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Main i ii Contact SAMSUNG WORLD WIDE ii iii C I S ETTING U P Y OUR P U SING THE C ONTROL P v U SING P RINT M P RINTING T vi M AINTAINING Y OUR S OLVING P USING YOUR PRINTER WITH A M USING WINDOWS POSTSCRIPT DRIVER USING YOUR PRINTER IN LINUX PRINTING FROM DOS APPLICATIONS USING YOUR PRINTER ON A NETWORK PROGRAMME INSTALLING PRINTER O S ix Environmental and Safety Consideration Laser Safety Statement x Ozone Safety OZONE Power Saver Recycling Radio Frequency Emissions xi United States of America Intentional emitter per FCC Part 15 xii xiii Regulatory Compliance Statements xiv Page xvi WARNING Correct Disposal of This Product (Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment) Mercury Safety Page Special Features Print with excellent quality and high speed Handle paper flexibly Create professional documents Save your time and money Expand the printer capacity Print in various environments Printer Features 1.5 I Printer Components Front View 1.6 I Rear View SETTING UP YOUR PRINTER 2.2 Unpacking 2.3 Selecting a Location Clearance Space 2.4 Installing the Toner Cartridge 2.5 2.6 Loading Paper 2.7 2.8 Changing the Paper Size in the Tray 2.9 2.10 Connecting a Printer Cable For Local Printing Using a Parallel Cable 2.11 Using a USB Cable 2.12 For Network Printing Using an Ethernet Cable Using a Network Antenna 2.13 Turning the Printer On Printing a Demo Page Changing the Display Language 2.15 Installing Printer Software If you are printing from a Windows If you are printing from a Macintosh If you are printing in Linux 2.16 Printer Driver Features 2.17 Installing Printer Software in Windows System Requirements Installing printer software Page Page 2.20 Installing the USB Driver in Windows 98/Me USING THE CONTROL PANEL 3.2 Understanding the Control Panel Display 3.3 Buttons 3.4 3.5 Using Control Panel Menus Accessing Control Panel Menus * 3.6 U Overview of Control Panel Menus 3.7 Information Menu Paper Menu 3.8 3.9 3.10 Layout Menu 3.11 3.12 Graphics Menu 3.13 Printer Menu Setup Menu 3.14 3.15 3.16 PCL Menu 3.17 PostScript Menu 3.18 EPSON/IBM Menu 3.19 Network Menu 3.20 3.21 3.22 USING PRINT MATERIALS 4.2 Choosing Paper and Other Materials 4.3 U P M Sizes and Capacities - Bond* - Card stocks* Guidelines for Paper and Special Materials 4.5 Selecting the Output Location Printing to the Top Output Tray Printing to the Rear Output Tray 4.6 To open the rear output tray: 4.7 Loading Paper 4.8 Using the Tray1 or the Optional Tray2 Using the Multi-Purpose Tray 4.9 To load paper in the Multi-Purpose Tray: 4.10 4.11 4.12 Using the Manual Feed Mode Page 4.14 Printing on Envelopes Page 4.16 4.17 Printing on Labels 4.18 4.19 Printing on Transparencies 4.20 4.21 Printing on Preprinted Paper 4.22 Printing on Card Stock or Custom-sized Materials 4.23 Page PRINTING TASKS 5.2 Printing a Document 5.3 5.4 5.5 Cancelling a Print Job 5.6 Using a Favorite Setting Using Help 5.7 Setting Paper Properties 5.8 5.9 Using the Toner Save Mode Using the control panel button Using the control panel menu 5.10 From the software application 5.11 Printing on Both Sides of Paper Using the control panel button Using the control panel menu Page Page Printing the Reduced or Enlarged Document Fitting Your Document to a Selected Paper Size 5.16 Printing Posters 5.17 Printing Booklets 5.18 Using Watermarks Using an Existing Watermark 5.19 Creating a Watermark Editing a Watermark Deleting a Watermark 5.21 Using Overlays What is an Overlay? Creating a New Page Overlay Page Using a Page Overlay Deleting a Page Overlay 5.25 Setting Graphic