Samsung ML 3471ND User Manual

							
1.1   
1 Introduction
Congratulations on the purchase of your printer! 
This chapter includes:
• Special features
• Printer overview
• Finding more information
Special features
Your new printer is equipped with several special features that improve 
the print quality. You can:
Print with excellent quality and high speed •  You can print up to  1200 x 1200 dpi effective 
output. See the  Software Section .
•  Your printer prints A4-sized paper at up to 33 ppm
a 
and letter-sized paper at up to 35 ppm. 
•   For duplex printing, your printer prints A4-sized  paper at up to 17 ipm
b and letter-sized paper at up 
to 18 ipm.
a. pages per minute
b. images per minute
Handle paper flexibly
•  The multi-purpose tray supports letterheads, envelopes, labels, transparencies, custom-sized 
materials, postcards, and heavy paper. The multi-
purpose tray holds up to 50 sheets of plain paper.
•  The  250-sheet  tray 1 and 250-sheet  optional tray 2 
support plain paper in various sizes.
•  Two output trays; select ei ther the output tray (face-
down) or the rear cover (face-up) for the most 
convenient access.
•   Straight-through paper path  capability from the 
multi-purpose tray to the rear cover.
Create professional documents •  Print Watermarks . You can customize your 
documents with words, such as “Confidential.” See 
the  Software  Section .
•  Print  Booklets . This feature enables you to easily 
print a document to create a book. Once printed, all 
you have to do is fold and staple the pages. See the 
Software Section .
•  Print  Posters . The text and pictures of each page of 
your document are magnified and printed across 
the sheet of paper and can then be taped together 
to form a poster. See the  Software Section.
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Save time and money
•  This printer allows you to use toner save mode to save toner. See page 2.5.
•  You can print on both sides of the paper to save  paper. See the  Software Section .
•  You can print multiple pages on a single sheet of  paper to save paper. See the  Software Section.
•  You can use preprinted forms and letterhead with  plain paper. See the  Software Section.
•  This printer automatically  conserves electricity 
by substantially reducing power consumption 
when not in use.
Expand the pr inter capacity
•  ML-3470D  has 32 MB of memory which can be 
expanded to  288 MB. ML-3471ND  has 64 MB of 
memory which can be expanded to  320 MB. See 
page 10.1.
•   ML-3471ND  comes with a built-in network 
interface, 10/100 Base TX.
•  You can also add an optional wireless network  interface card to  ML-3471ND only.
•  You can add a 250-sheet optional tray 2 to your  printer. This tray lets you add paper to the printer 
less often.
•  A PostScript 3 Emulation* (PS) enables PS  printing.
* Zoran IPS Emulation compatible with PostScript 3 •  © Copyright 1995-2005, Zoran Corporation. 
   All rights reserved. Zoran, the Zoran logo, 
   IPS/PS3 and OneImage are trademarks of 
   Zoran Corporation.
* 136 PS3 fonts
•  Contains UFST and MicroType from Monotype Imaging Inc.
Print in various environments
•  You can print with va rious operating system su ch as Windows, Linux 
and Macintosh systems.
•  Your printer comes with both  Parallel and USB interfaces.
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1.2   
Printer features
The table below lists a general overview of features supported by your 
printer.
(I: Installed, O: Option, NA: Not Available)
FeaturesML-3470DML-3471ND
IEEE 1284 Parallel I I
USB 2.0 I I
Network Interface
(Ethernet 10/100 Base TX) NA I
Wireless LAN
(IEEE 802.11 b/g Wireless 
LAN) NA O
PostScript*  Emulation I I
Duplex printing
a
a. Printing on both sides of paper.
II
Printer overview
Front view
1 output tray7 multi-purpose tray
2control panel8 front cover
3
handle9 output support
4paper level indicator10 multi-purpose tray 
paper width guides
5
optional tray 2 11 multi-purpose tray 
extension
6
tray 1
* The figure above shows an  ML-3471ND 
with all available options.
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1.3   
Rear view
1
control board cover6 duplex unit
2network porta
a. ML-3471ND only.
