Samsung ML 5510ND User Manual

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6.printing
This chapter explains common printing tasks.
This chapter includes:
•Printer driver features
• Basic printing
• Opening printing preferences
• Using help
• Using special print features
• Using direct printing utility •
Changing the default print settings
• Setting your machine as a default machine
• Printing to a file (PRN)
• Mac printing
• Linux printing
• UNIX printing
  
 The procedures in this chapter are mainly based on Windows XP.
PRINTER DRIVER FEATURES
Your printer drivers...

FEATUREWINDOWS
Print quality option ●
Booklet printing ●
Poster printing ●
Multiple pages per sheet  ●
Fit to page printing ●
Reduce and enlarge printing ●
Different source for first page ●
Watermark ●
Double-sided printing (duplex) ●
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(●: Supported, Blank: Not supported) 
BASIC PRINTING
Your machine allows you to print fr om various Windows, Mac, Linux or 
UNIX applications. The exact steps for printing a document may vary 
depending on the application you use.
 • Your  Printing Preferences...

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Using a favorite setting
The Presets  option, which is visible on each  of the preferences tab except 
for the  Samsung  tab, allows you to save the  current preferences for future 
use. 
To save a  Presets item:
1. Chan ge the settings as needed on each tab. 
2. Enter  a name for the item in the  Pr
 esets input box.
3.Click  (Add ). When you save  Presets, all current driver settings are 
saved.
Select more op tions and
  click  (Update ), settings will be added to the 
Presets  you made....

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Printing booklets
This feature prints your document on  both sides of a 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. 
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1. To change the print settings from your software application, access the 
Printing Preferences  (See Opening printing preferences on page  52 ).
2. Click the  Basic tab, 
 select Booklet Printing...

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Using watermarks
The watermark option allows you to pr int 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. 
There are several predefined watermarks that come with the machine. They 
can be modified, or you can add new ones to the list. 
Using an existing watermark
1. To change the print settings from your software application, access...

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5.If the overlay file you wa nt 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 Load  win-
dow. 
After you select the file, click  Op
 en. The file appears in the  Overlay 
List  box and is available for printing. Select the overlay from the 
Overlay List  box. 
6. If neces
 sary,...

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Using the right-click menu
1.Right-click on the PDF file you wish  to print and select Direct Printing 
Utility.
The Direct Printing Utility window opens with the PDF file is added.
2. Select  the machine you wish to use.
3. Customize th e ma
 chine settings for your needs. 
4. Click  Print. T
 he selected PDF file is sent to the machine.
CHANGING THE DEFAULT PRINT SETTINGS
1.Click the Windows Start  menu. 
2. For Wi ndows 2000, select  S
 ettings > Printers .
• For Windows XP/2003, select...

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Changing printer settings
You can use advanced printing feat ures provided by your machine.
Open an application and select Print  from the File  
 menu. The machine 
name, which appears in the printer properties pane may differ depending on 
the machine in use. Except for the  name, the composition of the printer 
properties pane is similar to the following.
 The setting options and following panes may differ depending on print -
ers and Mac OS version.
The following pane is the first pane...

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1.From your Mac application, select  Print from the  File menu.
2. Select  Layo
 ut from the drop-down list under  Orientation. 
3. Select a bind ing ori
 entation from Two Sided Printing  option.
4. Select  the other options you want to use.
5. Click  Print, then
  the machine prints the selected number of pages on a 
side of a paper.
 
If you print more than 2 copies, the last page of the first copy and the 
first page of the second copy might print on same sheet of paper. 
Avoid using...

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2.Select your machine on the available printers list and click  Properties.
3. The  Printer Properties  w
 indow opens.
The following five tabs display at the top of the window:
•General:  Thi
 s option allows you to change the printer location and 
name.
 The name entered in this tab displays on the printer list in 
Printers configuration .
• Co
nnection:  Thi
 s option allows you to view or select another port. If 
you change the machin e port from USB to parallel or vice versa 
while in...