Samsung SCX-1000 User Manual

P/N : JB68-00390A Rev. 1.00
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Before using the printer, please read the instructions in this guide carefully and keep the guide in a safe place close to the printer, so that it is available when you need it later. Please take the following precautions when using your printer.
Important Precautions and Safety Information
When using this machine, these basic safety precautions should always be followed to reduce risk of fire, electric shock, and injury to persons:
1. Read and understand all instructions.
2. Use common sense whenever operating electrical appliances.
3. Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the product and in the literature accompanying the product.
4. If an operating instruction appears to conflict with safety information, heed the safety information. You may have misunderstood the operating instruction. If you cannot resolve the conflict, contact your sales or service representative for assistance.
5. Unplug the machine from the AC wall socket before cleaning. Do not use liquid or aerosol cleaners. Use only a damp cloth for cleaning.
6. Do not place the machine on an unstable cart, stand, or table. It may fall, causing serious damage.
7. Your machine should never be placed on, near, or over a radiator, heater, air conditioner, or ventilation duct.
8. Do not allow anything to rest on the power or printer cable. Do not locate your machine where the cords might be damaged by persons walking on them.
9. Do not overload wall outlets and extension cords. This can diminish performance, and may result in the risk of fire or electric shock.
10. Do not allow pets to chew on the AC power, or PC interface cable.
Safety Precautions
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Introduction
Overview .............................................................. 1-1
About This Guide .................................................. 1-2
Main Features ...................................................... 1-3
Printer Components .............................................. 1-4
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Chapter
Setting up Your Printer
Overview ............................................................... 2-1
Unpacking Your Printer ......................................... 2-2
Connecting the Printer Cable ................................ 2-4
Connecting the Power Cord .................................. 2-7
Loading Paper into the Input Tray ........................ 2-8
Installing the Print Cartridges .............................. 2-10
Testing the Printer ............................................... 2-16
Installing the Printer Software ............................. 2-17
Uninstalling the Samsung Software .................... 2-25
Making Installation Diskettes .............................. 2-26
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11. Never push objects of any kind into the machine through case or cabinet openings. They may touch dangerous voltage points, creating a risk of fire or shock. Never spill liquid of any kind onto or into the machine.
12. To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not disassemble the machine.
Take it to a qualified service technician when repair work is required. Opening or removing covers may expose you to dangerous voltages or other risks. Incorrect reassembly could cause electric shock when the unit is subsequently used.
13. Unplug the machine from the printer, and AC wall outlet, and refer
servicing to qualified service personnel under the following conditions:
When any part of the power cord, plug, or connecting cable is
damaged or frayed.
If liquid has been spilled into the product.
If the product has been exposed to rain or water.
If the product does not operate properly after instructions have been
followed.
If the product has been dropped, or the cabinet appears damaged.
If the product exhibits a sudden and distinct change in performance.
14. Adjust only those controls covered by the operating instructions.
Improper adjustment of other controls may result in damage, and may require extensive work by a qualified service technician to restore the product to normal operation.
15. Avoid using this machine during a lightning storm. There may be a
remote risk of electric shock from lightning. If possible, unplug the AC power and telephone for the duration of the lightning storm.
17. SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS.
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Making a Copy
Overview ............................................................... 6-1
Making a Single Copy ........................................... 6-2
Making Multiple Copies ......................................... 6-3
Changing Copy Setup ........................................... 6-4
Collated Copying ................................................... 6-6
Making a Clone Copy ........................................... 6-7
Printing Multipage on a Single Page
(SCX-1000S only).................................................. 6-8
Printing Poster ...................................................... 6-9
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Chapter
Smart Media Function (SCX-1000S only)
Overview ............................................................... 7-1
About Smart Media Card ...................................... 7-2
Printing Images ..................................................... 7-4
Selecting Print Mode ..............................................7-5
Deleting Images .....................................................7-6
Storing Images ...................................................... 7-7
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Changing Printer Setting
Overview ............................................................... 8-1
Selecting the Paper Size ...................................... 8-2
Selecting the Paper Type .......................................8-3
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Using the Control Panel
Overview ............................................................... 3-1
Control Panel Buttons ........................................... 3-2
Control Panel Display ........................................... 3-4
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Chapter
Print Media
Overview ............................................................... 4-1
Media Size ............................................................ 4-2
Print Media Characteristics ................................... 4-3
Paper Guideline .................................................... 4-4
Using the Manual Feed Slot ................................. 4-5
4
Chapter
Printing Tasks
Overview ............................................................... 5-1
Selecting the Printer ............................................. 5-2
Printing a Document ............................................. 5-3
Using Features in the Printer Driver ..................... 5-7
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Appendix
Specifications ........................................................ A-1
Replacing the Fitted Plug ..................................... A-4
Guarantee ............................................................. A-5
Index ..................................................................... A-6
Appendix
Maintaining Your Printer
Overview ............................................................... 9-1
Replacing Print Cartridge ...................................... 9-2
Aligning Print Cartridge ......................................... 9-3
Cleaning Your Printer ............................................ 9-4
Cleaning the Print Cartridge Carrier Contacts ...... 9-6
Printing the Help List ............................................. 9-7
Restoring the Menu to the Default Setting .............9-8
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Chapter
Troubleshooting
Overview ............................................................ 10-1
Clearing Paper Jams .......................................... 10-2
Error Messages .................................................. 10-5
General Printing Problems ................................ 10-10
Print Quality Problems ...................................... 10-12
Scanning Problems .......................................... 10-14
OCR Problems .................................................. 10-17
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Chapter
Introduction
Overview
Congratulations on the purchase of your SCX-1000 Series printer!