7 power receptacle
3
USB port8 power switch
4parallel port9 rear cover
5optional tray 2 cable 
connector
*  The figure above shows an 
ML-3471ND with 
all available options.
Control panel overview
ML-3470D and ML-3471ND
1 Menu
: Enters Menu mode and scrolls through the available 
menus.
2 scroll
 buttons: Scroll through the options available in the 
selected menu, and increase or decrease values.
3 OK: Confirms the selection on the display.
4
Back: Sends you back to the upper menu level.
5 To n e r  S a v e
: Allows you to save on toner by using less toner 
in printing.
6 Duplex
: Allows you to print documents on both sides of the 
paper.
7 Stop: Stops an operation at any time.
8
Status : Shows the status of your printer. See page 1.4.
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1.4   
Understanding the Status LED
StatusDescription
Off • The printer is powerd off.
Green On
• The printer is on.
• The printer can receive data from the 
computer.
Blinking • When the backlight blinks slowly, the printer 
is receiving data from the computer.
• When the backlight blinks quickly, the printer  is printing data. 
Red On
• A paper jam has occurred. To solve the 
problem, see page 9.1.
• The  front cover  is open. Close the  front 
cover .
• There is no paper in the tray. Load paper in  the tray.
• The toner cartridge installed is not a genuine 
cartridge, and you selected  Stop at the 
NonGenuine Toner  prompt. See  page 9.6.
• The lifespan of the toner cartridge is 
reached, and you selected  Stop at the 
Toner Exhausted  prompt. See  page 9.6.
• The printer has stopped printing due to a 
major error.
Blinking • A minor error is occurring and the printer is 
waiting for the error to be cleared. When the 
problem is cleared, the printer resumes 
printing.
• The  toner cartridge  is totally exhausted. 
Remove the old  toner cartridge and install a 
new one. See page 8.4.
• The toner cartridge installed is not a genuine 
cartridge, and you selected  Continue at the 
NonGenuine Toner  prompt. See  page 9.6.
• The lifespan of the toner cartridge is 
reached, and you selected  Continue at the 
Toner Exhausted  prompt. See  page 9.6.
• The  toner cartridge  is low. Order a new 
toner cartridge . You can temporarily 
improve print quality by redistributing the 
toner. See page 8.3.
Finding more information
You can find information for setting up and using your from the following 
resources, either printed or onscreen.
Quick Install 
Guide Provides information on setting up your printer 
and, therefore, be sure to follow the 
instructions in the guide to get the printer 
ready.
Online User’s 
Guide Provides you with step-b
y-step instructions for 
using your printer’s full features, and contains 
information for maintaining your printer, 
troubleshooting, and installing accessories.
This user’s guide also contains the  Software 
Section  providing you with information on how 
to print documents with your printer on various 
operating systems, and how to use the 
supplied software utilities.
Note 
You can access the user’s guides in 
other languages from the  Manual 
folder on the printer driver CD.
Printer Driver 
Help Provides you with help information on printer 
driver properties and instructions for setting up 
the properties for printi
ng. To access a printer 
driver help screen, click  Help from the printer 
properties dialog box.
Samsung website If you have Internet access, you can get help, 
support, printer drivers, manuals, and order 
information from the Samsung website, 
www.samsungprinter.com
.
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1.5   
Selecting a location
Select a level, stable place with adequa te space for air circulation. Allow 
extra space for opening covers and trays. 
The area should be well-ventilated and  away from direct sunlight or 
sources of heat, cold, and humidity.  Do not set the printer close to the 
edge of your desk or table.
Clearance space
Front : 500 mm (enough space 
so that trays can be opened or 
removed)
Back : 350 mm (enough space 
to allow opening of the  rear 
cover  or the  duplex unit )
Right : 100 mm (enough space 
for ventilation)
Left : 100 mm (enough space 
to allow opening of the control 
board cover)
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 pr inter 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  Setting  > Altitude Adjustment . Select the appropriate value 
from the dropdown list, and then click  Apply. 
