Samsung SCX4521F - B/W Laser - All-in-One, User Manual

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Page 4: ...ng the Clock Mode 2 10 Setting the Paper Size and Type 2 10 Setting Sounds Only for SCX 4521F 2 11 Speaker Ringer Key Sound and Alarm Sound 2 11 Speaker Volume 2 11 Using the Save Modes 2 11 Toner Sav...

Page 5: ...a Fax About Receiving Modes 7 6 Loading Paper for Receiving Faxes 7 6 Receiving Automatically in Fax Mode 7 6 Receiving Manually in Tel Mode 7 6 Receiving Automatically in Ans Fax Mode 7 6 Receiving M...

Page 6: ...earing Document Jams 9 1 Input Misfeed 9 1 Exit Misfeed 9 2 Clearing Paper Jams 9 2 In the Tray 9 2 In the Manual Tray 9 2 In the Fuser Area or Around the Toner Cartridge 9 3 In the Paper Exit Area 9...

Page 7: ...uired 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 14 Unplug the machine from the t...

Page 8: ...guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipm...

Page 9: ...tions on how to actually test the emergency number This machine may not be used on coin service or party lines This machine provides magnetic coupling to hearing aids You may safely connect this equip...

Page 10: ...rown Live If the wires in the mains lead do not match the colors marked in your plug do the following You must connect the green and yellow wire to the pin marked by the letter E or by the safety Eart...

Page 11: ...can English British English American English Re dialling Re dialing Colour Color Emphasise Emphasize Recognise Recognize Organise Organize Authorise Authorize Cancelling Canceling Customise Customize...

Page 12: ...tray supports convenient access Create professional documents Print Watermarks You can customize your documents with words such as Confidential For details see Software User s Guide Print Posters The...

Page 13: ...1 see page 1 3 Front Door Output Tray Face Down Paper Input Tray Paper Output Extension Document Output Tray Toner Cartridge Manual Tray The figure above shows an SCX 4521F Rear View Line Jack Only fo...

Page 14: ...se into a fax number On Hook Dial Engages the telephone line 1 2 3 4 5 SCX 4321 Scan to Allows you to access a list of your PC software programs that an image can be scanned to You must create the sca...

Page 15: ...e power cord and the telephone line cord may differ depending on your country s specifications CD ROM The CD ROM contains the Samsung printer drivers Scan drivers Printer Settings Utility SmarThru sof...

Page 16: ...s of heat cold and humidity Do not set the machine close to the edge of your desk or table Clearance Space Front 19 in 482 6 mm enough space so that the tray and door can be opened Back 3 9 in 100 mm...

Page 17: ...tridge to avoid touching this area 4 Unfold the toner cartridge handle and grasp it Insert the cartridge in the machine until it snaps into place NOTE Carefully insert or pull out the toner cartridge...

Page 18: ...OTES Do not push the paper side guide far enough to cause the materials to warp If you do not adjust the paper side guide it may cause paper jams 5 If necessary close the paper cover to keep the paper...

Page 19: ...ied with your machine In the United Kingdom if a three wire type SHUNT wire older equipment telephone or answering machine is connected to the EXT jack on the machine the external equipment will fail...

Page 20: ...000 XP Macintosh 10 3 or Linux To the USB port on your computer To the parallel port on your computer Turning the Machine On 1 Plug one end of the supplied three pronged electrical cord into the AC so...

Page 21: ...d image in many ways using a powerful image editor and to send the image by e mail You can also open another image editor program installed in your Windows like Adobe PhotoShop from SmarThru For detai...

Page 22: ...guage that displays on the control panel follow these steps 1 Press Menu until Machine Setup appears on the top line of the display 2 Press the scroll button or until Language appears on the bottom li...

Page 23: ...le when you set up your machine you enter your name or your company s name and telephone number When you store one or two digit speed dial or group dial numbers you may also enter the corresponding na...

Page 24: ...n the time and date on the display is correct 6 To return to Standby mode press Stop Clear Changing the Clock Mode You can set your machine to display the current time using either a 12 hour or 24 hou...

Page 25: ...ntil you hear the volume you want The display shows the current volume level 3 Press On Hook Dial to save the change and return to Standby mode NOTE You can adjust the speaker volume only when the tel...

Page 26: ...ress Menu until Machine Setup appears on the top line of the display 2 Press the scroll button or until you see Dial Mode on the bottom line and press Enter 3 Press the scroll button or to select the...

