Sharp AJ-1100 Setup guide

Contents
Contents
How to Control the Online Manual 1
How to Print Out the Online Manual 1
Outline of the Printer Driver 2
Starting the Printer Driver 3
Printer Driver Functions 5
"Paper/Quality" Tab Settings 6
"Colour Adjustment" Settings 10
"Layout" Tab Settings 11
"Scaling" Tab Settings 14
"Watermark" Tab Settings 16
"Utility" Tab Settings 18
Outline of the Printer Driver 19
Starting the Printer Driver 20
Printer Driver Functions 22
"Paper/Quality" Tab Settings 23
"Advanced Options" Settings 25
"Layout" Tab Settings 29
"Scaling" Tab Settings 32
"Watermark" Tab Settings 34
"Utility" Tab Settings 36
Printing Overview 37
Basic Printing 38
Printing a Watermark 39
Enlarge/Reduce the Printed Image 40
Printing Multiple Pages on One Page 41
Make a Poster 42
Printing a Photograph 43
Outline of the Print Status Window 44
Print Status Window Functions 45
Understanding Error Messages 46
"Maintenance" Tab 47
"Options" Tab 48
Sharing the Printer using Windows Networking 49
Shared Printer Settings 50
Client Settings 51
Time to Change the Ink Tank 52
Changing the Ink Tank 53
Test Print Head 56
Cleaning the Print Head 57
Changing the Print Head 58
Aligning the Print Head 61
Keeping the Printer Clean 63
Identifying Printer Problems 64
Plug and Play Screen does not Appear (when the USB is connected)
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Failed to Install the Printer Driver (Windows 2000/XP) 66
Paper is not Fed into the Printer 67
Paper Jam 69
Printer Inoperative 70
Nothing Prints 71
Uninstalling the Printer Driver
Reinstalling the Printer Driver
Faint, Uneven or Smeared Print Output 75
Characters or Graphics are not Printed in Correct Position 76
Printed Lines are not Straight, or Have Blank Spaces 77
Unit does not Print in Colour 78
Printing is too Slow 79
How to Use the Online Manual
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How to Use the Online Manual
How to Use the Online Manual
This Online Manual provides instruction for the operation of your new printer. It is designed to assist you in the
operation of the Online Manual and provide you with all relevant information.
For more information about computers, operating systems and Acrobat Reader, please refer to the relevant
manual or help file.
How to Control the Online Manual
How to Print Out the Online Manual
In order to print out a hard copy of the Online Manual for your reference, go to Acrobat Reader, click the "File" menu,
and select "Print". After specifying the printer setting, click the "OK" button to print.
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Click the listed
items to display
the header of
that section.
Click this button to display theTable of Contents of the Online Manual.
From the Table of Contents you can jump to various pages.
Click this button to display the Index of the Online Manual. From the Index you
can jump to various pages.
Takes you back page by page.To return to the previous link, click the ( ) button
on the menu bar of the Acrobat Reader. Takes you forward page by page.
Following links
Links can connect parts of a document to other parts for further information. In this document, green coloured letters are linked areas.
To follow a link, select the hand tool ( ), a zoom tool, or a selection tool. Position the pointer over the linked area on the page until the pointer
changes to a hand with a pointing finger ( ). Then click the link.
In this online manual, screen images and operating procedures are mainly for Windows Me. With other versions of Windows,
some screen images may be different from those in this manual.

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Outline of the Printer Driver
What is the Printer Driver?
A printer driver is a program designed to convert print data from any application into data understandable by the printer
so that the printer can quickly and efficiently print out the data.
The five tabs of this printer driver are shown below.
By clicking the tabs displayed above, you will jump to a detailed description.
The items shown below can be setup on each tab.
Tab Name Setup Items
Paper/Quality Paper Source, Media, Paper Size, Banner Printing, Print Quality, Colour
Layout Orientation, Copies, Page Order, Collate, N-Up Printing
Scaling Zoom, Fit to Paper Size, Poster Printing
Watermark Watermark, Text, Size, Angle, Edit Colour, Edit Fonts
Utility Maintenance, About

