Samsung ML-6040

Congratulations on the purchase of your ML-6040 printer!

This chapter provides information on the following topics:

◆ Special Features

◆ Printer Components

Contents

Main Page I Contents Introduction Setting Up Your Printer Print Media Using the Control Panel Printing Tasks Maintaining Your Printer Problem Solving Appendix INDEX Environmental and Safety Consideration Laser Safety Statement Ozone Safety Power Saver Radio Frequency Emissions FCC Declaration of Conformity Canadian Radio Interference Regulations EC Declaration of Conformity Page Special Features Create professional documents 1.1 Print with excellent quality and high speed Flexible paper handling Special Features Save time and money Print in various environments Printer Components Front View Rear View Page Unpack Your Printer Install the Toner Cartridge Install the Toner Cartridge Load Paper To Change Paper Size in Tray Load Paper Connect to the Computer with a Parallel Cable Turn on the Printer Print a Demo Page! Install the Printer Software Installing the Printer Software from the CD-ROM Before Installing the Printer Software Page 2.12 Software Installation Tips I do not have a CD-ROM drive How do I remove the printing software ? Page Page 2.15 Installing Software from Diskettes Making Installation Diskettes 2.16 Installing Software from Diskettes Installing Software Page Control Panel Buttons 3.2 Control Panel Buttons Toner Save Cleaning the inside of the printer Print demo page and configuration sheet Start manual feeding Control Panel Lights Light status legend Control Panel Light Message Ready Mode 3.4 Control Panel Lights Data Paper out Manual feed mode Processing Control Panel Lights Printing in the manual feed mode Paper out in the manual feed mode Page Choosing Paper and Other Media Choosing Paper and Other Media Media Sizes and Capacities 4.3 Choosing Paper and Other Media Paper Guidelines 4.4 Selecting the Output Tray Printing to the Top Output T ray Printing to the Rear Output Tray 4.5 Selecting the Output Tray by pulling it down Loading Paper Using Auto Tray Loading Paper Using the Manual Tray Loading Paper Printing on Envelopes Page Printing on Heavy Paper Printing on Labels Printing on Transparencies Printing on Preprinted Paper Printing on Card Stock or Custom-sized Media Page 5.1 Printing a Document Page 5.3 Page 5.5 To stop a print job from the ML-6040 printer To stop a print job from the Printers folder Canceling a Print Job Printing Help 5.6 Using Toner Save Mode To enable this feature from the ML-6040 series printer To enable this feature from the software application Printing on Both Sides of the Paper 5.7 (Manual Duplexing) 5.8 Printing on Both Sides of the Paper (Manual Duplexing) 5.10 Printing Multiple Pages on One Sheet of Paper (N-Up Printing) Scaling Your Document Fitting Your Document To a Selected Paper Size 5.13 Printing Booklets supported: Letter, A4, Legal, and Executive. Page Printing Booklets 8 9 5.16 Printing Posters 5.17 Printing Posters Resolution 5.18 Setting Graphic Properties SRT Mode 5.19 300 dpi setting is selected. Graphic Mode Setting Graphic Properties Darkness Reprint When Jam Power Save Mode Reprint 5.21 Printing Watermarks To use an existing watermark 5.22 Printing Watermarks To create or edit a watermark To delete a watermark 5.24 Using Page Overlay What is an Overlay? Creating a New Page Overlay Using Page Overlay Page Deleting a Page Overlay Printing on a Network Environment Setting Up Host Computer Setting Up Client PC Reprinting the Last Page Page Maintaining Toner Cartridge Toner cartridge storage Saving toner Toner cartridge life expectancy Recycling toner cartridge Redistributing Toner Toner Cartridge If the print remains light Cleaning the Printer Cleaning the Outside Cleaning the Inside Cleaning inside the printer 6.5 Printing a cleaning sheet Page 7.1 Troubleshooting Checklist 7.2 Solving General Printing Problems 7.3 7.4 7.5 Clearing Paper Jams Output Area Page Page Input Area Inside the Printer Page Tips for Avoiding Paper Jams Solving Print Quality Problems Print Quality Checklist Light or faded print Solving Print Quality Problems Toner specks Dropouts Vertical lines Gray background Toner smear Repetitive vertical defects Misformed characters Background scatter Page skew Curl or wave Wrinkles or creases Black pages Back of printouts dirty Character Voids Loose toner Horizontal stripes 7.19 Troubleshooting Error Messages Paper out in the manual feed mode Printer Light Patterns Light status legend Power off Troubleshooting Error Messages 7.20 System error Paper jam Memory out Common Windows Problems Page A.1 Printer Specifications Item Specification and Description Paper Specifications Overview A.3 Auto Tray Envelopes Supported Sizes of Paper Guidelines for Using Paper A.5 Category Paper Output Capacity Specifications Paper Specifications Output Tray Capacity Printer and Paper Storage Environment Envelopes A.8 Envelopes with Double Side Seams Envelopes with Adhesive Strips or Flaps Envelope Storage Envelope Margins Labels Transparencies Using Your Printer with a USB Cable Installing the Printer Software 1. Connect printer with USB cable and install USB driver Page Page 2. Set your PC printer port A.14 Using Your Printer with a USB Cable Frequently Asked Questions About USB What is USB? How can I determine if my computers USB port is enabled? Page Using Your Printer with Macintosh System Requirements Installing Software for Macintosh Connecting to Macintosh Installing Software Printing from a Macintosh Choosing PCL Driver Page Page A.21 Using Your Printer with Macintosh Advanced Printing Darkness/Quality Layout A A.22 Color Using Your Printer with Macintosh Background Printing " Grayscale " Paper Source Linux Driver Installation Installation 1. Mount the CD-ROM drive. 2. Install setup script. 3. Set up the printer filter. INDEX II I J L M N P III (continued) Q R T U W