Network setup

This chapter gives you step-by-step instructions for setting up the network connected machine and software.

This chapter includes:

[Note]

Supported optional devices and features may differ according to your model. Please check your model name (See Features by Models).

Network environment

You need to set up the network protocols on the machine to use it as your network machine. You can set up the basic network settings through the machine's control panel.

The following table shows the network environments supported by the machine:

Item

Specifications

Network interface

  • Ethernet 10/100/1000 Base-TX

  • 802.11 b/g/n Wireless LAN (Optional)

Network operating system

  • Windows 2000/XP/2003/2008/Vista/7/2008 Server R2

  • Various Linux OS

  • Mac OS X 10.3 ~ 10.6

  • UNIX

  • Novell NetWare 5.x, 6.x (TCP/IP Only)

Network protocols

  • TCP/IPv4

  • 802.1x

  • DHCP, BOOTP, AutoIP

  • DNS, WINS, Bonjour, SLP, UPnP

  • Standard TCP/IP Printing (RAW), LPR, IPP, WSD

  • SNMPv 1/2/3, HTTP (S), Telnet, SMTP (S), LDAP (S), IPSec

  • SMB, FTP, Kerberos

  • TCP/IPv6 (DHCP, DNS, RAW, LPR, SNMPv 1/2/3, HTTP (S), IPSec)

(See IPv6 Configuration.)

Wireless security (Optional)

  • Authentication: Open System, Shared Key, WPA Personal, WPA2 Personal (PSK)

  • Encryption: WEP64, WEP128, TKIP, AES

Introducing useful network programs

There are several programs available to setup the network settings easily in network environment. For the network administrator especially, managing several machines on the network is possible.

[Note]

Before using the programs below, set the IP address first.

SyncThru™ Web Service

Web server embedded on your network machine, which allows you to:

  • Configure the network parameters necessary for the machine to connect to various network environments.

  • Customize machine settings.

    (See Using SyncThru™ Web Service.)

SyncThru™ Web Admin Service

A web-based machine management solution for network administrators. SyncThru™ Web Admin Service provides you with an efficient way of managing network devices and lets you remotely monitor and troubleshoot network machines from any site with corporate internet access. Download this program from http://solution.samsungprinter.com.

SetIP

This utility program allows you to select a network interface and manually configure the IP addresses for use with the TCP/IP protocol (See IPv4 setting using SetIP Program (Windows), IPv4 setting using SetIP Program (Macintosh) or IPv4 setting using SetIP Program (Linux)).

[Note]

TCP/IPv6 is not supported by this program.

Using a wired network

You must set up the network protocols on your machine to use it on your network. This chapter will show you how this is easily accomplished.

You can use network after connecting network cable to a corresponding port on your machine.

Printing configuration report

You can print a Configuration Report from the machine’s control panel that will show the current machine’s network settings. This will help you to set up a network and troubleshoot problems.

  1. Press Menu on the control panel.

  2. Press the up/down arrow to highlight Information and press OK.

  3. Press the up/down arrow to highlight Configuration and press OK.

    The machine prints the Configuration Report.

Using this Configuration Report, you can find your machine MAC address and IP address.

For example:

  • MAC Address: 00:15:99:41:A2:78

  • IP Address: 192.0.0.192

Setting IPv4 address

You must set up an IPv4 address for network printing and management. In most cases a new IP address will be automatically assigned by a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server located on the network.

[Note]

If you use IPv6 address, refer to IPv6 Configuration

In a few situations the IP address must be set manually. This is called a static IP and is often required in corporate Intranets for security reasons.

  • DHCP IP assignment: Connect your machine to the network, and wait a few minutes for the DHCP server to assign an IP address to the machine. Then, print the Configuration Report as explained above. If the report shows that the IP address has changed, the assignment was successful. You will see the new IP address in the report.

  • Static IP assignment: Use the SetIP program to change the IP address from your computer. If your machine has a control panel, you can also change the IP address using the machine's control panel.

In an office environment, we recommend that you contact a network administrator to set this address for you.

IPv4 setting using control panel

  1. Connect your machine to the network with a network cable.

  2. Turn on the machine.

  3. Press Menu on the control panel.

  4. Press the up/down arrow to highlight Network and press OK.

  5. Press the up/down arrow to highlight TCP/IP (IPv4) and press OK.

  6. Press the up/down arrow to highlight Set IPv4 Address and press OK.

  7. Press the up/down arrow to highlight Manual and press OK.

  8. Enter the IP address using numeric keypad and press OK.

  9. In the same way, enter other parameters such as Subnet Mask and Gateway and press OK.

  10. After entering all parameters, press Stop/Clear to return to the ready mode.

Now go to Installing network connected machine’s driver.

