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- Page 1 Monochrome Laser Printer User’s Guide...
- Page 2 © 2007 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. This user’s guide is provided for information purposes only. All information included herein is subject to change without notice. Samsung Electronics is not responsible for any changes, direct or indirect damages, arising from or related to use of this user’s guide.
- Page 3 SAMSUNG WORLD WIDE ONTACT If you have any comments or questions regarding Samsung products, contact the Samsung customer care center. Country Customer Care Center ARGENTINE 0800-333-3733 AUSTRALIA 1300 362 603 AUSTRIA 0800-SAMSUNG (726-7864) BELGIUM 0032 (0)2 201 24 18 BRAZIL...
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
Front view ... 1.2 Rear view ... 1.3 Control panel overview ... 1.4 2. Software overview Supplied software ... 2.1 Printer driver features ... 2.2 System requirements ... 2.2 3. Getting Started Setting up the hardware ... 3.1 Altitude adjustment ... 3.2 4. - Page 5 Common Windows problems ... 7.12 Common Linux problems ... 7.13 Common Macintosh problems ... 7.13 8. Ordering supplies and accessories Supplies ... 8.1 How to purchase ... 8.1 9. Specifications General specifications ... 9.1 Printer specifications ... 9.1 10. Glossary Index...
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Page 6: About This User's Guide
To access a printer driver help screen, click Help from the printer properties dialog box. If you have Internet access, you can get help, support, printer drivers, manuals, and order information from the Samsung website, www.samsungprinter.com. -
Page 7: Safety And Regulatory Information
Environmental and Safety Consideration Laser Safety Statement The printer is certified in the U.S. to conform to the requirements of DHHS 21 CFR, chapter 1 Subchapter J for Class I(1) laser products, and elsewhere, is certified as a Class I laser product conforming to the requirements of IEC 825. -
Page 8: Ozone Safety
However, it is advisable that the machine be operated in a well ventilated area. If you need additional information about ozone, please contact your nearest Samsung dealer. California USA Only This Perchlorate warning applies only to primary CR (Manganese Dioxide) Lithium coin cells in the product sold or distributed ONLY in California USA. - Page 9 A full declaration, defining the relevant Directives and referenced standards can be obtained from your Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. representative. Replacing the Fitted Plug (for UK Only) Important The mains lead for this machine is fitted with a standard (BS 1363) 13 amp plug and has a 13 amp fuse.
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Page 11: Introduction
Introduction Thank you for purchasing this Samsung multifunctional product. Your machine provides printing functions. This chapter includes: • Special features • Machine overview • Control panel overview Caution •This product is high glossy. Please be careful of surface scratch during installation. -
Page 12: Machine Overview
These are the main components of your machine. Front view control panel top cover output tray output support tray Note • All illustrations on this user’s guide may differ from your machine. • The surface of the output tray may become hot if you print a large number of pages at once. Please make sure that you do not touch the surface, and do not allow children near it. -
Page 13: Rear View
Rear view rear cover power switch power receptacle USB port <Introduction>... -
Page 14: Control Panel Overview
Blinks when the paper in the tray is empty. • toner LED Blinks when the toner cartridge is almost empty or is not Samsung-genuine cartridge. If it blinks rapidly, the toner cartridge is totally empty. Check the display message and replace the toner cartridge. -
Page 15: Software Overview
Each CD provides you with the following software: Printer Windows • Printer driver: Use this driver to software CD take full advantage of your machine’s features. • Smart Panel: This program allows you to monitor the machine’s status... -
Page 16: Printer Driver Features
Your printer drivers support the following standard features: • Paper size, orientation and media 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 Windows... - Page 17 Linux Item Requirements Operating system • Red Hat 8 ~ 9 • Fedora Core 1 ~ 4 • Mandrake 9.2 ~ 10.1 • SuSE 8.2 ~ 9.2 Pentium IV 1 GHz or higher 256 MB or higher Free HDD space 1 GB or higher Software •...
