINTER
Centronics is a trademark of Centronics Data Computer Corporation
Chapter 2 SETTING UP YOUR PRINTER
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS
Chapter 3 USING PRINT MATERIALS
Chapter 4 PRINTING TASKS
Chapter 6 SOLVING PROBLEMS
Chapter 5 MAINTAINING YOUR PRINTER
Chapter 7 APPENDIX
Environmental and Safety Consideration
Laser Safety Statement
Ozone Safety
Power Saver
Recycling
Radio Frequency Emissions
FCC regulations
Canadian Radio Interference Regulations
EC Certification
Declaration of Conformity European Countries
Approvals and Certifications
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Do not disassemble the printer. Doing so may give you an electric shock
Special Features Printer Components Understanding the Control Panel
1 INTRODUCTION
Handle paper flexibly
Special Features
Print with excellent quality and high speed
Create professional documents
Save your time and money
Print in various environments
You can print in Windows 95/98/Me/NT 4.0/2000/XP
Control Panel Power switch Tray Paper level indicator
Printer Components
Front View
Output Support Front Cover Manual Feeder guide
Power receptacle Parallel port USB port
Inside View
Rear View
Toner cartridge Front Cover
On Line/Error and Toner Save LEDs
Understanding the Control Panel
Description
Canceling print job
Cancel button
Cleaning inside
Toner Save mode
1.8 INTRODUCTION
Connecting a Printer Cable Turning the Printer on
2 Setting Up Your Printer
Unpacking Installing the Toner Cartridge Loading Paper
Printing a Demo Page Installing Printer Software
Unpacking
Components may differ from one country to another
Selecting a Location
Clearance Space
Installing the Toner Cartridge
4 Locate the cartridge slots inside the printer, one on each side
Loading Paper
4 Load paper with the print side facing down
Make sure that all four corners are flat in the tray
6 Slide the tray back into the printer
If you do not adjust the width guide, it may cause paper jam
Changing the Paper Size in the Tray
1 Pinch the rear guide as shown below to adjust for the paper length
Do not push the width guide far enough to cause the material to warp
Connecting a Printer Cable
Using a Parallel Cable
Using a USB Cable
2.10 SETTING UP YOUR PRINTER
To the USB port on your computer
Turning the Printer on
Printing a Demo Page
2 The Demo page shows the printer’s current configuration
ML-1710P Series
Installing Printer Software
If you are printing from Windows
If you are printing in Linux
Printer Driver Features
Feature
Printer Driver
System Requirements
Installing Printer software in Windows
Installing Printer Software
If the CD-ROM drive does not automatically run
3 Choose the installation type
6 To register yourself as a user of Samsung Printers, select
Repairing the Printer software
2 Select Samsung ML-1710 Series and then Printer Maintenance
2 Select Samsung ML-1710 Series and then Printer Driver Maintenence
Removing the Printer software
Changing the Display Language
2 Select Samsung ML-1710 Series and Language Selection
Viewing the User’s Guide
2 Select Samsung ML-1710 Series and View User’s Guide
Loading Paper Printing on Envelopes Printing on Labels
3 Using Print Materials
Choosing Paper and Other Materials Selecting the Output Location
Printing on Transparencies
Choosing Paper and Other Materials
Input Source/Capacitya
Sizes and Capacities
Size
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
Loading Paper
Paper empty
Using the Manual Feeder
To cancel a print job in Manual Feed mode 1 Turn the printer off
Printing on Envelopes
Guidelines
4 Press the Cancel button to start feeding
Printing on Labels
Guidelines
Guidelines
Printing on Transparencies
printed label sheets stack up as they are printed out
Note To prevent labels from sticking to each other, do not let the
3.14 USING PRINT MATERIALS
Printing on Card Stock or Custom-sized Materials
Guidelines
Printing on Preprinted Paper
Guidelines
Load with the design face down, bottom edge towards the printer
3.18 USING PRINT MATERIALS
Printing Posters Setting Graphic Properties Printing Watermarks
Printing a Document Setting Paper Properties
Using the Toner Save Mode
Printing Overlays Using the Status Monitor
Printing a Document
The Layout tab is first displayed
Canceling a Print Job
To stop a print job from the Control Panel
3 Select the Samsung ML-1710 Series printer
3 From the Document menu, select Cancel Printing
Using a Favorite Setting
Using Help
To stop a print job from the Printers folder
Property
Setting Paper Properties
➀ ➁ ➂ ➃
Description
Description
Color Paper
Property
➂ Make sure that Source is set to the corresponding paper tray
Using the Toner Save Mode
From the Control Panel
From the software application
Printing Multiple Pages on One Sheet of Paper N-Up Printing
4.10 PRINTING TASKS
Down then
Right then
Left
Down
Scaling Your Document
4.12 PRINTING TASKS
Fitting Your Document to a Selected Paper Size
Printing Posters
4.14 PRINTING TASKS
4 Click the Paper tab, select the paper source, size and type
➀ ➁ ➂
Setting Graphic Properties
Resolution
Toner Save
Advanced Options Darkness
Property
Description
Options
➂ True-Type Options
Advanced
printer about how to image the text in your
Using an existing Watermark
Printing Watermarks
Creating a Watermark
4.20 PRINTING TASKS
Editing a Watermark
Deleting a Watermark
What is an Overlay?
