Samsung SF-5100P User manual

Laser Printer,
Scanner, PC-Fax
User’s Guide
SF-5100P

Trademarks
• SmarThru 2, MailBox, Image Manager, Scan Manager, Copy Manager, Image Viewer, and
AnyPage Lite are trademark of Samsung Electronics.
• Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows 2000 are trademarks of
Microsoft corporation.
• Acrobat Reader is a trademark of Adobe Systems Inc.
• 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 user’s guides
Your machine is packaged with two user guides:
• This user’s guide, which provides you with information on installing the supplied CD-ROM to
use your machine as a printer and scanner. This guide also provides the basic description on
using the supplied multi-function application, Samsung SmarThru 2, allowing you to scan and
edit images, scan to copy, PC fax, send e-mail on your computer. You will also find a brief
description on automatic text recognition program, AnyPage Lite.
• Laser facsimile user’s guide, which provides you with all of the detailed information you will
need to install, send and receive a fax, maintain and troubleshoot your machine.

Contents
Samsung SmarThru
About Samsung SmarThru Software ––––––––––––––––––– 1.1
System Requirements –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1.2
Hardware Requirements –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1.3
Installing the Samsung Software –––––––––––––––––––––– 1.4
Configuring the Fax Gate on Your PC –––––––––––––––––– 1.6
Configuring the Internet Gate on Your PC –––––––––––––– 1.9
Installing Bonus Software ––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1.13
Making Installation Diskettes –––––––––––––––––––––––– 1.13
Installing Software from Diskettes ––––––––––––––––––– 1.14
Uninstalling Samsung Software –––––––––––––––––––––– 1.15
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Printing
Printing a Document ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2.1
Loading Paper ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2.2
Paper Guidelines ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2.6
Printer settings –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2.9
Canceling a Print Job –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2.10
Printing
2
Installing Samsung software
1
Introducing Samsung SmarThru 2 –––––––––––––––––––––––– 3.1
Running Scan Wizard
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 3.3
Running SmarThru 2
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 3.5
Getting Help in the SmarThru 2 Program
–––––––––––––––––– 3.7
Getting Started
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Scanning
Overview
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 4.1
Loading Documents for Scanning
–––––––––––––––––––––––– 4.2
Scanning a Document with the Scan Manager
–––––––––––––– 4.3
Features of the Scan Manager Window
–––––––––––––––––––– 4.6
Selecting Scan Manager Options
––––––––––––––––––––––––– 4.7
Samsung TWAIN for Scan Window
––––––––––––––––––––––– 4.8
Copying
Copying a Document
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 4.9
Scanning to PC Fax
Scanning a Document, then Sending it by PC Fax
–––––––––– 4.13
Scanning to E-mail
Scanning a Document, then Sending it by E-mail
–––––––––– 4.17
Scanning to OCR
Scanning for Automatic Text Recognition
––––––––––––––––– 4.20
Configuring Automatic Text Recognition
–––––––––––––––––– 4.23
4
Scan Wizard
Working with Image Manager
Overview –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 5.1
Opening the Image Manager Window ––––––––––––––––––––– 5.2
Using Programs Bar in the Image Manager––––––––––––––––– 5.4
Image Manager Toolbar Overview –––––––––––––––––––––––– 5.6
Editing Images ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 5.8
Working with Images In Browse Mode –––––––––––––––––––– 5.12
Image Viewer
Overview –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 5.16
Associating File Types with the Image Viewer ––––––––––––– 5.16
Viewing Images with the Image Viewer ––––––––––––––––––– 5.18
SmarThru 2
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Contents (continued)
Mailbox
Overview ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 5.19
Features of the Mailbox Window ––––––––––––––––––––––––– 5.20
Working with Fax Messages
Overview –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 5.22
Creating and Sending a PC Fax –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 5.23
Browsing Fax Messages ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 5.29
Sending a PC Fax from a Windows Application –––––––––––– 5.31
Reading Incoming Fax Messages ––––––––––––––––––––––––– 5.32
Using Fax Cover Page Editor ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 5.35
Working with E-mail Messages
Creating and Sending E-mail Messages ––––––––––––––––––– 5.38
New Message Toolbars –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 5.41
Delivering a Mail ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 5.42
Browsing E-mail Messages –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 5.43
Finding Messages –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 5.45
Using Address Book
Overview –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 5.46
Opening the Address Book –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 5.47
Adding Contact Information to Your Address Book ––––––––– 5.48
Organizing Address Book Items –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 5.50
SmarThru Configuration
Opening the SmarThru Configuration Dialog Box –––––––––– 5.51
Configuring the Fax Gate –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 5.53
Configuring the Internet Gate ––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 5.54
Configuring Service ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 5.55
SmarThru 2 (continued)
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Overview ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 6.1
Running AnyPage Lite
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 6.2
How To Recognize a Text or Table
–––––––––––––––––––––––– 6.3
AnyPage Lite Window Overview
––––––––––––––––––––––––– 6.10
Using AnyPage Lite OCR Application
6
Overview ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 7.1
Printer problems
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 7.1
Print quality problems
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 7.3
Scanning problems
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 7.5
PC-fax problems
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 7.8
OCR problems
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 7.9
Index
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– A.1
Troubleshooting
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Appendix