IPv4 setting using SetIP Program (Windows)

This program is for manually setting the network IP address of your machine using its MAC address to communicate with the machine. A MAC address is the hardware serial number of the network interface and can be found in the Configuration Report.

For using SetIP program, disable the computer firewall before continuing by performing the following:

  1. Open Control Panel.

  2. Double click Security Center.

  3. Click Windows Firewall.

  4. Disable the firewall.

Installing the program

  1. Insert the Printer Software CD-ROM provided with your machine. When the driver CD runs automatically, close that window.

  2. Start a web browser such as Internet Explorer and open the X drive. (X represents your CD-ROM drive.)

  3. Double-click Application > SetIP.

  4. Double-click Setup.exe to install this program.

  5. Click OK. If necessary, select a language from the drop-down list.

  6. Follow the instructions in the window and complete the installation.

Starting the program

  1. Connect your machine and the computer using network cable.

  2. Turn on the machine.

  3. From the Windows Start menu, select All Programs > Samsung Printers > SetIP > SetIP.

  4. Click on the icon (third from left) in the SetIP window to open the TCP/IP configuration window.

  5. Enter the machine’s new information into the configuration window as follows:

    • MAC Address: Find the machine’s MAC address on the Configuration Report and enter it without the colons. For example, 00:15:99:29:51:A8 becomes 0015992951A8.

    [Note]

    A MAC address is a hardware serial number of the machine’s network interface and can be found in the Configuration Report.

    • IP Address: Enter a new IP address for your printer.

      For example, if your computer’s IP address is 192.168.1.150, enter 192.168.1.X. (X is number between 1 and 254 other than the computer’s address.)

    • Subnet Mask: Enter a new Subnet Mask for your machine.

    • Default Gateway: Enter a new Gateway for your machine.

  6. Click Apply, and then click OK. The machine will automatically print the Configuration Report. Confirm that all of the settings are correct.

  7. Click Exit to close the SetIP program.

  8. If necessary, restart the computer’s firewall.

IPv4 setting using SetIP Program (Macintosh)

For using SetIP program, disable the computer firewall before continuing by performing the following:

[Note]

The path and UIs may differ by Mac OS version. Refer to the Mac OS manual to turn firewall off.

  1. Open System Preferences.

  2. Click Security.

  3. Click the Firewall menu.

  4. Turn the firewall off.

[Note]

The following instructions may vary for your model.

Perform the following to configure the IP address:

  1. Connect your machine and the computer using network cable.

  2. Insert the Installation CD-ROM, and open the disk window. Open the MAC_Installer > MAC_Printer > SetIP > SetIPApplet.html.

  3. Double click the file and Safari will automatically open, then select Trust. The browser will open the SetIPApplet.html page that shows the printer’s name and IP address information.

  4. Click on the icon (third from left) in the SetIP window to open the TCP/IP configuration window.

  5. Enter the printer’s new information into the configuration window as follows. In a corporate intranet, you may need to have this information assigned by a network manager before proceeding.

    • MAC Address: Find the machine’s MAC address from the Configuration Report and enter it without the colons. For example, 00:15:99:29:51:A8 becomes 0015992951A8.

      [Note]

      The MAC address is the hardware serial number of the on-board network interface and can be found on the Configuration Report.

    • IP Address: Enter a new IP address for your printer.

      For example, if your computer’s IP address is 192.168.1.150, enter 192.168.1.X. (X is number between 1 and 254 other than the computer’s address.)

    • Subnet Mask: Enter a new Subnet Mask for your machine.

    • Default Gateway: Enter a new Gateway for your machine.

  6. Select Apply, then OK, and OK again. The printer will automatically print the configuration report. Confirm that all of the settings are correct. Quit Safari. You may close and eject the installation CD-ROM. If necessary, restart the computer’s firewall. You have successfully changed the IP address, subnet mask, and gateway.

IPv4 setting using SetIP Program (Linux)

The SetIP program should be automatically installed during the printer driver installation.

[Note]

The path and UIs may differ by Linux OS version. Refer to the Linux OS manual to turn firewall off.

  1. Print the machine’s configuration report to find your machine’s MAC address.

  2. Open the /opt/Samsung/mfp/share/utils/.

  3. Double click the SetIPApplet.html file.

  4. Click to open the TCP/IP configuration window.

  5. Enter the MAC address, IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, and then click Apply.

    [Note]

    When you enter the MAC address, enter it without a colon(:).

