Samsung
Universal Print
Driver 2
User’s Guide
Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd.
Version 1.0
March, 2013
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Table of Contents
COPYRIGHT................................................................................................................................ 2
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................... 4
Driver Types ........................................................................................................................... 4
What’s New ............................................................................................................................ 4
SUPPORTED ENVIRONMENTS .................................................................................................... 6
Client Operating Systems........................................................................................................ 6
Server Operating Systems....................................................................................................... 6
Microsoft Windows Terminal Servers ...................................................................................... 6
Microsoft Windows Cluster Servers......................................................................................... 6
Citrix....................................................................................................................................... 7
BEFORE YOU INSTALL................................................................................................................ 8
Check Your Environment......................................................................................................... 8
Download the Driver You Prefer.............................................................................................. 8
INSTALLATION........................................................................................................................... 8
Using Samsung Installer (Recommended) .............................................................................. 8
Using Add a Printer Wizard Method From Devices and Printers Folder.................................... 9
UNINSTALLATION...................................................................................................................... 9
How To Uninstall UPD2 With Samsung Uninstaller.................................................................. 9
How To Uninstall UPD2 From Devices and Printers Folder .....................................................10
USING “Samsung Universal Print Driver 2”................................................................................11
How To Select Your Printer Automatically..............................................................................11
How To Select Your Printer Manually.....................................................................................12
Before you select manually…..............................................................................................12
Use of [Printer Model] features in Device Options of Printer Properties..............................13
SUPPORTED PRINTERS.............................................................................................................14
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INTRODUCTION
The Samsung Universal Print Driver(UPD) is a single driver that can be used for different printer
models. If you install only one Universal Print Driver, you can access any Samsung printer which is
supported by UPD. UPD gives the user instant access to not only Samsung printer devices, but also
other vendor’s PDL devices(*) without installing separate drivers.
(*)Samsung does not guarantee print quality or feature compatibility.
UPD first released in 2009. It has been upgraded to give the users more useful features and
compatible with users’ IT environments. “Samsung Universal Print Driver 2” (UPD2) has
released in 2013.
Driver Types
There are 4 types of Samsung Universal Print Driver 2, which are up to PDL type.
Driver Type
Description
Supporting SPL or PCL6 supported models
* Recommend for all users (from home users to IT administrators)
Supporting PS supported models
* Recommend for users who want to get PostScript output
Supporting PCL6 supported models
* Recommend for users who want to get PCL6 output
Supporting SPL, PCL6 or XPS supported models
* Recommend for users who want to get the output from XPS print
path
Samsung Universal Print Driver 2
Samsung Universal Print Driver 2 PS
Samsung Universal Print Driver 2 PCL6
Samsung Universal Print Driver 2 XPS
* XPS printer driver can be installed only on Windows Vista OS or
higher
- All types are Microsoft certified.
What’s New
-
Faster And Simpler Device Discovery
o UPD2 gives the user faster printer discovery and supports flexible configuration
of the devices. It reflects the configuration on the UI dynamically and instantly.
o In the case of non-SNMP communication environment where automatic discovery
is invalid, UPD2 now supports manual printer selection so that a wider range of
user can use UPD2 without any environmental restriction.
-
Lighter And More Reliable Driver Operation by On-the-fly UI
o UPD2 has improved and simplified UI design. When the user selects their own
preferred printer, UI layout and device configuration (options) of the printer are
shown on-the-fly.
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o Giving lighter and more reliable driver’s UI operation to the users, UPD2 no
longer pop-ups the window when opening driver’s UI by separating UPD
applications.
-
Support Model’s Full Features
o Users can use the same full features as model-specific print drivers with UPD2.
Manual Duplex and Special Pages (including Cover Page, Insert Pages and
Exception Pages) are now newly supported.