Page 27: ...Weight 16 24 lb 60 to 90 g m2 bond for the tray with multi pages feeding and 16 43 lb 60 to 165 g m2 bond for the manual tray and tray with single page feeding Brightness Some papers are whiter than...

Page 28: ...for long periods of time Dust and dirt may accumulate on them resulting in spotty printing To avoid smudging caused by fingerprints handle them carefully To avoid fading do not expose printed transpa...

Page 29: ...erial 3 Select Manual Feed for Source from the software application and then select the correct paper size and type For details see Software User s Guide 4 Operate printing 5 The display shows Add Pap...

Page 30: ...u can use the document glass or the Automatic Document Feeder ADF to load an original document for copying scanning and sending a fax Using the ADF you can load up to 30 documents 20 lb 75 g m2 bond f...

Page 31: ...darkness and original type by using the control panel buttons See Setting Copy Options on page 4 3 To clear the settings use the Stop Clear button 5 If necessary you can use special copy features such...

Page 32: ...You can choose from the following image modes Text Use for documents containing mostly text Text Photo Use for documents with mixed text and photographs Photo Use when the originals are photographs NO...

Page 33: ...e does not work 1 Place the document to be copied on the document glass and close the cover 2 Press Menu until Copy Feature appears on the top line of the display 3 Press the scroll button or until Cl...

Page 34: ...you press the Stop Clear button or if no buttons are pressed for approximately 30 seconds the machine cancels the copy job and returns to Standby mode 8 Press Start again 2 Up or 4 Up Copying This co...

Page 35: ...ot start copying after changing them on the control panel 1 Press Menu on the control panel until Copy Setup appears on the top line of the display 2 Press the scroll button or to display Timeout on t...

Page 36: ...in a print queue or print spooler such as the Printer group in Windows delete the job as follows 1 Click the Windows Start button 2 For Windows 98 NT4 0 2000 Me select Settings and then Printers For...

Page 37: ...driver for scanning images For details see Software User s Guide From the Samsung SmarThru software Launch Samsung SmarThru and open Scan To to begin scanning For details see Software User s Guide NOT...

Page 38: ...up appears on the top line of the display The first available menu item Default Change displays on the bottom line 2 Press the scroll button or until you see the desired menu item on the bottom line a...

Page 39: ...ide the margin and the Auto Reduction feature is turned on the machine reduces the document to fit it onto the appropriately sized paper and discard does not occur If the Auto Reduction feature is tur...

Page 40: ...DF You can insert up to 30 sheets at a time Make sure that the bottom of the document stack matches the paper size marked on the document tray 2 Adjust the document guide on the ADF to match the width...

Page 41: ...rts the Super Fine resolution See the notes below Photo Documents containing shades of gray or photographs Color Documents with colors Sending a color fax is enabled only if the machine with which you...

Page 42: ...t Feeder see To fax a document using the Automatic Document Feeder ADF on page 7 3 the machine automatically begins to send For a document placed on the document glass the display asks if you want to...

Page 43: ...faxes can only be printed on Letter A4 Legal Folio Executive or B5 sized paper For details about loading paper and setting the paper size in the tray see Loading Paper on page 2 3 and Setting the Pap...

Page 44: ...istinctive Ring Pattern Detection option Distinctive Ring service must be installed on your telephone line by the telephone company To set up Distinctive Ring Pattern Detection you will need another t...

Page 45: ...on on page 7 4 If you need to change the darkness see Darkness on page 7 2 3 Enter the speed dial number For a one digit speed dial number press and hold the appropriate digit button For a two digit s...

Page 46: ...u want to edit another group press Enter and repeat from step 5 Or To return to Standby mode press Stop Clear Sending a Fax Using Group Dialing Multi address Transmission You can use group dialing for...

Page 47: ...out loading a document see Loading a Document on page 7 3 2 Adjust the document resolution to suit your fax needs see Adjusting the Document Resolution on page 7 4 If you need to change the darkness s...

Page 48: ...If you set a time earlier than the current time the document will be sent at that time on the following day 12Press Enter when the starting time displays correctly 13The document is scanned into memor...

Page 49: ...the display 4 Press the scroll button or to display Add Page on the bottom line and press Enter The display shows the last job reserved in memory 5 Press the scroll button or until you see the fax job...

