Network setup

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

[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

Requirements

Network interface

  • Ethernet 10/100 Base-TX

Network operating system

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

  • Various Linux OS

  • Mac OS X 10.3 ~ 10.6

Network protocols

  • TCP/IPv4

  • DHCP, BOOTP

  • DNS, WINS, Bonjour, SLP, UPnP

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

  • SNMPv 1/2/3, HTTP(S), IPSec

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

    (See IPv6 Configuration).

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

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.

Samsung AnyWeb Print

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

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 IP setting using SetIP Program (Windows) or IP setting using SetIP Program (Macintosh)).

[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 Network Configuration report

You can print a Network 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 left/right arrow until Network appears and press OK.

  3. Press the left/right arrow until Network Info. appears and press OK.

  4. Press the left/right arrow until Yes appears and press OK.

Using this Network 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 IP address

First, you have to set up an IP address for network printing and managements. In most cases a new IP address will be automatically assigned by a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server located on the network.

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 Network 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 SetIP program to change the IP address from your computer. If your machine has a control panel, you can also change 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.

IP 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 left/right arrow until Network appears and press OK.

  5. Press the left/right arrow until TCP/IP (IPv4) appears and press OK.

  6. Press the left/right arrow until Static appears and press OK.

  7. Press the left/right arrow until IP Address appears and press OK.

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

    [Note]

    Enter a byte between 0 and 255 using the number keypad and press the left/right arrow to move between bytes.

    Repeat this to complete the address from the 1st byte to the 4th byte.

  9. Enter other parameters, such as the Subnet Mask and Gateway appears and press OK.

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

Now go to Installing wired network or USB connected machine’s driver.

IP 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 Network 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 Windows 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. Select a language, then click Next.

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

Starting the program
  1. Connect your machine to the network with a 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. 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 Network Configuration Report and enter it without the colons. For example, 00:15:99:29:51:A8 becomes 0015992951A8.

    • 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 Subnet Mask.

    • Default Gateway: Enter a Default Gateway.

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

  7. Click Exit to close the SetIP program.

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

IP setting using SetIP Program (Macintosh)

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

  1. Open System Preferences.

  2. Click Security.

  3. Click the Firewall menu.

  4. Turn firewall off.

[Note]

The following instructions may vary for your model.

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

  2. Insert the Installation CD-ROM, and open the disk window, select 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. Highlight the printer information row and select the Setup icon, which is the second icon from the left in the application menu bar. A TCP/IP Configuration window will open.

    [Note]

    If the printer was not shown in the information row, select the Manual Setting icon (third from left) to open the TCP/IP Configuration window.

  5. Enter the machine’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 Network Configuration Report and enter it without the colons. For example, 00:15:99:29:51:A8 becomes 0015992951A8.

    • 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 Subnet Mask.

    • Default Gateway: Enter a Default Gateway.

  6. Select Apply, then OK, and OK again. The printer will automatically print the configuration report. Confirm that all 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.

IP setting using SetIP Program (Linux)

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

  1. Print the machine’s network 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 network card’s 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 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

You may need to reset the machine to the factory default settings when machine that you are using is connected to new network environment.

Restoring factory default settings using control panel

  1. Press Menu on the control panel.

  2. Press the left/right arrow until Network appears and press OK.

  3. Press the left/right arrow until Clear Settings appears and press OK.

  4. Turn off and restart machine to apply settings.

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.

    For example,

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

  3. Click Reset. Then, click Clear for network.

  4. Turn off and restart machine to apply settings.

Installing wired network or USB connected machine’s driver

Windows

You can set up the machine driver, follow the steps below.

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

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

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

    • The software CD should automatically run and an installation window appear.

    • If the installation window does not appear, click Start and then Run. Type X:\Setup.exe, replacing “X” with the letter which represents your drive. Click OK.

    • If you use Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 2008 Server R2 click Start > All programs > Accessories > Run.

      Type X:\Setup.exe replacing “X” with the letter which represents your drive and click OK.

    • If the AutoPlay window appears in Windows Vista, click Run Setup.exe in Install or run program field, and click Continue in the User Account Control windows.

