Samsung CLX-3185N, CLP-320, ML-2851NDR, ML-2851ND, CLP-670ND User Manual

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Samsung Universal Print

Driver

User’s Guide

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guide.

• Samsung Universal Print Driver is a trademark of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd

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INTRODUCTION

INSTALLING AND UNINSTALLING THE SAMSUNG UNIVERSAL PRINT DRIVER

USING THE SAMSUNG UNIVERSAL PRINT DRIVER

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Samsung Universal Print Driver vs. Model specific drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Installing Samsung Universal Print Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Uninstalling Samsung Universal Print Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Accessing the Samsung Universal Print Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Layout overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Changing Samsung Universal Print Driver settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Setting the pop-up option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Setting the printer search option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Searching print devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

By TCP/IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

By Search Now menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Creating a favorite folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Printing with Samsung Universal Print Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Basic printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Changing the selected printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

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Introduction

The Samsung Universal Print Driver is a single driver that can be used with different printer models. This gives users instant access to not only Samsung print devices but also a range of other vendor's PDL based devices without the need to download separate drivers.

• PDL means both PCL and PS.

• Samsung does not guarantee the quality of other vendors’ printer devices and Samsung models that are not

supported (Click to see the supported Samsung device list). For unsupported Samsung models, driver is automatically set to usable default PDL.

Samsung Universal Print Driver vs. Model specific drivers

The following table shows the differences between the Samsung Universal Print Driver and the product based drivers:

SAMSUNG UNIVERSAL PRINT

DRIVER

User interface Consistent user interface. Inconsistent user interface.

Installation • Download and install with the installer

file provided with the Samsung Universal Print Driver.

• Install via executing the installer file.

Device discovery Easily locate and access suggested

devices from the whole Samsung printer products.

Availability Available on the Samsung web site. Available on the CD provided with the

MODEL SPECIFIC DRIVERS

• Manually locate, download, and install

driver for each device.

• Install via CD autorun or Add printer

wizard.

Manually discover devices.

device, or the product based driver.

System requirements

Minimum system requirements for the Samsung Universal Print Driver are as follows:

OPERATING SYSTEM

CPU RAM FREE HDD SPACE

Windows Vista 1 GHz 1 GB 40 GB

Windows XP 300 MHz or higher 128 MB RAM or higher 1.5 GB or higher

Windows 2000 133 Mhz 64 MB 2GB

Windows Server 2003 550 MHz or higher 256 MB RAM or higher 2.9 GB or higher

Windows Server 2008 2 GHz or faster 2 GB RAM or higher 40 GB or higher

REQUIREMENTS

(additional 1.8 GB in SP2 and additional 900 MB in SP3

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Installing and Uninstalling the Samsung Universal Print Driver

This chapter gives you step-by-step instructions for installing and uninstalling the Samsung Universal Print Driver.

The following windows are for a PCL driver in Windows XP. Windows may differ for a PS driver, but the steps are the same.

Installing Samsung Universal Print Driver

Before installing the driver, check the recommended minimum requirements for your system (See "System requirements" on page 4).

1. Start a web browser and go to www.samsung.com.

2. Search for the Samsung Universal Print Driver setup file.

3. Start the setup file.

The Samsung Universal Print Driver Installer Wizard opens.

4. Click Next. If necessary, select a language from the drop-down list.

After the installation window opens, wait for installation to be completed.

5. After the Setup Completed window opens, click Finish. If you want to register yourself as a user of Samsung devices in order to receive information from Samsung, select the

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