  6. The machine prints the network information. Confirm all of the settings are correct.

  7. Close the SetIP program.

Network parameter setting

You can also set up the various network settings through the network administration programs such as SyncThru™ Web Admin Service and SyncThru™ Web Service.

Restoring factory default settings using SyncThru™ Web Service

  1. Start a web browser such as Internet Explorer, Safari or Firefox and enter your machine’s new IP address in the browser window.

  2. Click Go to access the SyncThru™ Web Service.

  3. Click Login on the upper right of the SyncThru™ Web Service website.

    A log-in page appears.

  4. Type in the ID and Password then click Login.

    If it’s your first time logging into SyncThru™ Web Service, type in the below default ID and password.

    • ID: admin

    • Password: sec00000

  5. When the SyncThru™ Web Service window opens, click Settings > Network Settings > Restore Default.

  6. Click Clear for network.

  7. Turn off and restart machine to apply settings.

Installing network connected machine’s driver

Windows

This is recommended for most users. All components necessary for machine operations will be installed.

Follow the steps below:

  1. Make sure that the machine is connected to the network and powered on.

  2. Insert the supplied software CD into your CD-ROM drive.

  3. Select Install now.

  4. Read License Agreement, and select I accept the terms of the License Agreement. Then, click Next.

    The program searches for the machine.

  5. The searched machines will be shown on the screen. Select the one you wish to use and click Next.

    [Note]

    If the driver searched only one machine, the confirmation window appears.

  6. After the installation is finished, a window asking you to print a test page appears. If you want to print a test page, click Print a test page.

    Otherwise, just click Next and skip to step 8.

  7. If the test page prints out correctly, click Yes.

    If not, click No to reprint it.

  8. To register as a user of the machine in order to receive information from Samsung, click On-line Registration.

  9. Click Finish.

[Note]

  • After the driver setup, you may enable firewall.

  • If the printer driver does not work properly, follow the steps below to uninstall and reinstall the driver.

    1. Make sure that the machine is connected to your computer and powered on.

    2. From the Start menu, select Programs or All Programs > Samsung Printers > your printer driver name > Uninstall.

    3. Select the necessary option and follow the instructions in the window.

    4. After uninstalling the printer driver, reinstall it (see Installing locally connected machine’s driver, Installing network connected machine’s driver).

Silent installation Mode (Windows only)

Silent installation mode is an installation method that does not require any user intervention. Once you start the installation, the machine driver and software are automatically installed on you computer. You can start the silent installation by typing /s or /S in the command window (See Silent installation Mode (Windows only)).

Macintosh

  1. Make sure that the machine is connected to your network and powered on. Also, your machine’s IP address should have been set.

  2. Insert the supplied software CD into your CD-ROM drive.

  3. Double-click the CD-ROM icon that appears on your Macintosh desktop.

  4. Double-click the MAC_Installer folder.

  5. Double-click the Installer OS X icon.

  6. Enter the password and click OK.

  7. The Samsung Installer window opens. Click Continue.

  8. Read the license agreement and click Continue.

  9. Click Agree to agree to the license agreement.

  10. The Samsung Installer window opens. Click Continue.

  11. Select Easy Install and click Install. Easy Install is recommended for most users. All components necessary for machine operations will be installed.

    • If you select Custom Install, you can choose individual components to install.

  12. The message which warns that all applications will close on your computer appears. Click Continue.

    [Note]

    If you select Typical installation for a network printer during the machine driver installation, the SetIP program automatically runs. If the machine has already configured network information, close the SetIP program. Go to the next step.

  13. After the installation is finished, click Quit.

  14. Open the Applications folder > Utilities > Print Setup Utility.

    • For Mac OS X 10.5~10.6, open the Applications folder > System Preferences and click Print & Fax.

  15. Click Add on the Printer List.

    • For Mac OS X 10.5~10.6, click the “+” icon; a display window will pop up.

  16. For Mac OS X 10.3, select the IP Printing tab.

    • For Mac OS X 10.4, click IP Printer.

    • For Mac OS X 10.5~10.6, click IP.

  17. Select Socket/HP Jet Direct in Printer Type.

    [Note]

    When printing a document containing many pages, printing performance may be enhanced by choosing Socket for Printer Type option.

  18. Enter the machine’s IP address in the Printer Address field.

  19. Enter the queue name in the Queue Name field. If you cannot determine the queue name for your machine server, try using the default queue first.

  20. For Mac OS X 10.3, if Auto Select does not work properly, select Samsung in Printer Model and your machine name in Model Name.

    • For Mac OS X 10.4, if Auto Select does not work properly, select Samsung in Print Using and your machine name in Model.