Page 50: ...m line and press Enter 4 Enter the four digit password and press Enter The mode is deactivated and the machine prints all faxes stored in memory 5 To return to Standby mode press Stop Clear Printing R...

Page 51: ...V Forward You can set your machine to forward incoming faxes to another fax number during a specified time period When a fax arrives at your machine it is stored in memory Then the machine dials the f...

Page 52: ...Clears all of the data stored in the memory Paper Setting Restores all of the Paper Setting options to the factory default Machine Setup Resets all of your settings to the factory default Copy Setup...

Page 53: ...e cabinet While cleaning the inside of the machine be careful not to touch the transfer roller located underneath the toner cartridge Oil from your fingers can cause print quality problems Cleaning th...

Page 54: ...e 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 wa...

Page 55: ...es needs to be replaced NOTE You can set the machine to ignore the Toner Empty message and to continue printing incoming faxes See Ignoring the Toner Empty Message Only for SCX 4521F on page 8 5 Remov...

Page 56: ...1 Press Menu until Machine Setup appears on the display 2 Press the scroll button or until Ignore Toner appears on the bottom line and press Enter 3 Press the Scroll button or to select On or Off Sel...

Page 57: ...ad You can purchase an ADF rubber pad from your Samsung dealer or the retailer where you bought your machine 1 Open the ADF cover 2 Remove the ADF rubber pad from the ADF as shown 3 Insert a new ADF r...

Page 58: ...Common Macintosh Problems Clearing Document Jams When a document jams while passing through the ADF Automatic Document Feeder Document Jam appears on the display Input Misfeed 1 Remove any remaining p...

Page 59: ...al tray page 9 2 Paper Jam 1 Open Close Door In the fuser area or around the toner cartridge page 9 3 Paper Jam 2 Check Inside In the paper exit area page 9 3 In the Tray 1 Remove the jammed paper in...

Page 60: ...ry pull the manual tray out 4 Remove the jammed paper by gently pulling it straight out 5 If necessary push the manual tray back into the machine 6 Reinstall the toner cartridge and close the front do...

Page 61: ...commended print materials See Paper Specifications on page 10 3 Ensure that the recommended print side of print materials is facing up in the tray Clearing LCD Error Messages Display Meaning Suggested...

Page 62: ...ry Full only for SCX 4521F The memory is full Delete unnecessary documents and retransmit after more memory becomes available Alternatively split the transmission into more than one operation No Answe...

Page 63: ...s not too much paper in the tray The tray can hold up to 150 sheets of paper depending on the thickness of your paper Make sure that you are using the correct type of paper See Paper Specifications on...

Page 64: ...m the wrong paper source The paper source selection in the printer properties may be incorrect For many software applications the paper source selection is found under the Paper tab within the printer...

Page 65: ...he paper may not meet paper specifications for example the paper is too moist or too rough See Paper Specifications on page 10 3 If the entire page is light the print resolution setting is too low or...

Page 66: ...ality paper see Cleaning the Drum on page 8 5 Condition Suggested solutions AaBbCc AaBbCc AaBbCc AaBbCc AaBbCc AaBbCc AaBbCc AaBbCc AaBbCc AaBbCc AaBbCc AaBbCc AaBbCc AaBbCc AaBbCc Background scatter...

Page 67: ...f the printed paper is curled or paper does not feed into the machine Turn over the stack of paper in the tray Also try rotating the paper 180 in the tray Condition Suggested solutions A A AaBbCc AaBb...

Page 68: ...mbers are stored in memory correctly Print a Phonebook list referring to Phonebook List on page 7 13 The document does not feed into the machine Make sure that the document is not wrinkled and you are...

Page 69: ...k if the MFP port is not busy Since functional components of MFP printer and scanner share the same I O interface MFP port the situation of simultaneous access of different consumer application to the...

Page 70: ...p for application I encounter error Cannot open MFP port device file when printing a document Please avoid changing print job parameters via SLPR utility for example while a print job is in progress K...

Page 71: ...sheets Paper type Plain paper Transparencies Labels Card stock Envelopes Consumables 1 piece toner cartridge system Power requirements 110 127 VAC 50 60 Hz 4 5 A 220 240 VAC 50 60 Hz 2 5 A Power cons...

Page 72: ...Zoom rate Platen 25 400 ADF 25 100 Multiple copies 1 99 pages Gray scale 256 levels Printer Specifications Item Description Printing method Laser Beam Printing Printing speed Print speed will be affe...