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SUPPORTED ENVIRONMENTS
Client Operating Systems
OS Name
Architecture
Edition
32 bits
64 bits
Home Edition
Professional
Business
Microsoft Windows XP
Enterprise
Home Basic
Home Premium
Ultimate
32 bits
64 bits
Microsoft Windows Vista
Starter
Home Premium
Professional
Enterprise
Ultimate
Pro
Enterprise
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows 8
32 bits
64 bits
32 bits
64 bits
Server Operating Systems
OS Name
Architecture
Edition
Datacenter
Enterprise
Standard Edition
Datacenter
Enterprise
Standard Edition
Datacenter
Enterprise
Standard Edition
Foundation
Essentials
32 bits
64 bits
Microsoft Windows 2003
Microsoft Windows 2008
Microsoft Windows 2008 R2
32 bits
64 bits
64 bits
64 bits
Microsoft Windows 2012
Standard
Datacenter
Microsoft Windows Terminal Servers
Windows Server 2003 SP2, 2008, 2008 R2 and Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Cluster Servers
Windows Server 2003 SP2, 2008, 2008 R2 and Server 2012
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Citrix
Citrix XenApp 6.5
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Citrix XenApp 6.0
o
o
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Citrix XenApp 5.0
o
o
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
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BEFORE YOU INSTALL
Check Your Environment
1. Check the system requirements.
a. Refer to “Supported Environments” section for details.
2. Check your printer’s supported PDL and decide which driver package you will use.
a. Refer to “Supported Printers” sections for details.
Download the Driver You Prefer
1. Visit Samsung Printer Driver Download Page
2. Download the preferred type of UPD2 as you checked previously.
INSTALLATION
UPD2 gives the user two choises of installation methods.
At first, when you click download UPD2 executable file, you will see following dialog.
Using Samsung Installer (Recommended)
Select “Install” button shown in above dialog window to install by using Installer software. Follow
the instructions shown in the dialog window after clicking [OK] button.
* If you install UPD2 with Samsung Installer, you can use “Select Printer” application,
which can discover printer through local and network and connect selected device to UPD2
easily.
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Using Add a Printer Wizard Method From Devices and Printers
Folder
1. Select “Extract” button to extract install files. Open Devices and Printers(*) Folder.
2. Click [Add a printer] button on the folder to install the driver using extracted files.
3. Follow the instructions that Add a Printer Wizard guides you.
(*)Folder name may differ from each OS.
UNINSTALLATION
How To Uninstall UPD2 With Samsung Uninstaller
If you installed UPD2 using Installer, you can uninstall UPD2 by Samsung Printer Software
Uninstaller.
1. Select Uninstall Samsung Printer Software from Start > All Programs > Samsung
Printers
2. Launch the Uninstall Samsung Printer Software window.
Read the instructions, then click [Next] button to continue and follow the instructions displayed
in the window.
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How To Uninstall UPD2 From Devices and Printers Folder
If you installed UPD2 using Add Printer Wizard, you can uninstall UPD2 as following steps.
1. Select Start > Control Panel > Devices and Printers
2. Right click your UPD2 printer icon > context menus > Remove device.
3. Select Print server properties > Drivers tab.
4. Select UPD2 driver item and select [Remove…] button.
5. Select Remove driver and driver package option and click [OK].
If removing driver package fails, please restart your PC and try it again.
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USING “Samsung Universal Print Driver 2”
When user wants to search and set their own printer in their local or network environment, UPD2
gives the user various methods.
How To Select Your Printer Automatically
Under SNMP connection supported environment, the following procedure leads the user to search and set
your local or network printer automatically.
1. Launch a software(Select Printer) by selecting “Select Printer” application.
Start > Samsung Printers > Samsung Universal Print Driver 2 (PDL Name)
2. Click [Add] button to start searching printers in your network automatically.
a. If you previously specified the printer during installation, printer is listed, otherwise
no printer is listed.
3. While searching the printers, Add Device window will be displayed.
After searching, select the printer you want to add to the list (multiple selection is
available), then click [Add] button.
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4. After “Select Printer” dialog window (shown in 2 above) is displayed and select the model
you want to add, then click [OK] button.
5. If the selected printer is supported device, operation successful message dialog will be shown
and the UPD2’s configuration will be applied to the UI. Check your UPD2’s printer properties.
How To Select Your Printer Manually
If user’s network environment can’t use SNMP communication because of internal network policy or
some reasons, user can select the printer manually using the following methods.
Before you select manually…
Set a “port” using the following steps. It is a required procedure before selecting printer manually.
1. Select Start > Control Panel > Devices and Printers.
2. Right click your UPD2 printer icon > context menus > Printer Properties.
3. Open “Ports” tab and click [Add Port…] button.
4. Select Port types that you want to add.
5. Click [New Port…] button and then follow the instructions.
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Use of [Printer Model] features in Device Options of Printer Properties
(1) Select Manually By Using [Select printer when changing port]
When this feature is checked, UPD2 will automatically access the port that previously set (or
changed) and detect the printer. If UPD2 supports the detected printer, [Printer Model]
will automatically changed to the connected printer and dynamically UI will be displayed as
expected.
