Sharp AR-BC260 User manual

CONTENTS
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SERVICE MANUAL
CODE: 00ZARBC260A1E
DIGITAL FULL COLOR
MULTIFUNCTIONAL SYSTEM
MODEL AR-BC260
[1] OUTLINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
[2] CONFIGURATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
[3] SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
[4] CONSUMABLE PARTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
[5] UNPACKING AND INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
[6] EXTERNAL VIEW AND INTERNAL STRUCTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
[7] DESCRIPTIONS OF EACH SECTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
[8] SETTING AND ADJUSTMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
[9] SIMULATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
[10] MAINTENANCE LIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1
[11] TROUBLESHOOTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1
[12] ROM VERSION UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1
[13] ELECTRIC DIAGRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1
[14] PRINTER CONTROLLER SECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1
[15] OTHERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-1

CONTENTS
[1] OUTLINE
1. Product features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
2. Newly employed technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
[2] CONFIGURATION
1. Product Line and options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
A. Line of machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
B. Line of options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
C. Machine configuration list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
D. Combination of options list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
2. Block diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
[3] SPECIFICATIONS
1. Basic specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
A. Base engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
B. Paper feed unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
C. Paper exit unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
D. Scanner section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
2. Functional specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
A. Specifications of copy functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
B. Scanner functon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
C. Reversing single pass feeder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
3. Environment conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
A. Operating environment conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
B. Transit environment conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
C. Supply storage environment conditions . . . . . . . . . 3-9
D. Standard temperature and humidity. . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
[4] CONSUMABLE PARTS
1. Supply system table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
A. North America/Latin America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
2. Consumables (kit, unit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
3. Photoconductor cartridge, toner cartridge . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
A. Lot number identification and the term of
validity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
[5] UNPACKING AND INSTALLATION
1. Installing (use) conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
A. Bringing space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
B. Installing space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
C. Power source
(Capacity, voltage, frequency, safety, plug) . . . . . . 5-1
D. Floor strength and level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
E. Direct rays of the sun, dust, temperature,
humidity, gasses, chemicals, vibration. . . . . . . . . . 5-1
2. Transit and delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
A. Implements, facility, and manpower. . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
B. Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
3. Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
A. Unpacking procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
4. Lock release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
A. Scanner (2/3 mirror unit) lock release . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
B. Main body cassette lock release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
C. Transfer unit pressure release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
5. Fusing heat roller pressing (F/R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
6. Black drum cartridge insertion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
7. Paper exit tray installation (Optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
8. Toner cartridges installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
9. AC cord connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
10. Machine power ON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
11. Specifications setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
12. Image quality check. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
13. Function and operation check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
14. Setup and adjustment data recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
15. Necessary works before moving the machine. . . . . . . 5-7
[6] EXTERNAL VIEW AND INTERNAL STRUCTURE
1. Name and function of each section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
A. External view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
B. Internal structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
C. Operation panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
D. Job status screen (common to print, copy,
network scan and fax) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
E. Cross section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
F. Motors, clutches, solenoids, fans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
G. Sensors, switches and heaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
