Samsung ML 2950ND User Manual

							Using advanced print features814. Special features
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Understanding special printer features
You can use advanced printing features when using your machine.
To take advantage of the printer features provided by your printer driver, click Properties or Preferences in the application’s Print window 
to change the print settings. The machine name, that appears in the printer properties window may differ depending on the machine in use.
 
• Some menus may not appear on the display depending on options or models. If so, it is not applicable to your machine.
• Press the Help or click the  button from the window or, press F1 on your keyboard and click on any option you want to know about 
("Using help" on page 93).
 
 
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Multiple Pages per SideSelects 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 the order you specify. You can print up to 16 pages on one sheet. 
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							Using advanced print features824. Special features
Poster PrintingPrints a single-page document onto 4 (Poster 2x2), 9 (Poster 3x3), or 16 (Poster 4x4) sheets of paper, for the purpose 
of pasting the sheets together to form one poster-size document.
Select the Poster Overlap value. Specify Poster Overlap in millimeters or inches by selecting the radio button on the 
upper right of Basic tab to make it easier to paste the sheets together.
Booklet Printing
a
Prints your document on both sides of a sheet of paper and arranges the pages so that the paper can be folded in half 
after printing to produce a booklet.
If you want to make a booklet, you need to print on Letter, Legal, A4, US Folio, or Oficio sized print media. 
 
The Booklet Printing option is not available for all paper sizes. Select the available paper Size option under 
the Paper tab to see what paper sizes are available.
If you select an unavailable paper size, this option can be automatically canceled. Select only available 
paper (paper without   or   mark).
 
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							Using advanced print features834. Special features
•Double-sided 
Printing
•Double-sided 
Printing (Manual)
a
Print on both sides of a sheet of paper (duplex). Before printing, decide how you want your document oriented. 
 
•You can use this feature with Letter, Legal, A4, US Folio or Oficio sized paper 
• If your machine does not have a duplex unit, you should complete the printing job manually. The 
machine prints every other page of the document first. After that, a message appears on your computer.
•Skip Blank Pages feature does not work when you select the duplex option.
• We recommend not to print on both sides of the special media, such as labels, envelopes, or thick paper. 
It may cause a paper jam or damage the machine.
 
•Double-sided 
Printing
•Double-sided 
Printing (Manual)
a
•Printer Default: If you select this option, this feature is determined by the settings you have selected on the 
control panel of the machine. This option is available only when you use the PCL/XPS printer driver.
•None: Disables this feature.
•Long Edge: This option is the conventional layout used in bookbinding.
•Short Edge: This option is the conventional layout used in calendars.
•Reverse Double-Sided Printing: Check this option to reverse the print order when duplex printing.
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							Using advanced print features844. Special features
Paper OptionsChanges the size of a document to appear larger or smaller on the printed page by entering in a percentage by which 
to enlarge or decrease the document.
WatermarkThe watermark option allows you to print text over an existing document. For example, you use it when you want to 
have large gray letters reading “DRAFT” or “CONFIDENTIAL” printed diagonally across the first page or all pages of a 
document. 
Watermark
(Creating a watermark)a To change the print settings from your software application, access Printing Preferences.
b Click the Advanced tab, select Edit from the Watermark drop-down list. The Edit Watermarks window appears.
c Enter a text message in the Watermark Message box. 
You can enter up to 256 characters. The message displays in the preview window.
Watermark
(Editing a watermark)a To change the print settings from your software application, access Printing Preferences.
b Click the Advanced tab, select Edit from the Watermark drop-down list. The Edit Watermarks window appears. 
c Select the watermark you want to edit from the Current Watermarks list and change the watermark message and 
options. 
d Click Update to save the changes.
e Click OK or Print until you exit the Print window. 
Watermark
(Deleting a watermark)a To change the print settings from your software application, access Printing Preferences.
b Click the Advanced tab, select Edit from the Watermark drop-down list. The Edit Watermarks window appears. 
c Select the watermark you want to delete from the Current Watermarks list and click Delete
. 
d Click OK or Print until you exit the Print window.
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							Using advanced print features854. Special features
Overlaya
This option is available only when you use the PCL printer driver.
An overlay is text and/or images stored in the computer hard disk drive (HDD) as a special file format that can be 
printed on any document. Overlays are often used to take the place of letterhead paper. Rather than using preprinted 
letterhead, you can create an overlay containing exactly the same information that is currently on your letterhead. To 
print a letter with your company’s letterhead, you do not need to load preprinted letterhead paper in the machine: 
just print the letterhead overlay on your document.
To use a page overlay, you must create a new page overlay containing your logo or image.
 
• The overlay document size must be the same as the document you print with the overlay. Do not create 
an overlay with a watermark.
• The resolution of the overlay document must be the same as that of the document you will print with 
the overlay.
 
