Samsung SF 4700 User manual

Inkjet Printer
Scanner, Fax, Copier
User's Guide
SF-4700

Trademarks
• SmarThru 2, MailBox, Image Manger, Scan Manager, Copy Manager, Image Viewer, AnyPage
are trademarks of Samsung Electronics.
• Acrobat Reader is a trademark of Adobe Systems Inc.
• Windows, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft corporation.
• IBM is a trademark of International Business Machines.
• Centronics is a trademark of Centronics Data Computer.
• Other names and trademarks mentioned in this manual are trademarks of their respective
holders.
About the User’s Guide
Your machine comes with two User’s Guides:
• SF-4700 User’s Guide provides all of the detailed information you will need to
install the machine as a stand-alone fax and printer. This Guide also provides
information to maintain and troubleshoot your machine.
• Samsung SmarThru 2 User’s Guide provides the basic description on using the
multi-function application. Samsung SmarThru allows you to scan and edit
images, scan to copy, PC fax and send e-mail on your computer. You will also find
a brief description on the automatic text recognition program, AnyPage.

I
Introduction
Welcome! ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1.1
Contents –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1.3
Identifying Parts ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1.4
Setting Up Your Machine
Choosing a Location –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1.8
Preparing Your Machine for Use ––––––––––––––––––––– 1.8
Attaching the Supports ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1.9
Connecting to the Phone Line –––––––––––––––––––––– 1.10
Connecting to the Computer ––––––––––––––––––––––– 1.12
Plugging In the Power ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1.12
Loading Paper –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1.13
Installing Print Cartridges –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1.15
Testing the Machine ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1.20
Setting the Date and Time ––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1.21
Setting Your Fax Number and Name –––––––––––––––– 1.22
Contents
Getting Started
Samsung SmarThru
About Samsung SmarThru Software ––––––––––––––––– 2.1
Installing Software
System Requirements –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2.3
Installing the Samsung Software –––––––––––––––––––– 2.4
Configuring the Fax Gate on Your PC ––––––––––––––––– 2.6
Configuring the Internet Gate on Your PC –––––––––––– 2.9
Installing Bonus Software ––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2.13
Making Installation Diskettes ––––––––––––––––––––––– 2.13
Installing Software from Diskettes –––––––––––––––––– 2.14
Uninstalling Samsung Software –––––––––––––––––––– 2.15
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Installing Samsung Software

II
Setting Up Stand-alone Fax System
Setting Ringer Volume –––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 4.1
Setting the Default Resolution and Contrast ––––––––––– 4.2
Setting Default Copy Options ––––––––––––––––––––––– 4.3
Setting Alert Tones ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 4.4
Setting Up the DRPD (Distinctive Ring Pattern Detection) – 4.4
Sending a Fax
Preparing Documents for Faxing or Copying ––––––––––– 4.6
Setting Document Resolution and Contrast –––––––––––– 4.7
Loading Documents ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 4.8
Sending a Fax Automatically –––––––––––––––––––––––– 4.9
Sending a Fax After Talking ––––––––––––––––––––––– 4.10
Receiving a Fax
About Reception Modes –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 4.11
Loading Paper for Receiving Faxes –––––––––––––––– 4.12
Receiving Automatically in FAX Mode –––––––––––––––– 4.12
Receiving Automatically in ANS/FAX Mode –––––––––––– 4.12
Receiving Manually in TEL Mode Using an Extension Phone 4.13
Making a Copy
Copying Overview ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 4.14
Making a Single Copy –––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 4.14
Using Advanced Copy Features ––––––––––––––––––––– 4.15
Automatic Dialing
How To Enter a Name Using the Number Keys ––––––––– 4.17
One-Touch Dialing ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 4.19
Speed Dialing –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 4.21
Searching for a Number in the Memory –––––––––––––– 4.23
Stand-alone Fax
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Sending a Fax –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 3.1
Copying a Document ––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 3.6
Scanning a Document ––––––––––––––––––––––––– 3.7
Printing a Document –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 3.9
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Quick Tour

III
Contents (continued)
Print Media
Selecting Print Media ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 5.1
Using the Automatic Paper Feeder ––––––––––––––––––– 5.3
Using the Manual Feeder ––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 5.7
Specialty Paper Guidelines –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 5.8
Printing
Printing a Document ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 5.9
Canceling a Print Job –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 5.13
Printing Help ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 5.13
Creative Printing
Duplex Printing ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 5.14
Printing Several Pages Per Sheet ––––––––––––––––––– 5.16
Printing Posters ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 5.18
Printing Booklets ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 5.20
Printing Iron-On Transfers ––––––––––––––––––––––––– 5.22
Printer Control Program
Using Printer Control Program –––––––––––––––––––––– 5.23
Advanced Fax
Delayed Transmission –––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 4.24
Memory Transmission –––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 4.26
Polling –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 4.27
Group Dialing (for Multi-Address Transmission) –––––––– 4.29
Adding Documents To a Scheduled Operation ––––––––– 4.31
Canceling a Scheduled Operation ––––––––––––––––––– 4.31
Additional Functions
Printing Reports ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 4.32
Setting User-Selectable System Options –––––––––––––– 4.34
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Printing
Stand-alone Fax (continued)
4