Printing Overlays
Creating a New Page Overlay
4 In the Overlays window, click Create Overlay
Using a Page Overlay
4.24 PRINTING TASKS
Deleting a Page Overlay
4 Click Delete Overlay
Using the Status Monitor
Opening the Status Monitor
Changing the Status Monitor Program Setting
Setting Up Client PC
Setting Up Locally Shared Printer
Setting Up Host Computer
Windows 9x/Me
Windows NT/2000/XP
Setting Up Host Computer
Setting Up Client PC
Click Apply, and click OK. Windows 2000/XP
9 Fill in the Enter a port name field, and enter the shared name
10Click OK, and click Close 11Click OK. Windows NT
4.30 PRINTING TASKS
Maintaining the Toner Cartridge Cleaning the Printer
Consumables and Replacement Parts
5 Maintaining Your Printer
Toner cartridge life expectancy
Maintaining the Toner Cartridge
Toner cartridge storage
Saving toner
Redistributing Toner
Cautions
Replacing the Toner Cartridge
5.4 MAINTAINING YOUR PRINTER
Cleaning the Inside
Cleaning the Printer
Cleaning the Outside
Cleaning inside the printer
5 Plug in the power cord, and turn the printer on
Printing a cleaning sheet
Consumables and Replacement Parts
Items
Yield Average
Clearing Paper Jams Solving Print Quality Problems
6 Solving Problems
Troubleshooting Checklist Solving General Printing Problems
Troubleshooting Error Messages Common Windows Problems
Line/Error LED is on
Troubleshooting Checklist
Solution
Check
Possible Cause
Solving General Printing Problems
Problem
Solution
Possible Cause
Problem
Solution
The printer driver may
functionality with the following command
Problem
Solution
reboot the computer. Turn the printer off
Problem
Download as Bit Image in the
Advanced options of the Graphic
Solution
Clearing Paper Jams
In the Paper Exit Area
4 Close the rear output tray
6.8 SOLVING PROBLEMS
2 Open the rear output tray
5 Open and close the front cover. Printing can be resumed
3 Slide the tray back into the printer
In the Paper Feed Area
1 Slide out the tray to expose the jammed paper
4 Open and close the front cover. Printing can be resumed
Around the Toner Cartridge
6.10 SOLVING PROBLEMS
Tips for Avoiding Paper Jams When Printing on the A5-sized Paper
Rotate option to 90º
Solving Print Quality Problems
Print Quality Checklist
Tips for Avoiding Paper Jams
print
Solving Print Quality Problems
Light or faded
Dropouts
Vertical lines
Toner smear
Solution
Gray background
characters
scatter
Misformed
Page skew
Problem
Wrinkles or
Black pages
Solution
Solution
Curl
Problem
Character Voids
LED status legend
Troubleshooting Error Messages
Possible Problems and Solutions
LED pattern
Common Windows Problems
Possible Cause and Solution
Problem
Problem
Common Linux Problems
the /etc/printcap file
Possible Cause and Solution
Problem
Possible Cause and Solution
work correctly for some
Problem
Possible Cause and Solution
How do I specify the IP
Using Your Printer in Linux Printer Specifications
Paper Specifications
7 APPENDIX
Installing Printer Driver
Using Your Printer in Linux
Installing the Printer Driver
Supported OS
Install
7.4 APPENDIX
11To exit, click OK
Changing the Printer Connection Method
7.6 APPENDIX
Uninstalling the Printer Driver
5 Select Complete uninstall and then click Uninstall
Using the Configuration Tool
3 The Info tab shows general information about the printer
Changing LLPR Properties
3 The LLPR Properties window opens
Printer Specifications
Specifications and Description
Paper Specifications
Overview
Supported Sizes of Paper
Dimensionsa
Weight
Paper
Problem with
Guidelines for Using Paper
Symptom
Solution
Paper Output Capacity
Paper Specifications
Specifications
Category
Printer and Paper Storage Environment
7.18 APPENDIX
INDEX
toner install 2.4 life 5.2 recycle 5.2 redistribute 5.3 replace
software install 2.15 Linux 7.2 overview
system requirements 2.15 uninstall specification paper 7.13 printer
status monitor, use
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