Samsung CLP 300N User Manual

							
Introduction
1.2
Printer Components
These are the main components of your printer. Note that all 
illustrations on this User’s Guide are from the CLP-300N and 
that some parts may be different from your printer.
Front View
NOTE: The surface of the output tray may become hot if you print 
a large number of pages at once. Please make sure that you don’t 
touch the surface, and prevent  children from approaching it.
Output Tray(Face down)
Top Cover (Open to clear 
paper jams.)
Tray(150-sheet
paper feeder)
Front Cover(Open to access the
toner cartridges and
imaging unit.)
Output
Support
Handle(Use to lift 
the printer.)Control Panel(See 1.3.)
Toner
Cartridges
Rear View
Power Receptacle
* Only the CLP-300N comes with a network port.
Rear Cover (Open to clear paper jams.)
USB Port
Network
Port
*
Power
Switch
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Introduction
1.3
Understanding the Control Panel
LEDs
To n e r  L E D s
Status LEDToner LEDsDescription
lights 
green All LEDs 
off The printer is ready to print. 
slowly 
blinks 
green All LEDs 
off
The printer is receiving data from 
the computer.
fast blinks 
green All LEDs 
off The printer is printing data.
lights red All LEDs  off • The printer is experiencing an 
error, such as jammed paper, 
open cover, empty paper, not 
installated waste toner container, 
or full waste toner container. 
• The printer is experiencing a 
service required error, such as 
LSU error, fuser error, or ITB 
error. Contact your sales or 
service representative.
lights 
green each LED 
blinks red Each toner cartridge is near the 
end of its life.
NOTE: All printing errors will be appear in the Smart Panel 
program window.
Stop button
blinks red each LED 
lights red Each toner cartridge is almost 
empty. You can print. but the 
quality is not reliable.
lights red each LED  lights red • Each toner cartridge is totally 
exhausted. You can not print.
• Each toner cartridge is wrong.
lights 
green each LED 
blinks red 
in a 
repeated 
order The printer is warming up.
Status 
LEDToner LEDsDescription
FunctionDescription
Printing 
demo page
In Ready mode, press and hold this button 
for about 2 seconds until the 
Status LED 
blinks fast, and release. 
Printing 
configuration 
sheets In Ready mode, press and hold this button 
for about 5 seconds until the 
Status LED 
blinks fast, and release. 
Canceling 
print jobPress this button during printing. The red 
LED blinks while the print job is cleared 
from both the printer and the computer, 
and then the printer returns to Ready 
mode. This may take some time depending 
on the size of the print job. 
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Setting Up Your Printer
2.1
2Setting Up Your Printer
This chapter gives you step-by-step instructions for setting up 
your printer.
This chapter includes:
• Unpacking
• Installing the Toner Cartridges
• Loading Paper
• Connecting a Printer Cable
• Turning the Printer On
• Printing a Demo Page
• Altitude adjustment
• Installing the Printer Software
Unpacking
1Remove the printer and all of the accessories from the 
packing carton. Make sure that the printer has been 
packed with the following items:
NOTES:
• If any items are missing or damaged, notify your dealer  immediately. 
•
Components may differ from one country to another.
• The Printer Driver CD contains the printer driver, the User’s  Guide, and the Adobe Acrobat Reader program.
• The appearance of the power cord may differ depending on  your country’s specifications. The power cord must be 
plugged into a grounded power socket.
Toner Cartridges Power Cord
Printer software CD Quick Install Guide
CAUTION: Because your printer weighs 13.6 kg including the 
toner cartridges and the tray, it may move when you use it; for 
example, when opening/closing the tray or installing/removing 
the toner cartridge. Be careful not to move the printer.
2Remove the packing tape in front  of the tray and pull the tray 
out. Remove the packing tape and paper cushion from the 
tray.
3Select a location for the printer:
• Leave enough room to open the tray and covers, and to  allow for proper ventilation.
• Provide the proper environment: - A firm, level surface
- Away from the direct airflow of air conditioners, heaters, or ventilators
- Free of temperature, sunlight, and humidity extremes  or fluctuations
- Clean, dry, and free of dust
CAUTION: 
• You must place your printer on a level surface. If you do not,  print quality problems can occur.
