Sharp AJ-6110 Setup guide

Contents
Contents
How to Use the Online Manual 1
Printer Driver Settings 2
Outline of the Printer Driver
Starting the Printer Driver (Windows 95/98/Me/NT 4.0)
Starting the Printer Driver (Windows 2000/XP)
Printer Driver Functions
"Paper/Quality" Tab Settings (Windows 95/98/Me/NT 4.0)
"Paper/Quality" Tab Settings (Windows 2000/XP)
"Advanced Options" Settings (Windows 2000/XP)
"Layout" Tab Settings
"Scaling" Tab Settings
"Watermark" Tab Settings
"Utility" Tab Settings
Print 27
Printing Overview
Basic Printing
Printing a Watermark
Enlarge/Reduce the Printed Image
Printing Multiple Pages on One Page
Make a Poster
Printing a Photograph
Print Status Window 34
Outline of the Print Status Window
Print Status Window Functions
Understanding Error Messages
"Maintenance" Tab
"Options" Tab
Sharing Printer 39
Sharing the Printer using Windows Networking
Shared Printer Settings
Client Settings
Scanning 42
Outline of the Scanner Driver
Starting the Scanner Driver
Scanning an Image
Scanner Driver Functions
"Standard" Scan Preferences
"Professional" Scan Preferences ("Main" Tab)
"Professional" Scan Preferences ("Image" Tab)
"Professional" Scan Preferences ("Preference" Tab)
"Standard Mode Setting" Dialog Box
Preview Screen
Variation Preview Screen
Default Settings for the Scanner Driver
Button Manager 56
Outline of Button Manager
Button Manager Functions
Button Manager Settings
"Scan Setup" Settings
"Application Selection" Settings
Default Setting for Each Function
Time to Change the Ink Tank 63
Changing the Ink Tank 64
Test Print Head 67
Cleaning the Print Head 68
Changing the Print Head 69
Aligning the Print Head 72
Identifying Unit Problems 74
Check the Connection between the Unit and Computer 75
Check Your Computer 76
Failed to Install the Device Driver (when the USB is connected)
Failed to Install the Device Driver (Windows 2000/XP)
Faint, Uneven or Smeared Print Output 79
Characters or Graphics are not Printed in Correct Position 80
Printed Lines are not Straight, or Have Blank Spaces 81
Unit does not Print in Colour 82
Nothing Prints 83
Poor Scanning Result 84
The Scanned Image is Incorrectly Positioned 85
Unable to Scan the Image 86
Uninstalling AJ-6110 Software 87
Reinstalling AJ-6110 Software 88
How to Use the Online Manual
Print
Scanning
Maintenance
Troubleshooting

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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 unit. 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 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 forward page by page.
Takes you back page by page.To return to the previous link,
click the ( ) button on the menu bar of the Acrobat Reader.
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.
Using Bookmarks
This online manual has Bookmarks on the main pages of each section. You can move to the desired pages by simply clicking its bookmark. To use
Bookmarks, show the bookmarks by clicking the "Bookmarks" tab ofthe "Show/Hide Navigation Pane" icon ( ), and then click the bookmark of the
destination page.
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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Printer Driver Settings
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.
Windows 95/98/Me/NT 4.0 Windows 2000/XP
Tab Name Setup Items
Paper/Quality Windows 95/98/Me/NT 4.0
Paper Source, Media, Paper Size, Banner Printing, Print Quality, Colour
Windows 2000/XP
Paper Source, Media, Quality Settings, Colour, Advanced
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

Printer Driver Settings
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Starting the Printer Driver (Windows 95/98/Me/NT 4.0) (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-6110" 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.

Printer Driver Settings
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Starting the Printer Driver (Windows 95/98/Me/NT 4.0) (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-6110" 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.

Printer Driver Settings
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Starting the Printer Driver (Windows 2000/XP) (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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1
Click the "Start" button.
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2
Select "Settings" and click "Printers".
On Windows XP, click "Control Panel", click "Printers and
Other Hardware", and then click "Printers and Faxes".
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3
Click the "SHARP AJ-6110" printer driver icon and
from the "File" menu select "Printing Preferences".
The printer driver setup screen will appear.

Printer Driver Settings
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Starting the Printer Driver (Windows 2000/XP) (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" ("All Programs" on Windows XP), 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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2
Select "SHARP AJ-6110" printer driver icon from
"Select Printer" area.
You can setup the preferences for the printer driver through
the five tabs of "Paper/Quality", "Layout", "Scaling",
"Watermark", and "Utility".
On Windows XP, click the "Preferences" 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.

Printer Driver Settings
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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
to know.

Printer Driver Settings
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"Paper/Quality" Tab Settings (Windows 95/98/Me/NT 4.0) (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.
Select the paper source.
Select the type of paper.
This option sets printing quality.
Returns all user modified settings
back to default settings of this tab.
Paper Source:Tray
Media: Plain
Paper Size: A4 or Letter
Banner Printing: Off
Print Quality: Normal
Colour: Colour
On the above screen, click on options shown in the green boxes
to make additional changes.
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.