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Page 18: Getting Started
If you use the different Windows locale, you must change the paper size of your machine for matching your commonly used paper size. Go to the printer properties to change the paper size after installation completes. Caution When you move the machine, do not tilt or turn it upside down. -
Page 19: Altitude Adjustment
OS, refer to the corresponding Windows User's Guide or online help. Click the Windows Start menu. Select Printers and Faxes. Select Samsung ML-1630 Series icon. Right-click on the printer driver icon and select Properties. Click the Printer tab and select the High Altitude Correction. Click OK. -
Page 20: Selecting And Loading Print Media
This may be the result of improper handling, unacceptable temperature and humidity levels, or other variables over which Samsung has no control. • Before purchasing large quantities of print media, ensure that it meets the requirements specified in this user’s guide. -
Page 21: Guidelines For Selecting And Storing Print Media
Guidelines for selecting and storing print media When selecting or loading paper, or other print materials, keep these guidelines in mind: • Always use print media that conform with the specifications listed on page 4.3. • Attempting to print on damp, curled, wrinkled, or torn paper can cause paper jams and poor print quality. -
Page 22: Specifications On Print Media
Specifications on print media Note • Due to the nature of the product, the envelope type of media cannot be used with your machine. •Use the print media type mentioned below only. Type Size Letter JIS B5 Plain paper ISO B5 Executive Transparency Letter, A4... -
Page 23: Guidelines For Special Print Media
0.1 second. Check your machine’s specification to view the fusing temperature, see page 9.1. • Letterhead ink must be non-flammable and should not adversely affect printer rollers. -
Page 24: Loading Paper In The Tray
Loading paper in the tray Load the print media you use for the majority of your print jobs in the tray. The tray can hold a maximum of 100 sheets of 75 g/m paper. Press the tray open button, then the tray pops out. Pull the tray completely out. -
Page 25: Setting The Paper Size And Type
OS, refer to the corresponding Windows User's Guide or online help. Click the Start button on the computer screen. Select Printers and Faxes. Right-click on the printer driver icon and select Printing Preferences. Click the Paper tab, and change the settings on Paper Options. Click OK. -
Page 26: Basic Printing
For Windows 2000, select Settings and then Printers. For Windows XP/2003, select Printers and Faxes. For Windows Vista, select Control Panel and than Printers. Double-click the Samsung ML-1630 Series icon. From the Document menu, select Cancel. Note You can also access this window by simply double-clicking the printer icon at the bottom right corner of the Windows desktop. -
Page 27: Maintenance
Maintenance This chapter provides information for maintaining your machine and the toner cartridge. This chapter includes: • Printing a machine report • Cleaning your machine • Maintaining the cartridge • Redistributing toner • Replacing the toner cartridge • Maintenance Parts Printing a machine report Press and hold Stop/Clear button for about 4 seconds to print a machine report. - Page 28 With a dry lint-free cloth, wipe away any dust and spilled toner from the toner cartridges area and their cavities. Note If toner gets on your clothing, wipe it off with a dry cloth and wash it in cold water. Hot water sets toner into fabric. Locate the long strip of glass (LSU) inside the front door, and gently swab the glass to see if dirt turns the white cotton black.
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Page 29: Maintaining The Cartridge
Maintaining the cartridge Toner cartridge storage To get the most from the toner cartridge, keep the following guidelines in mind: • Do not remove the toner cartridge from its package until ready for use. • Do not refill the toner cartridge. The machine warranty does not cover damage caused by using a refilled cartridge. - Page 30 Holding side edges of the toner cartridge, thoroughly rock it from side to side to redistribute the toner. Caution • Do not touch the green surface, the OPC drum or the front of the toner cartridge, with your hands or any other material. Use the handle on each cartridge in order to avoid touching this area.