H. PWB 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
H. PWB 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
[7] DESCRIPTIONS OF EACH SECTION
1. Fusing section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
A. Operational descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
B. Disassembly/Assembly/Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
2. Transfer section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
A. Operational descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
B. Disassembly/assembly/maintenance. . . . . . . . . . 7-10
3. Process (image forming) section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15
A. Operational descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15
B. Disassembly/assembly/maintenance. . . . . . . . . . 7-19
4. Optical section (Scanner section) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
A. Operational descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
B. Disassembly/assembly/maintenance. . . . . . . . . . 7-25
5. Paper feed, paper transport, and paper exit
sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-27
A. Operational descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-27
B. Disassembly/assembly/maintenance. . . . . . . . . . 7-33
6. RSPF section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-41
A. Operational descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-41
B. Disassembly/assembly/maintenance. . . . . . . . . . 7-43
7. Operation panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-49
A. Operational descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-49
B. Disassembly/assembly/maintenance. . . . . . . . . . 7-50
8. External fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-51
A. Disassembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-51
9. Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-53
A. Disassembly/assembly/maintenance. . . . . . . . . . 7-53
[8] SETTING AND ADJUSTMENTS
[ADJ 1] High voltage adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
[ADJ 2] Image density sensor adjustment . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
[ADJ 3] Image focus, image skew adjustment
(LED (writing) unit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
[ADJ 4] Image registration adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
[ADJ 5] Image position/print area adjustment (Print engine
section) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-14
[ADJ 6] Copy image distortion adjustment . . . . . . . . . 8-15
[ADJ 7] Copy image focus (main scanning direction
copy magnification ratio) adjustment
(CCD unit position adjustment) . . . . . . . . . . . 8-18

[ADJ 8] Sub scanning direction copy magnification
ratio adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-19
[ADJ 9] Main scanning direction copy image position
adjustment (Scanner (reading) section). . . . . 8-19
[ADJ 10] Copy image position/image loss/void area
adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-20
[ADJ 11] Copy color balance/density adjustment . . . . . 8-21
[ADJ 12] Fusing pressure adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-35
[ADJ 13] Fusing paper guide position adjustment . . . . 8-36
[ADJ 14] Document size sensor adjustment. . . . . . . . . 8-36
[ADJ 15] Manual paper feed tray paper size sensor
adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-37
[ADJ 16] Touch panel coordinates setting . . . . . . . . . . 8-37
[ADJ 17] Power voltage adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-37
[ADJ 18] FAX/scanner mode image loss adjustment . . 8-38
[ADJ 19] RSPF scanning position automatic
adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-38
[ADJ 20] RSPF lead edge skew adjustment. . . . . . . . . 8-39
[ADJ 21] Collective adjustment of image position
and magnification ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-40
[ADJ 22] Printer color balance adjustment . . . . . . . . . . 8-41
[9] SIMULATION
1. Outline and purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
2. Code-type simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
A. Operating procedures and operations . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
B. Simulation list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
C. Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-13
[10] MAINTENANCE LIST
1. Maintenance system table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1
2. List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3
A. Drum peripheral section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3
B. Developing section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3
C. Transfer section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-4
D. Fusing section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5
E. Optical section (Scanner section). . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6
F. Paper feed section, transport section. . . . . . . . . . 10-7
G. LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-7
H. RSPF section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-8
I. Filters, drive section, others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-9
3. Relationship of maintenance timing,
consumable part life, display message,
and machine operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-10
A. Relationship of maintenance counter,
display message, and machine operations . . . . 10-10
B. Relationship of transfer unit system counter,
display message, and machine operations . . . . 10-10
C. Relationship of fusing unit counter, display
message, and machine operations . . . . . . . . . . 10-11
D. Relationship of drum cartridge system counters,
messages, and machine operations. . . . . . . . . . 10-11
E. Relationship of toner cartridge system counters,
display messages, and machine operations . . . 10-12
[11] TROUBLESHOOTING
1. Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1
2. Functions and purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1
3. Kinds of self diagnostic messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1
4. Self diagnostic operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1
A. Self diagnostic operation and work flow. . . . . . . . 11-1
5. List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-2
6. Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-3
[12] ROM VERSION UP
1. Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1
A. Target ROM for version up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1
B. When version up of ROM is required . . . . . . . . . . 12-1
C. Flash ROM version up method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2
2. Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4
A. Relationship between each ROM and
version up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4
3. Necessary items for version up (copy) of
Flash ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-5
4. Flash ROM version up procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-6
A. By using a computer and the ICU PWB, the
program data of Flash ROM is written from the
computer to the Flash ROM of the ICU PWB. . . . 12-6
B. Method using two Flash ROM sockets on
the ICU MAIN PWB to copy between
Flash ROM’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-9
[13] ELECTRIC DIAGRAM
1. System block diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1
2. Actual wiring chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-2
3. Signal list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-18
[14] PRINTER CONTROLLER SECTION
1. System configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1
A. Main unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1
B. Basic composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1
C. Accessory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1
D. Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-2
E. Software, firmware diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-2
2. Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-3
3. Configuration report (Test page) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-6
4. Hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-7
A. Major device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-7
B. Block diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-7
C. Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-8
5. Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-9
A. Key operator program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-9
B. Jumper Setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-11
6. Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-11
A. Printer driver setting and operation . . . . . . . . . . 14-11
7. Firmware version up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-13
A. Necessary items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-13
B. Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-13
8. AR-NS2 installing procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-13
9. AR-PK4 installing procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-14
A. General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-14
B. Check items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-14
C. PS firmware ROM installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-14
D. PS font data installing procedures . . . . . . . . . . . 14-14
E. PS printer utility software installation . . . . . . . . . 14-15
[15] OTHERS
1. Key operator program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-1
A. Key operator program menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-1
2. Special tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-2

AR-BC260 OUTLINE 1 - 1
[1] OUTLINE
1. Product features
2. Newly employed technology
No. Feature Content Employed technology
1 Compact, lightweight, A3
tandem engine
670 x 676 x 787mm (26.4 x 26.6 x 31 inch)
85.5kg (185.5 lbs.) (Copier body + photoconductor + toner)
Mono-component wax-free toner,
LED printhead
High speed output Color: 17 PPM (A4/LT)
B/W: 26 PPM (A4/LT)
Same document continusly on A4
(LT) plain paper in non offset mode.
2 High-speed, first color copy Color: Within 11.7 sec
B/W: Within 8.0 sec
A4, without pre-scan, RSPF not used, side paper exit, tray 1
used
LED printhead
3 Manual paper feed capacity 300 sheets/64g (17 lbs.) Development of a large capacity
manual feed tray
Heavy paper support 64 to 300g/m2(17 to 80 lbs.) (Manual paper feed tray) Oil-less fusing unit, paper feed/
paper transport technology
Heavy paper duplex feed
support
64 to 200g/m2(17 to 54 lbs.) (Face up paper exit)
4 Improved user maintenance Paper jam process: 2 positions of open/close (sides) Paper jam control technology
Toner supply: Cartridge replacement Mono-component wax-free toner
5 Improved service
maintenance
Developing section: Mono-component development
eliminates the need for developer replacement.
Mono-component wax-free toner
Drum section: Cartridge replacement Designed for easy maintenance
Fusing section: Simplified structure by wax-free. The unit can
be disassembled simply by releasing the lock with the knob.
Mono-component wax-free toner.
Designed for easy maintenance
Transfer section: One-touch extraction. Designed for easy
belt replacement.
Designed for easy maintenance
Color resist automatic adjustment:
Visual judgment by paper exit is automatically performed.
Process control technology, which
allows user adjustment.
Item Content Remark
1 LED printhead employed •Employment of the 4bit LED provides
16-gradation expressions for each of YMCK.
•Free from mechanical noises which are produced
from the unit such as an LSU. Printing is started
immediately without waiting for stabilization of the
polygon motor speed.
•Lower power consumption than an LSU
Resolution: 600dpi (Total dots: 7,424
dots)
2 Oil-less fusing system employed •Development of a new wax-free toner
•The wax-free fusing system provides a simplified
structure and improved paper feed capability.
•Notes and remarks can be put on a copy image
similar to normal page.

AR-BC260 CONFIGURATION 2 - 1
[2] CONFIGURATION
1. Product Line and options
A. Line of machines
B. Line of options
Model name Composition
AR-BC260 Copier/Printer/Scanner model
AR-D18N/Paper feed module
(3-stage paper feed desk)
AR-D17N/Paper feed module
(1-stage paper feed desk)
AR-RB1/Duplex bypass/Inverter unit
(Requires Desk.)
AR-D19N/Duplex module + Paper feed
module (2-stage)
(Requires Duplex bypass/Inverter unit
(AR-RB1).)
AR-F13/Saddle finisher
(Requires Duplex bypass/Inverter unit
(AR-RB1).)