Properties 5.26 5.27 5.28 Using Output Options MAINTAINING YOUR PRINTER 6.2 Printing a Configuration Page 6.3 Maintaining the Toner Cartridge Toner cartridge storage Toner cartridge life expectancy Saving toner Checking the Toner Remains Redistributing Toner 6.5 Replacing the Toner Cartridge 6.7 Cleaning the Printer Cleaning the Outside Cleaning the Inside Cleaning inside the printer 6.8 6.9 Printing a cleaning sheet 6.10 Consumables and Replacement Parts SOLVING PROBLEMS 7.2 P Troubleshooting Checklist On Line/Continue 7.3 P Solving General Printing Problems For problems with the operation of your printer, refer to the table for suggested solutions. 7.4 P Paper 7.5 7.6 7.7 Clearing Paper Jams In the Paper Feed Area Page Page 7.10 Around the Toner Cartridge 7.11 In the Paper Exit Area In the Duplex Area 7.14 Tips for Avoiding Paper Jams Solving Print Quality Problems Page 7.17 P Vertical repetitive defects Page skew Background scatter 7.18 7.19 Loose toner Horizontal stripes Character Voids P Understanding Display Messages 2 Duplex JAM 1 Cover Open / 7.21 7.22 Common Windows Problems 7.23 P Common Macintosh Problems On Line/Continue Problems in the Chooser Printing Errors 7.24 Troubleshooting PS Errors 7.25 Common Linux Problems 7.26 Common DOS Problem 7.27 Page A USING YOUR PRINTER WITH A.2 Installing Software for Macintosh A.3 Setting Up the Printer For Network-connected Macintosh In Mac OS 9.x For USB-connected Macintosh Page A.6 Printing a Document Canceling a Print Job A.7 Using Advanced Printing Features Printing Multiple Pages on One Sheet of Paper A.8 Duplex Printing A.9 Printing Your Document to a Selected Paper Size A.10 B B.2 Installing PS Drivers Installing PS Drivers B Using PS Printer Driver Features Accessing Printer Properties C C.2 Installing the Printer Driver System Requirements Supported OS Recommended Requirements Softwares C.3 C.4 C.5 C.6 Changing the Printer Connection Method C.7 Uninstalling the Printer Driver C.8 Using the Configuration Tool C.9 C.10 Changing LLPR Properties C.11 C.12 D D.2 About the Remote Control Panel Installing the Remote Control Panel Uninstalling the Remote Control Panel D.4 Selecting Print Settings Starting the Remote Control Panel D.5 Using the Remote Control Panel Tabs Printing Tab D.6 Config Tab D.7 Job Tab D.8 Test Tab D.9 PCL Tab D.10 Flash Font and Macro Tab D.11 PS 3 Tab D.12 EPSON/IBM Tab E USING YOUR PRINTER ON E.2 About Sharing the Printer on a Network Locally-Shared Printer Network-connected Printer Printing Across a Network Setting Up a Locally Shared Printer In Windows 9x/Me In Windows NT 4.0/2000/XP E.5 Setting Up a Network-Connected Printer E.6 Configuring Network Parameters on the Control Panel Supported Operating Systems Printing a Network Configuration Page Page Page Page E.10 Configuring IPX Frame Types Page E.12 Restoring the Network Configuration Configuring the Wireless Network E.13 E.14 F PROGRAMMED INSTALLING PRINTER OPTIONS F.2 Precautions When Installing Printer Options DISCONNECT THE POWER CORD: DISCHARGE STATIC ELECTRICITY: F.3 Installing Memory DIMM Page F.5 Removing the Memory DIMM F.6 Installing a Network or Serial Interface Card F.7 Page F.9 F.10 Installing an Optional Paper Tray F.11 F.12 Page G.2 Printer Specifications G.3 Paper Specifications Overview G.4 Supported Sizes of Paper G.5 Guidelines for Using Paper G.6 Paper Specifications Paper Output Capacity G.7 Printer and Paper Storage Environment G.8 Envelopes G.9 Envelopes with Double Side Seams Envelopes with Adhesive Strips or Flaps Envelope Margins Envelope Storage G.10 Labels Transparencies I A B C D M N O P Q R S T U