chapter
1
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This chapter provides information on installing the supplied
Samsung software. You MUST install the Samsung software to
use your machine as a printer and scanner.
The topics included in this chapter are:
Samsung SmarThru 2
◆ About Samsung SmarThru 2 Software
◆ System Requirements
◆ Hardware Requirements
◆ Installing the Samsung Software
◆ Configuring the Fax Gate on Your PC
◆ Configuring the Internet Gate on Your PC
◆ Installing Bonus Software
◆ Making Installation Diskettes
◆ Installing Software from Diskettes
◆ Un-installing Samsung Software

1.1
Installing SmarThru software
About Samsung SmarThru 2 software
You must install the SmarThru CD-ROM after you setup your machine and
connected it to your computer. The SmarThru CD-ROM includes the
following:
• MFP Driver
• SmarThru Software
• OCR software (AnyPage Lite)
• Acrobat Reader (Bonus Software)
MFP driver
To use the machine as printer, scanner, or to send and receive electronic
faxes, you MUST install the MFP driver.
SmarThru software
SmarThru consists of several components, each of which provides a
particular function:
MailBox - Work with e-mail and fax messages, you can create, send,
browse and store messages.
Image Manager - Working with images, you can import, export, store
and operate on images.
Scan Manager - Working with docments or images, you can scan to
Image Manager, scan to OCR doftware, or to a fax.
Copy Manager - Working with documents or images, you can control a
copying process. You can also save a copy of the image
or document to Image Manager.
Image Viewer - Working with documents or imahes, you can view images
in a variety of graphical formats.
Samsung SmarThru 2

1.2 Installing SmarThru software
OCR software (AnyPage Lite)
OCR (Optical Character Recognition) is the software that has the ability to
recognize most character formats, so that a scanned document can be
read and edited on your word processor.
Acrobat Reader
This bonus program allows you to view and print Adobe PDF files on all
major computer platforms.
System requirements
Before you begin, ensure you have the following computer setup:
Minimal requirements:
• Operating system: Windows 95 OSR2/Windows 98/Windows 98 SE/
Windows 2000/Windows Me/Windows NT 4.0
Workstation or Server with Service Pack 3
• Disk space: 120 MB for installation
• Memory: 32 MB
• CPU: Pentium 133
• Required software: Internet Explorer 4.01
•User rights: Admininstrative rights should be set for installation on
Windows NT and Windows 2000.
Recommended:
• Operating system: Windows 98/Windows 98 SE/Windows 2000/
Windows Me/Windows NT 4.0 Workstation or Server
with Service Pack 3
• Disk space: 120 MB for installation, 100MB for message/image
database.
• Memory: 32 MB for Windows 9x/Windows Me
64 MB for Windows NT/Windows 2000
• CPU: Pentium II 200
• Required software: Internet Explorer 4.01 or 5.0
• User rights: Admininstrative rights should be set for installation on
Windows NT and Windows 2000.
NNootteess::
• Windows NT Service Pack 6 is not recommended for SmarThru 2.
• Windows 95 versions prior to OSR2 are not recommended due to
compatibility with OLE/COM libraries.

