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Printing features


	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).

Changing the default print settings

Click the Windows Start menu.
- For Windows 8, from the Charms, select Search > Settings.
For Windows XP/Server 2003, select Printer and Faxes.
- For Windows Server 2008/Vista, select Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Printers.
- For Windows 7/8, select Control Panel > Devices and Printers.
- For Windows Server 2008 R2, select Control Panel > Hardware > Devices and Printers.
Right-click on your machine.

For Windows XP/Server 2003/Server 2008/Vista, select Printing Preferences.

For Windows 7/8 or Windows Server 2008 R2, from context menus, 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.
- For Windows 8, from the Charms, select Search > Settings.
For Windows XP/Server 2003, select Printer and Faxes.
- For Windows Server 2008/Vista, select Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Printers.
- For Windows 7/8, select Control Panel > Devices and Printers.
- For Windows Server 2008 R2, select Control Panel > Hardware > Devices and Printers.
Select your machine.

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


	For Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2, if Set as default printer 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 from the Samsung website, http://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, which 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.
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.

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


	Some menus may not appear on the display depending on options or models. If so, it is not applicable to your 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.
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

(CLP-68x series only)

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.
To enable this feature, check Storage Options (see Setting Device Options).
Without installing the mass storage device (HDD) in the machine, the Ram Disk feature provides only 3 options: Normal, Proof, and Confidential.

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.

Job Name: This option is used when you need to find a stored file using the control panel.
User ID: This option is used when you need to find a stored file using the control panel. The user name automatically appears as the user name that you use to log on Windows.
Enter Password: If the Property of the document you selected is secured, you have to enter the password for the document. This option is used for loading a stored file using the control panel.
Confirm Password: Re-enter the password to confirm it.

Job Accounting

This option allows you to print with the given permission.

User permission: If you check this option, only users with user permission can start a print job.
Group permission: If you check this option, only groups with group permission can start a print job.


	Click the question mark() from the upper-right corner of the window and click on any option you want to know about. Administrators can enable job accounting and configure permissions in the control panel or SyncThru™ Web Admin Service.

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