• When you move the printer, do not tilt or turn it upside 
down, or the inside of the printer may be contaminated by 
toner, which can cause damage to  the printer or bad printing 
quality.
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Setting Up Your Printer
2.2
Installing the Toner Cartridges
1Open the front cover.
2Pull and remove the paper protecting the imaging unit.
3Remove four dummy caps which are on the toner cartridge 
entrances of the imaging unit. When you remove the dummy 
cap from the cartridge, lift the handle up and pull it out.
CAUTION: If you force too much to the dummy caps, it may 
cause problem.
4Holding the toner cartridges, shake thoroughly them from 
side to side to distribute the toner.
5Remove the cartridges cap.
NOTE: If toner gets on your clothing, wipe it off with a dry cloth 
and wash it in cold water. Hot water sets toner into fabric.
6On the imaging unit of the printer, labels identify which 
color cartridge goes into each cartridge slot.
Cyan
MagentaYe l l o w
Black
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Setting Up Your Printer
2.3
7Grasp the toner cartridges and align them with the slots 
inside the printer. Insert them into their corresponding 
slots until they click into place. 
8Close the front cover. Make sure that the cover is securely 
closed. 
CAUTION: If the front cover is not completely closed, the 
printer will not operate.
NOTE: When printing text at  5% coverage, you can expect a 
toner cartridge life of about 2,000 pages for black and white 
printing and 1,000 pages for color printing. However, the toner 
cartridge that is shipped with the printer prints 1,500 pages for 
black and white, 700 pages for colors.
Loading Paper
The tray can hold a maximum of 150 sheets of 20 lb (75 g/m2) 
plain paper. You can use various paper including plain paper.
To load paper:
1Pull the tray out of the printer.
2Open the paper cover.
3Adjust the size of tray until it sounds click.
4Enlarge the tray by adjusting the paper width guide.
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Setting Up Your Printer
2.4
5Flex the paper sheets back and forth to separate the pages 
and then fan them while holding one edge. Tap the edges 
of the stack on a flat surface to even it up.
6Load paper with the print side up.
Make sure not to overfill the tray and that all four corners 
are flat in the tray and under the brackets, as shown 
below. Overfilling the tray may cause a paper jam.
NOTE: If you want to change the size of the paper in the tray, 
refer to “Changing the Size of the Paper in the Tray” on 
page 2.5.
7Squeeze the paper length guide and slide in it until it 
lightly touches the end of the paper stack.
8Close the paper cover.
9Slide the tray back into the printer.
NOTE: After you load paper, you need to set up your printer 
for the paper type, size, and source you loaded. For details, 
see the Software Section.
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Setting Up Your Printer
2.5
Changing the Size of the Paper in the Tray
To change the tray size to other size, you must adjust the paper 
length guide properly.
1Pull the tray out of the printer. Open the paper cover and 
remove paper from the tray if necessary.
2Pressing and unlatching the guide lock in the top of the 
tray, pull the tray out manually.
3Load paper into the tray.
4Slide the paper length guide until it lightly touches the end of 
the paper stack. Squeeze the paper width guide and slide it to 
the edge of the paper stack without causing it to bend.
For paper smaller than Letter-sized, return the paper 
guides to their original positions and adjust the paper 
length guide and paper width guide.
NOTES: 
• Do not push the width guide far enough to cause the 
material to warp. 
• If you do not correctly adjust the width guide, it may cause a  paper jam.
5Close the paper cover.
6Slide the tray back into the printer.
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Setting Up Your Printer
2.6
Connecting a Printer Cable
For Local Printing
To print from your computer in a local environment, you need 
to connect your printer to the co mputer with a Universal Serial 
Bus (USB) cable.
NOTE: Connecting the printer to th e USB port of the computer 
requires a certified USB cable. You will need to buy a USB 2.0 
compliant cable that is  not longer than 3 m.
1Make sure that both the printer and the computer are 
turned off.
2Plug the USB cable into the co nnector on the rear of the 
printer. 
3Connect the other end of the cable to the USB port on your 
computer. 
NOTE: To print using the USB interface, you must run Windows 
98/Me/2000/2003/XP or Macintosh with OS 10.3 ~10.4.
For Network Printing (CLP-300N only)
You can attach your printer to  a network using an Ethernet 
cable (UTP cable with RJ.45 co nnector). The CLP-300N has a 
built-in network interface card.
