Sharp AR-203E X User manual

DIGITAL MULTIFUNCTIONAL SYSTEM
PRINTER OPERATION MANUAL
MODEL
AR-203E X
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Contents
Printing Overview 1
Basic Printing 2
Starting the Printer Driver Using the "Start" Button 3
Printer Driver Settings 4
Printing a Watermark 5
Fitting the Printed Image to the Paper 6
Printing Multiple Pages on One Page 7
Outline of the Print Status Window 8
Sharing the Printer Using Windows Networking 9
Shared Printer Settings 10
Client Settings 11
Scanning Overview 13
Scanning an Image from a TWAIN-Compliant Application 14
Scanning an Image from a WIA-Compliant
Application (Windows XP/Vista) 18
Scanning an Image from the "Scanner and
Camera Wizard" (Windows XP) 20
Outline of Button Manager 23
Button Manager Settings 24
Identifying Unit Problems 25
Check the Connection between the Unit and Computer 26
Check Your Computer 27
Plug and Play Screen does not Appear 28
Failed to Install the Driver (Windows 2000/XP) 29
Faint, Uneven or Smeared Print Output 30
Characters or Graphics are not Printed in Correct Position 31
Nothing Prints 32
Poor Scanning Result 33
The Scanned Image is Incorrectly Positioned 34
Unable to Scan the Image 35
Printer Driver Features 36
1
Print
2
Printer Sharing
3
Scan
Note
zIn this manual, screen images and operating
procedures are mainly for Windows XP. With other
versions of Windows, some screen images may be
different from those in this manual.
zWherever "AR-xxxx" appears in this manual,
please substitute your model name for "xxxx".
zFor your information, please note that the SPF and
the second cassette are provided as an option.
4
Troubleshooting
5
Printer Driver Features
6
Index
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The flow chart shown below provides printing overview.
Reference:For more information on printing, see "Basic Printing" (p.2).
Caution
●When the paper source is the paper tray or multi-bypass tray, verify that the paper has been loaded before starting
printing.
●Ensure printing has been completed before turning the power off. Do not remove the power cord before turning
the unit off.
Prepare the document you intend to print
Send print data from your computer
Printing
Exit printing
Open the printer driver setup screen and set the print preferences
Reference:
"Printer Driver Settings" (p.4), "Printing a Watermark" (p.5),
"Fitting the Printed Image to the Paper" (p.6),
"Printing Multiple Pages on One Page" (p.7)
Printing Overview
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This is a printing example using WordPad to print a document onto A4 size paper.
1Start WordPad, make a new file, and enter the text
you intend to print.
2Select "Print" from the application's "File" menu.
3Make sure that "SHARP AR-xxxx" is selected as the
current printer. If you intend to change any print
setting, click the "Preferences" button to open the
printer driver setup screen.
On Windows 98/Me, click the "Properties" button.
Reference: "Printer Driver Settings" (p.4),
"Printing a Watermark" (p.5),
"Fitting the Printed Image to the Paper" (p.6),
"Printing Multiple Pages on One Page" (p.7)
4Click the "Print" button in the "Print" dialog box.
On Windows 98/Me, click the "OK" button.
Printing starts according to your preferences.
Identify the current printer
in this box.
1
2Click this button to change
any print preference.
SHARP
AR-xxxx
Note
Windows 2000 does not have the "Preferences"
button on this dialog box. Switch to the desired
tab by clicking it to specify printer settings.
SHARP
AR-xxxx
Basic Printing
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You can open the printer driver and change the printer driver settings from the Windows "start" button. Settings adjusted in
this way will be the initial settings when you print from an application. (If you change the settings from the printer driver
setup screen at the time of printing, the settings will revert to the initial settings when you quit the application.)
Reference:"Basic Printing " (p.2)
Windows 2000/XP/Vista
1Click the "start" button, and then click "Control
Panel".
On Windows 2000, click the "Start" button and select
"Settings".
2Click "Printers and Other Hardware", and then click
"Printers and Faxes".
• On Windows Vista, click "Printer".
• On Windows 2000, click "Printers".
3Click the "SHARP AR-xxxx" printer driver icon and
select "Properties" from the "File" menu.
