Using advanced print features

XPS printer driver: used to print XPS file format.

See Features by models.
The XPS printer driver can be installed only on Windows Vista OS or higher.
Install optional memory when an XPS job does not print because the printer is out of memory.
You can install the XPS printer driver when you insert the software CD into your CD-ROM drive. When the installation window appears, select Custom Installation. You can select the XPS printer driver in the Select Software window.
For models that provide XPS driver from the Samsung website, www.samsung.com > find your product> Support or downloads.

Printing to a file (PRN)

You will sometimes need to save the print data as a file.

Check the Print to file box in the Print window.
Click Print.

Type in the destination path and the file name, and then click OK.

For example, c:\Temp\file name.


	If you type in only the file name, the file is automatically saved in My Documents, Documents and Settings, or Users. The saved folder may differ, depending on your operating system or the application you are using.

Understanding special printer features

You can use advanced printing features when using your machine.

To take advantage of the printer features provided by your printer driver, click Properties or Preferences in the application’s Print window to change the print settings. The machine name, that appears in the printer properties window may differ depending on the machine in use.


	Some menus may not appear on the display depending on options or models. If so, it is not applicable to your machine. Select the Help or click the button from the window or press F1 on your keyboard and click on any option you want to know about (see Using help).

Item

Description

Multiple Pages per Side

Selects the number of pages to print on a single sheet of paper. To print more than one page per sheet, the pages will be reduced in size and arranged in the order you specify. You can print up to 16 pages on one sheet.

Poster Printing

Prints a single-page document onto 4 (Poster 2x2), 9 (Poster 3x3), or 16 (Poster 4x4) sheets of paper, for the purpose of pasting the sheets together to form one poster-size document.

Select the Poster Overlap value. Specify Poster Overlap in millimeters or inches by selecting the radio button on the upper right of Basic tab to make it easier to paste the sheets together.

Booklet Printing ^[a]

Prints your document on both sides of a sheet of paper and arranges the pages so that the paper can be folded in half after printing to produce a booklet.

If you want to make a booklet, you need to print on Letter, Legal, A4, US Folio, or Oficio sized print media.

The Booklet Printing option is not available for all paper sizes. Select the available paper Size option under the Paper tab to see what paper sizes are available.

If you select an unavailable paper size, this option can be automatically canceled. Select only available paper (paper without or mark).

Double-sided Printing ^[a]
Double-sided Printing (Manual) ^[a]

Print on both sides of a sheet of paper (duplex). Before printing, decide how you want your document oriented.

You can use this feature with Letter, Legal, A4, US Folio or Oficio sized paper
If your machine does not have a duplex unit, you should complete the printing job manually. The machine prints every other page of the document first. After that, a message appears on your computer.
Skip Blank Pages feature does not work when you select the duplex option.
We recommend not to print on both sides of the special media, such as labels, envelopes, or thick paper. It may cause a paper jam or damage the machine.

Printer Default: If you select this option, this feature is determined by the settings you have selected on the control panel of the machine. This option is available only when you use the PCL / XPS printer driver (see Features by models).
None: Disables this feature.
Long Edge: This option is the conventional layout used in bookbinding.
Short Edge: This option is the conventional layout used in calendars.
Reverse Double-Sided Printing: Check this option to reverse the print order when duplex printing. This option isnot available when you use the Reverse Double-Sided Printing (Manual).

Paper Options

Changes the size of a document to appear larger or smaller on the printed page by entering in a percentage by which to enlarge or decrease the document.

Watermark

The watermark option allows you to print text over an existing document. For example, you use it when you want to have large gray letters reading “DRAFT” or “CONFIDENTIAL” printed diagonally across the first page or all pages of a document.

Watermark

(Creating a watermark)

To change the print settings from your software application, access Printing Preferences.
Click the Advanced tab, select Edit from the Watermark drop-down list. The Edit Watermarks window appears.
Enter a text message in the Watermark Message box.

You can enter up to 256 characters. The message displays in the preview window.

Watermark

(Editing a watermark)

To change the print settings from your software application, access Printing Preferences.
Click the Advanced tab, select Edit from the Watermark drop-down list. The Edit Watermarks window appears.
Select the watermark you want to edit from the Current Watermarks list and change the watermark message and options.
Click Update to save the changes.
Click OK or Print until you exit the Print window.

Watermark

(Deleting a watermark)

To change the print settings from your software application, access Printing Preferences.
Click the Advanced tab, select Edit from the Watermark drop-down list. The Edit Watermarks window appears.
Select the watermark you want to delete from the Current Watermarks list and click Delete.
Click OK or Print until you exit the Print window.

Overlay ^[a]

This option is available when you use the PCL/SPL printer driver (see Software).

An overlay is text and/or images stored in the computer hard disk drive (HDD) as a special file format that can be printed on any document. Overlays are often used to take the place of letterhead paper. Rather than using preprinted letterhead, you can create an overlay containing exactly the same information that is currently on your letterhead. To print a letter with your company’s letterhead, you do not need to load preprinted letterhead paper in the machine: just print the letterhead overlay on your document.

To use a page overlay, you must create a new page overlay containing your logo or image.


	The overlay document size must be the same as the document you print with the overlay. Do not create an overlay with a watermark. The resolution of the overlay document must be the same as that of the document you will print with the overlay.

Overlay

(Creating a new page overlay)

To save the document as an overlay, access Printing Preferences.
Click the Advanced tab, and select Edit from the Text drop-down list. Edit Overlay window appears.
In the Edit Overlay window, click Create.
In the Save As window, type a name in the File name box. Select the destination path, if necessary (The default is C:\Formover).
Click Save. The name appears on the Overlay List.
Click OK or Print until you exit the Print window.

The file is not printed. Instead, it is stored on your computer hard disk drive.

Overlay

(Using a page overlay)

Click the Advanced tab.
Select the desired overlay from the Text drop-down list.
If the overlay file you want does not appear in the Text drop-down list, select Edit... from the list and click Load. Select the overlay file you want to use.

If you have stored the overlay file you want to use in an external source, you can also load the file when you access the Open window.

After you select the file, click Open. The file appears in the Overlay List box and is available for printing. Select the overlay from the Overlay List box.
If necessary, check Confirm Page Overlay When Printing box. If this box is checked, a message window appears each time you submit a document for printing, asking you to confirm printing an overlay on your document.

If this box is not checked and an overlay has been selected, the overlay automatically prints with your document.
Click OK or Print until you exit the Print window.

Overlay

(Deleting a page overlay)

In the Printing Preferences window, click the Advanced tab.
Select Edit in the Text drop down list.
Select the overlay you want to delete from the Overlay List box.
Click Delete.
When a confirming message window appears, click Yes.
Click OK or Print until you exit the Print window. You can delete page overlays that you no longer use.

^[a]This option is not available when you use XPS driver.