Sharp AR-M207 manual

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    Be sure to become thoroughly f amiliar with this manual to gain the maximum benefit from the product. Before installing this pr oduct, be sure to read the cautions and installation requirements sections. Be sure to keep all oper ation manuals handy f or ref erence including this manual, the "Operation man ual (f or general inf or mation and co[...]

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    Caution: For compl ete el ectrica l disc onnect ion, pu ll out the main p lug. The socke t-outlet shoul d be in stalled near the e quipme nt and s hould be easil y acce ssible . FOR YOUR R ECORDS . .. To protect against lo ss or theft, record and retain for reference the machine's serial number located on the b ack of the unit. Model Number Se[...]

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    1 Part 1: General Information[...]

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    2[...]

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    3 Notes • Consider able care ha s been taken in prepari ng this m anual. If you hav e any comments or con cerns a bout the manual, p lease contact your nearest SHARP Se rvice Departmen t. • This pr oduct has undergon e strict qu ality c ontrol an d inspec tion pro cedures. In the unlik ely ev ent that a de fect or other prob lem is disco vered,[...]

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    4 CONTENTS Part 1: General Information PRODUCT CONFIGURA TIONS ....... .... ....... .... ..... ...... ..... .... ....... .... ..... ...... ..... ...... ..... .... ....... .... ..... ..... ..... .. 3 CAUTIONS ....... .... ..... ...... ..... .... ....... .... .... ....... ..... .... ....... .... .... ....... .... ..... ...... ..... .... ..... ...... [...]

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    5 CONTENTS Part 2: Copier Operation 4 COPY FUNCTIONS NORMAL COPYING ......... ..... .... ....... .... ....... .... 45 ● MAKING A COPY DARKER OR L IGHTER ....4 8 ● SELECTING THE TRAY .................. ............... 49 ● SETTING THE NUM BER OF COP IES .. .........49 ● SELECTING THE ORIG INAL SIZE .............. ..50 ● USING THE BY PASS T[...]

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    6 CAUTIONS Follow the cauti ons belo w when us ing this mach ine. CAUTIONS ON USING Warning: • The fusin g area is hot. E xerci se care in thi s area w hen remov ing m isfed pap er. • Do not loo k direc tly at the light source . Doing so may d amage y our ey es. Caut ion: • Do not switc h the ma chine ra pidly on a nd off. Af ter turni ng the[...]

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    7 CAUTIONS LASER INFORMATION Wave length 785 nm +10 nm -15 nm Pulse ti mes North Ame rica: (3.1 µs ± 3.1 ns )/7 mm Europe: (3.7 µs ± 3.7 ns) /7 mm Output po wer Max 0.8 mW At the prod uction l ine, the ou tput power o f the sca nner unit i s adjust ed to 0.8 M ILLIWATT PLUS 1 0 % and i s maintaine d constant b y the oper ation of the Au tomatic[...]

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    8 INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS Improper insta llation may damage this product. Please note the following during initial installation and wh enever the machine is moved. 1. The machine should be installed near an accessible power outlet for easy connection. 2. Be sure to connect the p ower cord only to a p ower outlet that meets the specified voltage a[...]

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    9 MANUALS PROVIDED WITH THE PRODUCT Multipl e manu als are pr ovided for use of the mach ine. P lease rea d eac h manu al as ap propria te for th e functio ns tha t you wis h to use. Operation manual (for general i nformation and copier) (this manual): The firs t half of this ma nual c ontains g enera l inform ation on th e mac hine, inc ludin g sa[...]

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    10 MAIN FEATURES High-speed laser copyin g • First-copy time* 1 at 300 d pi* 2 is only 7.2 sec onds. • Copying speed is 20 (AR- M207) or 16 (AR -M162) c opies p er minute . This pr ovides a big b oost to wor kplace produc tivity. *1 Measured af ter the mac hine has warmed up following p ower-on, copyi ng using the docu ment glas s (8-1/2" [...]

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    11 MAIN FEATURES Fax functi on (op tion) Install ation o f the optio nal facs imile ex pansion kit en ables the plain-p aper, Su per G3 l aser fa x functio n to be used. Network connection (option) The opti onal networ k expans ion kit (A R-NB3) can be installe d to enabl e the machin e to be used as a network pr inter and networ k scanner . Enviro[...]

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    12 1 BEFORE USING THE PRODUCT This ch apter con tains bas ic info rmation required fo r use of the mac hine. Pl ease rea d this c hapter bef ore usi ng the mach ine. PART NAMES AND FUNCTIONS (1) USB 2.0 port (USB-2) (when the dual function board is installed) Connect t o your com puter to th is port to use the printer a nd scann er functi ons. (2) [...]

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    13 BEFORE USING THE PRODUCT 1 (15) Document cover (when installed) Open to make a co py from the docum ent gla ss. (16) Side cov er Open to remove m isfed pap er. (17) Side cov er ha ndle Pull to open the s ide cov er. (18) Bypass tray guide s Adjust to the wi dth of the p aper w hen using the bypass tray. (19) Bypass tr ay Specia l paper (hea vy p[...]

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    14 BEFORE USING THE PRODUCT OPERATION PANEL (1) Keys for fax function (when the fax option is installed) These ar e used in fax m ode. For mo re informa tion, see the "O pera tion m anual (fo r facsim ile)" t hat acc ompan ies t he opti onal facsim ile expa nsion kit. (2) [COPY] key / indicator Press to select c opy mod e. If pr essed whe[...]

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    15 BEFORE USING THE PRODUCT 1 (13) LINE STATUS indicator (when the fax option is installed) This key is used in fax mo de. For mo re informa tion, see the "O pera tion m anual (fo r facsim ile)" t hat acc ompan ies t he opti onal facsim ile expa nsion kit. (14) [FAX] key / indicator (when the fax option is installed) LINE indicator, DATA [...]

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    16 BEFORE USING THE PRODUCT Display (base screen) Example: Copy mode * The d isplay s hown is th e AR-M207 (whe n the o ptional RSPF is ins talled) di splay. Icons a ppeari ng in the spec ial fu nction icon di splay * These only app ear when the dual function b oard is installe d. (1) Exposure display Indicate s the sel ected exposure mode. (2) Spe[...]

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    17 1 TURNING THE POWER ON AND OFF The power switch i s locate d on the le ft side of the mac hine. POWER ON Turn the power swit ch to the "ON" positi on • It will take about 45 seconds for the ma chine to warm u p. • When t he power s witch is turned to the "ON" positio n, the messag e "Sys tem ch eck." will appe a[...]

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    18 BEFORE USING THE PRODUCT Default settings The machi ne is s et at the fac tory to return a ll settin gs to the d efault settin gs one mi nute after a copy j ob is fi nished (auto clear function) or when the [CA] key is presse d. When the setti ngs return to the default se ttings , any functio ns that were sele cted are canc eled. The aut o clear[...]

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    19 BEFORE USING THE PRODUCT 1 Special paper Follow these gui delines when usi ng spe cial paper . • Use SHAR P recom mended transpa rency f ilm and l abel shee ts. Using other than SHARP recom mended paper may re sult in m isfeeds or sm udges on the outp ut. • There ar e many v arieties of sp ecial p aper ava ilable on the ma rket, and some ca [...]

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    20 BEFORE USING THE PRODUCT Loading paper in the bypass tray 1 Open the bypa ss tr ay. Pull ou t the bypas s tray extensi on to load 8-1/2 " x 14" and 11" x 17" ( B4 and A 3) siz e paper. 2 Set the bypass tr ay guid es to the paper width. 3 Insert the copy paper (print side down) all the way into the bypass tray. Make su re tha [...]

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    21 BEFORE USING THE PRODUCT 1 CHANGING THE PAPER SIZE SETTI NG OF A TRAY If the si ze of t he loaded p aper is differen t from the size shown in the displ ay, foll ow the s teps belo w to ch ange the paper siz e settin g of the tray. The pap er size s etting ca nnot be chang ed during copyin g, printi ng, fax prin ting ( when th e fax opti on is in[...]

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    22 BEFORE USING THE PRODUCT DISABLING (ENA BLING) AUTO TRAY SWITCHING When au to tra y switchin g is en abled and pap er runs out durin g cop ying or p rinting, the jo b will contin ue usi ng paper from a d ifferent t ray if that tr ay has the sa me size of paper in t he sam e orienta tion. (Thi s functi on does no t oper ate when usi ng the byp as[...]

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    23 1 AUDITING MODE When auditing mode is en abled, a count is kept of the pages printed by each accoun t. The page counts can be viewed in the display. This function is enabled in the key op erator programs. (For the counts in copy, print, and scan modes, see the "Key operator's guide". For the counts in fa x mode, see the "Oper[...]

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    24 2 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE This ch apter explains general trou bleshooti ng and mainte nance procedu res su ch as re moving m isfeeds , replac ing the toner cartridg e, and cl eaning the machine, as well a s troubl eshootin g for t he copy f unction. Fo r troubl eshootin g for the f ax functi on, print er fun ction, and scanner functio n,[...]