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Starting the Printer Driver (part 1)
Open the printer driver setup screen by either of the methods shown below.
Reference:Starting the Printer Driver through an Application
Starting the Printer Driver using the "Start" Button
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Click the "Start" button.
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Select "Settings" and click "Printers".
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Click the "SHARP AJ-1100" printer driver icon in
the "Printers" window and from the "File" menu
select "Properties".
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Click the "Setup" tab.
The printer driver setup screen will appear.
On Windows NT 4.0, select "Document Defaults" to
open the printer driver setup screen.
Refer to the Windows manual or help file for more
information on the "General"tab, "Details" tab, "Colour
Management" tab and "Sharing" tab.

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Starting the Printer Driver (part 2)
Starting the Printer Driver through an Application
Follow the steps shown below to open the printer driver setup screen through WordPad. First, activate WordPad. (Click
the "Start" button, select "Programs", select "Accessories" and then click "WordPad".)
Reference:Starting the Printer Driver using the "Start" Button
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Go to "File" menu in WordPad, and select "Print".
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Select "SHARP AJ-1100" from the Printer Name
drop-down list.
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Click the "Properties" button to open the printer
driver setup screen.
If the dialog box is setup through an application, all
settings will be void when you quit the application.

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Printer Driver Functions
Tab
Index which allows you to
switch between the various
setup screens. ( ) button
After clicking this button, click
the preference located in the
dialog box you want to know
more about, and receive a
basic explanation.
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.
"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.
Check box
Click this option to
activate/deactivate each
function.
Quit button
Click this button to quit the
printer driver setup screen.
"Defaults" button
Returns settings to default
mode of the tab.Refer to the
information page for each tab
to check the values of the
default settings.
Drop-down list
Allows you to make one
selection from a list of choices.
Click the ( ) button to display
your choices.
Windows NT 4.0 does not
have the "Apply" button on
each screen.
Basic explanation is also
available by right-clicking
on the preference you want
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"Paper/Quality" Tab Settings (part 1)
On this tab, specify settings related to paper or print quality.
Reference:Quality guaranteed area and printable area
Select the paper size for your
document.
Only "Tray" is available with
this model.
On the above screen, click on options shown in the green boxes
to make additional changes.
Select the type of paper.
This option sets printing quality.
Set printer output preferences to
colour or greyscale.
Open to set output quality and
adjust colours.
When printing colour data
in greyscale mode, a small
amount of colour ink will
still be utilised. For this
reason, output colouration
will appear slightly different
from that obtained when
printing monochrome data.
Returns all user modified settings
back to default settings of this tab.
Media: Plain
Paper Size:A4 or Letter
Banner Printing: Off
Print Quality: Normal
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"Paper/Quality" Tab Settings (part 2)
Media
Select the type of paper to be used. Select from "Plain",
"Coated", "Photo", "Transparency", "T-shirt transfer", and
"Card Stock". Insert the paper that was selected into the tray.
For more information on various paper types, refer to the
following table.
Print Quality
This option sets printing speed and quality. You can trade off
speed for quality. "Draft" is the fastest and lowest quality,
"Best" is the slowest and best quality.
Media Description Media Usage
Plain Normal office paper
(copier paper and high quality
paper)
Corporate documents
Coated The print side of coated paper
is whiter. Graphics, Images
Photo The print sideofphotopaperis
glossy. Photographs
Transparency
Overhead presentation on clear
film. The print side of
transparency film is rougher.
Overhead
presentations
T-shirt transfer This media is to betransferred
to cloth materials by an iron. T-shirt, Place mat
Card Stock Thick plain paper Card printing
!Be sure to use Sharp recommended OHP films
when you select "Transparency".
!If you select "T-shirt transfer", the original image will
be reversed on the printed media to make a proper
image on the T-shirt.
!Dependingonthis"Media"setting,someofthe"Print
Quality" settings cannot be selected.
!If lines are broken when printing with "Draft", change
the setting to any other option.
!Some of the settings cannot be selected depending
on the "Media".
Draft
Sharp Rapid
Normal
Best
Select this option when you want to print text data
with high speed. If you print graphics, illustrations, or
lines with this option, the print quality is low.
Select this option when you want to print a document
containing graphics or illustrations with high speed.
This option provides a lower print quality than
"Normal" or "Best".
This option offers you normal print quality with normal
print speed.
Select this option when you want to get high print
quality for photographs or images.
* The print quality also depends on the specified (loaded) paper type.