On Windows Vista, click "Printer".
4Click the "Printing Preferences" button in the
"General" tab.
The printer driver setup screen will appear.
Reference:"Printer Driver Settings" (p.4)
Windows 98/Me
1Click the "Start" button, select "Settings" and then
click "Printers".
2Click the "SHARP AR-xxxx" printer driver icon and
select "Properties" from the "File" menu.
3Click the "Setup" tab.
The printer driver setup screen will appear.
Reference:"Printer Driver Settings " (p.4)
Starting the Printer Driver Using the "Start" Button
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To view Help for a setting, click the ( ) button in the upper right-hand corner of the window and then click the setting.
Tab
Index which allows you to
switch between the various
setup screens.
( ) button
Click this button and then click a
setting to view Help for the setting.
Check button
Allows you to select one
item from a list of options.
"OK" button
Click this button to save
your settings, and exit the
dialog box.
The settings you made at
"N-Up Printing", "Document
Style", "Fit To Paper Size",
"Image Orientation" and
"Watermark" are shown in
this image.
The tray selected in
"Paper Selection" in the
"Paper" tab appears in
blue. You can also click
on a tray to select it.
"Cancel" button
Click this button to exit the dialog
box without making any changes to
the settings.
"Apply" button
Click to save your settings
without closing the dialog box.
"Help" button
The Help window will open to
let you view explanations of the
settings on the tab.
Drop-down list
Allows you to make one
selection from a list of choices.
Check box
Click this option to activate/
deactivate each function.
You can also view Help by
right-clicking the setting
with the mouse.
The "Apply" button does
not appear when you
open this window from
an application.
Note
Note
Printer Driver Settings
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To print a watermark, for example "CONFIDENTIAL", on your document, refer to the following steps. Open the printer driver
and click the "Watermarks" tab.
Reference:See "Basic Printing" (p.2) for details on how to open the printer driver.
How to Print a Watermark
From the "Watermark" drop-down list, select the watermark, for example "CONFIDENTIAL", you wish to print on your
document, and start printing.
For details on watermark settings, view printer driver Help.
Reference:"Printer Driver Settings" (p.4)
Print sample
Printing a Watermark
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This printer driver can adjust the zoom ratio for printing according to the paper loaded in the unit.
Follow the steps shown below to use this function. The instruction below assumes that you intend to print an A4 or Letter
size document onto a B5 or Invoice size paper.
1Click the "Paper" tab in the printer driver setup
screen.
2Select the paper size for the print data from "Paper
Size".
3Check the "Fit To Page" box.
4Select the paper size for "Fit To Paper Size", which
corresponds to the size of paper in the unit.
Now, the printed image will automatically fit the paper
set in the unit.
Note
The "Fit To Paper Size" setting is not available when "N-Up Printing" is selected.
Reference:"Printing Multiple Pages on One Page" (p.7)
Paper Size: A4 or Letter
Fit To Paper Size: B5 or Invoice
A4 or Letter size document
(Paper Size)
B5 or Invoice size paper
(Fit To Paper Size)
Fitting the Printed Image to the Paper
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This feature allows you to print two or four document pages onto a single page.
To use this function, open the printer driver setup screen, select "2-Up" or "4-Up" for "N-Up Printing" on the "Main" tab.
If you select the "Border" checkbox, border lines will be printed on each page.
Note
The "N-Up Printing" setting is not available when "Fit To Paper Size" is selected.
Reference:"Fitting the Printed Image to the Paper" (p.6)
"2-Up"
"4-Up"
BorderBorderN-Up
Printing Multiple Pages on One Page
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When printing begins, the Print Status Window activates and appears on the screen.
The Print Status Window is a program designed to show the current printer status including the document name being
printed and error messages.
Status window
Provides details on the current
status of the print job.
Document Name
Displays the name of the active print
job.
"Help" button
Click this button to display help file
for the Print Status Window.
Status icon
This icon informs you of the print status.
Tab
Index which allows you to switch
between the two setup screens.
"Cancel Job" button
Printing can be canceled by clicking
this button before the machine
receives the job.
"Close" button
Click this button to close the Print
Status Window.
Outline of the Print Status Window
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