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    25 2 TROUBLESHOOTING MACHINE/COPYING PR OBLEMS Check the fo llowin g troublesho oting li st before re quest ing servic e as many pro blems can be fixed by the us er. If you are una ble to sol ve the pr oblem by check ing the li st, turn off the p ower swit ch, unp lug th e power c ord. Proble ms related to gene ral u se of the m achin e and cop yin[...]

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    26 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE The paper siz e used for the copy is different from the selected p aper s ize (par t of t he i mage i s cut off or too much of the page is blank). The original was place d in the wrong position. → Plac e th e orig ina l co rre ctly. 45 An appropriate ratio was not used for the size of the original and the size o[...]

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    27 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENAN CE 2 The original size is not auto mati ca lly se lect ed or the copy is not made on paper th at mat ches t he size of the original. Was the SPF (or document cover) opened completely when the original w as placed on the do cument glass? → Open t he SPF complete ly and then place th e origin al on the do cument gla[...]

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    28 INDICATORS AND DISPLAY MESSAGES If one of th e foll owing mes sages ap pears in the disp lay, take prom pt action as inst ructed by the m essage. < >: Tray nu mber < >: Size of paper that should be loaded Message Action (Mainte nance ic on) It is ti me for re gular ma intenanc e. Contact y our SHA RP se rvice ce nter. (Devel oper rep[...]

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    29 2 REMOVING MISFEEDS When a misfeed occurs du ring copying, the message " Clear paper pat h." and the location of t he misfeed will appear. Check th e locati on and re move the m isfeed. First check t he misfeed loca tion. * The i llustratio n shows mis feed loca tions in the AR-M2 07 (when the RSPF is ins talled). ORIGINAL MISFEED IN T[...]

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    30 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE 2 Open and cl ose th e SPF. Opening and clos ing the c over clears th e misfeed disp lay. Copying ca nnot be resu med unti l this step is perfo rmed. A message may a ppear in dicat ing the number o f origin als whic h must be returne d to the document feeder t ray. Return the origi nals to t he doc ument feeder t [...]

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    31 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENAN CE 2 MISFEED IN THE MACHINE To remov e a pap er misf eed from t he machin e, the b ypass tra y and t hen the side cover must be opened . Check whether the misfee d occurr ed in A, B , or C bel ow and then follow the misfe ed remov al procedu re for th at locati on. 1 Open the bypa ss tray and then the sid e cove r. [...]

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    32 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE Misfeed in B 1 Open the front cov er. Push ge ntly o n both ends o f the front co ver. 2 Turn the roller rotating knob in the direction of the arrow. 3 Lower the right and left fusing unit release levers and re move the m isfed paper. Be care ful not to tear the mi sfed paper du ring remov al. 4 Lift the fusing un[...]

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    33 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENAN CE 2 Misfeed in C 1 Lower (1) in the illus tration, open the fusing unit paper guide, and remove the misfed paper. Be care ful not to tear the mi sfed paper du ring remov al. 2 If the misfed paper cannot be removed by the previous st ep, remove it from the paper output area. Be care ful not to tear the mi sfed paper[...]

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    34 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE MISFEED IN TRAY 2 1 Open the side cover. Grasp the handle to open the side co ve r. 2 Remove the misfed paper. Be care ful not to tear the mi sfed paper du ring remov al. 3 If there was no misfed paper in step 2, pull out tray 2 and remove the misfed paper. Be care ful not to tear the mi sfed paper du ring remov a[...]

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    35 2 REPLACING THE TONER CARTRIDGE When t he toner r eplace ment ic on ( ) appear s, lit tle ton er remains . Obtai n a repl acemen t cartri dge as s oon as p ossibl e. When the message " Add ton er. Can no t copy or print." ap pears i n the disp lay, the tone r cartridge must be replaced before c opying c an be res umed. Follow t he step[...]

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    36 CHECKING THE TOTAL OUTPUT COUNT To check the total number of pages output in copy, print, an d fax m odes and the total scan count in scanner m ode, ho ld down the [COPY ] key whe n the ma chine i s in the s tandby state. Th e cou nts will appear while t he ke y is held d own. The total ou tput c ount and the to tal scan co unt can be use d as a[...]

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    37 2 CLEANING THE MACHINE CLEANING THE DOCUMENT GLASS AND SPF/DOCUMENT COVER If the docume nt glass, S PF, under side of the doc ument cover, or the sc anner for or iginals coming fro m SPF (A) (the long narr ow glass surface on the righ t side of the docume nt glass ) becom e dirty, the dirt may appea r on copi es. Always k eep the se parts clean.[...]

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    38 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE CLEANING THE TRANSFER CHARGER If white or black lines a ppear in copie s or the image is blotc hy, the tr ansfe r charger may be dirty. Follow the steps below to c lean the char ger. 1 Turn the power switch off. 2 Open the bypass tray and the side cover. 3 While lifting the handle, gently pull out tray 1. 4 Take o[...]

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    39 2 ADJUSTING THE DISPLAY CONTRAST The co ntrast of the displ ay can be adju sted a s explaine d below . 1 Press the [SPECIAL FUNCTION] ke y. The sp ecial fu nction screen wi ll appea r. 2 Select "DISPLAY CONTRAST" with the [ ] or [ ] key. 3 Press t he [OK] ke y. The di splay contra st adjustm ent scr een will appear. 4 Adjust the contra[...]

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    40 3 PERIPHERAL DEVICES AND SUPPLIES Optiona l equipm ent and supplies are ex plain ed in this chapter . To purc hase opti onal eq uipment an d suppli es, contact your deale r or SHA RP ser vice. OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT Conveni ent opti onal equi pment can be ins talled o n the ma chine as neede d. Yes: Can be insta lled. No: Cannot b e instal led. *1 T[...]

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    41 PERIPHERAL DEVICES AND SUPPLIES 3 REVERSING SINGLE PASS FEEDER / SINGLE PASS FEEDER For the names of the parts of the RSPF / SPF, see "PART NAMES AND FUNCTIONS" (page 12). Specifications *1 Two-si ded scanning i s not possi ble. *2 During o ne-sided copying 250-SHEET PAPER FEED UNIT / 2 X 250-SHEET PAPER FEED UNIT • The 250-sheet pap[...]

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    42 PERIPHERAL DEVIC ES AND SUPPLIES DUAL FUNCTI ON BOARD A dual f unction b oard can be ins talled to add a var iety of cop y functi ons an d enable u se of the p rinter d river for th e dual fu nction b oard, which is a mo re a dvanced printer driver than th e sta ndard p rinter driver. For c opy fun ction s that can be u sed, see "CO NVENIEN[...]

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    43 Part 2: Copier Operation[...]

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    45 4 COPY FUNCTIONS This ch apter explains the ba sic pr ocedure s for mak ing cop ies, inc luding s elect ion of the copy ratio and other copy settings. NORMAL COPYING This se ction explains how to make a r egular c opy. If "Audi ting m ode" has been en abled (p age 23), e nter you r 5-dig it accou nt numb er. Copying from th e document [...]

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    46 COPY FUNCTIONS 5 Press the [START] key ( ) to begin copying. The copy wil l be deli vered to the cent er t ray . Copying from t he SPF 1 Open the SPF and make sure tha t an original has not been left on the documen t g lass . Ge ntly cl ose t he SPF . 2 Adjust the original guides to the si ze of the original(s). 3 Place the origina l(s) fa ce up[...]

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    47 COPY FUNCTIONS 4 Auto paper select mode When auto paper select mode is en abled, "AUTO" appears in the pa per size display. This function automatically selects paper that is the same size as the origina l (5-1/2" x 8-1/2", 8-1/2" x 11", 8-1/2" x 11"R, 8-1/2" x 13", 8-1/2" x 14", 11"[...]

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    48 COPY FUNCTIONS MAKING A COPY DARKER OR LIGHTER The co py exposur e ca n be adjus ted as nee ded to t he original . Three exposure modes are availa ble: " AUTO", "TEXT " and "PH OTO". W hen "T EXT" or "PHOTO " is se lecte d, the e xposur e can be m anuall y adjus ted to 5 levels . Auto This is the[...]

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    49 COPY FUNCTIONS 4 SELECTING THE TRAY By defau lt the au to paper s elect func tion (pa ge 47) ope rates, and thus the app ropria te tray is autom atically select ed when the o riginal is placed on the d ocument g lass or in the do cument feeder tray , or when the or iginal s ize is specif ied. If you wish to use a tr ay other than the a utomati c[...]

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    50 COPY FUNCTIONS SELECTING THE ORIGINAL SIZE If you loaded a non-stan dard size* original or the original size was not correctly detected, set the original size manually. Perform the following steps after placing th e document in the document feeder tray or on the docume nt glass. 1 Press the [SPECIAL FUNCTION] key. The special function screen wil[...]

