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Installing driver over the network

[Note]

  • Some features and optional goods may not be available dependingon model or country (see Features by model).

  • The machine that does not support the network interface, it will notbe able to use this feature (see Rear view).

  • You can install the printer driver and software when you insert the software CD into your CD-ROM drive.For Windows, select the printer driver and software in the Select Software to Install window.

Windows

[Note]

The firewall software might be blocking network communication. Before connecting the device to the network, disable the computer’s firewall.

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

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

  3. Review and accept the installation agreements in the installation window. Then, click Next.

  4. Select Network connection on the Printer Connection Type screen. Then, click Next.

  5. Follow the instructions in the installation window.

Silent installation Mode

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.

Command-line Parameters

Following table shows commands that can be used in the command window.

[Note]

Following command-line are effective and operated when command is used with /s or /S. But /h, /H or /? are exceptional commands that can be operated solely.

Command- line

Definition

Description

/s or/S

Starts silent installation.

Installs machine drivers without prompting any UIs or user intervention.

/p”<port name>” or/P”<port name>”

Specifies printer port.

[Note]

Network Port will be created by use of Standard TCP/IP Port monitor. For local port, this port must exist on system before being specified by command.

Printer port name can be specified as IP address, hostname, USB local port name or IEEE1284 port name.

For example

  • /p”xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx” in where, “xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx” means IP address for network printer. /p”USB001”, /P”LPT1:”, /p”hostname”

/a”<dest_path>” or/A”<dest_path>”

Specifies destination path for installation.

[Note]

The destination path should be a fully qualified path.

Since machine drivers should be installed on the OS specific location, this command applies to only application software.

/n”<Printer name>” or/N”<Printer name>”

Specifies printer name. Printer instance shall be created as specified printer name.

With this parameter, you can add printer instances as you wish.

/nd or/ND

Commands not to set the installed driver as a default machine driver.

It indicates installed machine driver will not be the default machine driver on your system if there are one or more printer drivers installed. If there is no installed machine driver on your system, then this option won’t be applied because Windows OS will set installed printer driver as a default machine driver.

/x or/X

Uses existing machine driver files to create printer instance if it is already installed.

This command provides a way to install a printer instance that uses installed printer driver files without installing an additional driver.

/up”<printer name>” or/UP”<printer name>”

Removes only specified printer instance and not the driver files.

This command provides a way to remove only specified printer instance from your system without effecting other printer drivers. It will not remove printer driver files from your system.

/d or/D

Uninstalls all device drivers and applications from your system.

This command will remove all installed device drivers and application software from your system.

/v”<share name>” or/V”<share name>”

Shares installed machine and add other available platform drivers for Point & Print.

It will install all supported Windows OS platform’s machine drivers to system and share it with specified <share name> for point and print.

/o or /O

Opens Printers and Faxes folder after installation.

This command will open Printers and Faxes folder after the silent installation.

/h, /H or /?

Shows Command-line Usage.

Mac

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

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

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

    • For Mac OS X 10.8, double-click the CD-ROM that appears on Finder.

  4. Double-click the MAC_Installer folder > Installer OS X icon.

  5. Click Continue.

  6. Read the license agreement and click Continue.

  7. Click Agree to agree to the license agreement.

  8. Click Install. All components necessary for machine operations will be installed.

    If you click Customize, you can choose individual components to install.

  9. Enter the password and click OK.

  10. Select Network Connected Printer(Wired or Wireless) on the Printer Connection Type and click Continue.

  11. Click Add Printer button to select your printer and add it to your printer list.

  12. Click IP and select HP Jetdirect - Socket in Protocol.

  13. Enter the machine’s IP address in the Address input field.

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

  15. If Auto Select does not work properly, choose Select Printer Software and your machine name in Print Using.

  16. Click Add.

  17. After the installation is finished, click Close.

Linux

You need to download Linux software packages from the Samsung website to install the printer software (www.samsung.com > find your product > Support or Downloads).

Install the 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 Unified Linux Driver package and open the new directory.

  4. Double-click the cdroot folder > autorun.

  5. The Samsung installer window opens. Click Next.

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

  7. Select network printer and click Search button.

  8. The machine’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. After the machine is added, click Finish.

  12. When installation is done, click Finish.

Add a 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. Enter the printer description and click Next.

  8. After the machine is added, click Finish.