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Page 31: Replacing The Toner Cartridge
Replacing the toner cartridge When the toner cartridge is completely empty. • The toner LED( ) blinks rapidly and the toner-related messages on the display indicate when toner cartridge should be replaced. For detailed information about error message, see page 7.7. •... -
Page 32: Maintenance Parts
Caution • Do not touch the green surface, the OPC drum or the front of each toner cartridge, with your hands or any other material. Use the handle on each cartridge in order to avoid touching this area. • If you leave the top cover open for more than a few minutes, the OPC drum can be exposed to light. -
Page 33: Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting This chapter gives helpful information on what to do if you encounter a problem. This chapter includes: • Tips for avoiding paper jams • Clearing paper jams • Understanding display messages • Solving other problems Tips for avoiding paper jams By selecting the correct media types, most paper jams can be avoided. - Page 34 Align the tray with the slot, and slide it into the machine. Press the top cover lever, completely open the top cover. Hold the top cover and close it slowly and carefully, until the cover is securely latched. Note If the top cover is not completely closed, the machine will not operate.
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Page 35: Rear And Inside The Machine
10 Hold both edges of the rear cover, and align it as shown in the following figure. Press the rear cover firmly until it clicks. Note If the rear cover is not completely closed, the paper jam may occur. 11 Open and close the top cover firmly. The machine will resume printing. - Page 36 Press the top cover lever, completely open the top cover. Hold the top cover and close it slowly and carefully, until the cover is securely latched. Note If the top cover is not completely closed, the machine will not operate. Caution Be careful not to pinch your fingers, since the top cover is very heavy.
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Page 37: In The Exit Area
10 After removing the jammed paper, check for paper which may be jammed in other parts of the machine. 11 Slide the toner cartridge back into the machine. 12 Close the top cover firmly. The machine will resume printing. In the exit area If paper is jammed in the paper exit area, follow the next steps to release the jammed paper. - Page 38 Hold the top cover and close it slowly and carefully, until the cover is securely latched. Note If the top cover is not completely closed, the machine will not operate. Caution Be careful not to pinch your fingers, since the top cover is very heavy.
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Page 39: Understanding Display Messages
(Page 6.5) Status display Solution <Troubleshooting> Explanation Solution The toner cartridge Install the a Samsung- which the arrow genuine toner cartridge indicates is not designed for your suitable for your machine. machine. This message appears The lifespan of the... -
Page 40: Solving Other Problems
Check the power cord connections. Check the power switch and the power source. Select a machine name as your default printer in your Windows. Disconnect the printer cable and reconnect it. If possible, attach the cable to another computer that is working properly and print a job. - Page 41 Paper tab within from the the printer properties. Select wrong the correct paper source. paper See the printer driver help source. screen. A print job The job may be very Reduce the complexity of the is extremely complex.
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Page 42: Printing Quality Problems
Adjust the print resolution and turn the toner save mode off. See the help screen of the printer driver and refer to Software section, respectively. • A combination of faded or smeared defects may indicate that the toner cartridge needs cleaning. - Page 43 • If background scatter covers the entire surface area of a printed page, adjust the print resolution through your software application or in printer properties. Misformed • If characters are improperly formed and characters producing hollow images, the paper stock may be too slick.
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Page 44: Common Windows Problems
You can set this toner, light print, or option through the Printer Tab in printer contamination driver’s properties. See page 3.2. occurs. Common Windows problems... -
Page 45: Common Linux Problems
Common Linux problems Condition Suggested solutions • Check if the printer driver is installed in your system. Open Unified Driver Configurator and switch to the Printers tab in Printers configuration window to look at the list of available printers. Make sure that your machine is displayed on the list. -
Page 46: Ordering Supplies And Accessories
How to purchase To order Samsung-authorized supplies or accessories, contact your local Samsung dealer or the retailer where you purchased your machine, or visit www.samsungprinter.com and select your country/region to obtain information on calling for technical support. -
Page 47: Specifications
First print out time from coldboot: Less than 15 seconds Print resolution Up to 1200 dpi class(Best) Effective output Printer language SPL (Samsung Printer Language) OS compatibility & Windows 2000/ 2003/ XP/ Vista, Various Linux driver OS, Mac 10.3 ~ 10.5 Interface USB 2.0... -
Page 48: Glossary
Fuser Unit This is the part of a laser printer that melts the toner onto the print media. It consists of two hot rollers. After toner is transferred onto the paper, the fuser unit applies heat and pressure to ensure that the toner stays on the paper permanently, which is why paper is warm when it comes out of a laser printer. -
Page 49: Index
7.8 setting the paper size of the tray 4.6 Power switch 1.3 print media guidelines 4.2 selecting print media 4.1 specification 4.3 Printer software CD 2.1 printing 5.1 problem solving 7.8 printing report 6.1 problem, solve Linux 7.13 problems display message 7.7... -
Page 50: Software Section
Samsung Printer Software section... - Page 51 OFTWARE SECTION ONTENTS NSTALLING Chapter 1: Installing Printer Software ... 4 Changing the Software Language ... 5 Reinstalling Printer Software ... 6 Removing Printer Software ... 6 ASIC Chapter 2: Printing a Document ... 7 Printing to a file (PRN) ... 8 Printer Settings ...