Note
IIf 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
High 31
2High 2
3High 1
Normal
4
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2.1   
2 System setup
This chapter provides step by step information on setting up your printer. 
This chapter includes:
• Using control panel menus
• Menu overview
• Printing a demo page
• Changing the display language
• Using toner save mode
• Changing the font setting
Using control panel menus
A number of menus are available to  make it easy for you to change the 
printer settings. The diagram on the next column shows the menus and 
all of the menu items available in each menu. The items in each menu 
and the options you can select are described in more detail in the tables 
beginning on page 2.2.
Accessing control panel menus
You can control your printer from the  printer’s control panel. You can also 
set the control panel menus wh ile the printer is in use.
1 Press  Menu until the menu you want appears on the bottom line of 
the display and press  OK.
2 Press the  scroll buttons until the desi red menu item appears and 
press  OK. 
3 If the menu item has s ub menus, repeat step 2.
4 Press the  scroll buttons to access the desired setting option or the 
required value.
5 Press  OK to save your selection.
An asterisk ( *) appears next to the selection on the display, 
indicating that it is now the default.
6 Press  Stop to return to Standby mode.
After 60 seconds of inactivity (n o key being pressed), the printer 
automatically returns to Standby mode.
Note
Print settings made from the printer driver on a connected 
computer override the sett ings on the control panel.
Menu overview
The control panel menus are used to configure the printer. The control 
panel provides access to the following menus: 
a.  Available with optional wireless network interface.
Information
(See page 2.2.)
Menu Map
Configuration
Demo Page
PCL Font List
PS3 Font List
EPSON Font
Layout
(See page 2.2.)
Orientation
Simplex Margin
Duplex
Duplex Margin
Emulation
(See page 2.4.)
Emulation Type
Setup
Paper
(See page 2.3.)
Copies
Paper Size
Paper Type
Paper Source
Tray Chaining
System Setup
(See page 2.3.)
Language
Power Save
Auto Continue
Altitude Adj.
Auto CR
Job Timeout
Maintenance
Clear Setting
Graphic
(See page 2.3.)
Resolution
Darkness
Image Enhance
Network
(See page 2.5.)
TCP/IP
EtherTalk
Ethernet Speed
Wireless
a
Clear Setting
Network Info.
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2.2   
Information menu
This menu contains printer information pages that give details about the 
printer and its configuration.
Layout menu
Use the  Layout menu to define all settings relating to output.
ItemExplanation
Menu Map The menu map shows the  layout and current 
settings of the control panel menu items.
Configuration The configuration page shows the printer’s 
current configuration. See page 8.1.
Demo Page The demo page allows you to check if your 
printer properly performs printing. See 
page 2.5.
PCL Font List  
PS3 Font List  
EPSON Font The font sample list shows all of the fonts 
currently available in the selected language.
ItemExplanation
Orientation Choose the default orient ation of the print image 
on the page. 
Simplex 
Margin Set the margin of print materials for one-sided 
printing. You can increase or decrease the value in 
1 mm increments.
Portrait
Landscape
Duplex
To print on both sides of paper, choose the binding 
edge as follows.
•
Long Edge: Flip on the long edge. Prints pages 
to read like a book.
•
Short Edge: Flip on the short edge. Prints pages 
to read by flipping over like a note pad.
Select  Off to print on one side of the paper.
Duplex 
Margin In this menu, you can set the margins for double-
sided printing. You can increase or decrease the 
value in 0.1 mm increments.
ItemExplanation
Long Edge in the
Portrait orientation
Long Edge in the 
Landscape orientation
25
3
2
53
2
5
3
2
53
Short Edge in the 
Landscape orientation
Short Edge in the 
Portrait orientation
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2.3   
Paper menu 
Use the  Paper menu to define all settings relating to print material input 
and output, as well as the specific  print material you are using with your 
printer.
Graphic menu
Use the  Graphic  menu to change settings affecting the quality of the 
printed characters and images.
ItemExplanation
Copies Set the default number of copies by selecting any 
number from 1 to 999. 
Paper Size Select the paper size currently loaded in the tray.