Page 73: ...as cut sheet paper including up to 100 recycled fiber content paper envelopes labels transparencies and custom size paper Properties such as weight composition grain and moisture content are important...

Page 74: ...y may differ depending on media weight thickness and environmental conditions Guidelines for Using Paper For the best result use conventional 20 lb 75 g m2 bond paper Ensure that the paper is of good...

Page 75: ...moothness 100 400 Sheffield Output Location Capacity Face down output tray 50 sheets of 20 lb 75 g m2 bond paper The paper storage environment should be properly maintained to ensure optimum performan...

Page 76: ...an envelope creating an air bubble then the envelope may wrinkle during printing Correct Incorrect Type of Address Minimum Maximum Return address 0 6 in 15 mm 2 in 51 mm Delivery address 2 in 51 mm 3...

Page 77: ...fault setting change 4 6 from ADF 4 2 from document glass 4 2 number of pages 4 3 original type 4 3 special features 4 4 time out set 4 6 D date and time set 2 10 delayed fax 7 11 display language cha...

Page 78: ...e 7 6 in Secure Receiving mode 7 13 in Tel mode 7 6 in the memory 7 7 redialing automatically 7 5 manually 7 5 reduced enlarged copying 4 3 replacing ADF rubber pad 8 6 toner cartridge 8 4 reports pri...

Page 79: ...Samsung Printer Software User s Guide...

Page 80: ...11 Printer Tab 11 Using a Favorite Setting 12 Using Help 12 Chapter 3 ADVANCED PRINTING Printing Multiple Pages on One Sheet of Paper N Up Printing 13 Printing Posters 14 Printing a Reduced or Enlarge...

Page 81: ...rThru 22 Uninstalling Samsung SmarThru 23 Using Samsung SmarThru 23 Using Onscreen Help File 24 Scanning Process with TWAIN enabled Software 25 Scanning Using the WIA Driver 25 Chapter 7 USING YOUR PR...

Page 82: ...apter 8 USING YOUR PRINTER WITH A MACINTOSH Installing Software for Macintosh 34 Setting Up the Printer 35 For a Network connected Macintosh 35 For a USB connected Macintosh 35 Printing 36 Printing a...

Page 83: ...ur CD ROM drive The CD ROM should automatically run and an installation window appears If the installation window does not appear click Start and then Run Type X Setup exe replacing X with the letter...

Page 84: ...omatically install Adobe Acrobat Reader for you 3 After the installation is finished a window asking you to print a test page appears If you choose to print a test page select the checkbox and click N...

Page 85: ...in this User s Guide may differ depending on the printer and interface in use 4 Select the components you want to reinstall and click Next If you select Printer the window asking you to print a test...

Page 86: ...various Windows applications The exact steps for printing a document may vary depending on the application program you are using Refer to the User s Guide of your software application for the exact p...

Page 87: ...am To make your changes permanent make them in the Printers folder The following procedure is for Windows XP For other Windows OS refer to the corresponding Windows User s Guide or online help 1 Click...

Page 88: ...e Make sure that Source is set to the corresponding paper tray Use the Manual Feed source when printing to special material You need to load one sheet at a time into the manual tray If the paper sourc...

Page 89: ...setting is for bolder line widths or darker gray scale images Dark This setting is for finer line width higher definition in graphics and lighter gray scale images 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 Advanced Options You...

Page 90: ...bered pages of the document Print Even Pages Your printer prints only the even numbered pages of the document 1 2 3 1 2 3 About Tab Use the About tab to display the copyright notice and the version nu...

Page 91: ...em 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 You can also re...

Page 92: ...es on One Sheet of Paper N Up Printing You can select the number of pages to print on a single sheet of paper To print more than one page per sheet the pages will be reduced in size and arranged in th...

Page 93: ...y an overlap in millimeters or inches to make it easier to pasting the sheets together 0 15 inches 0 15 inches 4 Click the Paper tab select the paper source size and type 5 Click OK and print the docu...

Page 94: ...the document A Using Watermarks The Watermark option allows you to print text over an existing document For example you may want to have large gray letters reading DRAFT or CONFIDENTIAL printed diago...

Page 95: ...ting click OK and start printing To stop printing the watermark select No Watermark from the Watermark drop down list Editing a Watermark 1 To change the print settings from your software application...