- Page 52 DVANCED RINTING Chapter 3: Printing Multiple Pages on One Sheet of Paper (N-Up Printing) ... 13 Printing Posters ... 14 Printing a Reduced or Enlarged Document ... 14 Fitting Your Document to a Selected Paper Size ... 14 Using Watermarks ... 15 Using an Existing Watermark ...
- Page 53 Printing Files ... 24 SING RINTER WITH A Chapter 7: Installing Software ... 25 Setting Up the Printer ... 26 For a USB-connected ... 26 Printing ... 27 Printing a Document ... 27 Changing Printer Settings ... 27 Printing Multiple Pages on One Sheet of Paper ... 28...
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Page 54: Installing Printer Software In Windows
All applications should be closed on your PC before beginning installation. A local printer is a printer directly attached to your computer using the printer cable supplied with your printer, such as a USB or parallel cable. You can install the printer software using the typical or custom method. -
Page 55: Changing The Software Language
If the test page prints out correctly, click Yes. If not, click No to reprint it. To register yourself as a user of Samsung Printers in order to receive information from Samsung, select the checkbox and click Finish. You are now sent to the Samsung web site. -
Page 56: Reinstalling Printer Software
• After connecting the printer, click Next. • If you don’t want to connect the printer at this time, click Next, and No on the following screen. Then the installation will start and a test page will not be printed at the end of the installation. -
Page 57: Basic Printing
Please refer to the OS Compatibility section of Printer Specifications in your Printer User’s Guide. • If you need to know the exact name of your printer, you can check the supplied CD-ROM. The following procedure describes the general steps required for printing from various Windows applications. -
Page 58: Printing To A File (Prn)
Select the folder and assign a name of the file and then click OK. Printer Settings You can use the printer properties window, which allows you to access all of the printer options you need when using your printer. When the printer properties are displayed, you can review and change the settings needed for your print job. -
Page 59: Layout Tab
• For details, see “Printing Posters” on page 14 Paper Tab Use the following options to set the basic paper handling specifications when you access the printer properties. See “Printing a Document” on page 7 for more information on accessing printer properties. -
Page 60: Graphics Tab
• On: Select this option to allow the printer to use less toner on each page. • Off: If you don’t need to save toner when printing a document, select this option. -
Page 61: Extras Tab
If a paper jam occurs, the printer will reprint the last page sent from the computer after you have cleared the jam. -
Page 62: Using A Favorite Setting
To use a saved setting, select the item from the Favorites drop down list. The printer is now set to print according to the Favorites setting you selected. To delete a Favorites item, select it from the list and click Delete. -
Page 63: Advanced Printing
User’s Guide may differ depending on the printer in use. However the composition of the printer properties window is similar. • If you need to know the exact name of your printer, you can check the supplied CD-ROM. This chapter includes: •... -
Page 64: Printing Posters
Fitting Your Document to a Selected Paper Size This printer feature allows you to scale your print job to any selected paper size regardless of the digital document size. This can be useful when you want to check fine details on a small document. -
Page 65: Using Watermarks
“DRAFT” or “CONFIDENTIAL” printed diagonally across the first page or all pages of a document. There are several predefined watermarks that come with the printer, and they can be modified, or you can add new ones to the list. Using an Existing Watermark To change the print settings from your software application, access printer properties. -
Page 66: Using Overlays
Regards WORLD BEST print a letter with your company’s letterhead, you do not need to load preprinted letterhead paper in the printer. You need only tell the printer to print the letterhead overlay on your document. Creating a New Page Overlay To use a page overlay, you must create a new page overlay containing your logo or image. -
Page 67: Sharing The Printer Locally
