Basic setup

After installation is complete, you may want to set the machine’s default settings. Refer to the next section if you would like to set or change values. This chapter gives you step-by-step instructions for setting up the machine.

This chapter includes:

Altitude adjustment

The print quality is affected by atmospheric pressure, which is determined by the height of the machine above sea level. The following information will guide you on how to set your machine to the best print quality or best quality of print.Before you set the altitude value, determine the altitude where you are.

  1. High 1

  2. High 2

  3. High 3

  4. Normal

You can altitude adjustment in Printer Settings Utility.

  1. Double-click the Smart Panel icon on the Windows task bar (or Notification Area in Linux). You can also click Smart Panel on the status bar in Mac OS X (See Using the Smart Panel program).

    Or, if you are a Windows user, you can launch it from the Start menu, select Programs or All Programs > Samsung Printers > your printer driver name > Smart Panel.

  2. Click Printer Setting.

  3. Select necessary options in the Altitude Adjustment drop-down list.

  4. Click the Apply button.

    If your machine is connected to a network, SyncThru™ Web Service screen appears automatically. This can also be adjusted via SyncThru™ Web Service.

Setting the default tray and paper

You can select the tray and paper you would like to keep using for printing job.

From your computer

Windows

  1. Click the Windows Start menu.

  2. For Windows 2000, select Settings > Printers.

    • For Windows XP/Server 2003, select Printers and Faxes.

    • For Windows Server 2008/Vista, select Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Printers.

    • For Windows 7, select Control Panel > Devices and Printers.

    • For Windows Server 2008 R2, select Control Panel > Hardware > Devices and Printers.

  3. Right-click on your machine.

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

    For Windows 7/Server 2008 R2, from context menus, select the Printing Preferences.

    [Note]

    If Printing Preferences item has a ► mark, you can select other printer drivers connected with the selected printer.

  5. Click Paper tab.

  6. Select options such as number of copies, paper size or paper type.

  7. Press OK.

[Note]

If you want to use special-sized paper such as a billing paper, select Edit... in the Paper tab in the Printing Preferences (See Opening printing preferences).

Macintosh

Macintosh does not support this function. Macintosh users need to change the default setting manually each time they want to print using other settings.

  1. Open a Macintosh application and select the file you want to print.

  2. Open the File menu and click Print.

  3. Go to Paper Feed pane.

  4. Set appropriate tray from which you want to print.

  5. Go to Paper pane.

  6. Set paper type to correspond to the paper loaded in the tray from which you want to print.

  7. Click Print to print.

Linux

  1. Open Terminal Program

  2. When the Terminal screen appears, type in the following: [root@localhost root]# lpr <FileName>

  3. Select Printer and click Properties…

  4. Click Advanced tab.

  5. Select tray (source) and its options, such as paper size and type.

  6. Press OK.

Using the power saving feature

When you will not be using the machine for a while, you can use this feature to save power.

You change power save in Printer Settings Utility.

  1. Double-click the Smart Panel icon on the Windows task bar (or Notification Area in Linux). You can also click Smart Panel on the status bar in Mac OS X (See Using the Smart Panel program).

    Or, if you are a Windows user, you can launch it from the Start menu, select Programs or All Programs > Samsung Printers > your printer driver name > Smart Panel.

  2. Click Printer Setting.

  3. Click Setting > Power Save. Select the appropriate value from the drop-down list, and then click Apply.

Changing font setting (CLP-320N(K)/CLP-321N/CLP-325W(K) only)

Your machine has preset font setting depending on your region or country.

If you want to change the font or set the font for special condition, such as the DOS environment, you can change the font setting as follows:

  1. Double-click the Smart Panel icon on the Windows task bar (or Notification Area in Linux). You can also click Smart Panel on the status bar in Mac OS X (See Using the Smart Panel program).

    Or, if you are a Windows user, you can launch it from the Start menu, select Programs or All Programs > Samsung Printers > your printer driver name > Smart Panel.

  2. Click Printer Setting.

  3. Click Emulation.

  4. Confirm if PCL is selected in Emulation Setting.

  5. Click Setting.

  6. Select your preferred font in the Symbol set list.

  7. Click Apply.

[Note]

Following information shows the proper font list for corresponding languages.

  • Russian: CP866, ISO 8859/5 Latin Cyrillic

  • Greek: ISO 8859/7 Latin Greek, PC-8 Latin/Greek

  • Arabic & Farsi: HP Arabic-8, Windows Arabic, Code Page 864, Farsi, ISO 8859/6 Latin Arabic

Setting the humidity mode

Print quality is affected by humidity levels. Paper may be damp if your location is a humid area: set the humidity mode.

  1. Ensure that you have installed the printer driver with the provided Printer Software CD.

  2. Double-click the Smart Panel icon on the Windows task bar (or Notification Area in Linux). You can also click Smart Panel on the status bar in Mac OS X.

  3. Click Printer Setting.

    [Note]

    If your machine is connected to the network, you can set the humidity mode via SyncThru™ Web Service.

  4. Click Setting > Humidity. Select the appropriate value from the drop-down list, and then click Apply.