Management tools

This chapter introduces management tools provided to help you make full use of your machine.

Easy Capture Manager

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Available for Windows OS users only.

Capture your screen and launch Easy Capture Manager by simply pressing the Print Screen key. Now you can easily print your captured screen as captured or edited.

Samsung AnyWeb Print

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Available for Windows and Mac OS X users only.

This tool helps you screen-capture, preview, scrap, and print Windows Internet Explorer pages more easily, than when you use an ordinary program. Click Start > All programs > Samsung Printers > Samsung AnyWeb Print > Download the latest version to link to the website where the tool is available for download.

Easy Eco Driver

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Available for Windows OS users only.

With the Easy Eco Driver, you can apply Eco features to save paper and toner before printing. To use this application, Start Easy Eco Driver before printing job checkbox in the printer properties should be checked.

Easy Eco Driver also allows you simple editing such as removing images and texts, changing fonts, and more. You can save frequently used settings as a preset.

How to use:

  1. Open a document to print.

  2. Print the document.

  3. Select the options you want to apply to the document.

    You can see the preview of the applied features.

  4. Click Print.

Using Samsung Easy Printer Manager

[Note]
  • This feature may not be available depending on model or optional goods.

  • Available for Windows and Mac OS X users only.

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher is the minimum requirement for Samsung Easy Printer Manager.

Samsung Easy Printer Manager is an application that combines Samsung machine settings into one location. Samsung Easy Printer Manager combines device settings as well as printing environments, settings/actions, and launching. All of these features provide a gateway to conveniently use your Samsung machine. Samsung Easy Printer Manager provides two different user interfaces for the user to choose from: the basic user interface and the advanced user interface. Switching between the two interfaces is easy: just click a button.

Understanding Samsung Easy Printer Manager

To open the program:

For Windows,

Select Start > Programs or All Programs > Samsung Printers > Samsung Easy Printer Manager > Samsung Easy Printer Manager.

For MAC,

Open the Applications folder > Samsung folder > Samsung Easy Printer Manager.

The Samsung Easy Printer Manager interface is comprised of various basic sections as described in the table that follows:

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The screenshot may differ depending on operating system you are using.

1

Printer list

The Printer List displays printers installed on your computer and network printers added by network discovery (Windows only).

2

Printer information

This area gives you general information about your machine. You can check information, such as the machine’s model name, IP address (or Port name), and machine status.

[Note]

You can view the online User’s Guide.

Troubleshooting button: This button opens the Troubleshooting Guide when an error occurs. You can directly open the necessary section in the user’s guide.

3

Application information

Includes links for changing to the advanced settings, preference, help, and about.

[Note]

The button is used to change the user interface to the advanced settings user interface (see Advanced settings user interface overview).

4

Quick links

Displays Quick links to machine specific functions. This section also includes links to applications in the advanced settings.

[Note]

If you connect your machine to a network, the SyncThru™ Web Service icon is enabled.

5

Contents area

Displays information about the selected machine, remaining toner level, and paper. The information will vary based on the machine selected. Some machines do not have this feature.

6

Order supplies

Click on the Order button from the supply ordering window. You can order replacement toner cartridge(s) from online.

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Select the Help menu or click the button from the window and click on any option for more information.

Advanced settings user interface overview

The advanced user interface is intended to be used by the person responsible for managing the network and machines.

[Note]

Some menus may not appear in the display depending on options or models. If so, it is not applicable to your machine.

Device Settings

You can configure various machine settings such as machine setup, paper, layout, emulation, network, and print information.

Scan to PC Settings

This menu includes settings to create or delete scan to PC profiles.

  • Scan ActivationDetermines whether or not scanning is enabled on the device.

  • Basic tab:  Contains settings related general scan and device settings.

  • Image tab:  Contains settings related to image altering.

Fax to PC Settings

This menu includes settings related to the basic fax functionality of the selected device.

  • DisableIf Disable is On, incoming faxes will not be received on this device.

  • Enable Fax Receiving from DeviceEnables faxing on the device and allows more options to be set.

Alert Settings (Windows only)

This menu includes settings related to error alerting.

  • Printer AlertProvides settings related to when alerts will be received.

  • Email AlertProvides options relating to receiving alerts via email.

  • Alert History Provides a history of device and toner related alerts.

Job Accounting

Provides querying of quota information of the specified job accounting user. This quota information can be created and applied to devices by job accounting software such as SyncThru™ or CounThru™ admin software.

Using Samsung Printer Status

The Samsung Printer Status is a program that monitors and informs you of the machine status.

[Note]
  • The Samsung Printer Status window and its contents shown in this user’s guide may differ depending on the machine or operating system in use.

  • Check the operating system(s) that are compatible with your machine (see System requirements).

  • Available for Windows OS users only.

Samsung Printer Status overview

If an error occurs while operating, you can check the error from Samsung Printer Status. Samsung Printer Status is installed automatically when you install the machine software.

