Detailed instructions for use are in the User's Guide.
Laser Printer
User's Guide
ML-6100 Series
Copyright
This manual is provided for information purposes only. All information included herein is subject to change without notice. Samsung Electronics is not responsible for any damages, direct or indirect, arising from or related to use of this manual. © 1999 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.
Trademark Notices
·ML-6100, ML-6100N and Samsung logo are trademarks of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. ·Centronics is a registered trademark of Centronics Data Computer Corporation. ·HP, PCL5e, and PCL6 are registered trademarks of Hewlett-Packard Company. ·IBM, IBM PC, XT, AT, PS/2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. ·Apple, AppleTalk, TrueType, Laser Writer, Macintosh, and LocalTalk are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. ·Microsoft, MS-Windows, and MS-DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. ·PostScript, is a registered trademarks of Adobe Systems, Inc. ·CompuServe is a registered trademark of CompuServe Inc. ·All other brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or organizations.
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EC Declaration of Conformity
We, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. #259, Gong Dan-Dong, Gumi-City, Kyung Buk, Korea declare sole responsibility that the ML-6100, ML-6100N Laser printer meets the intent of Directive 89/336/EEC for Electromagnetic Compatibility and Low Voltage Directive 73/23/EEC. Compliance was demonstrated to the following specifications as listed in the official journal of the European Communities: EN 50081-Emissions: EN 55022 Radiated, Class B EN 55022 Conducted, Class B EN 61000-3-2 Power Harmonics EN 61000-3-3 Voltage Fluctuations and Flicker EN 50082-Immunity: IEC 801-2 Electrostatic Discharge IEC 801-3 RF Radiated IEC 801-4 Fast Transient/Burst EN 60950-Safety
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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. Class I laser products are not considered to be hazardous. The laser system and printer are designed so there is never any human access to laser radiation above a Class I level during normal operation, user maintenance, or prescribed service condition.
WARNING Never operate or service the printer with the protective cover removed from Laser/Scanner assembly. The reflected beam, although invisible, can damage your eyes.
CAUTION VORSICHT
-INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN THIS COVER IS OPEN. DO NOT OPEN THIS COVER -UNSICHTBARE LASERSTRAHLUNG, WENN ABDECKUNG GEĂ–FFNET. NICHT DEM STRAHL AUSSETZEN.
ATTENTION
-RAYONNEMENT LASER INVISIBLE EN CAS D'OUVERTURE. DANGEREUSE AU FAISCEAU. -RADIAZIONE LASER INVISIBILE IN CASO DIAPERTURA. EVITARE L'ESPOSIZIONE AL FASCIO.
ATTENZIONE
PRECAUCION -RADIACION LASER IVISIBLE CUANDO SE ABRE. EVITAR EXPONERSE AL RAYO. ADVARSEL -USYNLIG LASERSTRĂ…LNING VED Ă…BNING NĂ…R SIKKERHEDSBRYDERE ER UDE AF FUNKTION UNDGĂ… UDSAETTELSE FOR STRĂ…LNING. -USYNLIG LASERSTRĂ…LNING NĂ…R DEKSEL Ă…PNES. STIRR IKKE INN I STRĂ…LEN. UNNGĂ… EKSPONERING FOR STRĂ…LEN. -OSYNLIG LASERSTRĂ…LNING NĂ„R DENNA DEL Ă„R Ă–PPAND OCH SPĂ„RREN Ă…R URKOPPLAD. BETRAKTA EJ STRĂ…LEN STRĂ…LEN AR FARLIG. -AVATTAESSA JA SUOJALUKITUS OHITETTAESSA OLET ALTTIINA NĂ„KYMĂ„TTĂ–MĂ„LLE LASERSĂ„TEILYLLE Ă„LĂ„ KATSO SĂ„TEESEEN.