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"Paper/Quality" Tab Settings (part 3)
Paper Size
Selectan appropriatepapersizeforyourdocumentfromdrop-down
list.
"Custom Size" button
Select "Custom" for "Paper Size" and then click this button to set
custom paper sizes for your document.
Banner Printing
Enable/disable "Banner Printing" setting. When this setting is
enabled, you can print up to 5 pages of A4 or letter size data
continuously without any white blanks on the page borders.
Generally, load the paper whose size corresponds to the
size you select for the "Paper Size". If you set different size
of paper into the tray, you may fail to print successfully. For
the detail of paper setting, refer to "LOADING PAPER" in
the Setup Guide and Operation Manual.
Size
8.5" x 11"
8.5" x 14"
7.25" x 10.5"
210mm x 297mm
148mm x 210mm
4.375" x 5.75"
3" x 5"
4" x 6"
5" x 8"
Paper
Letter 11" x 17"
Ledger (Fit to Page)*
Legal
Executive 297mm x 420mmA3 (Fit to Page)*
A4
A5
Invitation A2
Index card 3" x 5"
Index card 4" x 6"
Index card 5" x 8"
105mm x 148mm
A6
4.125" x 9.5"
110mm x 220mm
114mm x 162mm
257mm x 364mm
B4 (Fit to Page)*182mm x 257mm
B5
COM10
DL
C6
Custom
*When "Ledger (Fit to Page)", "A3 (Fit to Page)" or "B4 (Fit
to Page)" is selected, the printing image will be sized to fit
A4 or Letter size. If you want the image to be sized to fit
other sizes of paper, select the "Fit to Page" box.
Min. : 76.2mm x 127.0mm (3.00" x 5.00")
Max. : 215.9mm x 355.6mm (8.50" x 14.00")
"Banner Printing" is available when "A4" or "Letter" is
selected for "Paper Size".
!Openthepaper traysothatit isnearlyhorizontal(position
2) before inserting the banner paper.
!Maximum 5 sheets of banner paper can be used.
Click the up and down
arrows of the spin box, or
enter a number to
customize the width to
the custom paper you
wish to use.
Click the up and down
arrows of the spin box, or
enter a number to
customize the length to
the custom paper you
wish to use.
Select the units of
measurement for paper
size settings: either
"millimetres" or "inches".