    • If the AutoPlay window appears in Windows 7 and Windows 2008 Server R2, click Run Setup.exe in Install or run program field, and click Yes in the User Account Control windows.

  3. Select Install Now.

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

    [Note]

    The Advanced Installation has two options, Custom Installation and Install Software Only. The Custom Installation allows you to select the machine’s connection and choose individual component to install. The Install Software Only allows you to install the supplied software, such as Smart Panel. Follow the instruction on the window.

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

    The program searches the machine.

    [Note]

    If your machine is not found in the network or locally, the error message appears.

    • Check if you want to install the software without connecting the printer to the network or locally.

      • Check this option to install this program without a machine connected. In this case, the print a test page window will be skipped, and completes the installation.

    • Search again

      When you press this button, the firewall notice window appears;

      • Turn off the firewall and Search again. For Windows operating system, click Start > Control Panel > Windows Firewall, and inactivate this option.

        • Turn off the firewall from the third party's program beside the operating system. Refer to the manual provided by individual programs.

    • Direct Input

      The Direct Input allows you to search a specific machine on the network.

      • Search by IP address: Enter the IP address or the host name. Then click Next.

        To verify your machine’s IP address, print a network configuration report (See Printing Network Configuration report).

      • Search by network path: To find a shared machine (UNC Path), enter the shared name manually or find a shared printer by clicking the Browse button. Then click Next.

    • Help

      If your machine is not connected to the computer or network, This help button gives detailed information about the how to connect the machine.

    • Set IP Address

      If you want to set a specific IP address on a specific network machine, click the Set IP Address button. The Set IP Address window appears. Do as follows:

      1. Select a machine to be set with a specific IP address from the list.

      2. Configure an IP address, subnet mask, and gateway for the machine manually and click Apply to set the specific IP address for the network machine.

      3. Click Next.

  5. The searched machine will be shown on the screen. Select one you wish to use.

    [Note]

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

    The program starts installation.

  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]

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. 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.

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

    [Note]
    • If a window asking you to select an installation type appears, select Typical installation for a network printer and then click OK.

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

  12. After the installation is finished, click Quit.

  13. 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.

  14. Click Add on the Printer List.

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

  15. 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.

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

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

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

  18. 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.

  19. 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, choose Select a driver to use... and your machine name in Print Using.

    Your machine’s IP address appears on the Printer List, and is set as the default machine.

  20. 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 network key 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 and add network Printer

  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. Download the Unified Linux Driver package from the Samsung website.

  3. Extract the UnifiedLinuxDriver.tar.gz file and open the new directory.

  4. Double-click the Linux folder.

  5. Double-click the install.sh icon.

  6. The Samsung Installer window opens. Click Continue.

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

  8. Select Network printer and click Search button.

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

  10. Select your machine and click Next.

  11. Input the printer description and Next

  12. When the add printer is done, click Finish

  13. 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.

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).

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 Network Configuration Report from the machine’s control panel that will check IPv6 addresses.

    [Note]
    1. Press Menu on the control panel.

    2. Press the left/right arrow until Network appears and press OK.

    3. Press the left/right arrow until Network Info. appears and press OK.

    4. Press the left/right arrow until Yes appears and press OK.

  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

The machine is provided with IPv6 feature on.

  1. Press Menu on the control panel.

  2. Press the left/right arrow until Network appears and press OK.

  3. Press the left/right arrow until TCP/IP (IPv6) appears and press OK.

  4. Press the left/right arrow until IPv6 Activate appears and press OK.

  5. Press the left/right arrow until On appears 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 left/right arrow until Network appears and press OK.

  3. Press the left/right arrow until TCP/IP (IPv6) appears and press OK.

  4. Press the left/right arrow until DHCPv6 Config appears and press OK.

  5. Press the left/right arrow to access the required value.

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

    • DHCPv6 Addr.: 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. When the SyncThru™ Web Service window opens, click Network Settings.

  3. Click TCP/IP.

  4. Enable the Manual Address In the TCP/IPv6 section.

  5. Select the Router 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).

  6. Click the Apply button.

Connecting SyncThru™ Web Service

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

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

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

    [Caution]

    Address must be enclosed in '[ ]' brackets.