Printing features

Changing the default print settings

Click the Windows Start menu.
Select Control Panel > Devices and Printers.
Right-click on your machine.

Select Printing preferences.


	If Printing preferences has a ▶, you can select other printer drivers connected to the selected printer.

Change the settings on each tab.
Click OK.


	If you want to change the settings for each print job, change it in Printing Preferences.

Setting your machine as a default machine

Click the Windows Start menu.
Select Control Panel > Devices and Printers.
Select your machine.

Right-click your machine and select Set as Default Printer.


	If Printing preferences has a ▶, you can select other printer drivers connected to the selected printer.

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.
For models that provide XPS driver on the software CD:
- You can install the XPS printer driver when you insert the software CD into your CD-ROM drive. When the installation window appears, select Advanced Installation > Custom Installation. You can select the XPS printer driver in the Select Software and Utilities to Install 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 menu 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
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.

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

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.
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 is not available when you use 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 only 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 ^[a]

(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 up to eight characters 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 ^[a]

(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 ^[a]

(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.

Print Mode


	This feature is available only if you have installed the optional memory or mass storage device (HDD) (see Variety feature). Some menus may not appear on the display depending on options or models. If so, it is not applicable to your machine.

Print Mode: The default Print Mode is Normal, which is for printing without saving the printing file in the memory.
- Normal: This mode prints without storing your document in the optional memory.
- Proof: This mode is useful when you print more than one copy. You can print one copy first to check, then print the rest of the copies later.
- Confidential: This mode is used for printing confidential documents. You need to enter a password to print.
- Store: Select this setting to save a document in the mass storage device (HDD) without printing.
- Store and Print: This mode is used when printing and storing document at the same time.
- Spool: This option can be useful when handling large amounts of data. If you select this setting, the printer spools the document into the mass storage device (HDD) and then prints it from the mass storage device (HDD) queue, decreasing the computer’s work load.
- Print Schedule: Select this setting to print the document at a specified time.
User ID: This option is used when you need to find a saved file using the control panel.
Job Name: This option is used when you need to find a saved file using the control panel.

Job Encryption

Encrypts printing data first, and transmits it to the machine. This feature protects the printing information even though the data is snatched on a network.


	Job Encryption feature is enabled only when the mass storage device (HDD) is installed. The mass storage device (HDD) is used to decrypt the printing data (see Variety feature).

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

Using Direct Printing Utility


	Direct Printing Utility may not be available depending on model or optional goods (see Software). Available for Windows OS users only.

What is Direct Printing Utility?

Direct Printing Utility is a program that sends the PDF files directly to your machine to print without having to opening the file.

To install this program, select Advanced Installation > Custom Installation and put a check mark in this program when you install the printer driver.

Mass storage device (HDD) should be installed on your machine, to print files using this program. (see Variety feature).
You cannot print PDF files that are restricted. Deactivate the printing restriction feature and retry printing.
You cannot print PDF files that are restricted by a password. Deactivate the password feature, and retry printing.
Whether or not a PDF file can be printed using the Direct Printing Utility program depends on how the PDF file was created.�
The Direct Printing Utility program supports PDF version 1.7 and below. For higher versions, you must open the file to print it.

Printing

There are several ways you can print using the Direct Printing Utility.

From the Start menu select Programs or All Programs > Samsung Printers > Direct Printing Utility > Direct Printing Utility.

The Direct Printing Utility window appears.
Select your machine from the Select Printer drop-down list and click Browse.
Select the file you wish to print and click Open.

The file is added in the Select Files section.
Customize the machine settings for your needs.
Click Print. The selected PDF file is sent to the machine.

Using the right-click menu

Right-click on the PDF file to print and select Direct Printing.

The Direct Printing Utility window appears with the PDF file is added.
Select the machine to use.
Customize the machine settings.
Click Print. The selected PDF file is sent to the machine.

Macintosh printing


	Some features may not be available depending on models or options. It means that the features are not supported.

Printing a document

When you print with a Macintosh, you need to check the printer driver settings in each application you use. Follow the steps below to print from a Macintosh:

Open the document to print.
Open the File menu and click Page Setup (Document Setup in some applications).
Choose your paper size, orientation, scaling, other options, and make sure that your machine is selected. Click OK.
Open the File menu and click Print.
Choose the number of copies and indicate which pages to print.
Click Print.

Changing printer settings

You can use advanced printing features when using your machine.

Open an application and select Print from the File menu. The machine name, which appears in the printer properties window, may differ depending on the machine in use. Except for the name, the composition of the printer properties window is similar to the following.

Printing multiple pages on one sheet

You can print more than one page on a single sheet of paper. This feature provides a cost-effective way to print draft copies.

Open an application, and select Print from the File menu.
Select Layout from the drop-down list under Orientation. In the Pages per Sheet drop-down list, select the number of pages you want to print on one sheet of paper.
Select the other options to use.
Click Print.

The machine prints the selected number of pages to print on one sheet of paper.

Printing on both sides of the paper


	Some features may not be available depending on models or options. It means that the features are not supported (see Variety feature).

Before printing in the duplex mode, decide on which edge you will be binding your finished document. The binding options are, as follows:

Long-Edge Binding: This option is the conventional layout used in book binding.
Short-Edge Binding: This option is the type often used with calendars.

