Ports Configuration. Samsung CLX-3175, Samsung CLX-3176 Color Laser Multifunction Printer series, CLX-3175FW, Samsung CLX-3175 Color Laser Multifunction Printer series, CLX-3170 serie, Samsung CLX-3170 Color Laser Multifunction Printer series, clx-3175 serie, CLX-3175FNK, CLX-3170FN KIT, CLX-3175N

Ports Configuration

In this window, you can view the list of available ports, check the status of each port and release a port that is stalled in busy state when its owner is terminated for any reason.

Switches to ports configuration.

Shows all of the available ports.

Shows the port type, device connected to the port and status

• Refresh : Renews the available ports list.

• Release port : Releases the selected port.

Sharing Ports Between Printers and Scanners

Your machine may be connected to a host computer via the parallel port or USB port. Since the MFP device contains more than one device (printer and scanner), it is necessary to organize proper access of “consumer” applications to these devices via the single I/O port.

The Samsung Unified Linux Driver package provides an appropriate port sharing mechanism that is used by Samsung printer and scanner drivers. The drivers address their devices via so-called MFP ports. The current status of any MFP port can be viewed via the Ports Configuration. The port sharing prevents you from accessing one functional block of the MFP device, while another block is in use.

When you install a new MFP device onto your system, it is strongly recommended you do this with the assistance of an

Unified Driver Configurator. In this case you will be asked to choose I/O port for the new device. This choice will provide the most suitable configuration for MFP’s functionality. For MFP scanners I/O ports are being chosen by scanner drivers automatically, so proper settings are applied by default.

Configuring Printer Properties

Using the properties window provided by the Printers configuration, you can change the various properties for your machine as a printer.

1

Open the Unified Driver Configurator.

If necessary, switch to Printers configuration.

2

Select your machine on the available printers list and click

Properties.

3

The Printer Properties window opens.

The following five tabs display at the top of the window:

•General: allows you to change the printer location and name. The name entered in this tab displays on the printer list in Printers configuration.

•Connection: allows you to view or select another port. If you change the printer port from USB to parallel or vice versa while in use, you must re-configure the printer port in this tab.

•Driver: allows you to view or select another printer driver. By clicking Options, you can set the default device options.

•Jobs: shows the list of print jobs. Click Cancel job to cancel the selected job and select the Show completed

jobs check box to see previous jobs on the job list.

•Classes: shows the class that your printer is in. Click

Add to Class to add your printer to a specific class or click Remove from Class to remove the printer from the selected class.

4

Click OK to apply the changes and close the Printer

Properties Window.

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