AR-LC8/Large capacity tray
(Requires AR-D19N.)
AR-PN1A, AR-PN1B, AR-PN1C, AR-PN1D/
Punch unit
(for saddle stitch finisher (AR-F13))
AR-U11M, AR-U15M/Sharpdesk license kit AR-PK4/PS3 expansion kit AR-FX10/Facsimile expansion kit

AR-BC260 CONFIGURATION 2 - 2
C. Machine configuration list
STD or ❍(Yes) : Included in the set. (Included in the base engine.)
OP : Option
N/A or ✕(No) : No support or no setup
AR-MM9/FAX memory (8MB) AR-FR23U/Data security kit 128/256MB expansion memory
(Local arrangement)
AR-TE3/Exit tray AR-SC2/Staple cartridge
Basic composition Copier/Printer/Scanner Remark
Supply system SRU
AR drum cartridge ×4 ❍
AR toner cartridge ×4OP
Scanner ❍
Printer controller board (Base memory: 128 MB) ❍
HDD ❍
Soft NIC ❍
ICU memory 256MB
Fax-Box OP
JOB SHIFTER ❍
LCC connection module ❍
RSPF ❍
Dehumidifier (Engine) For service kit
Network scanner expansion kit ❍

AR-BC260 CONFIGURATION 2 - 3
D. Combination of options list
STD or ❍(Yes) : Included in the set. (Included in the base engine.)
OP : Option
N/A or ✕(No) : No support or no setup
∗1: The AR-SM5 (256MB) can be used. For the other memories, choose among commercially available ones (table below) and set.
Section Item Copier/Printer/
Scanner Remark
Automatic
document feeder
and scanning
Integrated scanner unit STD
OC ✕
RSPF STD
Trial network scanner function STD
Paper feed
system/Duplex
One-stage tray
(Standard provision of the machine) STD 500 ×1 (80g/m2)
550 ×1 (64g/m2)
Manual paper feed tray
(Standard provision of the machine) STD 250 sheets (80g/m2)
300 sheets (64g/m2)
1-stage paper feed desk (AR-D17N)
OP
500 ×1 (80g/m2)
550 ×1 (64g/m2)
∗
A 2-stage paper feed desk with duplex cannot be
used.
3-stage paper feed desk (AR-D18N)
OP
500 ×3 (80g/m2)
550 ×3 (64g/m2)
∗
A 2-stage paper feed desk with duplex cannot be
used.
2-stage duplex paper feed desk (AR-D19N) OP Requires a duplex bypass/inverter unit. /
3-stage paper feed desk cannot be used.
Reverse bypass module (AR-RB1) OP Requires desk (3-stage/2-stage duplex paper feed
desk)
Large capacity tray (AR-LC8) OP Requires 2-stage duplex paper feed desk
Paper exit system Paper exit tray (AR-TE3) OP
Job shifter STD
Saddle finisher (AR-F13) OP Requires a desk (3-stage/2-stage paper feed desk
with duplex) and a duplex bypass/inverter unit.
Punch unit (AR-PN1A/PN1B/PN1C/PN1D) OP For saddle finisher
Staple cartridge (AR-SC2) OP For saddle finisher
Electrical system Printer controller STD 7410: 400 MHz type
Scanner interface board STD
Installed memory 128MB For printer board
Soft NIC STD
HDD (3.5 inch) STD 40GB
PS3 expansion kit (AR-PK4) OP Requires 512MB memory.
Product Key
128MB expansion memory ∗1 Local arrangement: For ICU or printer controller
256MB expansion memory ∗1 Local arrangement or AR-SM5: For ICU or printer
controller
Network scanner expansion kit (AR-NS2) Bundle Product Key
Requires memory expansion of 256MB or more.
Sharpdesk license kit (AR-U11M/U15M) OP
Various connection cables Not supported. Unavailable as an option (Use a commercially
available part.)