From your Macintosh application, select Print from the File menu.
Select Layout from the drop-down list under Orientation.
Select a binding orientation from the Two-Sided option.
Select the other options to use.
Click Print and the machine prints on both sides of the paper.


	If you print more than 2 copies, the first copy and the second copy might print on the same sheet of paper. Avoid printing on both sides of paper when you are printing more than 1 copy.

Using help

Click the question mark on the bottom-left corner of the window and click on the topic you want to know about. A pop-up window appears with information about that option's feature, which is provided from the driver.

Linux printing


	Some features may not be available depending on models or options. It means that the features are not supported.

Printing from applications

There are a lot of Linux applications that allow you to print using Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS). You can print on your machine from any such application.

Open an application, and select Print from the File menu
Select Print directly using lpr.
In the LPR GUI window, select the model name of your machine from the printer list and click Properties.

Change the print job properties using the following four tabs displayed at the top of the window.

General: Changes the paper size, the paper type, and the orientation of the documents. It enables the duplex feature, adds start and end banners, and changes the number of pages per sheet.


	Automatic/manual duplex printing may not be available depending on models. You can alternatively use the lpr printing system or other applications for odd-even printing.

Text: Specifies the page margins and set the text options, such as spacing or columns.
Graphics: Sets image options that are used when printing image files, such as color options, image size, or image position.
Advanced: Sets the print resolution, paper source, and destination.

Click Apply to apply the changes and close the Properties window.
Click OK in the LPR GUI window to start printing.
The Printing window appears, allowing you to monitor the status of your print job.

To abort the current job, click Cancel.

Printing files

You can print many different types of files on your machine using the standard CUPS, directly from the command line interface. The CUPS lpr utility allows you to do that, but the driver’s package replaces the standard lpr tool by a much more user-friendly LPR GUI program.

To print any document file:

Enter lpr <file_name> from the Linux shell command line and press Enter. The LPR GUI window appears.

When you type only lpr and press Enter, the Select file(s) to print window appears first. Just select any files you want to print and click Open.
In the LPR GUI window, select your machine from the list, and change the print job properties.
Click OK to start printing.

Configuring Printer Properties

Using the Printer Properties window provided by the Printers configuration, you can change the various properties for your machine as a printer.

Open the Unified Driver Configurator.

If necessary, switch to Printers configuration.
Select your machine on the available printers list and click Properties.
The Printer Properties window appears.

The following five tabs display at the top of the window:
- General: Allows you to change the printer location and name. The name entered in this tab displays on the printer list in Printers configuration.
- Connection: Allows you to view or select another port. If you change the machine port from USB to parallel or vice versa while in use, you must re-configure the machine port in this tab.
- Driver: Allows you to view or select another machine driver. By clicking Options, you can set the default device options.
- Jobs: Shows the list of print jobs. Click Cancel job to cancel the selected job and select the Show completed jobs check box to see previous jobs on the job list.
- Classes: Shows the class that your machine is in. Click Add to Class to add your machine to a specific class or click Remove from Class to remove the machine from the selected class.
Click OK to apply the changes and close the Printer Properties window.

Unix printing


	Some features may not be available depending on models or options. It means that the features are not supported (see Features by models).

Proceeding the print job

After installing the printer, choose any of the image, text, PS or HPGL files to print.

Execute “printui <file_name_to_print>” command.

For example, if you are printing “document1”

printui document1

This will open the UNIX Printer Driver Print Job Manager in which the user can select various print options.
Select a printer that has been already added.
Select the printing options from the window such as Page Selection.

Select how many copies are needed in Number of Copies.


	To take advantage of the printer features provided by your printer driver, press Properties.

Press OK to start the print job.

Changing the machine settings

The UNIX printer driver Print Job Manager in which the user can select various print options in printer Properties.

The following hot keys may also be used: “H” for Help, “O” for OK, “A” for Apply, and “C” for Cancel.

General tab

Paper Size: Set the paper size as A4, Letter, or other paper sizes, according to your requirements.
Paper Type: Choose the type of the paper. Options available in the list box are Printer Default, Plain, and Thick.
Paper Source: Select from which tray the paper is used. By default, it is Auto Selection.
Orientation: Select the direction in which information is printed on a page.

Duplex: Print on both sides of paper to save paper.


	Automatic/manual duplex printing may not be available depending on models. You can alternatively use the lpr printing system or other applications for odd-even printing.

Multiple pages: Print several pages on one side of the paper.
Page Border: Choose any of the border styles (e.g., Single-line hairline, Double-line hairline)

Image tab

In this tab, you can change the brightness, resolution, or image position of your document.

Text tab

Set the character margin, line space, or the columns of the actual print output.

HPGL/2 tab

Use only black pen: To print all graphics in black.
Fit plot to page: Fit the entire graphic into a single page.

Margins tab

Use Margins: Set the margins for the document. By default, margins are not enabled. The user can change the margin settings by changing the values in the respective fields. Set by default, these values depend on the page size selected.
Unit: Change the units to points, inches, or centimeters.

Printer-Specific Settings tab

Select various options in the JCL and General frames to customize various settings. These options are specific to the printer and depend on the PPD file.


	For basic printing features, refer to the Basic Guide (see Basic printing ). This feature may not be available depending on model or optional goods (see Features by models).