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    51 COPY FUNCTIONS 4 USING THE BYPASS TRAY TO COPY A SPECIAL SIZE ORIGINAL When the bypas s tray is b eing u sed for copy ing an d an orig inal th at is pla ced on the d ocume nt glass is detect ed as being a s pecia l size , the disp lay wi ll prom pt the user to se t the orig inal s ize. T o make a c opy in thi s type o f situa tion, follow th e s[...]

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    52 REDUCING OR ENLARGING A COPY There ar e three wa ys to enlarge and reduc e copie s: • Automati c selec tion o f a ratio a ccording to the p aper si ze: Au to ratio sel ectio n • Specifyi ng a ratio from 25% to 400%: P reset ratios /zoom • Selecti ng the vertic al and hor izontal ratios separate ly: XY z oom AUTOMATIC RATIO SELECTION 1 Plac[...]

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    53 COPY FUNCTIONS 4 3 Sele ct a pres et rati o with the [ ] or [ ] key, or set the rat io (zoom) with the [ ] or [ ] key. [ ] key: Sel ect a larger p reset rati o [ ] key: Select a smaller p reset ratio [ ] key: De crease the ra tio in increm ents of 1% [ ] key: In crea se the ratio in increm ents o f 1% • Preset reduc tion ratio s are: 95 %, 77%[...]

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    54 SELECTING THE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL COPY RATIOS SEPARATELY (XY zoom copying) Separa te ratio se tting s can be sele cted fo r the leng th and width of a copy. Exampl e: Reducti on only i n the h orizont al direc tion • This featu re canno t be us ed with the 2 in 1 / 4 in 1 fea ture or car d sh ot feature (when the dual fu nction bo ard is i[...]

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    55 COPY FUNCTIONS 4 7 Pres s the key. The ve rtic al ra tio ca n now be sele cted. 8 Set t he ver tical ra tio wi th the [ ], [ ], [ ], or [ ] keys. A pres et ratio can be se lected with the [ ] o r [ ] keys. The ratio can be adjus ted in increm ents o f 1% with the [ ] or [ ] keys. To change the cop y ratio in the horizo ntal dire ction agai n, pr[...]

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    56 TWO-SIDED COPYING TWO-SIDED COPYING The machi ne is c apable of the f ollowing types of a utomati c two-side d copyi ng. The c opy paper i s turned over automati cally, a llowing t wo-si ded copy ing to be accom plished with ea se. *1 The optional single p ass feeder (AR -SP6N) or r eversing single p ass feeder (AR -RP6N) is requ ired. *2 The op[...]

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    57 COPY FUNCTIONS 4 TWO-SIDED COP YING OF ONE-SI DED OR IGINALS • Paper siz es that c an be used are 11 " x 17", 8 -1/2" x 14", 8-1/2 " x 13 ", 8-1/2" x 11", 8-1/ 2" x 1 1"R, A3 , B4, A4 , A4R, B5, B5 R and A5 . • Automati c two-si ded c opying i s not pos sible whe n the b ypass tray is use d. [...]

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    58 COPY FUNCTIONS Copying from th e document glass 1 Place the original for the f ront side of the copy on the document glass, and clos e the SPF. 2 Press the [DUPLEX ] key. The du plex m ode s elect ion screen a ppears. 3 Se l e ct " 1 to 2 " w i t h th e [ ] o r [ ] k e y, or with the [DUPLE X] key. 4 If you wish to have the orientation[...]

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    59 COPY FUNCTIONS 4 TWO-SIDED COP IES OF TWO-SIDED ORIGI NALS (ONLY WHEN USING THE RSPF) • Paper siz es that c an be used are 11 " x 17", 8 -1/2" x 14", 8-1/2 " x 13 ", 8-1/2" x 11", 8-1/ 2" x 1 1"R, A3 , B4, A4 , A4R, B5, B5 R and A5 . • Automati c two-si ded c opying i s not pos sible whe n th[...]

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    60 COPY FUNCTIONS ONE-SIDED COPIES OF TWO-SIDED ORIGINALS (ONLY WHEN USING THE RSPF) • Paper siz es that c an be used are 11 " x 17", 8 -1/2" x 14", 8-1/2 " x 13 ", 8-1/2" x 11", 8-1/ 2" x 1 1"R, A3 , B4, A4 , A4R, B5, B5 R and A5 . • Automati c two-si ded c opying i s not pos sible whe n the b [...]

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    61 4 TWO-SIDED COPIES USING THE BYPASS TRAY Follow the st eps below to per form tw o-side d copyin g manua lly. Exampl e: Copyin g origin al A a nd origi nal B ont o both sid es of t he pape r 1 Copy original A. 2 Place or iginal B as shown be low. Vertically-oriented original: If the or iginal i s orien ted vertic all y, plac e it in the same or i[...]

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    62 DUAL PAGE COPY (Dual page copy) The dua l page copy fun ction produce s separ ate co pies o f open boun d ori ginal pag es. Thi s function i s co nvenient when you wish to ma ke a s eparate copy of e ach pa ge of a book or othe r boun d documen t. 1 Place the original on the document glass, aligning the division between the pages with the size m[...]

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    63 4 INTERRUPTING A COPY RUN (Interrupt copying) A copy run can be temporarily interrup ted to allow another copy job to be perfo rmed. (Interrupt copying) When the other job is finished, the copy run will resume using the original copy settings. • Interrupt copying is not possible when the document glass is being used for a copy job and "NO[...]

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    64 5 CONVENIENT COPY FUNCTIONS This ch apter explains conven ient c opy func tions that can be used when the dua l func tion boar d (AR-EB 9) is insta lled. Select conv enient co py fun ctions a fter press ing the [COPY] key to se lect cop y mod e. ROTATING THE IMAGE 90 DEGREES (Rotation copy) When " Auto p aper se lect mod e" or "au[...]

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    65 CONVENIENT COPY FUNCTIONS 5 1 Place the orig inals i n the docum ent feeder tray or the first original on the document glass. If the ori ginals are plac ed in the document feeder tray, sort mode will be au tomatical ly selecte d. This can be c hanged to no sort i n the key operator programs . (See the "Key operator's guide".) If t[...]

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    66 COPYING MULTIPLE ORIGINALS ONTO A SINGLE SHEET OF PAPER (2 in 1 / 4 in 1 copy) Multipl e origi nals can be co pied on to a sing le sh eet of pa per in a selected layo ut. This func tion is conveni ent when y ou wish to present multip le pages in a comp act fo rmat, or sh ow a vi ew of all pages i n a docum ent. One of tw o layo uts can b e selec[...]

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    67 CONVENIENT COPY FUNCTIONS 5 5 Select "2in1/4in1 " with the [ ] or [ ] key. 6 Press t he [OK] ke y. The 2 in 1 / 4 in 1 selec tion sc reen wil l appear. 7 Select "2 in1" or "4in 1" with the [ ] or [ ] key. 8 Press t he [OK] ke y. The setti ngs for 2 in 1 or 4 in 1 will appear. 9 Select the layout with the [ ] or [ ] [...]

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    68 CREATING MARGINS WHEN COPYING (Margin shift) The margin shift functio n shifts the image to create a margin at the edge of the paper . By default the functio n creates a 1/2" (10 mm) m argin at the left edg e of the paper. • You can select w hether to c reate a margin a t the top edge or a t the le ft edge of the paper . • Five sel ecti[...]

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    69 5 ERASING SHADOWS AROUND THE EDGES OF A COPY (Erase copy) This feat ure is u sed to er ase shad ows that ap pear a round the edges of copie s of bo oks and o ther t hick or iginals . (Edge e rase) The fea ture can also eras e the shado w that ap pears d own the cen ter of books an d other or iginal s that open up. (Center er ase) Both th e shado[...]

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    70 CONVENIENT COPY FUNCTIONS 7 Select the er asure width w ith the [ ] or [ ] key. If you se lect 0 " (0 mm), the printed result i s the same a s when "O FF" is sele cted. 8 Press t he [OK] ke y. You will return to th e bas e screen . 9 Select other copy settings as needed and press the [START] key ( ) . To cancel an edge e rase sett[...]

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    71 5 CARD SHOT When co pying a c ard, thi s func tion allows you to pr int th e front and back s ides of th e card n ext to e ach other on a single sheet of pape r. This func tion creat es 2 in 1 images of the fr ont and back side of the car d and cen ters them on the paper. • Paper can not be fe d from the bypass tr ay. • The car d shot fu nct[...]

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    72 CONVENIENT COPY FUNCTIONS 8 Press t he [START ] key ( ). The front si de of the card is scanned . 9 Turn the original over on the document glass. 10 Press t he [START ] key ( ). Copying will star t after b oth sides o f the ori ginal have been scanned . WXYZ @.- _ READ-END[...]

