Samsung SF-5100P User manual

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

Trademarks
• SmarThru, ScanThru, ImageThru, CopyThru, FaxThru, MailThru, DocuThru are trademarks of
Samsung Electronics.
• AnyPage Lite is a trademark of Samsung Electronics.
• Windows, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 3.x 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 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 programme, Samsung SmarThru, which allows
you to scan and edit images, send E-mail and PC-fax. You will also find a brief description on
automatic text recognition programme, 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
Installing SmarThru software ________________________ 1.1
About SmarThru software___________________________ 1.1
System requirements _______________________________ 1.2
Hardware requirement _____________________________ 1.3
Installation procedure ______________________________ 1.4
Uninstalling SmarThru software _____________________ 1.12
Printing ____________________________________________ 2.1
Printing a document _______________________________ 2.1
Loading paper ____________________________________ 2.2
Paper guidelines ___________________________________ 2.6
Printer settings ____________________________________ 2.7
Canceling a print job _______________________________ 2.11
Introducing Samsung SmarThru _____________________ 3.1
Scanning with Samsung ScanThru ____________________ 3.2
Samsung ScanThru window ________________________ 3.5
Scanning with the Samsung TWAIN for Scan window __ 3.6
Samsung TWAIN for Scan window___________________ 3.7
Scanning for automatic text recognition ______________ 3.8
Working with ImageThru ____________________________ 3.11
Overview _________________________________________ 3.11
Opening the Samsung ImageThru window ___________ 3.12
Samsung ImageThru toolbar overview _______________ 3.14
Editing images ____________________________________ 3.15
Working with images in browse mode ________________ 3.19
Copying a scanned image ____________________________ 3.21
Overview _________________________________________ 3.21
Copying a scanned image with CopyThru ____________ 3.21
Samsung CopyThru window ________________________ 3.23
Chapter 1 Installation
Chapter 2 Printing
Chapter 3 Using SmarThru
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Installation Printing Using AnyPage Lite
Using SmarThru Troubleshooting
Working with E-mail messages _______________________ 3.24
Overview _________________________________________ 3.24
Creating and sending E-mail messages _______________ 3.25
Scanning a document and sending it by E-mail ________ 3.27
Other ways to access Samsung MailThru _____________ 3.29
Reading E-mail messages ___________________________ 3.29
Finding a message _________________________________ 3.32
Using address book _________________________________ 3.33
Overview _________________________________________ 3.33
Opening the address book __________________________ 3.34
Using the address book _____________________________ 3.36
Working with fax messages __________________________ 3.37
Overview _________________________________________ 3.37
Sending a fax with Samsung FaxThru ________________ 3.38
Scanning a document and sending it by fax ___________ 3.41
Other ways to access Samsung FaxThru ______________ 3.42
Fax browsing _____________________________________ 3.43
Fax cover editor ___________________________________ 3.44
Using AnyPage Lite _________________________________ 4.1
Overview _________________________________________ 4.1
How to recognize a text or table______________________ 4.3
AnyPage Lite window overview _____________________ 4.10
Overview __________________________________________ 5.1
Printer problems_____________________________________ 5.1
Print quality problems________________________________ 5.3
Scanning problems___________________________________ 5.5
PC-fax problems ____________________________________ 5.8
OCR problems ______________________________________ 5.9
Index ______________________________________________ A.1
Appendix
Chapter 4 Using AnyPage Lite
Chapter 5 Troubleshooting