    • For Mac OS X 10.5~10.6, if Auto Select does not work properly, select Select a driver to use... and your machine name in Print Using.

    Your machine appears on the Printer List, and is set as the default machine.

  21. Click Add.

    [Note]

    If the printer driver does not work properly, uninstall the driver and reinstall it.

    Follow steps below to uninstall the driver for Macintosh.

    1. Make sure that the machine is connected to your computer and powered on.

    2. Insert the supplied software CD into your CD-ROM drive.

    3. Double-click CD-ROM icon that appears on your Macintosh desktop.

    4. Double-click the MAC_Installer folder.

    5. Double-click the Installer OS X icon.

    6. Enter the password and click OK.

    7. The Samsung Installer window opens. Click Continue.

    8. Select Uninstall and click Uninstall.

    9. When the message which warns that all applications will close on your computer appears, Click Continue.

    10. When the uninstall is done, click Quit.

Linux

Install Linux Driver

  1. Make sure that the machine is connected to your network and powered on. Also, your machine’s IP address should have been set.

  2. From the Samsung website, download the Unified Linux Driver package to your computer.

  3. Right click the Unified Linux Driver package and extract the package.

  4. Double click cdroot > autorun.

  5. The Samsung Installer window opens. Click Continue.

  6. The Add printer wizard window opens. Click Next.

  7. Select Network printer and click Search button.

  8. The Printer’s IP address and model name appears on list field.

  9. Select your machine and click Next.

  10. Input the printer description and Next.

  11. When the add printer is done, click Finish.

  12. When the install is done, click Finish.

Add network Printer

  1. Double-click the Unified Driver Configurator.

  2. Click Add Printer…

  3. The Add printer wizard window opens. Click Next.

  4. Select Network printer and click the Search button.

  5. The printer’s IP address and model name appears on list field.

  6. Select your machine and click Next.

  7. Input the printer description and Next.

  8. When the add printer is done, click Finish.

UNIX

To use UNIX Printer Driver, you have to install the UNIX printer driver package first, then setup the printer. You can download the UNIX Printer Driver package from the Samsung website.

Installing the UNIX printer driver package

Installation procedure is common for all variants of UNIX OS mentioned (See UNIX).

  1. From the Samsung website, download and unpack the UNIX Printer Driver package to your computer.

  2. Acquire root privileges.

    su -

  3. Copy appropriate driver archive to the target UNIX computer.

    [Note]

    See administration guide of your UNIX OS for details.

  4. Unpack the UNIX printer driver package archive.

    For example, on IBM AIX use the following commands.

    cd /tmp

    gzip –dc /cdrom/unix/packages/aix_power/aix_power.tar.gz | tar –xvf –

    The “binaries” folder consists of binz, install, share files and folders

  5. Copy the “binaries” folder to any local folder.

  6. Change to the driver’s “binaries” directory.

    cd aix_power/binaries

  7. Run the install script.

    ./install

    install is the installer script file which is used to install or uninstall the UNIX Printer Driver package.

    Use “chmod 755 install” command to give the permission to the installer script.

  8. Execute the “. /install –c” command to verify install results.

  9. Run ‘installprinter’ from the command line. This will bring up the Add Printer Wizard window. Setup the printer in this window referring the procedure next.

    [Note]

    On some UNIX OS, for example on Solaris 10 just added printer may not be enabled and/or may not accept jobs. In this case run the following two commands on the root terminal:

    accept <printer_name>

    enable <printer_name>

Uninstalling the printer driver package

[Note]

The uninstalling printer utility should be used to delete the printer installed in the system.

  1. Run “uninstallprinter” command from the terminal.

    It will open the Uninstall Printer Wizard

    The installed printers are listed in the drop-down list

  2. Select the printer to be deleted.

  3. Click Delete to delete the printer from the system.

  4. Execute the “. /install –d” command to uninstall the whole package.

  5. To verify uninstall results, execute the “. /install –c” command.

To reinstall it again, use the command “. /install” to reinstall the binaries.

Setting up the printer

To add the printer to your UNIX system, run ‘installprinter’ from the command line. This will bring up the Add Printer Wizard window. Setup the printer in this window according to the following steps:

  1. Type the name of the printer.

  2. Select appropriate printer model from model list.

  3. Enter any description corresponding to the type of the printer in the Type field. This is optional.

  4. Specify any printer description in the Description field. This is optional.

  5. Specify printer location in the Location field.

  6. Type the IP address or DNS name of the printer in the Device textbox for network-connected printers. On IBM AIX with jetdirect Queue type only DNS name is possible, numeric IP address is not allowed.