This chapter provides the following information:
About This Guide M
ain Features
Printer Components
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You can use this printer as your scanner
You can easily scan documents and photographs.
You can print images captured on digital cameras (SCX-1000S only)
Since everything is saved on a Smart Media Card, you can print out graphics files and make copies without a direct link to a PC.
Your printer is a high quality copier
Colour Copies ●Adjustable Contrast/Resolution ●Reduce/Enlarge
Multiple Copies●Collate
This Printer provides the following main features:
Y
ou can print with excellent quality and high speed
High-quality printing at a maximum resolution of 1200 dpi
Printing speeds of 9 ppm (page per minute) for mono prints, and 4.5 ppm (page per minute) for colour prints
W
ith SmarThru 2,
you can easily copy, or scan documents and photographs into your computer, and maintain them as electronic documents. You can also use SmarThru to quickly transmit scanned documents by fax or electronic mail, or to print a copy on your printer.
Scan
Copy
Scan to FAX
Scan to E-mail
Scan to OCR
Scan to Smart Media (SCX-1000S only)
Main Features
Chapter 1
Introduction
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CConventions used
This guide will show you to get started and perform the most common tasks with your printer.
Throughout this guide, following specific conventions are used to help you quickly identify information:
This label identifies significant information.
This label calls attention to an operating procedure, practice, or the like, which, if not correctly performed or adhered to, could result in damage to or destruction of part or all of the product or your data.
This label identifies information you should know before you continue.
About This Guide
Chapter 1
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Front View
The following illustration shows the front view of your printer and indicates the various main elements.
Top Cover
Cartridge Compartment Cover
Smart Media Slot (SCX-1000S only)
Control Panel
Smart Media Function Buttons (SCX-1000S only)
Handle
Paper Out Tray
Paper Input
Tray
Ink Cartridge and
Carrier (inside)
Scanner Bed
Display
Rear View
The following illustration shows the rear view of your printer and indicates the various main elements.
Parallel Interface Connector
USB Port
Manual
Feeder
Power Connector
Rear Cover
Scanner bed
Printer Components
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Chapter
Setting Up Your Printer
Memo
Introduction
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Overview
This chapter provides step-by-step information on setting up your printer.
Unpacking Your Printer Connecting the Printer Cable Connecting the Power Cord
Loading Paper into the Input Tray Installing the Print Cartridge Testing the Printer Installing the Printer Software
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If you find that any of the above items are missing or damaged, contact your local dealer.
The shape of power cord may differ, depending on your country.
If necessary, purchase the USB cable. If you are an SCX-1000S user, you will need to purchase Smart Media Card for full advantage of your machine.
Power Cord Parallel Cable Print Cartridges
(Colour/Black)
User’s Guide
SmarThru 2 Guide
CD-ROMs
1
Remove all the adhesive tapes, as illustrated below.
2
Slide the Input Tray out of the printer. Remove the packaging material from the tray.
When you start unpacking the box of your printer, you will find the
following items in addition to your printer.
During the storage and transport of your printer, adhesive tape is used
to protect some of the elements that may move or open unexpectedly and consequently be damaged.
U
npacking Your Printer
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The SCX-1000 Series printer has two interfaces for wide connectivity; parallel and USB. If you are running Windows 98 or higher and your computer is equipped with a USB port, see page 2-6 for connection.
To prevent malfunction, it is strongly recommend that you use the supplied parallel cable with the printer. If you need to purchase another cable, ensure that it is complies to IEEE-
1284.
1
Check that both the printer and the computer are powered off and disconnected from the power point.
2
Plug one end of the parallel cable into the connector on the rear of the printer.
3
Push the metal clips down to fit inside the notches on the cable plug.
4
Plug the other end of the cable into the appropriate parallel connector on your computer and fasten it tight.