1.3
Installing SmarThru software
Hardware requirement
1. Turn off both your machine and PC.
2. Connect your machine and PC with the printer cable (IEEE-1284
compatible).
3. Connect one end of the telephone line cord supplied to the LINE jack on
the rear of the machine, then connect the other end of the cord to the
standard phone wall jack.
4. If your computer modem uses the same phone line, connect one end of
the supplied saperated telephone line cord to the EXT. jack on the rear
of your machine, then connect the other end to the line jack of the
internal/external PC modem.
5. Turn on all the machines.
NNootteess::
• You must use the internal computer modem or an external modem for
sending or receiving E-mail. You can connect to the Internet using an
Internet Service Provider (ISP) or through one of several online services,
such as the Microsoft Network or America Online.
• If Windows 95/98 users see the “New Hardware Found” screen when your
computer turns on, close it by clicking CCaanncceell.
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1.4 Installing SmarThru software
Installing Samsung Software
NNoottee::For Windows 95/98 users, close “New Hardware Found” screen when
the computer boots up.
1. Insert the supplied CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
The SmarThru CD-ROM is automatically running and opening window
appears.
If the opening window does not appear, click Start, and then Run.
Type X:Autorun, replacing “X” with the letter of your drive, and click
OK.
2. When the opening screen appears, select the language you want to use.
3. Click Install the Samsung software on your PC.
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Installs the Samsung
Software on your PC.
NNoottee::If there is no Internet Explorer 4.0 or above version on your PC,
SF-5100P installer will install Internet Explorer version 5.0 on your PC
first. After installing it, to continue SF-5100P Series software setup,
please run ‘Autorun.exe’ from the CD or reinsert the CD in the driver.

1.5
Installing SmarThru software
If you select the Custom installation, you may choose the options you
want to install.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions and click Next.
5. The SmarThru 2 installation supports three types of setup.:
• Typical: Program will be installed with the most common options.
and is recommended for most users.
• Compact: Only the MFP driver will be installed.
• Custom: You may choose the options you want to install.
Recommended for advanced users.
SmarThru 2 software to scan
and images and work with
electronic documents.
AnyPage Lite software to
enable OCR.
MFP driver to print, scan, or to send and
receive PC faxes.

1.6 Installing SmarThru software
6. Click Next.
7. When the installation is completed, shut down and restart your
computer.
If your computer does not shut down and restart automatically, you
must shut in down manually and restart for the changes to saved.
NNoottee::If you are using Windows NT, the warring message may appear when
your computer boots up, telling you cannot install the fax driver on
your computer. Click OOKKand continue the following steps.
Configuring Fax Gate on your PC
1. After installing the SmarThru software, Windows will automatically
restart. When you see the Samsung SF-5100P Program folder, close it
by clicking x on the right-top of the window.

1.7
Installing SmarThru software
3. Choose SAMSUNG FaxThru Modem form the list. It will be used by
SmarThru 2 Gate for sending and/or receiving PC faxes. Then, click
Next.
To add a fax modem later or you do not want to have fax service using
the SmarThru 2 system, press Cancel, and go to page 1.9 to configure
the internet gate.
NNoottee::The Windows NT users must click SSyysstteemmmmooddeemmss......to open Install
New Modem dialog box. Follow the instructions on screen to install
fax modem on your computer.
2. The SmarThru Add New Fax Modem dialog box appears. Click Next.