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    73 6 APPENDIX SPECIFICATIONS Name Digital Multifunctional System AR-M162 AR-M207 Type Desktop Photoconductive type OPC drum Document glass type Fixed Copy system Laser electrost atic method Originals Sheets, bound documents, max. original size 11" x 17" (A3) Copy sizes Max. 11" x 17" (A3), min. 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" (A5) (5-[...]

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    74 APPENDIX Output tray specifications * When the job separator tray kit is installed, 150 sheets in center tray, 100 sheets in top tray. The maximum number of pages that can be held va ries depending on ambient con ditions in the installation location , the type of paper, and the storage conditions of th e paper. Printer function / scanner functio[...]

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    75 MAT ERIAL SAFE TY DA TA SH EET Page : 1/4 Date Revised : Aug.18, 2 003 Date Issued : Jun. 1, 2 003 MSDS No. F- 01211 1.PR ODUCT AND C OMPANY IDENT IFICATION Product Name : AR-2 02NT / AR-2 02T / AR-20 2ST / AR- 202FT / AR-202 ST-C / A R-203ST- C / AR-016T/ A R-016ST / AR- 016FT / AR-0 16RT (B lack T oner) Supplier Identification : Sharp Cor pora[...]

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    76 MAT ERIAL SAFE TY DA TA SH EET Page : 2/4 Date Revised : Aug.18, 2 003 Date Issued : Jun. 1, 2 003 MSDS No. F- 01211 3.HAZARDS IDENTIF ICATION Most Important Hazards and Effects of the Product s Human Healt h Effects : T here are no anticip ated c arcinogenic effects from ex posure b ased on a nimal te sts performed us ing toner . Wh en used as [...]

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    77 MAT ERIAL SAFE TY DA TA SH EET Page : 3/4 Date Revised : Aug.18, 2 003 Date Issued : Jun. 1, 2 003 MSDS No. F- 01211 Exposure Limit Values OSHA-PEL( USA) : 15mg/m 3 (Tota l Dust), 5mg/m 3 (Respirabl e Dust) ACGIH-TLV(US A) : 10mg/m 3 (Tota l Dust), 3mg/m 3 (Respira ble Dust) Personal Protective Equipment Respirator y Protect ion : Not requir ed [...]

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    78 MAT ERIAL SAFE TY DA TA SH EET Page : 4/4 Date Revised : Aug.18, 2 003 Date Issued : Jun. 1, 2 003 MSDS No. F- 01211 Chronic Effect : In a study in ra ts of chr onic inh alatio n exposur e to a typical toner, a mild to mode rate degr ee of lung fibros is was observed in 92% o f the rats i n the high concen tration ( 16mg/m 3 ) ex posure group, a[...]

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    79 MAT ERIAL SAFE TY DA TA SH EET Page : 1/4 Date Issued :J un. 1, 20 03 MSDS No. F- 31211 1.PR ODUCT AND C OMPANY IDENT IFICATION Product Name : AR-20 2ND / AR-2 02DV / AR- 202SD / A R-202SD- C (Black Develo per) Supplier Identification : Sharp Cor poratio n 22-22 Naga ike-cho, Abeno- ku, Os aka, Japa n Local supp liers ar e listed below . Pleas e[...]

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    80 MAT ERIAL SAFE TY DA TA SH EET Page : 2/4 Date Issued :J un. 1, 20 03 MSDS No. F- 31211 3.HAZARDS IDENTIF ICATION Most Important Hazards and Effects of the Product s Human Healt h Effects : T here are no anticip ated c arcinogenic effects from ex posure b ased on a nimal te sts performed us ing toner . Wh en used as intende d accordin g to ins t[...]

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    81 MAT ERIAL SAFE TY DA TA SH EET Page : 3/4 Date Issued :J un. 1, 20 03 MSDS No. F- 31211 Exposure Limit Values OSHA-PEL( USA) : 15mg/m 3 (Tota l Dust), 5mg/m 3 (Respirabl e Dust) ACGIH-TLV(US A) : 10mg/m 3 (Tota l Dust), 3mg/m 3 (Respira ble Dust) Personal Protective Equipment Respirator y Protect ion : Not requir ed under intend ed use. Hand Pro[...]

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    82 MAT ERIAL SAFE TY DA TA SH EET Page : 4/4 Date Issued :J un. 1, 20 03 MSDS No. F- 31211 Chronic Effect : In a study in ra ts of chr onic inh alatio n exposur e to a typical toner, a mild to mode rate degr ee of lung fibros is was observed in 92% o f the rats i n the high concen tration ( 16mg/m 3 ) ex posure group, and a minim al to mi ld degr e[...]

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    83 INDEX Symbols / Numbers [ ] k ey ......... ............. ............ .................... ............. ..15 2 in 1 / 4 in 1 copy .................. ............. ............. .........6 6 250- sheet pa per fe ed unit / 2 x 250 -shee t paper feed uni t .....4 1 2-sided p rinting .... ............. ................... ............. ......... 18[...]

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    84 O Offset func tion ..... ................... ............. ............. ...6 3, 65 [OK] key ........ ................... ............. ............. ...............1 4 ONLINE i ndicator ............. ............. ............. ............... 14 Operatio n in c opy, print, s can, and fax modes . .........1 6 Operatio n panel ... ............. [...]

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    85 Convenient copy functions 2 in 1 / 4 in 1 copy .................. ............. ............. .........6 6 Card shot .................... ............ ............. .................... ..7 1 Erase copy .......... ............. ................... ............. ......... 69 Margin shift .... ............. ............ .................... ......[...]

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    FCC Regulations state that any unauthoriz ed changes or modifications to this equipment not e xpressly appro v ed by the man uf acturer could v oid the user's authority to operate this equipment. Note: This equipment has been tested and f ound to comply with the limits f or a Class A digital de vice , pursuant to par t 15 of the FCC Rules . Th[...]

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    PRINTED IN CHINA 2004K KS1 TINSE1333QSZZ AR-M162/AR-M207 This manual has been printed using a vegetable-based soy oil ink to help protect the environment. Printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper SHARP CORPORA TION SHARP ELECTRONICS CORPORATION Sharp Plaza, Mahwah, New Jersey 07430-1163. www.sharp-usa.com SHARP ELECTRONICS OF CANADA LTD. 335 Br[...]

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    OPERATION MANUAL (for printer and scanner) DIGITAL MULTIFUNCTIONAL SYSTEM Page • INTRODUCTION ................... . 1 • CONTENTS ........................... . 2 • PRINT .................................... . 3 • PRINTER SHARING ............ 11 • SCAN ................................... 15 • KEY OPERATOR PR OGRAMS ... 26 • TROUBLESHOOT[...]

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    1 INTRODUCTION This man ual desc ribes t he printe r and scan ner fu nctions of the di gital mul tifuncti onal sy stem. Note • For information on loading paper , replacing toner car tridges , clearing paper mis feeds, han dling peripheral device s, and other copier- related i nformation, pleas e refer to "Operati on manual (for ge neral in f[...]

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    2 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .. ..... .... ....... .... .... ....... .... ..... .... ....... .... ..... ...... ..... .... ....... .... ..... ...... ..... .... ....... .. .... ....... .... .... 1 1 PRINT BASIC PRINTI NG ..... ...... ..... .... ....... .... ....... .... .... 3 ● IF THE TRAY RUNS OUT O F PAPER DURING PRINTING .................... .......[...]

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    3 1 PRINT This ch apter expla ins the ba sic pr ocedure for pri nting and how to s elect printer driver s etting s for v arious p urposes . BASIC PRINTING The follo wing ex ample explain s how to pr int a doc ument from WordP ad. Before printing , make sure tha t the c orrect si ze of paper for your d ocumen t has been loade d in th e machine . 1 M[...]

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    4 PRINT 5 Click the [Print] button ( [OK] button in Windows 95/98/Me/NT 4. 0). Printing begins. W hen pri nting b egins, the Print Status W indow automat ically opens. ☞ OUTLINE OF THE PRINT STATUS WINDOW (page 10) The prin t job i s delivered to the ou tput tray , with the posi tion of the pap er offset slightl y from th e previous job (off set [...]

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    5 1 OPENING THE PRINTER DRIVER FROM THE [START] BUTTON To cha nge the pr inter dr iver sett ings, follow the ste ps below. Settin gs adjusted in thi s way will be th e init ial setti ngs when you print fr om an appl ication . (If you c hange the settin gs in the prin ter driver s etup sc reen at the time o f printing, the set tings will rever t to [...]

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    6 PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS To view He lp for a s etting , click the b utton in the upper r ight-han d corner o f the win dow and then click the setting. Some r estricti ons exi st on t he co mbina tions of setti ngs that can be sel ected in the printer drive r setu p screen. When a restrict ion is in ef fect, an information i con ( ) will ap pear ne[...]