C
onnecting the Printer Cable
Chapter 2
Parallel cable connection
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1
Plug one end of the power cable supplied to the connector on the rear of the printer.
2
Plug the other end into a suitable power point.
The printer indicates and enters the Ready Mode. At this moment, you will hear some of movement inside the printer.
To use a USB cable for printing, your computer should be running Windows 98 or higher and have a USB port.
1
Make sure that both the printer and computer are turned off.
2
Plug one end of the certified USB cable into the USB port on the printer.
3
Plug the other end into the USB port on the computer.
The USB and parallel printer cables cannot be connected simultaneously. You should decide which connection to use and the best connection to fit your requirement.
C
onnecting the Power Cord
Chapter 2
Connecting the Printer Cable
Continued
USB cable connection
The SCX-1000 Series printer has a power range of 110-240V AC.
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4
Squeeze the Width Guide and slide it to fit the edge of the paper.
5
Slide the Length Guide in to fit the bottom edge of the paper.
6
Push the input tray back towards the printer until it stops.
1
Pull the tray completely out of the printer.
2
Slide the paper width and length guides to their outermost positions.
3
Place the paper against the right side of the tray with the recommended print side face down.
If necessary, flex the sheets back and forth to loosen them, then fan them.
Do not fold or crease the paper.
Loading Paper into the Input Tray
Chapter 2
Your printer has the Input Tray that can hold up to 150 sheets of paper.
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When you unpack the printer, the Print Cartridge Carrier is hidden on the right side of the printer. The carrier slides horizontally across a track inside the printer. It must move into the installation position on the far left side of the printer to install the print cartridges.
Do not pull the Print Cartridge Carrier by hand. Doing so may damage the printer.
2
Lift the Scanner Bed (), and support it with the Cartridge Compartment Cover (➁).
Do not touch the copper contact area.
3
Complete the following steps to move the Print Cartridge Carrier into the installation position.
a) Press Setup until CARTRIDGE appears in the display.
b) Press
ˆ or ¤ until CHANGE CAR. appears in the second row of
the display.
c) Press Enter/Select.
The Print Cartridge Carrier moves to the far left side of the printer. You are now ready to install the print cartridges.
Cartridge Type
Black/Photo*
Colour
Copper Contact Area
Cartridge Carrier Slot
Right
Left
1
Remove the sticker and the transparent tape covering the copper contact area on one of the cartridges.
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nstalling the Print Cartridges
Chapter 2
* Photo cartridge is optional.
To print correctly, the cartridges should be installed into the correct slot.
Put the cartridges in the carrier slot as indicated below:
4
Insert cartridges.
Colour
Cartridge
Black or Photo Cartridge
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5
Push back the cartridge until it snaps securely into place. You should hear a click sound.
6
Close the Printer Top Cover.
PUSH BACK
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7
Press ˆ or ¤ until BOTH appears in the second row of the display.
8
Press Enter/Select. LEFT CARTRIDGE? appears in
the display.
9
Press ˆ or ¤ to select the colour cartridge type that you installed.
12
Press Enter/Select. If you have installed a new
cartridge, an alignment test page prints.
Depending on the cartridge combination you have installed in your machine, a test page with one or more alignment patterns similar to the ones shown on next page is printed. Each pattern has a number under it.
10
Press Enter/Select. RIGHT CARTRIDGE? appears in
the display.
11
Press ˆ or ¤ to select the black/photo cartridge type that you installed.
Installing the Print Cartridge
Continued
The cartridge types you can select are:
NEW STD COLOR for a new standard colour cartridge. NEW HIGH COLOR for a new high-yield colour cartridge. OLD COLOR for a used colour cartridge.
The cartridge types you can select are:
NEW STD BLACK for a new standard black cartridge. NEW HIGH BLACK for a new high-yield black cartridge. OLD BLACK for a used black cartridge. NEW PHOTO for a new photo cartridge. OLD PHOTO for a used photo cartridge.
LEFT CARTRIDGE?
NEW STD COLOR
RIGHT CARTRIDGE?
NEW STD BLACK
PRINTING
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The following illustrations are examples of the alignment test patterns. Each pattern has a letter above it (A, B, C, D, E, and F for black/color, A, B, C and D for color/photo cartridge).
Once the cartridge alignment test page has printed, the display looks like this:
The current alignment value appears in the second row.
To change the alignment value
1) From the ALIGNMENT A group on the test page, locate the
number under the alignment pattern that comes closest to forming a perfectly straight line.
2) Press ˆ or ¤ to display the correct alignment value based on the
printed test page.
3) Press Enter/Select to choose the correct alignment value.
The next Alignment screen appears on the display.