1Make sure that both the printer and the computer are 
turned off.
2Plug one end of the Ethernet cable into the Ethernet 
network port on the rear of the printer.
3Plug the other end of the cable into a network LAN 
connection.
NOTE: After connecting the printer,  you need to configure the 
network parameters using the  software supplied with the 
printer. Refer to 7.1 
To the network LAN 
connection
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Setting Up Your Printer
2.7
Turning the Printer On
1Plug the power cord into the power receptacle on the rear 
of the printer. 
2Plug the other end into a properly grounded AC outlet and 
turn on the power. 
CAUTION: If there is a 
cracking sound, re-install 
the imaging unit. The 
imaging unit is not 
properly installed.
CAUTION:
• Some parts inside the printer may be hot when power is on,  or after printing. Be careful not to burn yourself when 
working inside the printer.
• Do not disassemble the printer when it is turned on or 
plugged in. Doing so may give you an electric shock.
NOTE: Each LED blinks red in a repeated order. 
Wait for about 3
 minutes for the printer to get ready.
Printing a Demo  Page 
Print a demo page to make sure that the printer is operating 
correctly.
To print a demo page:
In Ready mode, press and hold the 
Stop button for about 2 
seconds.
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, find the altitude where you are using 
the machine. 
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 .
4 Click  Settings  > Altitude Adjustment . Select the appropriate 
value from the dropdown list, and then click Apply . 
•
Note
If your machine is connected to a network,  SyncThru Web 
Service  screen appears automatically. Click  Machine Settings 
>  Setup  (or Machine Setup ) > Altitude Adj. Select the 
appropriate altitude value, and then click  Apply.
0
Highest1
Plain4
Va l u e
2Higher
3High
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Setting Up Your Printer
2.8
Installing the Printer Software 
You must install software using the supplied printer driver 
CD after you have set up your printer and connected it to 
your computer. For details, see the
 Software Section. 
The printer driver CD provides you with the following software:
Programs for Windows
You can install the following printer software using the printer 
driver CD. 
•Printer driver for Windows. Use this driver to take full 
advantage of your printer’s features. See the 
Software 
Section
 for details about installing the Samsung printer driver.
•
Smart Panel. Appears when printing errors occur. See the 
Software Section for details about installing the Smart Panel 
program. 
Macintosh Printer Driver
You can print from a Macintosh with your printer. Go to the 
Software Section for information about installing the print 
software and printing from a Macintosh.
Linux Driver
You can print from a Linux-based computer with your printer. 
Go to the
 Software Section for information about installing 
the Linux driver and printing from a Linux environment.
System Requirements
Before you begin, ensure that your system meets the minimum 
requirements. Your printer supports the following operating 
system.
• Windows 98/Me/NT 4.0/2000/XP/2003 - The following table  shows Windows requirements.
ItemRequirements
Operating System Windows 98/Me/NT 4.0/2000/XP/2003
RAM 98/Me 32 MB
NT 4.0/2000 64 MB
XP 128 MB
2003 256 MB
Free Disk Space 98/Me/NT 4.0/ 2000/XP/2003300 MB
Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher
NOTES:
• For Windows NT 4.0/2000/XP/2003, the system  administrator should install the software.
• Windows NT 4.0 is only supported on the CLP-300N.
• Macintosh 10.3 ~10.4 - For details, see the Software Section.
• Various Linux OS - For details, see the Software Section.
Printer Driver Features
Your printer drivers will support the following standard options:
• Paper source selection
• Paper size, orientation, and media type
• number of copies
The table below lists a general overview of features supported 
by your printer drivers. 
NOTE: For details about installing software and using its 
features, see the Software Section. 
Feature
Printer driver
Win98/Me/NT 
4.0/2000/XP/
2003LinuxMacintosh 
(CUPS)
Color Mode Y Y Y
Print Quality Option Y Y Y
Poster Printing Y N N
Manual Double-
sided Printing YNN
Multiple Pages Per 
Sheet (N-up) YYY
Fit to Page Printing Y N N
Scale Printing Y N Y
Booklet Printing Y N N
Wat er ma r k Y N N
Overlay Y
*
* The Overlay feature is not supported in NT4.0.
NN
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