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    7 PRINT 1 TWO-SIDED PRINTI NG (ONLY FOR MODELS THAT SUPPORT TWO-SIDED PRINTING) On mod els that have the tw o-sided printi ng fun ction, both si des of t he pap er can be prin ted on. To use this func tion, ope n the prin ter dri ver set up scre en and se lect [2 -Sided (Book)] or [2-Side d (Tablet) ] from "D ocument S tyle" in th e [Main[...]

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    8 PRINT FITTING THE PRINT IMAGE TO THE PAPER The prin ter driv er can adjust th e size of the prin t image to match the size of the pape r loaded in the m achine. Follow the steps shown b elow to use this func tion. The explana tion bel ow assum es that yo u inten d to print a ledger or A3 siz e docum ent on lette r or A4 size pa per. To open the p[...]

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    9 PRINT 1 ROTATING THE PRINT IMAGE 180 DEGREES The prin t image can be r otated 180 degre es. This feat ure rota tes the p rint ima ge 180 degrees to enabl e correc t printin g on p aper that can only be l oaded i n one or ientation. To use this func tion, se lect th e image o rientatio n in "I mage Orie ntation " on th e [Paper] tab, and[...]

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    10 OUTLINE OF THE PRINT STATUS WINDOW When pr intin g begins, the Pr int St atus Win dow auto matic ally ope ns. The Pri nt Statu s Window is a utility t hat mon itors the mach ine and informs you of th e name of the do cumen t being printed and any e rrors tha t occur. (1) Statu s win dow Provides i nformati on on the c urrent sta tus of the print[...]

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    11 2 PRINTER SHARING This ch apter exp lains how to configur e the m achine a s a shared print er in a W indows n etwork en vironme nt. Configur ing th e machine as a shared p rinter enable s compute rs th at are no t directl y conne cted to the machi ne to print to the machine . SHARING THE PRINTER USING WINDOWS NETWORKING The machi ne ca n be use[...]

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    12 PRINTER SHARING SHARED PRINTER SETTINGS Settings on th e computer to wh ich the machine is d irectly connected Follow the steps below to use the compu ter dir ectly c onnected t o the ma chine as a pri nt serv er. If yo ur oper ating system i s Window s 95/98/Me , start fr om st ep 1. If you r operat ing system is Win dows NT 4 .0, 2000 or XP, o[...]

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    13 PRINTER SHARING 2 CLIENT SETTINGS Follow the procedu re below to ins tall the p rinter dri ver on the clien t. 1 Click th e [sta rt] butt on and then cli ck [Control Panel]. In Windo ws 95/98/M e/2000, click the [Star t] button and sele ct [Settin gs]. 2 Click [Printers a nd Other Hardware] and then [Printers and Faxes]. In Windo ws 95/98/M e/20[...]

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    14 PRINTER SHARING Settings in Win dows NT 4.0 If your operating system is Wind ows NT 4.0, c onfigure settin gs as fol lows in th e printer proper ties after i nstalli ng the printer d river. F or the proc edure for installi ng the p rinter dr iver, see "1. INS TALLING THE SOF TWARE (THAT ACCOMPANI ES TH E MAC HINE)" in the "Soft wa[...]

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    15 3 SCAN This ch apter exp lains how to sc an from a comp uter con nected to t he machin e by a USB cabl e, and how to scan using th e machin e's opera tion pa nel. SCANNING OVERVIEW The flo w chart sho wn belo w provid es an ov erview o f scanni ng. *1 TWAIN i s an intern ational in terface st andard for s canners a nd other im age acqu isit[...]

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    16 SCANNING FROM A TWAIN-COMPLIANT APPLICATION The SHA RP scan ner drive r is comp atible with th e TWAIN standard , allowing it to b e used wit h a var iety of TWAIN-c ompliant appli catio ns. The pr ocedure for scanni ng fro m some ap plicati ons may d iffer in place s from th e proced ure belo w. For m ore informa tion, ref er to t he manu al or[...]

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    17 SCAN 3 7 Specify the scanning area and s elect the scan preference s. For infor mation o n specif ying the scan area and select ing the scan pr eferenc es, see sc anner driver H elp. ☞ SCANNER DRIVER SETTINGS (page 18) 8 When you are re ady to beg in scanning, click the [Scan] button. Scanni ng begins and the i mage is acquir ed into the appli[...]

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    18 SCAN SCANNER DRIVER SETTINGS The scan ner dri ver se tup screen consi sts of th e "Set -up scre en", whic h lets yo u select scan setti ngs, and t he "Previe w scree n", which shows th e scanne d image . For detai ls on the scan settings , click th e [Help ] button in the preview s creen to display Help . Set-up Screen (1) &q[...]

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    19 SCAN 3 Preview screen (1) Preview window Click th e [Preview] butto n in the Set-u p screen to displa y the s canned i mage. Y ou can s pecif y the scanning area b y draggi ng the mou se in side t he window. The insi de of th e frame th at appears when you drag the m ouse wil l be th e scanni ng area. To c ance l a spec ified sc annin g area and[...]

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    20 SCANNING FROM A WIA-COMPLIANT APPLICATION (WINDOWS XP) If you ar e using W indows X P, you ca n use the W IA driv er to sc an from P aint and other WI A-compl iant a pplicati ons. The proc edure for scanni ng using Paint is explai ned in the follow ing. 1 Place the original(s ) that you wish to scan on the document glass or in the SPF. For infor[...]

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    21 3 SCANNING FROM THE "SCANNER AND CAMERA WIZARD" (WINDOWS XP) The proce dure for scan ning wit h the "Scann er and Camer a Wizard" in Windows XP is explain ed here. Th e "Scanne r and Camer a Wiza rd" lets you sc an an i mage witho ut using a TWAIN- compli ant or W IA-comp liant applicat ion. 1 Place the original(s )[...]

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    22 SCAN 6 Specify a group name, form at and folder for saving the image, and then click the [Next] button. JPG, BMP, TIF o r PNG can be selected for the format. To begin sc annin g, click the [Next] button. 7 When scanning ends, the following screen wil l appear. Sel ect the next task yo u wish to p erform an d then click the [Next] button. If you [...]

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    23 3 SCANNING USING THE KEYS ON THE MACHINE The pr ocedu re for s canning usin g the [SC AN] k ey is ex plain ed in th e follo wing. W hen sc annin g is pe rforme d by th is metho d, the pre viously specif ied appli catio n will automat icall y start and the sca nned i mage w ill be ac quired into th e appl icati on. 1 Place th e original(s) tha t [...]

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    24 BUTTON MANAGER Button Ma nager is a so ftware util ity t hat allows the sca nner func tion to be used b y means of the [S CAN] key on the machin e. The Button Man ager software allows y ou to ass ign a des tinati on applic ation and scan settings to each o f the six destinat ions on the m achine. To scan usi ng the machi ne's operati on pan[...]

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    25 SCAN 3 BUTTON MANAGER SETTINGS If you ne ed to c onfigure Button Manager s ettin gs, follo w the steps below . For de tails on Button Manager s etting s, see But ton Mana ger Help . (page 24 ) 1 Right-click the Button Manager icon ( ) on the task bar and select [Settings] from the pop-up menu. The Bu tton Man ager set tings will open . 2 Click t[...]

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    26 4 KEY OPERATOR PROGRAMS The key ope rator progr ams a llow the admi nistrat or of the mac hine (key ope rator) to enable and disable fun ction s to suit the needs of t he wor kplace. This chap ter expl ains ke y operat or program s for the prin ter and s canner functions . For key operator p rograms that a re commo n to al l modes, see the "[...]

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    27 4 USING THE KEY OPERATOR PROGRAMS Follow the steps below to acces s the ke y oper ator se ttings for the pri nter and s canner function s. 1 Press the [SPECIAL FUNCTION] key. The sp ecial fun ction screen appears. 2 Select "KEY OPERATOR PRG." w ith the [ ] or [ ] key. 3 Press t he [OK] ke y. The ke y operat or co de entry s creen will [...]

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    28 5 TROUBLESHOOTING TROUBLESHOOTING This ch apter explains what to do if you encou nter a prob lem whi le prin ting or scanning . For pr oblems relat ed to the machin e such as runnin g out of paper or paper m isfeeds, see th e "Oper ation manu al (for general informat ion and copier) ". Troubles hooting i nformati on ca n also be found [...]

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    29 TROUBLESHOOTING 5 Printing does not take place (DATA indic ator is blinkin g.) There is no paper in the sp ecified tr ay. → Load pa per in the t ray. Operation manual (for gener al informat ion an d copie r) "FORCED OUTPUT OF PRINT" is disabled. → Add paper to th e bypass tra y, press the [PRIN T] key on the ma chine to switc h to [...]

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    30 TROUBLESHOOTING A noti ce pa ge is pr int ed If you find tha t a notice page ha s been pr inted at the end of a print jo b, the print dat a receiv ed from the com puter has not been p rinted a s spe cified. Fi x the p roblem a s exp lained be low and then try printin g agai n. What to do when a notice page is printed The abo ve not ice page is p[...]