FAX system Fax controller (AR-FX10) OP
Fax memory (8 MB) (AR-MM9) OP
Other Data security kit (AR-FR23U) OP
Manufacture P/N Description
Kingston SHP32X64S133C3-B 256MB, PC133, DIMM
SHP16X64S133C3 128MB, PC133, SODIMM
SHP16X64S133C3-B 128MB, PC133, DIMM
SHP32X64S133C3 256MB, PC133, DIMM
D1664A30 128MB, 168 PIN
D3264A30 256MB, 168 PIN
Memory Experts MXAR2372128B 128MB, PC100 OR PC133, 168 PIN
MXAR2371256 256MB, PC100 OR PC133, 168 PIN
MXAR2371128 128MB, PC100 OR PC133, 168 PIN
MXARSM5 256MB, PC100 OR PC133, 168 PIN
RAM components MIMD1289A63N1621E16E 128MB, 168 PIN PC133
MIMD1289A63N3221H16E 256MB, 168 PIN PC133
IO DATA LP-S100-128M
LP-S100-256M

AR-BC260 CONFIGURATION 2 - 4
2. Block diagram
RSPF unit
Image process section 2 (ICU PWB)
Image process section (MFP PWB)
PCU PWB
AC power unit
PC
LED head
(writing)
section
(Y)
LED head
(writing)
section
(M)
LED head
(writing)
section
(C)
LED head
(writing)
section
(K)
Fusing/paper
exit section
Duplex
bypass/
Inverter
unit
(Option)
Finisher
(Option)
Large capacity
paper feed tray
unit (Option)
Paper feed tray section 1
Duplex section (Option)
Paper feed tray section 1 (Option)
Paper feed tray section 2 (Option)
Paper feed tray section 3 (Option)
Printer
controller
Image scanning (writing) section
(CCD PWB)
Page memory
Photo-
conductor
section
(Y)
Developing
section
(Y)
Photo-
conductor
section
(M)
Developing
section
(M)
Photo-
conductor
section
(C)
Developing
section
(C)
Photo-
conductor
section
(K)
Developing
section
(K)
Transfer section
Operation section
DC power unit
Paper
transport
section
FAX
controller
(Option)
Line

AR-BC260 SPECIFICATIONS 3 - 1
[3] SPECIFICATIONS
1. Basic specifications
A. Base engine
(1) Type
(2) Engine speed
∗The “cpm”(ppm) is copy speed. The speed is measured with
SOPM operation (same document continuously) and with the
offset off.
* 1: Type of envelopes: COM-10, Monarch, DL, C5
* 2: The fastest speed
* 3: Heavy paper 1: 106 to 200g/m2(28 lbs to 54 lbs).
Heavy paper 2 : 201 to 300g/m2(54 lbs to 80 lbs).
(3) Engine composition
(4) Shifter
∗1: When A4/Letter recommended paper is used.
(5) Engine resolution
∗1: Dither matrix allows printing in 1-pixel, 256-gradation (8bit).
∗2: For 4bit mode, an expansion memory of 128MB or more is
required in the printer controller.