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"Paper/Quality" Tab Settings (part 4)
Quality guaranteed area and printable area
This printer can print onto the following area of the paper. It is
recommended that you specify margins from your application
to fit within the quality guaranteed area.
Quality guaranteed area
Guaranteed area is inside 19mm from the top / bottom edge of
the paper, and 10mm from the right / left edge of the paper.
Printable area
The void area of the printer driver is 3mm from the paper edges.
The print quality may be degraded outside the guaranteed area
according to the contents of your document.
19mm
Quality
guaranteed area
Printable area
Printable area
3mm
3mm
3mm
3mm
19mm
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"Colour Adjustment" Settings
Set the colour matching as well as the brightness, contrast and colour balance of an image.
Check your colour image preferences
using this screen. Set the brightness, contrast and colour
balance level of your print job here.
Directly enter the figure or move the
scroll bar.
0% 100%
Returns all user modified settings back
to default settings of this dialog box.
Colour matching: SHARP Colour matching
Brightness: 50%
Contrast: 50%
Saturation: 50%
Red Strength: 50%
Green Strength: 50%
Blue Strength: 50%
• By selecting "ICM", both the
"Image" and "Colour Balance"
options become disabled.
• The "ICM" setting is
unavailable with Windows 95
or NT 4.0.
Allows you to select the Colour
Management System.
The Colour Management System
enables you to adjust the image colour
on your display to the result of the print
job.
SHARP Colour matching
Select this option to utilise SHARP's
original Colour Management System.
ICM
Select this option to utilise Windows
standard Colour Management
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"Layout" Tab Settings (part 1)
On this tab, specify a preferred option for each setting for output layout.
Not available when
"Banner Printing" is
enabled.
Set this feature to place
multiple reduced pages onto
a single page.
Set the number of copies
between 1 - 50.
On the above screen, click on options shown in the green boxes
to make additional changes.
Select the orientation for
your documents.
Check this box when you
want to print multiple pages
of document as collated
sets.
Choose the output order of
pages when printing
multiple pages. Returns all user modified
settings back to default
settings of this tab.
Orientation: Portrait
Page Order: Front to Back
Copies: 1
Collate: Off
N-Up Printing: 1-Up
The settings you made at
"Banner Printing",
"Orientation", "N-Up Printing"
and "Poster Printing" are
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"Layout" Tab Settings (part 2)
Orientation
Set the orientation for your documents either to "Portrait" or
"Landscape".
Portrait
Check this setting to print your documents vertically.
Landscape
Check this setting to print your documents horizontally.
Image Rotation
Enable/disable "Image Rotation" which rotates the printed image
by 180 degree. This function is available if "Landscape" is
selected for the "Orientation".
Page Order
Use this setting to specify the output order of multiple pages.
You can select "Front to Back" or "Back to Front".
If "COM10", "DL", "C6", or "Invitation
A2" is selected for the "Paper Size"
setting and set to "Landscape", the
paper will be output in the orientation
shown in the right illustration.
Image Rotation: On
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"Layout" Tab Settings (part 3)
N-Up Printing
Set this feature to place multiple reduced pages onto a single
page. Select the "2-Up" option to copy two pages or the "4-Up"
option to copy four pages onto a single printed page.
Collate
Whenmultiplecopiesareprinted,this settingplaceseachcopy
in numerical order.
For more detailed information, refer to the table below.
Example: When printing out two copies of a three-page document.
!The illustrations above assume that the paper size
selected for "Paper Size" setting corresponds to the
size of paper in the tray.
!When "Ledger (Fit to Page)", "A3 (Fit to Page)", "B4
(Fit to Page)", "COM10", "DL", "C6", "Invitation A2"
or "Custom" is selected for "Paper Size", "N-Up
Printing" is not available.
Orientation
Portrait Landscape
N-Up Printing
4-Up 2-Up
Collate Page Order Output Result
Front to Back
Front to Back
Back to Front
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"Scaling" Tab Settings (part 1)
On this tab, set the preferences for enlarging/reducing your document and poster printing.
Returns all user modified
settings back to default
settings of this tab.
Zoom: 100%
Fit to Page: Off
Poster Printing: None
Enables you to print an
enlarged image of one-
page document onto
separated multiple sheets
(4, 9, or 16 sheets).
Allows you to reduce or enlarge
the size of the print.
On the above screen, click on options shown in the green boxes
to make additional changes.
Enlarges/reduces the image to
fit to the size of paper in the
printer.
The settings you made at
"Banner Printing", "Orientation",
"N-Up Printing" and "Poster
Printing" are shown in this image.