4) Repeat steps 1 through 3 to select alignment values for B, C, D,
E, and F. Once you pressed Enter/Select to choose the correct value for ALIGNMENT F, the printer returns to the Ready Mode.
Continued
Cartridge type Part number
Standard Lexmark P/N 12A1970 High yield Lexmark P/N 12A1975 Standard Lexmark P/N 15M0120 High yield Lexmark P/N 15M0125
Lexmark P/N 12A1990
Black cartridge
Photo cartridge (optional)
Colour cartridge
When either print cartridge starts to run out of ink, replace the empty print cartridge. If you do not have a new replacement for the empty print cartridge, leave the empty print cartridge in the printer.
Keep a spare print cartridge on hand. When buying print cartridges, check the part numbers referenced below carefully to ensure that you are buying the correct print cartridge. These print cartridges have been specifically designed to work with your printer to produce results that are always clear and sharp.
If you want to purchase a new print cartridge, either contact your point of purchase or any Lexmark authorized supplies dealer.
ALIGN CARTRIDGE ¤
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Each time you install a new print cartridge, run the Self Test to check if the print cartridge is installed properly.
1
Press Setup until MAINTENANCE appears in the display.
2
Press ˆ or ¤ until PRINT SELF TEST appears in the second row of
the display.
3
Press Enter/Select.
The message PRINTING appears in the display.
The printer software (printer driver) and the SmarThru 2 program are provided on two CD-ROMs. To use your new machine as a printer, the printer software must be installed. In addition, it is recommended to install SmarThru 2 program to take more features than the stand-alone printer.
Printer software (printer driver)
The printer driver accesses the printer features and allows the computer to communicate with the printer.
SmarThru 2 program
The program called SmarThru 2 is an application program that helps you manage your printer.
Samsung SmarThru 2 provides you with :
A Mail Box that can send, receive and store e-mail and fax messages.
An Image Manager that supports operations on images.
Scan Manager that supports scanner operations.
A Copy Manager that controls the copying process.
AnyPage Lite OCR software gives you the possibility to convert scanned images into text documents suitable for editing in your favorite text editor.
Smart Media Manager that can store, delete and edit scanned
For information about SmarThru 2, see the separate SmarThru 2 Guide.
T
esting the Printer
Chapter 2
I
nstalling the Printer Software
Chapter 2
[MAINTENANCE]
¤
HELP LIST
[MAINTENANCE]
¤
PRINT SELF TEST
PRINTING
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Installing the Printer Software
If you do not have a CD-ROM drive, you can copy the Setup program onto floppy diskettes. For more information see ‘Making Installation Diskettes’ page 2-26.
Continued
Hardware Requirements
To install and run the Printer Software you must have the following hardware configuration:
120MB of available Hard disk space
Pentium 133 or better
32MB of RAM or more
Software Requirements
To install and run the Printer Software you must have the following software configuration.
Windows 95 OSR2
Windows 98 or Windows 98 SE
If you are installing the software onto a Windows NT 4 Workstation, you must have installed Service Pack 3 or higher
Internet Explorer 4.01 or later
1
Make sure the printer is plugged in and connected to your computer.
2
Start Windows.
3
When the New Hardware Found message appears, click the Cancel button.
5
Select the printer model which is connected to your computer.
6
Select the language you want to use .
4
Insert the Setup CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
The Model Selection window should appear automatically.
If the installation does not start automatically, do the following:
a) Click Start Run from the Windows task bar. b) Type e:\Setup.exe (substitute your CD-ROM drive
letter for the ‘e’) on the command line, then click the OK button.
Installing the printer software
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Chapter 2
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Setting up Your Printer
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Setting up Your Printer
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Installing the Printer Software
Continued
7
Click Install the Samsung Software on your PC. The Welcome window appears.
8
Click Next.
Select this icon to Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Typical (recommended)
This option allows you to install the MFP driver, SmarThru software and OCR software.
Compact (minimum)
This option only allows you to install the MFP driver.
Custom (for experienced users)
This option allows you to choose which components will be installed. The installation program will prompt you to select the software items.
The files are automatically installed.
The progress window appears on your screen as the program files are copied onto your computer.
Select this icon to make diskettes of your software.
Select this icon to to uninstall the Samsung Software on your computer.
9
Type the user name and company and click the Next button.
Select the folder which the Samsung Software will be installed in, and click the Next button.
10
11
Choose the Setup type and click the Next button.
12
Select the program folder that you want to create the program icons for, and click the Next button.
13
After the installation is completed, click on Finish. The Windows will restart.
If there is no Internet Explorer 4.0 or above version on your PC, the Setup program will install Internet Explorer version 5.0 on your PC first. After installing it, to continue SCX-1000 Series software setup, run ‘Autorun.exe’ from the CD or reinsert the CD in the drive.
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