In the case the connected port is invalid, warning message will be displayed, in this case, try
[Printer Model] selection described in the followings.
With this feature unchecked in UI, UPD2 will not detect the connected printer automatically
even if port is set (or changed).
(2) Select Manually By Selection of [Printer Model]
User can select the printer from the list of [Printer Model](drop down list box).
After selecting the model user preferred, settings are automatically applied to the driver.
(3) [Check Now] button
When the users press this button, UPD2 immediately checks the printer which is currently
connected to the port and automatically apply the setting to the driver.
(4) Using [Add Printer]
After you set the printers by manually (or even automatically), to make easier access to the
printer that is already selected in [Printer Model] list, users can create a static printer
which is currently selected printer in [Printer Model] to your [Devices and Printers]
folder by clicking this [Add Printer] button.
The driver will be created in the following format:
<Printer Name> (Port Name)
e.g.)
Settings:
Port: 10.88.100.100
Printer Model : Samsung CLX-9252 9352 Series
Click [Add Printer] button, then following new printer will be created.
“Samsung CLX-9252 9352 Series (10.88.100.100)”
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SUPPORTED PRINTERS
The list below is based on the UPD2 Ver.2.50.00.00.
Newer devices(models) will be added accordingly. Visit http://www.samsung.com/printer for the latest
supported printers.
Device(Model)
Model Number
Driver
UPD2
PCL6
UPD2
XPS
Series
UPD2
UPD2 PS
Color Models
CF- 5100P
530 Series
555P
5800P/6800
O
X
X
X
CLP- 300/310/320 Series
350 Series
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
X
O
X
O
X
X
O
X
O
X
O
X
X
O
O
O
O
X
O
O
O
O
O
O
X
O
O
O
X
X
X
X
X
O
X
O
X
O
X
X
O
X
O
360 Series
410 Series
500/510 Series
550 Series
600 Series
610/620 Series
650/660/670 Series
680 Series
770 Series
O
X
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
775 Series
CLX- 216x/3160/3170/3180 Series
3300/4190/6260 Series
6200/6220/6240/6250 Series
8380/8385X/8540/8540X Series
8640 8650 Series
9250 9350 Series
9252 9352/92x1 93x1/981x/982x Series
Monochrome Models
M 262x 282x/267x 287x Series
332x 382x 402x/337x 387x 407x Series
MFP- 560/65x/750 Series
830 Series
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
X
O
X
X
O
X
X
X
X
O
O
X
X
X
X
ML- 1000/1200/1430/1440 Series
1450 Series
O
1510_700/1520/1610/1630/1630W/
1660/1670/1710/1740 Series
1750 Series
1860/1865W/191x 252x/200/2010 Series
2150 Series
2160 Series
2240/2245 Series
2250 Series
O
X
X
X
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
X
O
X
X
O
X
X
X
O
X
X
O
X
X
X
X
O
X
X
X
2510/2525W/2540 Series
2550/2550S/2570/2580/2850/2853/2855
Series
O
O
O
X
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2950 Series
3050 Series
3300 Series
331x Series
3470/3475/3560 Series
371x/375x Series
4050/4055 Series
4300/4500/5080 Series
451x 501x Series
4550/4555 Series
551x 651x Series
6040/6070/6080 Series
8850 8950/8x00 Series
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
X
X
O
X
O
X
X
O
X
O
X
X
O
X
O
X
X
X
X
O
X
X
X
X
O
O
O
X
O
O
O
O
O
X
O
O
O
X
O
O
X
O
O
X
Msys 5150_5200
SCX- 3200 Series
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
3400 Series
4100/4200 Series
4214F
4300/4500/4500W/4600/4623/4623FW
Series
O
X
X
X
4650 4x21S Series
470x/472x Series
4725 Series
483x 5x3x Series
4x16 Series
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
X
O
O
O
X
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
X
X
O
O
X
O
X
O
X
O
O
O
O
O
O
X
X
O
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
O
4x20 Series
4x24/4x25/4x26 Series
4x28/5635/5835_5953/5835_5935X Series
5x15 Series
5x30 Series
6545/6545X/6x55/6x55X/681x Series
6x20/6x22/6x45 Series
8030 8040 Series
8123 8128/8230 8240/881x/882x Series
SF- 5100P
530 Series
555P
5800P/6800P
760 Series
O
O
X
X
X
X
X
O
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