3 Software overview

This chapter gives you an overview of the software that comes with your printer. Further details about installing and using the software are explained in the Software Section.

This chapter includes:

Supplied software

Printer driver features

System requirements

Supplied software

After you have set up your machine and connected it to your computer, you must install the printer software. If you are a Windows or Macintosh OS, install the software from the supplied CD and if you are a Linux OS user, download the software from the Samsung website (www.samsung.com/printer) and install.

OS

 

Contents

 

 

 

Windows

Printer driver: Use this driver to take full advantage

 

 

of your printer’s features.

 

Smart Panel: This program allows you to monitor

 

 

the printer’s status and alerts you when an error

 

 

occurs during printing.

 

Printer Settings Utility: This program is

 

 

automatically installed when you install the Smart

 

 

Panel.

 

PCL6 driver: Use this driver to print documents in

 

 

the PCL6, PCL5e language.

 

Postscript Printer Description (PPD) file: Use the

 

 

PostScript driver to print documents with complex

 

 

fonts and graphics in the PostScript language.

 

Set IP: Use this program to set your printer’s TCP/

 

 

IP addresses.

 

User’s Guide in PDF

 

 

 

Linux

Printer driver: Use this driver to run your printer

 

 

from a Linux computer and print documents.

 

Smart Panel: This program allows you to monitor

 

 

the printer’s status and alerts you when an error

 

 

occurs during printing.

 

 

 

Macintosh

Printer driver: Use this driver to run your printer

 

 

from a Macintosh computer and print documents.

 

Smart Panel: This program allows you to monitor

 

 

the printer’s status and alerts you when an error

 

 

occurs during printing.

 

 

 

Printer driver features

Your printer drivers support the following standard features:

Paper source selection

Paper size, orientation and type

Number of copies

In addition, you can use various special printing features. The following table shows a general overview of features supported by your printer drivers:

Feature

PCL 6

 

PostScript

 

 

 

 

 

Windows

Windows

Macintosh

Linux

 

 

 

 

 

 

Toner save

O

O

O

O

 

 

 

 

 

Print quality

O

O

O

O

option

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poster

O

X

X

X

printing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Multiple

O

O

O

O

pages per

 

 

 

(2, 4)

sheet (N-up)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fit to page

O

O

O

O

printing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scale printing

O

O

O

O

 

 

 

 

 

Watermark

O

X

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

Overlay

O

X

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

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Samsung ML-S2850A, ML-D2850A, ML-D2850B manual Software overview, Supplied software, Printer driver features

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