IV
Guidelines for Maintenance ––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 6.1
Caring for Your Print Cartridges
Maintaining the Print Cartridge –––––––––––––––––––––– 6.2
Cleaning the Print Cartridges –––––––––––––––––––––––– 6.3
Aligning the Print Cartridges –––––––––––––––––––––––– 6.7
Replacing the Print Cartridges ––––––––––––––––––––––– 6.9
Caring for Your Machine
Clearing Memory ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 6.13
Adjusting Shading –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 6.14
Cleaning the Document Scanner ––––––––––––––––––– 6.14
6
Maintenance
Clearing Jams –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 7.1
LCD Error Messages
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 7.7
Fax Problems
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 7.9
Printer Problems
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 7.12
Print Quality Problems
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 7.15
Scanning Problems
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 7.18
OCR Problems
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 7.21
Troubleshooting
7
Connecting Other Device to the Phone line –––––––––––– 8.1
Specifications
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 8.4
Index
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 8.6
Appendix
Refer to the SmarThru User’s Guide for information on:
• Scanning a document
• Copying a document
• Creating and sending e-mail and PC-fax
• Working with a scanned image
• Recognizing a scanned image as text
• How to use additional features using the Samsung SmarThru 2 program

chapter
1
1Congratulations on the purchase of your SF-4700 series
product! This chapter provides information on the following
topics:
Introduction
◆ Welcome!
◆ Contents
◆ Identifying Parts
Setting Up Your Machine
◆ Choosing a Location
◆ Attaching the Supports
◆ Connecting Your Machine to the Phone Line
◆ Connecting Other Devices to the Phone Line
◆ Connecting to Computer
◆ Plugging In the Power
◆ Loading Paper
◆ Installing Print Cartridges
◆ Testing the Machine
◆ Setting the Date and Time
◆ Setting Your Fax Number and Name

Welcome!
Thank you for purchasing the Samsung SF-4700, a powerful business
tool with the capabilities of a full range of office equipment. With the
Samsung SF-4700, you can:
Introduction
1.1
Getting Started
1200 x 1200 dpi high-quality inkjet printing creates
professional reports, flyers and presentations in brilliant
color with the optional photo cartridge. You can print on
plain paper, transparencies, premium inkjet paper, photo
paper, iron-on transfers, envelopes and card stock.
Print
Use the Samsung SF-4700 as a full-featured stand-
alone fax machine (your computer does not have to be
on) to send and receive faxes. Perform advanced tasks
such as delayed transmission, broadcasting and
unattended memory sending. If you use the Samsung
SmarThru software, you can send faxes from and receive
to your computer (PC faxing).
Fax
Make up to 99 copies of a 30-pages document without
having to connect to a PC. You can adjust the contrast,
enlarge or reduce the copies, collate, and more. If you use
the Samsung SmarThru software on the PC, you can copy a
scanned image using various copy options, such as multiple
pages on a sheet, poster printing, and a cloning feature.
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Copy

1.2 Getting Started
This multifunction product helps increase your productivity by allowing
you to multi-task. Send an electronic fax while the Samsung SF-4700
makes copies, or scan a document while printing.
Scan important documents to create electronic files. Use
the scanner to add photo or graphic images to other
software applications or to jazz up your projects. You can
also scan a document and attach it to an e-mail message.
AnyPage OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software lets
you scan text directly into your word processing program.
Scan
Samsung SmarThru program consists of several
components that provide particular functionality as follows:
• Scan Manager — Working with documents or images,
you can scan to Image Manager, scan to OCR software,
scan to e-mail or to e-fax.
• Image Manager — Working with images, you can
import, export, store and change images.
• Copy Manager — Working with documents or images,
you can control the copying process. It can also save a
copy of the image or document to Image Manager.
• MailBox — Working with e-mail and e-fax messages,
you can create, send, browse and store messages. (Note
e-mail service is available only if you have subscribed to
an Internet service provider and properly configured the
Internet gate when you install the Samsung software)
• Image Viewer — Working with documents or images,
you can view the image in a variety of graphical formats.
Use Samsung SmarThru software

Document output support Document input support
Power cord *Telephone line cord *
Parallel cable software CD-ROM
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One-touch label
1.3
Getting Started
Contents
Here’s what comes with the SF-4700.
color and
black ink cartridges
SF-4700 machine