Page 96: ...r logo or image 1 Create or open a document containing text or an image for use in a new page overlay Position the items exactly as you wish them to appear when printed as an overlay 2 To save the doc...

Page 97: ...printing Select the overlay from the Overlay List box 6 If necessary click Confirm Page Overlay When Printing If this box is checked a message window appears each time you submit a document for print...

Page 98: ...ed CD ROM Setting Up a Host Computer 1 Start Windows 2 From the Start menu select Printers and Faxes 3 Double click your printer driver icon 4 From the Printer menu select Sharing 5 Check the Share th...

Page 99: ...Scan Settings Phonebook only for the fax available model and Firmware Update To exit click the Exit button at the bottom of each tab Use the help feature by refering the window which appears when you...

Page 100: ...s Group dial Allows you to set up group dial numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 When you click Group dial the following window opens Name Enter a name for the group Shows the numbers included in the...

Page 101: ...2 Click Install SmarThru 3 Click Next 4 Follow the on screen instructions and click Next 5 Select the installation type and click Next The software installation supports two types of setup Typical Th...

Page 102: ...confirm click OK 4 Click Finish You may be prompted to restart your computer In this case you must shut the computer down and then restart it before the changes will be saved Using Samsung SmarThru F...

Page 103: ...and send it to the OCR program for text recognition Recommended Scan Option for OCR Resolution 200 or 300 dpi Image Type Grayscale or Black White Web Scanning an image previewing it and publishing it...

Page 104: ...machine also supports the Windows Image Acquisition WIA driver for scanning images WIA is one of the standard components provided by Microsoft Windows XP and works with digital cameras and scanners Un...

Page 105: ...sent by e mail uploaded to an FTP site or transferred to an external OCR system The MFP driver package is supplied with a smart and flexible installation program You don t need to search for addition...

Page 106: ...the icon at the bottom of the desktop When the Terminal screen appears type in root localhost root cd mnt cdrom Linux root localhost root install sh NOTE The installation program runs automatically i...

Page 107: ...rator MFP Configurator is a tool primarily intended for configuring MFP devices Since an MFP device combines the printer and scanner the MFP Configurator provides options logically grouped for printer...

Page 108: ...s For details see page 30 Shows all of the installed printer Switches to Printer configuration Shows the status model name and URI of your printer Classes Tab The Classes tab shows a list of available...

Page 109: ...nners I O ports are being chosen by scanner drivers automatically so proper settings are applied by default Switches to MPF ports configuration Shows the port type device connected to the port and sta...

Page 110: ...s such as color options image size or image position Device allows you to set the print resolution paper source and destination 5 Click OK to apply the changes and close the scx6x20 Properties window...

Page 111: ...own on the document glass 6 Click Preview in the Scanner Properties window Click your scanner The document is scanned and the image preview appears in the Preview Pane 7 Change the scan options in the...

Page 112: ...you want to delete from the Job Type drop down list 2 Click Delete The setting is deleted from the list Using the Image Editor The Image Editor window provides you with menu commands and tools to edit...

Page 113: ...Operating System Mac OS 10 3 x RAM 128 MB Free Disk Space 200 MB Install the Printer driver 1 Make sure that you connect your printer to the computer Turn on your computer and printer 2 Insert the CD...

Page 114: ...ter the network cable or the USB cable For a Network connected Macintosh NOTE Some printers do not support a network interface Before connecting your printer make sure that your printer supports a net...

Page 115: ...OK 4 Open the File menu and click Print 5 Choose the number of copies you want and indicate which pages you want to print 6 Click Print when you finish setting the options Mac OS 10 3 Make sure that y...

Page 116: ...e clarity of printed characters and graphics The higher setting also may increase the time it takes to print a document Mac OS 10 3 1 1 2 2 Printing Multiple Pages on One Sheet of Paper You can print...

Page 117: ...select it as your TWAIN source in the application you use The basic scanning process involves a number of steps Place your photograph or page on the document glass or ADF Open an application such as...

Page 118: ...1 overlay create 17 delete 18 print 18 P Paper properties set 9 paper size set 9 print 31 paper source set 31 Windows 9 paper type set Macintosh 37 print 31 Windows 9 poster print 14 print document 7...

Page 119: ...ows 4 reinstall Windows 6 system requirements Macintosh 34 uninstall Macintosh 34 Windows 6 system requirements Linux 26 Macintosh 34 T toner save set 10 TWAIN scan 25 U uninstall software Macintosh 3...

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