Please refer to the OS Compatibility section of Printer Specifications in your Printer User’s Guide. • If you need to know the exact name of your printer, you can check the supplied CD-ROM. Setting Up a Host Computer Start Windows. -
Page 68: Using Smart Panel
Programs or All Programs → your printer driver name → Smart Panel. OTES • If you have already installed more than one Samsung printer, first select the printer model you want in order to use the corresponding Smart Panel. Right-click (in Windows or Linux) or click (in Mac OS X) the Smart Panel icon and select your printer name. -
Page 69: Opening The Troubleshooting Guide
(smart panel), the message appears in the Smart Panel popup window. • Schedule an automatic status checking every: The computer updates the printer status regularly. Setting the value close to 1 second causes the computer to check the printer status more frequently, thereby allowing a faster response to any printer error. -
Page 70: Using Your Printer In Linux
• Configuring Printer Properties • Printing a Document Getting Started The supplied CD-ROM provides you with Samsung’s Unified Linux Driver package for using your machine with a Linux computer. After the driver is installed on your Linux system, the driver package allows you to monitor a number of machine devices via fast ECP parallel ports and USB simultaneously. -
Page 71: Uninstalling The Unified Linux Driver
When the installation is complete, click Finish. The installation program has added the Unified Driver Configurator desktop icon and Samsung Unified Driver group to the system menu for your convenience. If you have any difficulties, consult the onscreen help that is... -
Page 72: Using The Unified Driver Configurator
Printers configuration has the two tabs: Printers and Classes. Printers Tab You can see the current system’s printer configuration by clicking on the printer icon button on the left side of the Unified Driver Configurator window. Switches to Printer configuration. -
Page 73: Ports Configuration
• Refresh : Renews the classes list. • Add Class... : Allows you to add a new printer class. • Remove Class : Removes the selected printer class. Ports Configuration In this window, you can view the list of available ports, check the status of each port and release a port that is stalled in busy state when its owner is terminated for any reason. -
Page 74: Printing A Document
To abort the current job, click Cancel. Printing Files You can print many different types of files on the Samsung machine device using the standard CUPS way - directly from the command line interface. The CUPS lpr utility allows you do that. -
Page 75: Using Your Printer With A Macintosh
Double-click the MAC_Printer folder. Double-click the Samsung SPL2 Installer icon. Enter the password and click OK. The Samsung SPL Installer window opens. Click Continue and then click Continue. Select Easy Install and click Install. After the installation is finished, click Quit. -
Page 76: Setting Up The Printer
•For MAC OS 10.4, click Default Browser and find the USB connection. •For MAC OS 10.5, click Default and find the USB connection. Select Samsung in Printer Model and your printer in Model Name. Click Add. Your printer appears on the Printer List, and is set as the default printer. -
Page 77: Printing
• You can check your printer name in the supplied CD- ROM. Printing a Document When you print with a Macintosh, you need to check the printer software setting in each application you use. Follow these steps to print from a Macintosh. -
Page 78: Printing Multiple Pages On One Sheet Of Paper
Select the page order from the Layout Direction option. To print a border around each page on the sheet, select the option you want from the Border drop-down list. Click Print, and the printer prints the selected number of pages on one side of each page. - Page 79 Linux driver, install 20 printer properties 23 printing 24 Macintosh driver install 25 uninstall 25 printing 27 setting up the printer 26 MFP driver, install Linux 20 n-up printing Macintosh 28 Windows 13 orientation, print 24 Windows 9 overlay create 16...
- Page 80 system requirements Macintosh 25 uninstall Macintosh 25 Windows 6 status monitor, use 18 toner save, set 10 uninstall, software Macintosh 25 Windows 6 uninstalling MFP driver Linux 21 watermark create 15 delete 15 edit 15 print 15...
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