Paper Type Select the paper type currently loaded in the tray.
Paper 
Source Using this item, you can set which tray you want to 
use. 
• If you select 
Auto, the printer can automatically 
determine the source. 
•Select  MP Tray or Manual Tray  to use the multi-
purpose tray. If you select  Manual Tray, you 
need to press 
OK each time you print a page. 
• Tr a y  2  is available only when an optional tray 2 is 
installed.
Tr a y  
Chaining When you select any other value except 
Auto from 
Paper Source and the selected tray is empty, the 
printer automatically prints from other trays.
If this menu item is set to  Off, the printer does not 
work until you insert paper into the specified tray. 
ItemExplanation
Resolution Specify the number of dots printed per inch (dpi). 
The higher the setting, the sharper printed 
characters and graphics. 
• If your print jobs ar e mostly text, select 
600dpi-
Normal
 for the highest quality printing. 
•Select 
1200dpi-Best when your job contains 
bitmapped images, such as scanned photos or 
some graphics, that will  benefit from enhanced 
line screening.
Darkness You can lighten or darken the print on the page by 
changing the toner density setting. The 
Normal 
setting usually produces the best result. Use the 
Light toner density setting to save toner. 
Image 
Enhance This item enhances the print quality. 
•
Normal: Doesn’t enhance the quality.
•
Text Enhance: Enhances letters and simple 
figures. 
System Setup menu
Use the  System Setup  menu to configure a variety of printer features.
ItemExplanation
Language This setting determines the language of the text 
that appears on the control panel display and 
information printing.
Power Save When the printer does not receive data for an 
extended period of time, power consumption is 
automatically lowered. You can set how long the 
printer waits before going to power save mode.
Auto 
Continue This item determines whether or not the printer 
continues printing when
 it detects the paper 
unmatched to your paper setting. 
• Off : If a paper mismatch occurs, the message 
will remain on the display and the printer will 
wait until you insert the correct paper.
• On : If a paper mismatch  occurs, an error 
message will display. The printer will wait for 20 
seconds, then automatically clear the message 
and continue printing. 
Altitude Adj. You can optimize print qua lity according to your 
altitude.
Auto CR This item allows you to append the required 
carriage return to each line feed. 
Refer to the following samples: 
Job Timeout You can set the length of time the printer waits 
before printing the last page of a print job that 
does not end with a command to print the page. 
When a print time-out occurs, the printer prints the 
page in the print buffer.
LF LF+CR
 
 AA
     BB
         CC
 
 AA
 BB
 CC
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2.4   
Emulation menu
Use the  Emulation  menu to configure printer language emulation.
PCL
This menu sets the PCL emulation configuration. You can set the font 
type, symbol type, lines per page, and point size. Maintenance
This item allows you to maintain your printer.
•
Clean Drum: Cleans the OPC drum of the 
cartridge and produces a cleaning sheet with 
toner debris on it.
•
Clean Fuser: Cleans the fuser unit inside of the 
printer and produces a cleaning sheet with 
toner debris on it.
• CLR Empty Msg. : Prevents the Toner Low 
Replace Toner  message from appearing on the 
display. Once you have selected  On, this 
setting will be permanently written to the 
memory of the toner cartridge, and this menu 
will be disappeared from the  Maintenance 
menu.
•
Supplies Life: This item allows you to check how 
many pages are printed and how much toner 
are left in the cartridge.
Clear Setting This menu item allows yo u to restore the printer’s 
factory default settings.
ItemExplanation
Emulation 
Ty p e The printer language defines how the computer 
communicates with the printer. 
If you select 
Auto, your printer can change the 
printer language automatically.
Setup See the tables on page 2.4  to configure the printer 
language.
ItemExplanation
Ty p e f a c e You can select the standard font to be used in PCL 
emulation. 
• PCL1~PCL7’s interval between letters is fixed, and 
PCL8~PCL45’s interval is proportional to the font 
type and point size. You can adjust the font size of 
PCL1~PCL7 using the  Pitch item, and 
PCL8~PCL45 can do using 
Point Size item.