You can also launch Samsung Printer Status manually. Go to the Printing Preferences, click the Basic tab > Printer Status button.

These icons appear on the Windows task bar:

Icon

Mean

Description

Normal

The machine is in ready mode and experiencing no errors or warnings.

Warning

The machine is in a state where an error might occur in the future. For example, it might be in toner low status, which may lead to toner empty status.

Error

The machine has at least one error.

1

Toner Level

You can view the level of toner remaining in each toner cartridge. The machine and the number of toner cartridge(s) shown in the above window may differ depending on the machine in use. Some machines do not have this feature.

2

Option

You can set printing job alert related settings.

3

Order Supplies

You can order replacement toner cartridge(s) from online.

4

User’s Guide

You can view the online User’s Guide.

[Note]

This button opens the Troubleshooting Guide when an error occurs. You can directly open the troubleshooting section in the user’s guide.

5

Close

Close the window.

Using Samsung Easy Document Creator

Samsung Easy Document Creator is an application to help users scan, compile, and save documents in multiple formats, including .epub format. These documents can be shared via social networking sites or fax. Whether you’re a student needing to organize research from the library or a stay-at-home mom sharing scanned pictures from last year’s birthday party, Easy Document Creator will provide you with the necessary tools.

[Note]
  • Availabe for Windows OS users only.

  • Windows XP or higher and Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher is the minimum requirement for Samsung Easy Document Creator.

  • Samsung Easy Document Creator is installed automatically when you install the machine software.

[Note]

Click the Help () button from the upper-right corner of the window and click on any option you want to know about.

Understanding Samsung Easy Document Creator

To open the program:

Select Start > Programs or All Programs > Samsung Printers > Samsung Easy Document Creator > Samsung Easy Document Creator.

The Samsung Easy Document Creator interface is comprised of various basic sections as described in the table that follows:

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The screenshot may differ depending on operating system you are using.

1

(Information)

Click the information button to see the program’s version information.

(Help)

Click the help button to get the information of any option you want to use.

2

Quick Scan

Automatically scans with the settings provided in Configuration. You can pre-set the options such as image type, document size, resolution, or file type (see Quick Scanning).

3

Scan

Provides more in-depth options for scanning documents on a one-by-one basis (see Scanning).

[Note]

Text Converting will only be available after installing the optical character recognition (OCR) software proivided in a separate installation file.

  • Image ScanningUse for scanning single or mulitple pictures.

  • Document ScanningUse for scanning documents with text or text and images.

  • Text Converting Use for scanning documents that need to be saved in an editable text format.

  • Book Scanning Use for scanning books with the flatbed scanner.

  • Favorites User-created favorites for frequently-used scan settings.

4

SNS Upload

Provides an easy and quick way to upload files to a variety of social networking sites (SNS). Scan an image directly or select an existing image to upload to Facebook, Flickr, Picasa, Google, or Twitter (see Scanning to a Social Networking Site).

[Note]

SNS Upload will only be available after Microsoft™.NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 has been installed (http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=22) and Windows XP or higher and Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher are required

5

E-Book Conversion

Provides the ability to scan multiple documents in as one e-book or convert existing files into an e-book format (.epub file) (see Converting to an E-Book).

6

Send Fax

Provides the ability to directly fax a document from Easy Document Creator if the Samsung Network PC Fax driver is installed (see Sending a fax from your computer).

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If the Samsung Network PC Fax driver is not installed, this will be grayed out.

7

Configuration

Provides the options for a Common and Quick Scan.

8

Device Name

Shows the scanning/faxing device ready to use.

9

Search

If you cannot see any device ready to use, click this button to find a device.

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Click Search Now to automatically search for all devices to which you have access.

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Click the Help () button from the upper-right corner of the window and click on any option you want to know about.

Using features

Scanning

  1. Place a single document face down on the document glass, or load the documents face up into the document feeder.

  2. Click Scan from the home screen.

  3. Select the type of scanning or a favorites then click Start.

  4. Make adjustments to the image (Scan Settings and More Options).

  5. Click Scan to scan a final image or Prescan to get another preview image.

  6. Select to Save to Location, Send to E-mail, or Send to SNS.

  7. Click on Save (Saving a Scan), Send ( E-mailing a Scan), or Share ( Uploading).

[Note]

If there is room on the document glass, more than one item can be scanned at the same time. Use the tool to make multiple selection areas.

Quick Scanning

Configuring Quick Scan

To set up the Quick Scan options:

  1. Click Configuration from the home screen.

  2. Click on Default to use the default settings, or select your own options.

  3. Click Apply to save changes.

Using Quick Scan
  1. Place a single document face down on the document glass, or load the documents face up into the document feeder.

  2. Click Quick Scan from the home screen.

  3. Select a save location for the scanned images.

  4. Click Save to save the image.

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Click Scan More to scan another image with the same settings.

Scanning to a Social Networking Site

Scan Directly
  1. Place a single document face down on the document glass, or load the documents face up into the document feeder.