Installation
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1.1
Installing SmarThru software
About SmarThru software
You must install the SmarThru CD-ROM to print, scan, or to send and
receive faxes through PC. The SmarThru CD-ROM includes the following:
• MFP driver
• SmarThru software
• OCR software (AnyPage Lite)
For details on the drivers, refer to each item’s description.
MFP driver
To use the machine as your printer, or scanner, or to send and receive faxes
through PC, you must install the MFP driver.
SmarThru software
The SmarThru software contains:
ScanThru
It lets you scan documents and images quickly and easily. With the
ScanThru, you can set image type and resolution for the scanner, adjust
brightness and contrast, perform a colour correction, and so on.
CopyThru
It lets you make a copy of the scanned documents or images. With the
CopyThru, you can change the resolution and image type used for copying,
and so on.
Installing
SmarThru software
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1.2 Installing SmarThru software
FaxThru
It helps you to create fax covers and send faxes through PC.
DocuThru
General form to work with messages. With DocuThru, you can perform all
the operations of the SmarThru system.
ImageThru
It is an image database manager and image editor programme. With the
ImageThru, you can search the database for images, adjust parameters of
an image, such as brightness, contrast and saturation, and apply different
effects, such as sharpening, emboss, posterize, mosaic etc. You can also send
the images by fax or E-mail.
MailThru
With Samsung MailThru you can send, receive and easily organise your
work with E-mail messages. The system provides you with convenient
tools which let you sort and find messages using a number of criteria.
OCR software (AnyPage Lite)
OCR (Optical Character Recognition) is software that has the ability to
recognize most character formats, so that a scanned document can be read
and edited on your word processor.
System requirements
Before you start, make sure you have the following minimum computer
setup:
• Windows 3.x, or Windows 95/98: 486SX 33MHz or higher processor with
8 MB or higher RAM
• Windows NT 4.0 (Service Pack 3): Pentium 90 or higher CPU with 32 MB
or higher RAM
• Free disk space of at least 50MB for full installation
• CD-ROM drive

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.
Notes:
• 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 Cancel.
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2. If prompted, select a language.
3. Click Install the Samsung software on your PC.
1.4 Installing SmarThru software
Installation procedure
Installing the SmarThru software
1. Insert the supplied CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
The SmarThru CD-ROM is automatically running and the Samsung
SmarThru setup dialogue box will appear.
If the Samsung SmarThru setup dialogue box does not appear:
1) Windows 95/98/NT users should select Run from the Start menu.
Windows 3.x users should select Run from the File menu.
2) Type D(or E):\Setupint (where ‘D‘ or ‘E‘ represents the letter
designation of your computer’s CD-ROM drive), and click OK to start
the installation.

1.5
Installing SmarThru software
If you select the Custom installation, you may choose the options you
want to install.
5. When the installation is completed, you must shut down and restart your
computer.
If your computer does not shut down and restart automatically, you must
shut it down manually and restart it before the changes you have made will
be in effect.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions and click Next.
The SmarThru installation supports two types of setup. Typical setup
will be installed with the most common options. Recommended for most
users. In Custom setup, you can select components to be installed.
MFP driver to print, scan, or
to send and receive faxes
through PC.
SmarThru software to work
with scanned images, and
electronic documents.
AnyPage Lite software to
enable OCR.
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1.6 Installing SmarThru software
2. The fax modem Wizard dialogue box appears. Click Next.
Note: If you select the “I Want SmarThru to receive and send my e-mail”, skip
to step 6. If you do not select any service, electronic fax and E-mail
services of SmarThru will be disabled.
Configuring fax modem and 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 internet gate configuration.
1. After you install the SmarThru software, Windows restarts. Then the
Welcome dialogue box appears and allows you to configure the
SmarThru system for PC fax and Internet connection.
Select the system service you want to use, and click Next.

1.7
Installing SmarThru software
4. If necessary, set up the dial properties, then click Next.
Note: you can also specify other locations from Samsung DocuThru -> Tools ->
Configuration menu. Once it specified under the certain area name, you can
change the location information later by selecting the area name from the
pulldown list
Note : Dial properties gives you the option to enter pre-fix dial out codes such as
‘9’ for an outside line, or ‘00’ for international calls.
3. Enter the location and area code to which your machine is connected,
and select your country from the pull-down list, then click Next.
Installation
Enter the area
name.

1.8 Installing SmarThru software
6. The Internet Connection Wizard dialogue box appears. Select the way
you are connected to the Internet, then click Next.
If you are connected to the internet over LAN (i.e. in an office network
environment), select “Connection to Internet over LAN” , and go to step 9.
5. The modem configuration process is completed. Click Finish.