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"Scaling" Tab Settings (part 2)
Zoom
Allows you to reduce or enlarge the size of the print from 25%
to 400% in 1% increments.
"100%" button
Click to return to 100% (default setting).
Fit to Paper Size
Fit to Page
Check this box to fit the document size to the paper size in the
printer automatically.
Source Size
The specified "Paper Size" appears in this box. Make sure that
the size appearing in this box corresponds to the document size.
Target Size
Select the size of the paper loaded in the printer.
Poster Printing
Select the number of sheets for "Poster Printing". "2 x 2" (4 sheets),
"3 x 3" (9 sheets), and "4 x 4" (16 sheets) are available.
Border
The border of each sheet is printed as shown in the illustration below
when this option is checked. This setting is useful for cropping margins
or pasting the sheets to each other.
Overlap area
Check this option to print overlapped images on multiple sheets. Use this
setting when you intend to paste the sheets without any space on the joint.
"Zoom" setting is not available when any of "Banner
Printing", "Fit to Paper Size", "N-Up Printing", or
"Poster Printing" setting is enabled.
!When "COM10", "DL", "C6" or "Invitation A2" is
selected for "Paper Size", "Zoom" and "Fit to Paper
Size" settings are disabled.
!"Fit to Paper Size" setting is not available when any
of "Banner Printing", "N-Up Printing", or "Poster
Printing" setting is enabled.
! When "Ledger (Fit to Page)", "A3 (Fit to Page)", "B4 (Fit to
Page)", "COM10", "DL", "C6", "Invitation A2" or "Custom" is
selected for "Paper Size", "Poster Printing" is not available.
!"Poster Printing" setting is not available when any of
"Banner Printing", "Fit to Paper Size", or "N-Up Printing"
setting is enabled.
Border
The same portion
of the image is
printed on both
sheets.

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"Watermark" Tab Settings (part 1)
Use this screen to set watermarks.
Use this screen to view
how the watermark will
appear on your
document.
You can drag the
watermark to your
favourite place by using
the mouse.
Select the type of watermark.
Use the scroll bar or enter a
figure to set the font size of a
watermark from 6 to 500 points.
Create your original watermark
in this box.
Use the scroll bar to set the
print angle of a watermark from
-90 to 90 degree.
(The angle can be set in 15
degree multiples.)
Returns all user modified
settings back to default settings
of this tab.
Watermark: (None)
On First Page Only: Off
Move the location of the
watermark using the
scroll bar.
Click this button to
centre a watermark in
the middle of the
document.
You cannot type the desired
angle value in this field.
On the above screen, click on options shown in the green boxes
to make additional changes.

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"Watermark" Tab Settings (part 2)
Watermark
Select a watermark from the drop-down list. Select from "TOP
SECRET", "CONFIDENTIAL", "DRAFT", "ORIGINAL" and
"COPY". No watermark will appear on the document if
"(None)" is selected.
Text
To add a new watermark, type in the preferred characters in this
box, and then click the "Add" button.
To change your original watermark, select the watermark to be
changed from the drop-down list of "Watermark", change the
characters appearing in this box appropriately, and then click the
"Update" button.
"Update" button
Select your original watermark from the drop-down list. After
adjusting the size and angle to suit your preferences, click the
"Update" button to save.
"Add" button
Enter your text over the currently displayed text and click this
button to add a new watermark.
After selecting a watermarkfromthe drop-down list andsettingits
size and angle, click this button to add new changes.
"Delete" button
To remove your original watermark from the drop-down list,
select it and click this button.
"Edit Colour" button
For setting the colour of a watermark, click this button to display
the "Colour" dialog box.
For more information on this dialog box, click the ( ) button, and
then point and click on the item that you want information on.
"Edit Fonts" button
To adjust the font styleof a watermark, click this button to display
the "Font" dialog box.
For more information on this dialog box, click the ( ) button, and
then point and click on the item that you want information on.
On First Page Only
Check this box to ensure a watermark is printed only on the first
page of the document. By leaving this box unchecked, the
watermark will appear on every page of the printed document.
You cannot permanently save changes to the size and
angle of a default watermark using this button. To
permanently save all new changes, use the "Add" button.
Default watermarks cannot be deleted.

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"Utility" Tab Settings
On this tab, you can open the "Maintenance" tab of the print status window.
"About" button
Click this button to display the "About" dialog box for information on the driver
name and version.
"Maintenance" button
Click to access maintenance options.
On the above screen, click on options shown in
the green boxes to make additional changes.