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    31 TROUBLESHOOTING 5 Poor scan ning quality. The brightness and contrast settings are not suitable. → If you a re scanni ng with a TWAIN-co mpliant applicati on and the resultin g image has unsu itable bri ghtness o r contrast (for ex ample it is too b right), cli ck the [Auto Br ightness /Contrast Adj ustment] button on the [Co lor] tab of the &[...]

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    32 6 SPECIFICATIONS Printer specifications *1 Print spee d during pri nting of th e second sheet and follo wing sheet s when u sing 8-1/2 " x 11" (A4 ) plain pa per and perf orming continuo us one-si ded printi ng of the s ame pag e; excludin g use of o ffset outpu t. *2 When the dual function board is installe d. Printin g speed* 1 When [...]

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    33 SPECIFICATIONS 6 Scanner specifications * The re solution may be e nhanced b y the sc anner driv er dependi ng on the scan ned area an d resolut ion. Type Flatbed colo r scann er Scanning method Document glass / SPF / RS PF Light source Col d cathode fluores cent lam p Resolution * Basic : 600 dp i x 600 dp i Setting r ange: 50 d pi - 960 0 dpi [...]

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    OPERATION MANUAL (for printer and scanner) SHARP CORPORA TION ARM207-EN-PRINTER[...]

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    FACSIMILE EXPANSION KIT OPERATION MANUAL MODEL AR-FX11 • BEFORE USING THE FAX FUNCTION • BASIC OPERATIONS • ADVANCED TRANSMISSION METHODS • TRANSMISSION USING F-CODES • CONVENIENT METHODS OF USE • PROGRAMMING • TROUBLESHOOTING • KEY OPERATOR PROGRAMS • APPENDIX 7 17 32 48 60 62 86 92 108 Page Be sure to become thoroughly familiar [...]

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    ■ FAX interface cable and Line cable: These spe cial ac cessor ies mus t be used with th e devi ce. ■ Notice for Users in Europe This equi pment w orks on the Brit ish anal ogue pu blic sw itched telephone networ k. This equi pment has been te sted acc ording t o the pan- European TBR 21 r egulati on. It will op erate on a ll analo gue tel epho[...]

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    1 INTRODUCTION Thank you for p urchas ing this product . This m anual only exp lains the facs imil e functio ns of the p roduct. F or saf ety precau tions and general informat ion on using the machi ne su ch as lo ading paper, clea ring mi sfeeds, a nd hand ling periph eral uni ts, see th e "Ope ration manual ( for general informa tion an d co[...]

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    2 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .. ..... .... ....... .... .... ....... .... ..... .... ....... .... ..... ...... ..... .... ....... .... ..... ...... ..... .... ....... .. .... ....... .... .... 1 CONNECTING AN EXTENSION PHO NE .. ...... ..... ...... ..... .... ....... .... ..... ...... ..... .... ....... .... ....... .... ..... ...... ..... . 1 TO USE TH[...]

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    3 CONTENTS F-CODE RELAY BRO ADCAST TRANSMISSION .. ..... ...... ..... ...... ..... .... ....... .... .. 58 ● USING TH E F-CODE RELA Y BROADC AST FUNCTION (you r machine i s the relay machi ne) ......5 9 ● USING THE F-CODE RELAY REQUEST FUNCTION (your mac hine requ ests a relay broa dcast) ...........5 9 5 CONVE NIENT METHOD S OF USE CONNECTING [...]

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    4 TO USE THIS PRODUCT CORRECTLY AS A FACSIMILE Several points must be k ept in mind when usin g this pr oduct as a facs imile. Please note th e follo wing. Line conn ection Be sure to use the p rovided telephone line cord to c onnect the mach ine to a telep hone line jack . Insert one end of the telephon e line cor d into the LI NE jack on the l ef[...]

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    5 TO USE THIS PRODUCT CORRE CTLY AS A FACSIMILE Lith ium ba ttery A lithi um batter y in the m achin e is use d to retai n setting s and program med in formation such as auto-di al num bers (page 6 2). • When the battery d ies, set tings and pr ogrammed informa tion wi ll be los t, so ple ase keep a recor d of th is information. (See " PRINT[...]

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    6 TO USE THIS PRODUCT CORRECTLY AS A FACSIMILE IMPORTANT SAFETY INF ORMATION • If any of y our tel ephone equ ipment is no t operatin g proper ly, you should i mmedi ately remo ve it f rom your telephone line, as it may c ause har m to th e telephon e network . • The AC p ower outl et shall be instal led near the eq uipment an d shall b e easi [...]

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    7 1 BEFORE USING THE FAX FUNCTION This c hapter c ontain s basi c inf ormation about using the fax functio n of t he machi ne. P lease r ead th is cha pter befo re using th e fax func tion. POINTS TO CHECK AND PROGRAM AFTER INSTALLATION After ins talling th e mac hine an d before using it as a fa x machi ne, che ck the fo llowing p oints and progr [...]

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    8 PART NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OPERATION PANEL (1) Page p allet (p age 82) (2) Disp lay (page 10) This key displa ys the ba se scre en and t he function setting s creen. (3) [BACK] key In a setti ng or pr ogrammi ng scr een, this key i s used to m ove back to the previo us screen . (4) [FAX ST ATUS] key (page 26) This is used to c ancel a fax transmi s[...]

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    9 BEFORE USING THE FAX FUNCTION 1 (14) [MODE S ELECT] keys (step 1 on page 18) These are used these keys to chang e mode s. (15) [FAX] key/FAX indicator/LINE indicator/DATA indicator Press to switch to fax m ode. The b ase scre en of fax mode will appear i n the di splay. The LINE indica tor ligh ts up dur ing trans mission or recep tion of a fax. [...]

  • Page 139

    10 BEFORE USING THE FAX FUNCTION FAX MODE (BASE SCREEN) The ba se scr een of fax mode is dis played b y pres sing the [FAX] key w hen the pr int m ode, copy mode , or scan mode screen a ppears. The base screen of fax mode (1) Message displa y Messag es appear here to indic ate the cu rrent stat us of t he mac hine. An icon ( ) appears to the ri ght[...]

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    11 BEFORE USING THE FAX FUNCTION 1 AUDITING MODE Accounts that can tr ansm it faxes (up to 50 ) can be establis hed an d transm ission time a nd other i nformati on can be tracked f or each a ccount. Th e Acc. Us age Lis t (page 95 ) can be printed o ut whic h show s the tim e used for transm ission and pag es transmi tted by each ac count. • Thi[...]

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    12 ORIGINALS ORIGINALS THAT CAN BE FAXED Original sizes * Long originals Dependi ng on th e resolu tion setti ng and the width o f the or iginal, there may not be suffi cient sp ace in me mory to hold a l ong or iginal. When a long o riginal cannot b e entir ely sc anned, sele ct a lo wer resol ution sett ing and /or shorten th e origi nal. Scannin[...]

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    13 1 PLACING THE ORIGINAL An origin al ca n be plac ed in the S PF or on t he doc ument glas s. Use th e SPF wh en faxing a large number o f sheet origin als. Use the docu ment glas s to fax or iginal s that can not be s canned us ing the SP F such as thi ck or th in sheet origin als, or books or other b ound or iginals . USING THE SPF 1 Open the S[...]

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    14 CHECKING THE SIZE OF A PLACED ORIGINAL When a s tandard- size* origina l is pla ced, th e origi nal siz e is au tomatica lly detected (automa tic ori ginal dete ction functi on) and d isplay ed in t he original disp lay. Mak e sure that the s ize has been detec ted cor rectly. (1) When an orig inal is placed, a n icon appea rs to ind icate the o[...]

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    15 1 SELECT ING RESO LUTION A ND EX POSURE SETTINGS The reso lution and exp osure can be adjuste d to match the size an d darkness of text on the origi nal, or fo r an orig inal su ch as a p hotogr aph. T o chan ge the sett ings, follow the s teps b elow a fter s elec ting fa x mode and p lacing the origina l. (Pag e 13 ) 1 Press t he [RESO LUTION][...]

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    16 CONVENIEN T DIALLING METHOD S (A UTO-DIALLING) The fax function incl udes a conven ient auto di al fea ture (Ra pid diall ing, spe ed dial ling and group dialli ng). By programm ing fr equently dialled numbers , you can call and send faxes to t hese locati ons by m eans o f a simpl e dialli ng operat ion (pag e 20). There are three ty pes o f au[...]

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    17 2 BASIC OPERATIONS This chapte r exp lains th e basi c proc edure s for sending and re ceiv ing fa xes. There ar e three b asic me thods f or fax tr ansmis sion: memory transmiss ion, d irect tran smiss ion, an d manual transm ission . When memory t ransmis sion i s used, th e docu ment i s tempor arily s tored in memory befor e being transm itt[...]

