Samsung CLP 550 User Manual

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Test Tab
This tab allows you to print a resident page to test your printer’s 
performance.
•Self Test prints a configuration sheet. A list of the user 
default settings and the amount of printer memory available 
prints. 
•Demo Page prints a demonstration page. It shows the 
printer features and specifications. 
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Color Tab
In this tab, you can set options for improving the color printer 
quality.
•Calibration allows you to calibrate the printer for the best 
possible color printer quality. Auto automatically calibrates 
the printer to produce the best possible print quality for color 
documents.
•Custom Color adjusts a specific color contrast individually. 
Printer Default optimizes the colors automatically. Manual 
Adjust allows you to manually adjust the selected color...

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PCL Tab
In this tab, you can configure various settings for PCL emulation.
•Typeface allows you to select the desired typeface. This 
setting is ignored when the software application specifies a 
font. 
•Symbol Set determines the symbol set. A symbol set is a set 
of alphabetic and numeric characters, punctuation, and 
special symbols used when printing with a selected font. 
•Pitch sets the font pitch (only if you have selected a scalable 
monospaced font). Pitch...

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PS 3 Tab
You can configure various settings for PostScript 3 emulation.
•Font List allows you to print the PS font sample list.
•Print error information determines whether or not the 
printer prints the error information page when an error occurs 
during processing the job. Select ON to print the page, 
otherwise select OFF.
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This chapter describes how to use the printer’s control 
panel.
This chapter includes:
• Understanding the Control Panel
• Using Control Panel Menus
USING THE CONTROL PANEL...

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About Sharing the Printer on a 
Network
If you work in a networked environment, you can connect your 
printer to the network.
Locally-Shared Printer
You can connect the printer directly to a selected computer, 
which is called the “host computer” on the network. The printer 
can then be shared by other users on the network through a 
Windows 9x/Me/XP/NT 4.0/2000 network printer connection.
Wired Network-connected Printer
A CLP-550N printer has a built-in network...

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Setting Up a Locally Shared Printer
In Windows 95/98/Me
Setting Up the Host Computer
1Start Windows.
2From the Start menu, select Control Panel from Settings 
and double-click on the Network icon.
3Check the File and Print Sharing box, and click OK. Close 
the window.
4From the Start menu, select Printers from Settings and 
double-click your printer name.
5Select Properties in the Printer menu.
6Click the Sharing tab and check the Shared As box. Fill in 
the Shared...

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In Windows NT 4.0/2000/XP
Setting Up the Host Computer
1Start Windows.
2For Windows NT 4.0/2000, select Settings, and Printers 
from the Start menu.
For Windows XP, select Printers and Faxes from the Start 
menu. 
3Double-click your printer icon.
4From the Printer menu, select Sharing.
5For Windows NT 4.0, check the Shared box. 
For Windows 2000, check the Shared As box.
For Windows XP, check the Share this printer box.
6For Windows NT 4.0, fill in the Shared Name field...

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Setting Up the Client Computer
1Right-click the Windows Start button and select Explorer.
2Open your network folder in the left column.
3Click the shared name.
4For Windows NT 4.0/2000, select Settings and Printers 
from the Start menu.
For Windows XP, select Printers and Faxes from the Start 
menu. 
5Double-click your printer icon.
6From the Printer menu, select Properties.
7From the Ports tab, click Add Port.
8Select Local port and click New Port.
9Fill in the Enter...

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Setting Up a Network-Connected 
Printer
You have to set up the network protocols on the printer to use it 
as your network printer. Setting protocols can be accomplished 
by using the supplied network program. Please refer to 
SyncThru User’s Guide. 
You can configure the basic network parameters through the 
printer’s control panel. Use the printer control panel to do the 
following:
• Print a Network Configuration Page
• Enable or disable network protocols (AppleTalk,...