Printer Driver Settings
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"Paper/Quality" Tab Settings (Windows 95/98/Me/NT 4.0) (part 2)
Paper Source
Select "Tray" or "Bypass" for your print job.
Tray
Paper is fed to the printer from the paper tray.
Bypass
Paper will be fed to the printer from the bypass tray. Only one
sheet can be loaded into the bypass tray. To prepare for printing
from the bypass tray, open the bypass tray, align the paper along
the paper guide and press the START button ( ) when prompted
by a message from the unit. The paper will be fed slightly into the
unit and print job preparation will then be completed.
When printing one page:
After loading paper into the bypass tray as described above, and
depressing the unit's START button ( ), select "Bypass" as the
setting for "Paper Source" to start the printing job.
When printing more than one page:
"Please set a sheet of paper on bypass and press the START
button" message will appear on the print status window when
printing of the first page has completed. Load the paper again for
the next page, and then press the START button ( ). Repeat
this process for each page.
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.
Make sure to insert banner paper through the bypass tray.
Max. 5 sheets of banner paper can be set to the bypass
tray.
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 side of photo
paper is 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 be
transferred 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.
!When "Card Stock" is selected, be sure to turn the
paper knob to ( ) setting to feed the thicker card
stock.
!Dependingonthis"Media"setting,someofthe"Print
Quality" settings cannot be selected.

Printer Driver Settings
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"Paper/Quality" Tab Settings (Windows 95/98/Me/NT 4.0) (part 3)
Paper Size
Selectan appropriatepapersizeforyourdocumentfrom drop-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")
!When "Banner Printing" is enabled, "Bypass" is
automatically selected for "Paper Source".
!"Banner Printing" is available when "A4" or "Letter" is
selected for "Paper Size".
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".

Printer Driver Settings
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"Paper/Quality" Tab Settings (Windows 95/98/Me/NT 4.0) (part 4)
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.
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.
!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.
19mm
Quality
guaranteed area
Printable area
Printable area
3mm
3mm
3mm
3mm
19mm
10mm
10mm

Printer Driver Settings
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"Paper/Quality" Tab Settings (Windows 95/98/Me/NT 4.0) (part 5)
"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
System.

Printer Driver Settings
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"Paper/Quality" Tab Settings (Windows 2000/XP) (part 1)
On this tab, specify settings related to paper or print quality.
Select the paper source.
Select the type of paper.
This option sets printing
quality.
Select from "Best", "Normal",
and "Draft".
On the above screen, click on options shown in the green boxes
to make additional changes.
Set printer output preferences
to colour or greyscale.
Click this button when
you intend to change the
settings below.
Paper Size,
Custom Size,
Banner Printing,
Print Quality,
Colour Adjustment
"Custom" is selected
automatically by changing
the "Print Quality" of
"Advanced" settings.
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.

Printer Driver Settings
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"Paper/Quality" Tab Settings (Windows 2000/XP) (part 2)
Paper Source
Select "Tray" or "Bypass" for your print job.
Tray
Paper is fed to the printer from the paper tray.
Bypass
Paper will be fed to the printer from the bypass tray. Only one
sheet can be loaded into the bypass tray. To prepare for printing
from the bypass tray, open the bypass tray, align the paper along
the paper guide and press the START button ( ) when prompted
by a message from the unit. The paper will be fed slightly into the
unit and print job preparation will then be completed.
When printing one page:
After loading paper into the bypass tray as described above, and
depressing the unit's START button ( ), select "Bypass" as the
setting for "Paper Source" to start the printing job.
When printing more than one page:
"Please set a sheet of paper on bypass and press the START
button" message will appear on the print status window when
printing of the first page has completed. Load the paper again for
the next page, and then press the START button ( ). Repeat
this process for each page.
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.
Make sure to insert banner paper through the bypass tray.
Max. 5 sheets of banner paper can be set to the bypass
tray.
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 side of photo
paper is 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 be
transferred 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.
!When "Card Stock" is selected, be sure to turn the
paper knob to ( ) setting to feed the thicker card
stock.
!Dependingonthis"Media"setting,someofthe"Print
Quality" settings on the "Advanced Options" cannot
be selected.

Printer Driver Settings
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"Advanced Options" Settings (Windows 2000/XP) (Part 1)
Thisdialogboxappearswhenyou clickthe"Advanced"button onthe"Paper/Quality"tab.Youcan make detailed
settings for printing on this dialog box.
Reference: Quality guaranteed area and printable area
Select the paper size for your document.
Allows you to customize the size of the paper.
Enable/disable banner printing.
Open to set output quality and adjust colours.
This option sets printing quality.
On the above screen, click on options shown in
the green boxes to make additional changes.

Printer Driver Settings
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"Advanced Options" Settings (Windows 2000/XP) (Part 2)
Paper Size
Select an appropriate paper size for your document from drop-
down list.
"Setup" button (Custom Size)
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")
!When "Banner Printing" is enabled, "Bypass" is
automatically selected for "Paper Source".
!"Banner Printing" is available when "A4" or "Letter" is
selected for "Paper Size".
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".

Printer Driver Settings
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"Advanced Options" Settings (Windows 2000/XP) (Part 3)
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.
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.
!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" setting on the "Paper/Quality" tab.
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.
19mm
Quality
guaranteed area
Printable area
Printable area
3mm
3mm
3mm
3mm
19mm
10mm
10mm

Printer Driver Settings
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"Advanced Options" Settings (Windows 2000/XP) (Part 4)
"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.
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
System.