  7. Queue type shows the connection as lpd or jetdirect in the corresponding list box. Additionally usb type is available on Sun Solaris OS.

  8. Select Copies to set the number of copies.

  9. Check the Collate option to receive copies already sorted.

  10. Check the Reverse Order option to receive copies in the reverse order.

  11. Check the Make Default option to set this printer as default.

  12. Click OK to add the printer.

IPv6 Configuration

[Caution]

TCP/IPv6 is supported properly only in Windows Vista or higher.
[Note]

If the IPv6 network seems to not be working, set all the network setting to the factory defaults and try again (See Restoring factory default settings using SyncThru™ Web Service).

To use the IPv6 network environment, follow the next procedure to use the IPv6 address:

  1. Connect your machine to the network with a network cable.

  2. Turn on the machine.

  3. Print a Configuration Report from the machine’s control panel that will check IPv6 addresses (see Printing configuration report).

  4. Select Start > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Printers > Add Printer.

  5. Click Add a local printer on the Add Printer windows.

  6. Follow the instruction on the window.

[Note]

If the machine does not work in the network environment, activate IPv6. Refer to the next section followed by.

Activating IPv6

  1. Press Menu on the control panel.

  2. Press the up/down arrow to highlight Network and press OK.

  3. Press the up/down arrow to highlight TCP/IP (IPv6) and press OK.

  4. Press the up/down arrow to highlight IPv6 Activate and press OK.

  5. Press the up/down arrow to highlight On and press OK.

  6. Turn the machine off and turn it on again.

  7. Reinstall your printer driver.

Setting IPv6 addresses

Machine supports following IPv6 addresses for network printing and managements.

  • Link-local Address: Self-configured local IPv6 address. (Address starts with FE80.)

  • Stateless Address: Automatically configured IPv6 address by a network router.

  • Stateful Address: IPv6 address configured by a DHCPv6 server.

  • Manual Address: Manually configured IPv6 address by a user.

DHCPv6 address configuration (Stateful)

If you have a DHCPv6 server on your network, you can set one of the following option for default dynamic host configuration:

  1. Press Menu on the control panel.

  2. Press the up/down arrow to highlight Network and press OK.

  3. Press the up/down arrow to highlight TCP/IP (IPv6) and press OK.

  4. Press the up/down arrow to highlight DHCPv6 Config and press OK.

  5. Press the up/down arrow to access the required value.

    • Router: Use DHCPv6 only when requested by a router.

    • DHCPv6 Addresses: Always use DHCPv6 regardless of router request.

    • DHCPv6 Off: Never use DHCPv6 regardless of router request.

  6. Press OK.

Manual address configuration

  1. Start a web browser such as Internet Explorer that supports IPv6 addressing as a URL (See Connecting SyncThru™ Web Service).

    [Note]

    For IPv4, enter the IPv4 address (http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) in the address field and press the Enter key or click Go.

  2. Click Login on the upper right of the SyncThru™ Web Service website.

    A log-in page appears.

  3. Type in the ID and Password then click Login.

    If it’s your first time logging into SyncThru™ Web Service, type in the below default ID and password.

    • ID: admin

    • Password: sec00000

  4. When the SyncThru™ Web Service window opens, click Settings > Network Settings.

  5. Click TCP/IPv6.

  6. Enable the Manual Address in the TCP/IPv6 section.

    [Note]

    IPv6 Protocol should be enabled.

  7. Select the Address / Prefix and click the Add button, then the router prefix will automatically be entered into the address field.

    Enter the rest of address. (ex: 3FFE:10:88:194::AAAA. “A” is the hexadecimal 0 through 9, A through F.)

  8. Click the Apply button.

Installing printer driver

Driver installation for network printer in IPv6 network environment is same as TCP/IPv4 (See Installing network connected machine’s driver).

Select TCP/IP Port and when the list of machines are displayed, simply select your machine's IPv6 address.

Connecting SyncThru™ Web Service

  1. Start a web browser such as Internet Explorer that supports IPv6 addressing as a URL.

  2. Click Go to access the SyncThru™ Web Service.

  3. Click Login on the upper right of the SyncThru™ Web Service website.

    A log-in page appears.

  4. Type in the ID and Password then click Login.

    If it’s your first time logging into SyncThru™ Web Service, type in the below default ID and password.

    • ID: admin

    • Password: sec00000

  5. Select one of the IPv6 addresses (Link-local Address, Stateless Address, Stateful Address, Manual Address) from Configuration Report.

  6. Enter the IPv6 addresses. (ex: http://[FE80::215:99FF:FE66:7701])

    [Caution]

    Address must be enclosed in '[]' brackets.