ADVARSER
VARNING
VARO
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Safety Information
PRODUCT SAFETY USA & CANADA EEC(Europe) CB LASER SAFETY EEC(Europe) USA EN 60825 21 CFR, Chapter 1, Subchapter J (CDRH Certified) UL 1950 Third Edition (C-UL LISTING) EN 60950 (TĂśV GS Certification) IEC 60950
Power Saver
This printer contains advanced energy conservation technology that reduces power consumption when it is not in active use. When the printer does not receive data for an extended period of time, power consumption is automatically lowered. For potentially faster printing of the first page, you may turn the power save off from the Remote Control Panel setting.
The energy star emblem does not represent EPA endorsement of any product or service.
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Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 Printer Unpacking and Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 Printer Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 Inside Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 Understanding Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 Control Panel Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 Printer Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.6 Printer Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.6 Caution and Warning Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7
Chapter 2
Printer Setup
Installing the Toner Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 Loading Paper into the Cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 Connecting to the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.7 Parallel Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.8 USB Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.8 Serial Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.9 LocalTalk Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.9 Network Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.9 Attaching the Power Cord and Testing the Printer . . . . . . . . . . 2.10 Printer Driver Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.11 Windows 95/98/NT 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.11 Windows 3.1x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.11 Printer Driver Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.12 Software Utilities Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.13 Installing the USB Port Driver (Windows 98) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.13 Installing the RCP and SM (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.13 Installing the PostScript PPD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.14 Making Installation Diskettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.17 PCL6 Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.17 RCP/SM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.17 PCL5e Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.18 USB Port Driver (Windows 98 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.18 Installing Software from Diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.19 PCL Printer Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.19 RCP and SM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.20 USB Port Driver (Windows 98 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.20 Uninstalling the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.21
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Chapter 3
Print Media Information
Selecting Print Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1 Media Sizes and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1 Basic Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2 How to Adjust Paper Guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3 Using the MP(Multi-Purpose) Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.5 MP Tray Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.5 Loading Paper into the MP Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.6 Closing the Mp Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.10 Using Rear Output Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.11
Chapter 4
Printing
Printing in Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1 Configuring the PCL Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2 Selecting Your Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2 Setting Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3 PCL6 Driver Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4 Manual Duplex Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.5 Booklet Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.6 PostScript Driver Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.7 Using Printer Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.8 Remote Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.8 Status Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.11 Requirements for Printing in Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.12 Printing a Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.12
Chapter 5
Troubleshooting
Cleaning the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1 Cleaning the Outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1 Cleaning the Inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1 Clearing Paper Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2 Paper Jam in Output Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2 Paper Jam in Input Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.4 Paper Jam Inside Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.5 Paper Jam in Option Cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.6 Tips for Avoiding Paper Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.8 Solving Printing Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.9 Solving Print Quality Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.12 Solving PostScript Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.14 Obtaining Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.15
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Chapter 6
Printer Options
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1 Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1 Memory SIMM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.2 Serial/LocalTalk Card or Network Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.8 Option Cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.14
Chapter 7
Printer Specifications
Printer Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.1 Language Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2 Paper Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4 Replacing the fitted plug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7
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Introduction
Introduction
Thank you for purchasing this laser printer. The ML-6100 is a desktop laser printer specially designed for the demanding small office and home office users. It uses a highly innovative printing technology, which provides all the performance and power you need for your business, small workgroup and personal printing. The ML-6100N comes standard with network card(PortThru). Install the network printer driver(SyncThru) for network printing.
Printer Unpacking and Setup
1. Remove the printer and all accessories from the packing carton. Save the carton and packing materials in case you need to repack the printer for service or storage. 2. Make sure that your printer came packed with the following items: · Toner cartridge · Power cord · Centronics-compatible parallel cable (IEEE 1284-compliant) · User Guide (this book) · Network Printer Card User Guide (ML-6100N only) · Setup CD-ROM Note: This CD-ROM contains the software required to operate your printer, along with useful printer utilities. Should your computer not be equipped with a CD-ROM drive, please refer to "Making Installation Diskettes" (page 2.17) for deta ...