1.9
Installing SmarThru software
8. Click Add.The available Windows system Dial-Up connection list is
displayed. Select one from the list for using in the SmarThru, then click
OK.
If no connection is available, you cannot use the system Dial-Up in
Samsung SmarThru.
If you want to modify the Dial-Up connection properties, click “Dialling
Properties”.
For details on the Dial-Up Configuration using the Windows Dial-Up
Networking setup wizard, please refer to your Windows documentation.
7. Click Configure to run Dial-Up Configuration.
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1.10 Installing SmarThru software
10. Enter the addresses of your incoming and outgoing mail servers, then
click Next.
9. Enter your E-mail address, which was assigned to you by your internet
service provider then click Next.

1.11
Installing SmarThru software
12. Click Finish to enable internet E-mail service.
Note: If you wish, you can enable or reconfigure the internet connection later.
Open the Samsung DocuThru, and select Configuration from the
Tools menu.
11. Enter your POP3 account name and password to access your internet
mail server, then click Next. Your internet service provider must give
you this information.
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1.12 Installing SmarThru software
3. From the Start menu, select Programs.
4. Select Samsung SmarThru, then select Uninstall. The uninstall dialogue
box appears. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete
uninstallation.
UnInstalling SmarThru software
Uninstallation is only required if you are upgrading the software, or if your
installation was not successful.
In Windows 95/98/NT
1. Start Windows if not already started.
2. If you find the SmarThru icon and/or the SmarThru engine icon on the
right corner of the taskbar at the bottom of your screen, the SmarThru
application and the SmarThru engine are running. Close the application
and the engine following this procedure:
Right-click each of the icons. When the pop-up menu opens, select
Close.
SmarThru
Engine icon
SmarThru
icon

1.13
Installing SmarThru software
In Windows 3.x
1. Start Windows if not already started.
2. Close all applications which are running, if any.
3. From the Program Manager, double click Samsung SmarThru.
4. In the SmarThru windows, double click the Uninstall icon. The uninstall
dialogue box appears. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete
uninstallation.
Using the SmarThru CD-ROM
You can uninstall the MFP driver and the SmarThru software with the
CD-ROM you have used to install the software.
1. If you find the SmarThru icon and/or the SmarThru engine icon at the
bottom of your screen, the SmarThru application and the SmarThru
engine are running. Close the application and the engine following this
procedure: Click each of the icons. When the pop-up menu opens, select
Close.
2. Insert the SmarThru CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
The SmarThru installation programme will begin. If the programme does
not start, select Run from the Start menu (for Windows 95/98. For
Windows 3.x, select Run from the File menu), then type D(or E):
\setupint, and click OK to start the programme.
3. If prompted, select a language.
4. When the Samsung SmarThru setup dialogue box appears, click
Uninstall the Samsung software on your PC, and follow the on-screen
instructions.
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1.14 Installing SmarThru software
6. The uninstallation procedure will remove all messages and address
book from your computer. You can backup your data and restore it
later using SmarThru backup utility and agent ‘Export’ option. Please
select backup options and backup folder then click Finish.
The selected components will be uninstalled. You must shut down and
restart your computer to complete the uninstallation process. If your
computer does not shut down and restart automatically, you must shut it
down manually and restart it. Otherwise the changes you have made
will not be in effect.
5. Click on the check boxes to select the components you wish to uninstall.
Click Next.

1.15
Installing SmarThru software
Making a driver diskette
The samsung SmarThru software is supplyed with CD-ROM only.
If necessary, make a copy of the MFP driver onto a floppy diskette.
1. Please prepare six (6) 3.5” folppy diskette.
2. Insert the supplied SmarThru CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
3. From the Start menu, select Run. Windows 3.x users should select Run
from the File menu.
4. Type D(or E) :\english\makedrv (where ‘D‘ or ‘E‘ represents the letter
designation of your computer’s CD-ROM drive), and click OK to start
the installation programme.
5. Then, insert floppy diskette according to the on screen instructions.
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