  2. Click SNS Upload from the home screen.

  3. Click Scan to SNS > Start.

  4. Click Scan.

Upload Existing File
  1. Click SNS Upload from the home screen.

  2. Click Existing File to SNS > Start.

  3. Select the site and click Add Image to find the file to upload.

  4. Select a social networking site to send the image and click Next.

  5. Follow the instructions in each social networking site.

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If there are some problems on accessing or uploading to each SNS site due to a network environment issue, it's needed to check security limitations established in your network with network administrator. To guarantee correct functioning of SNS upload in Samsung Easy Document Creator, unrestricted network environment is needed for HTTPS communication.

Converting to an E-Book

Scan Directly
  1. Place a single document face down on the document glass, or load the documents face up into the document feeder.

  2. Click E-Book Conversion from the home screen.

  3. Click Scan to E-Book > Start.

  4. Enter a name and author to be used as metatag information for the .epub file, a file name, and select a save location.

  5. Click Save.

Convert Existing Files
  1. Click E-Book Conversion from the home screen.

  2. Click Existing File to E-Book > Start.

  3. Click Add Image to find the file to convert.

  4. Enter a name and author to be used as metatag information for the .epub file, a file name, and select a save location.

  5. Click Save.

Sending a Fax

  1. Place a single document face down on the document glass, or load the documents face up into the document feeder.

  2. Click Send Fax from the home screen.

  3. Click add file and locate the file to fax.

  4. Click Send Fax.

  5. Enter the fax information (recipient’s number, cover page information, etc).

  6. Click Send.

Plug-ins

Easy Document Creator will also create new plug-ins for Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, and Excel. These new plug-ins will be in a new Easy Document Creator menu on the applications’ menu bars: Scan to Office, Send Fax, and E-Book.

Using the Linux Unified Driver Configurator

Unified Driver Configurator is a tool primarily intended for configuring machine devices. You need to install Unified Linux Driver to use Unified Driver Configurator. Refer to the Administrator’s Guide.

After the driver is installed on your Linux system, the Unified Driver Configurator icon will automatically be created on your desktop.

Opening the Unified Driver Configurator

  1. Double-click the Unified Driver Configurator on the desktop.

    You can also click the Startup Menu icon and select Samsung Unified Driver > Unified Driver Configurator.

  2. Click each button on the left to switch to the corresponding configuration window.

    1. Printers Configuration

    2. Scanners Configuration

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    To use the on screen help, click Help.

  3. After changing the configurations, click Exit to close the Unified Driver Configurator.

Printers configuration

Printers configuration has the two tabs: Printers and Classes.

Printers tab

View the current system’s printer configuration by clicking on the machine icon button on the left side of the Unified Driver Configurator window.

1

Switches to Printers configuration.

2

Shows all of the installed machine.

3

Shows the status, model name and URI of your machine.

The printer control buttons are, as follows:

  • RefreshRenews the available machines list.

  • Add PrinterAllows you to add a new machine.

  • Remove PrinterRemoves the selected machine.

  • Set as DefaultSets the current selected machine as a default machine.

  • Stop/StartStops/starts the machine.

  • TestAllows you to print a test page to ensure the machine is working properly.

  • PropertiesAllows you to view and change the printer properties.

Classes tab

The Classes tab shows a list of available machine classes.

1

Shows all of the machine classes.

2

Shows the status of the class and the number of machines in the class.

  • RefreshRenews the classes list.

  • Add ClassAllows you to add a new machine class.

  • Remove ClassRemoves the selected machine class.

Scanners configuration

In this window, you can monitor the activity of scanner devices, view a list of installed Samsung machine devices, change device properties, and scan images.

1

Switches to Scanners configuration.

2

Shows all of the installed scanners.

3

Shows the vendor, model name, and type of your scanner.

  • PropertiesAllows you to change the scan properties and scan a document.

Ports configuration

In this window, you can view the list of available ports, check the status of each port, and release a port that is stalled in a busy state when its owner has terminated the job for any reason.

1

Switches to Ports configuration.

2

Shows all of the available ports.

3

Shows the port type, device connected to the port, and status

  • RefreshRenews the available ports list.

  • Release portReleases the selected port.

Sharing Ports Between Printers and Scanners

Your machine may be connected to a host computer via a parallel port or USB port. Since the machine contains more than one device (printer and scanner), it is necessary to organize proper access of “consumer” applications to these devices via the single I/O port.

The Unified Linux Driver package provides an appropriate port sharing mechanism that is used by Samsung printer and scanner drivers. The drivers talk to their devices via so-called machine ports. The current status of any machine port can be viewed via the Ports configuration. The port sharing prevents you from accessing one functional block of the machine device, while another block is in use.

When you install a new machine onto your system, it is strongly recommended you do this with the assistance of an Unified Driver Configurator. In this case you will be asked to choose I/O port for the new device. This choice will provide the most suitable configuration for machine’s functionality. For machine scanners, I/O ports are being chosen by scanner drivers automatically, so proper settings are applied by default.