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    18 SENDING A FAX BASIC PROCEDURE FOR SENDING FAXES 1 Make sure that the machine is in fax mode. The FAX indicator i s lit when the machine is in fax mode. If the indicator is not lit, press the [FAX] key. If auditin g mode has been enable d for t he fax fu nction in the key oper ator programs , a message will appear promp ting you to enter your acc[...]

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    19 BASIC OPERATIONS 2 6 Press t he [START ] key ( ). • Scanni ng begins . • If the lin e is fre e, the m achin e will di al the re ceiving machine and begi n transm ission as soon as the fi rst page is scanned. (Quick online tr ansmis sion: pag e 25) • If there i s a pre viously s tored jo b or a jo b is in progre ss, or if the line is be ing[...]

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    20 BAS IC OP ERAT IO NS TRANSMISSION BY AUTO-DIALLIN G (RAPID DIALLING AND GROUP DIALLING) Fax numb ers can be dial led by auto matic dial ling (Rapi d diallin g and group dia lling) in stead of pres sing the num eric keys. F ollow th e ste ps belo w to s end a fa x us ing an auto d ial numb er. To use an auto dial nu mber, the name and fax number [...]

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    21 BASIC OPERATIONS 2 SEARCHING FOR A PROGRA MMED DESTINATION (USING THE [ADDRE SS] KEY) At the time of di alling, y ou can enter letters to sear ch for a des tinatio n stored in a Rapid key, Speed Dial number, or Group key. 1 Perfo rm step s 1 to 4 of "BASIC PROCEDURE FOR SENDING FA XES" (page 18). 2 Press the [ADD RESS] key. The sear ch[...]

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    22 BAS IC OP ERAT IO NS FAXING A TWO-S IDED OR IGINAL Follow the steps below to autom aticall y trans mit bot h sides of a two-s ided ori ginal. ( This is only pos sible on model s that have an RSP F inst alled. ) 1 Make sure that the machine is in fax mode. When the mac hine is in f ax mode, the [FAX] key indic ator is lit. If the indicator is not[...]

  • Page 152

    23 BASIC OPERATIONS 2 Transmission settings (me mory transmission mo de and di rect transmission mode) Transmi ssion m odes inc lude memory t ransmis sion, wh ere the or iginal is tem porarily scanne d into me mory be fore transm ission , and di rect tr ansmiss ion, wher e the o riginal is transm itted d irectly without b eing s canned i nto mem or[...]

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    24 BAS IC OP ERAT IO NS 8 Press t he [START ] key. When us ing the doc ument glass, multip le orig inal p ages cannot be transmitte d in a singl e tr ansmis sion. Faxing by manual tr ansmission (using the [ SPEAKER] key) 1 Perfo rm step s 1 to 4 of "BASIC PROCEDURE FOR SENDING FA XES" (page 18). 2 Press the [SPEAKER] key When thi s ke y i[...]

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    25 BASIC OPERATIONS 2 Quick On-line When yo u use the SPF to send a multi-pa ge docume nt and t here are no prev iously stored j obs wa iting or in progress (and th e line is not be ing used ), the machine d ials the destination after the firs t page is scanned and beg ins transm itting s canned pages while the rema ining pa ges a re being sca nned[...]

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    26 BAS IC OP ERAT IO NS CANCELLING A FAX TRANSMISSION To can cel a trans missi on that is in progr ess or a store d transm ission job, fo llow th e steps b elow. A transmis sion in progress or a s tored tra nsmiss ion job i s canc elled fr om the fa x status scree n. (Printi ng of a receiv ed fax ca nnot be cancelle d.) Cancelling a fax tran smissi[...]

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    27 BASIC OPERATIONS 2 Cancelling a stored transmissio n job If you do not wi sh to cance l a stor ed trans missi on job and only wish to c heck i ts st atus, pre ss the [B ACK] key ins tead of the [C] k ey in s tep 4 to exit. 1 Press the [FAX ST ATUS] key. The fa x job sta tus scre en is disp layed . 2 Select " TX/RX RESERV E" with the [ [...]

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    28 RECEIVING FAXES When ano ther fax machine sends a fax to y our mac hine, you r machi ne will r ing*, au tomatical ly recei ve the fax, and begin pr inting. ( This is call ed automat ic re ception. ) If you do not wis h to ha ve rece ived fax es prin ted im mediat ely, use the print hold fu nction to hold rec eived fa xes in memory for printi ng [...]

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    29 BASIC OPERATIONS 2 F-code confid ential fax recepti on When a fa x has been rece ived b y F-code confiden tial fa x recep tion, a n icon ( ) will app ear in th e base screen of fax mode (mes sage di splay ( 1) on pa ge 10) . The ic on also appear s in fr ont of t he box in the F-c ode con fidenti al box name sc reen in the displ ay. (St ep 6 on [...]

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    30 BAS IC OP ERAT IO NS FAX PRINT HOLD FUNCTION Faxes ar e norma lly printe d as s oon as th ey are rec eived. This func tion is used to ho ld re ceived faxes in memory rather than prin ting th em as they are re ceiv ed. Fax es held i n memory are print ed manu ally al l at once. Settings requ ired for fax print hold If a fax i s receiv ed when aut[...]

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    31 BASIC OPERATIONS 2 6 Select "ON" wi th the [ ] or [ ] key. To disab le fax print ho ld, se lect "O FF". 7 Press the [OK] ke y. Printing received faxes held in memory To print received faxes tha t are h eld in me mory whe n fax p rint hold is enab led, follo w the s teps belo w. 1 In Fax mode, press the [SPECIAL FUNCTION] key.[...]

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    32 3 ADVANCED TRANSMISSION METHODS This ch apter expla ins adva nced f eatures that ar e design ed for specifi c purpos es and c ircum stances . Plea se read those s ections that ar e of inter est to yo u. SENDING THE SAME DOCUMENT TO MULTIPLE DESTINATIONS IN A SINGLE OPERATION (BROADCAST TR ANSMISSION ) This feat ure is u sed to send a fax to mult[...]

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    33 ADVANCED TRANSMIS SION METHODS 3 USING BROAD CAST TRANSMISSI ON 1 Perfo rm step s 1 to 4 of "BASIC PROCEDURE FOR SENDING FA XES" (page 18). 2 Press the [BROAD CAST] key. The desti nation selecti on screen a ppears. 3 Enter a full fa x number with the numeric key s or press an auto-di al key (Rapid ke y, Speed Dial num ber, or group key[...]

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    34 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AT A SPECIFIED TIME (TIMER TRANSMISSION) This feat ure enabl es you to set up a trans mission or pollin g oper ation to be perform ed auto matically at a sp ecified time up t o a week in adva nce. T his is c onvenien t when you w ill b e out of the o ffice or for tran smiss ion at off- peak nighttim e rates. A com bined to[...]

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    35 ADVANCED TRANSMIS SION METHODS 3 8 Press t he [OK] ke y. The se lected day is set. 9 Perform the desired fax operation. The steps that fo llow will de pend on the type o f operation. The follo wing op erations can be p erforme d as a timer o peration : • Normal transmi ssion ( page 18) • Broadcas t transm ission (page 32 ) • Polling ( page[...]

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    36 TRANSMISSION A ND RECEP TION USING THE POLLING FUNCTION The pol ling func tion all ows your m achin e to ca ll a fa x machi ne that has a doc ument rea dy for tr ansmis sion and initiate recepti on of th e documen t. You c an also p erform t he revers e operati on: scan a document into the memory of your m achine s o that anoth er ma chine c an [...]

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    37 ADVANCED TRANSMIS SION METHODS 3 USING THE POLLING FUNCTION When us ed in con junct ion with th e timer tr ansmis sion fun ction (page 34 ), only o ne polli ng job can be s tored. 1 In Fax mode, press the [SPECIAL FUNCTION] key. When the [SPECI AL FUNCTION] key is pressed, the specia l functio n menu appears. (To select fax mode, se e step 1 on [...]

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    38 ADVANCED TRANSMI SSION METHODS Serial polling When per formin g serial po llin g, an auto- dial key that inc ludes a s ub-addr ess or pa sscode (page 48) cannot be select ed. 1 Perform steps 1 to 3 of the polling procedure (page 37). 2 Select "SERIAL POLLING" with the [ ] or [ ] ke y. About the steps t hat follow See step s 5 to 8 of t[...]

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    39 ADVANCED TRANSMIS SION METHODS 3 USIN G POLLING MEMOR Y This func tion sen ds a d ocument pr eviously scanne d into memory to a rece ivin g mach ine when th e recei ving machin e call s and pol ls your m achine. ( If desir ed, you c an res trict po lling to f ax machi nes wh ose fax n umber y ou have pr ogrammed in your ma chine . See "Re s[...]