Type Desk-top
Color support Full color
Paper size Color B/W
Print Copy Print Copy
A3W (12 x18) 5 ppm 5 cpm 7 ppm 7 cpm
A3, 11 x17, 8K 8 ppm 8 cpm 13 ppm 13 cpm
B4, 8.5 x14, 8.5 x13 10 ppm 10 cpm 15 ppm 15 cpm
8.5 x11,A4 17 ppm 17 cpm 26 ppm 26 cpm
A4R, 8.5 x 11R 12 ppm 12 cpm 19 ppm 19 cpm
B5,16K 17 ppm 17 cpm 26 ppm 26 cpm
B5R, 7.25 x 10.5R,
16KR 12 ppm 12 cpm 19 ppm 19 cpm
A5, 8.5 x 5.5 17 ppm 17 cpm 26 ppm 26 cpm
A6R (Normal paper) 13 ppm 13 cpm 13 ppm 13 cpm
Transparency
(Speed *2)17 ppm 17 cpm 17 ppm 17 cpm
Transparency (Image
quality) 13 ppm 13 cpm 13 ppm 13 cpm
Heavy paper 1 *3
(B5, A4, 8.5 x 11,
16K , A5, 8.5 x 5.5)
13 ppm 13 cpm 13 ppm 13 cpm
Heavy paper 1 *3
(Except Envelope &
above size)
6 ppm 6 cpm 6 ppm 6 cpm
Heavy paper 2 *3(B5,
A4, 8.5 x11, 16K ,
A5, 8.5 x 5.5)
13 ppm 13 cpm 13 ppm 13 cpm
Heavy paper 2 *3
(Except Envelope &
above size)
6 ppm 6 cpm 6 ppm 6 cpm
Envelope *1(all size) 5 ppm 5 cpm 6 ppm 6 cpm
EXTRA size 5 ppm 5 cpm 7 ppm 7 cpm
Photoconductor
kind
OPC (Drum diameter: φ30mm x 4)
Copying method Electrostatic copying system employing the
LED writing head
LED available print
area
301 mm
Developing system Contact, non-magnetic 1-component
development
Charging system Saw teeth scorotron corona charging
Transfer system Transfer belt structure direct transfer
system
Cleaning system Counter blade cleaning system
Fusing system Pressure roller fusing system
Fusing unit life 2 years or 100K
Fusing unit
replacement
Replaceable 30min after turning off the
power
Mode switching
speed (A →B)
B
Normal
paper
Heavy
paper 1
Heavy
paper 2
OHP
A
Normal
paper
–30 sec 40 sec 40 sec
Heavy
paper 1
30 sec –40sec 40 sec
Heavy
paper 2
40 sec 10 sec –50 sec
OHP 45 sec 10 sec 20 sec –
Oil supply Oil-less system
Waste toner
process
Self collection of each toner cartridge
Waste toner box collection for transfer belt
Multi print speed
(at Max.)
B/W: 26 ppm (A4/Letter)
Color: 17 ppm (A4/Letter)
[In the case of manual paper feed]
B/W: 26 ppm (A4/Letter)
Color: 17 ppm (A4/Letter)
Shifter Standard (Default setting: Offset OFF)
Dehumidifier Service kit
Type Shifter
Paper weight 64 to 200g/m2(17 to 54 lbs)
Paper size
(64 to 200g/m2)
Non offset mode
(Simple load)
A3W to A6R,
12" x 18" to 8.5" x 5.5",
8K, 16K, 16KR
Offset mode A3 to A6R,
11" x 17" to 8.5" x 5.5",
8K, 16K, 16KR
Productivity Non offset mode: Color 17 sheets,
B/W 26 sheets
Offset mode: Color 16 sheets,
B/W 24 sheets
Offset width 30mm
Alignment *1Extending FR shift Between
jobs
Non
offset
mode
Must not
fall from
the tray.
——
Offset
mode
Within
50mm
Within
± 10mm
10mm or
more
Resolution Writing: 600dpi x 600dpi
Smoothing None
Gradation When
copying
Color Writing: 1 pixel 16 gradations for
each color (4 bit) *1
E-sort mode:
1 pixel 2 gradations (1bit)
B/W Writing: 1 pixel 2 gradations
(1bit)
When
printing
Color Writing:
1 pixel 2 gradations (1 bit)
16 gradations for each color
(4 bit) *1*2
B/W Writing:
1 pixel 2 gradations (1bit)
16 gradations (4 bit) *1

AR-BC260 SPECIFICATIONS 3 - 2
(6) Warm-up
(7) Jam recovery time
(8) Image chip (Printable area)
∗In A3/11" x 17" full image copy, there is no image chip in A3/
WLT image.
∗When outputting cut position marks, printing can be made in the
range of image chip specification.
∗When using RSPF, however, A3 full image copy cannot be
made.
(9) Printer controller
(10) Power source
(11) Power consumption
(12) Noise/Ozone
(13) External dimensions
(14) Weight
(15) Machine occupying dimensions
B. Paper feed unit
(1) Machine paper feed tray
*1: 1g/m2= 0.265625 lbs (applied to the flowing subjects)
(2) Manual feed tray (Bypass tray)
∗Detection of 8.5" x 14" can be changed to detection of 8.5" x 13"
(216 mm x 330 mm) by the diag setting.