Overlay
(Creating a new page 
overlay)a To save the document as an overlay, access Printing Preferences.
b Click the Advanced tab, and select Edit from the Text drop-down list. Edit Overlay window appears.
c In the Edit Overlay window, click Create. 
d In the Save As window, type a name up to eight characters in the File name box. Select the destination path, if 
necessary (The default is C:\Formover).
e Click Save. The name appears on the Overlay List. 
f Click OK or Print until you exit the Print window.
The file is not printed. Instead, it is stored on your computer hard disk drive.
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							Using advanced print features864. Special features
Overlay
(Using a page overlay)a Click the Advanced tab. 
b Select the desired overlay from the Text drop-down list. 
c If the overlay file you want does not appear in the Text drop-down list, select Edit... from the list and click Load. 
Select the overlay file you want to use. 
If you have stored the overlay file you want to use in an external source, you can also load the file when you access 
the Open window. 
After you select the file, click Open. The file appears in the Overlay List box and is available for printing. Select the 
overlay from the Overlay List box. 
d If necessary, check Confirm Page Overlay When Printing box. If this box is checked, a message window appears 
each time you submit a document for printing, asking you to confirm printing an overlay on your document. 
If this box is not checked and an overlay has been selected, the overlay automatically prints with your document. 
e Click OK or Print until you exit the Print window. 
Overlay
(Deleting a page 
overlay)a In the Printing Preferences window, click the Advanced tab. 
b Select Edit in the Text drop down list. 
c Select the overlay you want to delete from the Overlay List box. 
d Click Delete. 
e When a confirming message window appears, click Yes.
f Click OK or Print until you exit the Print window. You can delete page overlays that you no longer use.
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							Using advanced print features874. Special features
 
Print Mode
 
•  This feature is available only if you have installed the optional hard disk or set the Ram Disk. To set the 
Ram Disk, you must enable it from SyncThru™ Web Service> Settings > Machine Settings > Ram Disk.
• Some menus may not appear on the display depending on options or models. If so, it is not applicable 
to your machine.
• You can see the print job list you set in the printer driver's Print Mode in the Job Management menu 
using the control panel (see "From the control panel" on page 90).
 
•Print Mode: The default Print Mode is Normal, which is for printing without saving the printing file in the 
memory. 
-Normal: This mode prints without storing your document in the optional memory. 
-Proof: This mode is useful when you print more than one copy. You can print one copy first to check, then print 
the rest of the copies later. 
-Confidential: This mode is used for printing confidential documents. You need to enter a password to print. 
-Store: Select this setting to save a document in the hard disk without printing. 
-Store and Print: This mode is used when printing and storing document at the same time.
-Spool: This option can be useful when handling large amounts of data. If you select this setting, the printer 
spools the document into the hard disk and then prints it from the hard disk queue, decreasing the computer’s 
work load.
-Print Schedule: Select this setting to print the document at a specified time.
•User ID: This option is used when you need to find a saved file using the control panel. 
•Job Name: This option is used when you need to find a saved file using the control panel. 
a. This option is not available when you use XPS driver.
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							884. Special featuresUsing Direct Printing Utility (Windows only)
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What is Direct Printing Utility?
Direct Printing Utility is a program that sends PDF files directly to 
your machine to print without having to opening the file.
To install this program, select Advanced Installation > Custom 
Installation and put a check mark in this program when you install 
the printer driver.
 
• For some models, a hard disk drive (HDD) should be 
installed or memory inserted to properly run utilities. 
Otherwise, they should be installed.
• You cannot print PDF files that are restricted. Deactivate 
the printing restriction feature and retry printing.
• You cannot print PDF filesthat are restricted by a 
password. Deactivate the password feature, and retry 
printing.
• Whether or not a PDF file can be printed using the Direct 
Printing Utility program depends on how the PDF file was 
created.
• The Direct Printing Utility program supports PDF version 
1.7 and below. For higher versions, you must open the file 
to print it.
 
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Printing
There are several ways you can print using the Direct Printing Utility.
1From the Start menu select Programs or All Programs > 
Samsung Printers > Direct Printing Utility > Direct Printing 
Utility.
The Direct Printing Utility window appears.
2 Select your machine from the Select Printer drop-down list 
and click Browse.
3 Select the file you wish to print and click Open.
The file is added in the Select Files section.
4 Customize the machine settings for your needs. 
5 Click Print. The selected PDF file is sent to the machine.
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							Using Direct Printing Utility (Windows only)894. Special features
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Using the right-click menu
1Right-click on the PDF file to print and select Direct Printing.
The Direct Printing Utility window appears with the PDF file is 
added.
2 Select the machine to use.
3 Customize the machine settings. 
4 Click Print. The selected PDF file is sent to the machine.
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							904. Special featuresUsing memory/hard drive features
 
Some menus may not appear on the display depending on 
options or models. If so, it is not applicable to your machine.
 
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From the printer driver
After installing the optional memory, you can use advanced printing 
features, such as proofing a job and specifying of printing a private 
job in the Print window. Select Properties or Preference, and 
configure the printing mode.
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From the control panel
If your machine has optional memory or an optional hard drive, you 
can use these features from the Job Management menu.
•Active Job: All of the print jobs waiting to be printed are listed in 
the active job queue in the order you sent them to the printer. 
You can delete a job from the queue before printing, or promote 
a job to print sooner.
•File Policy: You can choose the file policy for generating file 
name before you proceed with the job through optional 
memory. If the optional memory already has the same name 
when you entered a new file name, you can rename or overwrite 
it.
•Stored Job: You can print or delete a stored job.
•Held Job Timeout: The machine can automatically delete a 
stored job after a certain period of time. You can set the time the 
machine will wait before deleting the stored job.
•Image Overwrite: Image Overwrite is a security measure for 
customers who are concerned about unauthorized access and 
duplication of classified or private document.
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