1.8 Installing SmarThru software
5. When you are finished, click Finish.
Note:
To edit the advanced properties of Fax service or to add other
modems, choose SSmmaarrTThhrruuCCoonnffiigguurraattiioonnfrom the TToooollssmenu when
you run the SSaammssuunnggSSmmaarrTThhrruu22. For details, refer to the SmarThru 2
User’s Guide.
4. Enter your fax number or name in the Fax identifier box, and Click
Next.
If you put a check mark in this box, the
SmarThru system will automatically will
receive incoming calls. If you want to receive
faxes at the SF-5100P, clear this box.

1.9
Installing SmarThru software
Configuring the Internet Gate on Your PC
When the fax modem configuration is complete, the SmarThru software
loads the Internet Gate sets up your internet connection.
Note: To configure the internet gate of the SmarThru system, you must
enter your e-mail address, SMTP/POP3 server address, POP3
account name and password. Ask your Internet Service Provider or
online service provider about the information on your internet gate
configuration.
1. The SmarThru Internet Gate Configuration Wizard dialogue box appears.
Select the way you are connected to the Internet, then click Next.
If you are connected to the Internet over a LAN (i.e. in an office
network environment), select Connection to Internet over LAN, and
skip to Step 4.
If you use dial-up for Internet connection, select Use Dial-Up for
Internet Connection, and proceed to the next step.

1.10 Installing SmarThru software
2. If you use a phone line for your Internet connection, configure Dial-Up
settings using Windows Dial-Up Networking setup wizard. Click
Configure.
3. Click Add. The dial-up connections which are already set up on your
computer are displayed. Select one from the list you want to use for
Internet connection on the SmarThru system, then click OK.
If no connection is available, you cannot use the system Dial-Up in the
Samsung SmarThru system.
To modify the Dial-Up connection properties, click Dialing Properties.
NNoottee::For details on the Dial-Up Configuration using the Windows Dial-Up
Networking setup wizard, please refer to your Windows
documentation.

1.11
Installing SmarThru software
4. Enter your name and e-mail address, then click Next. The e-mail
address has been assigned to you by your Internet service provider.
5. Enter the addresses of your incoming and outgoing mail servers. Choose
the incoming mail server type, then click Next. Your Internet service
provider must provide you this information.

1.12 Installing SmarThru software
6. Enter your account name and password to access your Internet mail
server, then click Next. Your Internet service provider will provide this
information.
7. Enter the account record name, then click Next.
8. Click Finish to enable Internet e-mail service.
NNoottee::If you wish, you can enable or reconfigure the Internet connection
later. Open the SSaammssuunnggSSmmaarrTThhrruu22, and select SSmmaarrTThhrruu
CCoonnffiigguurraattiioonnfrom the TToooollssmenu. For details, refer to the SmarThru
User’s Guide.

1.13
Installing SmarThru software
Installing Bonus Software
If you needed, you can install Acrobat Reader program on your PC.
1. Insert the SmarThru CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
2. Select the language to use.
3. Click Install the Bonus Software on Your PC.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
For details on Acrobat Reader, refer to the on-line help.
Making Installation Diskettes
If you do not have a CD-ROM drive and if you have access to another
computer with a CD-ROM drive, you can copy software installation files
from the Samsung software CD-ROM onto floppy diskettes. The diskettes
can then be used instead of the CD-ROM to install the software.
To make the installation diskettes for an MFP drive, ensure you have
several formatted diskettes ready, and follow these steps:
1. Insert the supplied CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
The SmarThru CD-ROM is automatically running and the opening
window appears. (If the opening window does not appear, click Start,
and then Run. Type X:Autorun, replacing “X” with the letter of your
drive, and click OK).
2. When the opening screen appears, select the appropriate language.
3. Click Make your own Diskette set of software.