• PCL46~PCL54’s interval and point size are fixed. 
ItemExplanation
PostScript
This menu provides you with the Print PS Error menu item. 
EPSON
This menu sets the EPSON  emulation configuration.
Symbol
This item selects the symbol to be used in PCL 
emulation. The symbol is  the group of numbers, 
marks, and special signs being used when printing 
letters. 
Point Size When you select one between PCL8 and PCL45 from 
the 
Typeface menu, you can determine the font size by 
setting the height of the  characters in the font. 
Courier This item lets you select the version of Courier font to 
use.
Pitch When you select one between PCL1 and PCL7 from 
the 
Typeface menu, you can determine the font size by 
setting the number of characte rs that will print in one 
horizontal inch of type. The default value, 10 is the 
best size. 
Lines This item allows you to set vertical spacing from 5 to 
128 lines for the default paper size. The lines may 
differ according to the paper size and printing 
orientation. 
ItemExplanation
Print PS 
Error You can select whether or 
not your printer prints an 
error list when a PS error occurs.
•Select  On to print PS 3 emulation errors. If an error 
occurs, the job stops processing, the error message 
prints, and the printer flushes the job. 
• If this menu is set to  Off, the job is flushed without an 
indication of the error.
ItemExplanation
Font You can select the standard font will be used in 
EPSON emulation. 
Character 
Set This item allows you to select a character set of the 
desired language.
Character 
Ta b . This item selects the character set.
Pitch You can determine the font size by setting the number 
of characters that will print in one horizontal inch of 
type.
ItemExplanation
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2.5   
Network menu(ML-3471ND only)
This menu lets you configure the network interface installed in your 
printer. You can reset the network interface and print a configuration 
page. LPI
You can set the number of lines  printed in one vertical 
inch. 
Auto 
Wrap This item determines whether or not the printer 
automatically performs line feed when the data 
overflows the printable area of the print material.
ItemExplanation
TCP/IP This item allows you to manually set the TCP/IP 
addresses or receive the addresses from the 
network.
•DHCP : The DHCP server allots the IP address to 
you automatically.
• BOOTP : The BOOTP server allots the IP address 
to you automatically. 
• Static : You can enter IP address, subnet mask, 
and gateway manually. 
EtherTalk This item lets you select  whether or not you use the 
EtherTalk protocol. Select  On to use the protocol.
Ethernet 
Speed This item allows you to 
select the ethernet speed.
Wireless Configure the wireless network environments.
See page 10.3.
Note
This menu only appears when an optional 
wireless network interface card has been 
installed. 
Clear 
Setting This item performs a simple reset and restores the 
factory default settings for the network 
configuration. This setting will only take effect after 
you have reset the printer.
Network 
Info. This item print a page showing the network 
parameters you set. 
ItemExplanationPrinting a demo page
Print a demo page to make sure that the printer is operating correctly.
1
Press  Menu and then  OK when  Information  appears.
2 Press the  scroll buttons until  Demo Page appears and press  OK.
A demo page prints out.
Changing the display language
To change the language that is disp layed on the control panel, follow 
these steps:
1 Press  Menu until System Setup  appears on the bottom line of the 
display and press  OK.
2 Press  OK when  Language  appears.
3 Press the  scroll buttons to select the language you want and press 
OK .
4 Press  Stop to return to Standby mode.
Using toner save mode
Toner save mode allows the printer to use less toner on each page. 
Activating this mode extends the life  of your toner cartridge and reduces 
your cost per page beyond what one would experience in the normal 
mode, but it reduces print quality.
There are two ways to enable this mode:
Using the control panel button
Press  To n e r  S a v e  on the control panel. The printer must be in Standby 
mode; the Status LED lights green and 
Ready is shown on the display.
•  If the button backlight is on, the  mode is enabled and the printer uses 
less toner to print a page.
•  If the button backlight is off, the  mode is disabled and the printer prints 
in normal mode.
From the software application
You can set toner save mode from the printer properties window on your 
printer driver. See the  Software Section.
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