Warm-up time 99sec or less
Pre-heat function Yes
With the left cover and front
cabinet open
About 60 sec Left for 60sec
Normal condition
With the right cover open About 8 sec
Full size Total circumference 4mm ± 2mm
Only when A3 full image is outputted, 6mm or less in
total.
Type Built-in
CPU Power PC 7410-400 MHz
Memory 128MB (std.) max. 640MB
Add. memory slot 2 slot
Font 80 fonts (PCL5-c), 136fonts (PS3: option)
NIC Software NIC is standard
Voltage 100 –127 V
Frequency 50/60 Hz
Power cord Inlet type
•For optional stand (for AC power supply
/ Fax Box)
∗Nighttime mode should be supported.
Max. power consumption 1.5 kW
Sleep mode 80 W or less
Noise Operating B/W 63 dB or less (First)
Color 63 dB or less (First)
Stand-by 55 dB or less
Sleep 40 dB or less
Ozone 0.02 g/m3or less
External dimensions 670 x 676 x 787 mm
(26.4 x 26.6 x 31 inch)
Weight
Copier body: 75.5 kg (166.4 lbs.)
Copier body + photoconductor: 78.5 kg (173.1 lbs.)
Copier body + photoconductor + toner: 85.5 kg (188.5 lbs.)
Machine occupying dimensions:
(With manual feed tray/paper exit tray
extended)
1349 x 676 mm
(53.1 x 26.6 inch)
Paper feed system 1-stage tray
Paper feed size AB series: A3, B4, A4, A4R, B5, A5,
8.5”x 11”, EXTRA
Inch series: 11" x 17", 8.5" x 14",
8.5" x 13", 8.5" x 11", 8.5" x 11"R,
8.5" x 5.5", A4, EXTRA
(EXTRA setting)
AB tab setting section:
A3, B4, A4, A4R, B5, B5R, A5, EXTRA
Inch tab setting section:
11" x 17", 8.5" x 14", 8.5" x 13",
8.5" x 11", 8.5" x 11"R, 8.5" x 5.5",
7.25”x 10.5”R, EXTRA
Paper feed capacity *1550 sheets (64 g/m2(17 lbs.) paper)
500 sheets (80 g/m2(21 lbs.) paper,
recommended paper for color)
Weight of paper
suitable for paper feed
64 to 105 g/m2(17 to 28 lbs)
Paper kind Normal paper (including recommended
paper for color), recycled paper,
printed paper, punched paper, color
paper, letter head
Paper size detection Slide lever detection
Paper size selection User selection
Dehumidifier Service kit
Remaining quantity
detection
Yes (0, 25%, 50%, 75%, Full, 5 steps)
Initial size when
shipping
A3 (11" x 17")
Tray attach/detach Possible
Universal support Universal tray (free size)
Transport reference Center reference
Paper feed capacity 250 sheets (80 g/m2), 300 sheets
(64 g/m2), 100 sheets (Postcard)
Paper size A3W to A6R
Paper weight 64 to 300 g/m2/ 17 to 80 lbs specified
paper for color
Paper kind Normal paper (including recommended
paper for color), OHP1, OHP2. heavy
paper 1 (106 to 200 g/m2(28 to 53 lbs.)),
heavy paper 2 (201 to 300 g/m2(54 to 80
lbs.)), envelope, specified size paper
By type setting should be available.
Paper size detection Inch series: 12" x 18", 11" x 17",
8.5" x 14", 8.5" x 11", 8.5" x 11"R,
7.25" x 10.5"R, 8.5" x 5.5", A3, B4, A4,
B5, A6R
AB series: A3W, A3, B4, A4, A4R, B5,
A5, A6R, 11" x 17", 8.5" x 14",
8.5" x 11", 7.25" x 10.5"R
Manual feed size
setup
Yes (Ignoring automatic setup)
Selected with key operation.