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    40 ADVANCED TRANSMI SSION METHODS 7 Select " 1 TIME" or "REP EAT" with the [ ] or [ ] ke y. If you s elect "1 TIME ", the document d ata is automati cally cl eared fr om memory after your machine is polled once. If you sel ect "REP EAT", the docum ent data in m emory can be use d repeate dly. If you s elect e[...]

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    41 ADVANCED TRANSMIS SION METHODS 3 Deleting do cuments from the Public Box This pr ocedure is used to delete d ocume nts from the Publi c Box wh en they are no l onger ne eded. 1 Follow steps 2 to 6 of "S canning a document into po lling memory (the Public Box)" (page 39) and then f ollow the steps below. 2 Select "DELE TE" wit[...]

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    42 INCLUDING SENDER INFORMATION ON FAXES This funct ion prints the date, tim e, your pro grammed na me, your progr ammed fax nu mber, an d the transmitte d page number at the to p centre of e ach pa ge that you fax. A ll pages th at you fax incl ude this infor mation. Example of fa x page printed out by the receiving mach ine (1) Date a nd time Dat[...]

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    43 3 FAXING A DIVIDED ORIGINAL (DUAL PAGE SCAN) When fax ing a book or other boun d doc ument, you can use this fu nction to divide t he tw o open page s of th e book into two separate fax pages. This func tion can only be used when t he origi nal is A 3, B4, or A4R size ( 11" x 17 " or 8- 1/2" x 11 "R size if the machin e uses [...]

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    44 ADDING A COVER SHEET/MESSAGE TO A FAX TRANSMISSION This func tion auto matica lly atta ches an A4 (8- 1/2" x 11") cover she et to yo ur fax tr ansm ission s. The cov er shee t shows th e date and ti me, the d estinati on name , the sende r's nam e and fax n umber , and the num ber of pages in t he transm ission . A mess age ca n a[...]

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    45 3 USING SETTINGS STORED AS A PROGRAM This func tion all ows you t o store th e steps o f an ope ration, i ncludin g the de stina tion an d scanning settin gs, in to a program. T his fun ction is conv enient wh en you frequentl y se nd docume nts, suc h as a dai ly repo rt, to the s ame destina tion. Up to nin e programs can be s tored. When st o[...]

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    46 FORWARDING RECEIVED FAXES TO ANOTHER MACHINE WHEN PRINTING IS NOT POSSIBLE (FORWARDING FUNCTION) When pr inting is not poss ible bec ause of a paper, to ner, or o ther prob lem, you c an forward r eceiv ed faxe s to another fax mach ine if th at mach ine has been app ropria tely prog rammed in your machine. T his func tion can be conve niently u[...]

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    47 ADVANCED TRANSMIS SION METHODS 3 3 Select "RX DATA TRANSFER" with the [ ] or [ ] key. 4 Press t he [OK] ke y. 5 Select "TRANSFER" with the [ ] or [ ] key. To cancel fo rwardin g, select " NO TRAN SFER". 6 Press t he [OK] ke y. The mach ine aut omati cally di als the forward ing num ber progra mmed in the ke y oper a[...]

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    48 4 TRANSMISSION USING F-CODES This chapte r expla ins F-code transmis sion, which gives you a conve nient mea ns of performi ng advan ced operati ons such as r elay broa dcast transmiss ion a nd confid ential tr ansmissi on. Pleas e read th ose sec tions tha t are of interest to you. COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MACHINES SUPPORTING F-CODES This machi ne[...]

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    49 TRANSMISSION USING F-CODES 4 When co mmuni catio n occurs i nvolving a box, the co mmunicat ion wil l onl y take pl ace if th e sub-ad dress a nd passc ode that the o ther machine s ends ma tch the sub- addres s and passc ode program med in yo ur machi ne for that box. T herefore , to allow commu nication , you mus t inform the othe r party of t[...]

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    50 F-CODE POLLING MEMORY F-code pol ling memory allows one fax machi ne to call anot her fax mac hine and init iate rec eptio n of a document that has been scanned into th e other machin e's F-cod e poll ing memor y box. C allin g another machine and ini tiating recept ion is c alled F-c ode po lling, a nd scann ing a d ocument i nto a me mory[...]

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    51 TRANSMISSION USING F-CODES 4 USING F-CODE POLLING MEMORY In order fo r ano ther machin e to re trieve a do cumen t from yo ur ma chine, y ou must fi rst scan t he docume nt into the F-code p olli ng memory box. You can check the doc ument i n the memo ry po lling bo x by printing it out. (See "Chec king an d clear ing docum ent data in a bo[...]

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    52 TRANSMISSION USING F-CODES Checking and clearin g document data in a box The proc edures for chec king doc ument data in an F-code polling memory box by p rinting the data and for cle aring the data a re gen erally the same as in "P rinting documents in the P ublic B ox" (page 4 0) an d "Deleti ng docume nts from the Public Box&qu[...]

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    53 TRANSMISSION USING F-CODES 4 PROCEDURE FOR F-CODE POLLING Make s ure that a docum ent has no t been p laced in the docum ent feed er tray or on the doc ument glass, a nd then follow th e steps b elow. 1 In Fax mode, press the [SPECIAL FUNCTION] key. When the [SPECI AL FUNCTION] key is pressed, the specia l functio n sel ection screen ap pears. ([...]

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    54 TRANSMISSION USING F-CODES 10 Enter a passcode (maximum 20 digits) with the numeric ke ys. • Charact ers that c an be entered a re number s, "#" , and spa ces. How ever , the ini tial charac ter can not be a spac e. • I f you ma ke a mista ke, pr ess th e [C] k ey and re -ente r the co rrect digit (s). • If the other machin e has[...]

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    55 4 F-CODE CONFIDENTIAL TRANSMISSION F-Code c onfiden tial tra nsmiss ion prov ides a s ecure m eans of faxing confid ential docu ments. T he sub-a ddress and passc ode program med i n the bo x restr ict the recipi ents of the fax, a nd once r eceive d in the bo x, the fax can o nly be printed by some one who kn ows the print pa ssco de. This func[...]

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    56 TRANSMISSION USING F-CODES F-code confid ential transmission 1 Follow steps 1 to 4 of "BASIC PROCEDURE FOR SENDING FA XES" (page 18) and then follow the steps below. 2 Press the [SPECIAL FUNCTION] ke y. When the [SPECI AL FUNCTION] key is pressed, the specia l functio n sel ection screen ap pears. 3 Select "S ENDING OPTIONS" [...]

  • Page 186

    57 TRANSMISSION USING F-CODES 4 PRINTING A DOCUMENT RECEI VED TO AN F-CODE CONFIDENTIAL MEMORY BOX Faxes re ceived i n an F-c ode confid ential me mory bo x are printe d out by en tering the 4-digit pr int passco de (0000 to 9999) th at was programmed when the box w as crea ted. 1 In fax mode, press the [SPECIAL FUNCTION] key. When the [SPECI AL FU[...]

  • Page 187

    58 F-CODE RELAY BROADCAST TRANSMISSI ON The F-Co de relay broadcast fun ction allows the machine to act as a relay ma chine for a broadca st tra nsmiss ion. The end rec eiving mac hines ar e store d in th e machin e's F -Code relay memory box, and when the machi ne rece ives a relay re quest from anoth er F- Code machi ne, it will re lay th e [...]

  • Page 188

    59 TRANSMISSION USING F-CODES 4 USING THE F- CODE RELA Y BROADCAST FUNCTION (your machine is the relay machine) When a d ocume nt is recei ved fro m a relay reques t machin e, the F -code re lay broa dcast fun ction transmi ts the documen t to the end re ceivin g mach ines using a m emory bo x onl y if th e sub-a ddress and pass code sen t by the r[...]

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    60 5 CONVENIENT METHODS OF USE This ch apter explains conven ient fu nctions that ca n be us ed when se nding a fax, connecti ng an e xtension phone, and other features that exp and the scope of use of the fax ma chine. Pl ease read thos e sections that are of inte rest to you. CONNECTING AN EXTENSION PHONE You can conne ct a telep hone to the mac [...]

  • Page 190

    61 CONVENIENT METHODS OF USE 5 SETTING THE RECEPTI ON MODE The mac hine nor mally r eceiv es faxes automa tically af ter ring ing; h owever, wh en an e xtension phone is conne cted, you can set th e recepti on mode to MA NUAL. This will allow you to talk to the other party first and then recei ve a fax. This is convenien t when y ou only h ave one [...]

  • Page 191

    62 6 PROGRAMMING This ch apter exp lains the proc edures for pro grammin g auto d ial keys (R apid ke ys, S peed Dial numbe rs, and g roup keys), p rograms, a nd F-c ode oper ations, an d how to print out list s of prog rammed i nformati on. PROGRAMMING Auto dial numbers ( Rapid key s, Speed Dial numbers , and group ke ys), programs, an d F-cod e o[...]

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    63 PROGRAMMING 6 3 Press t he [OK] ke y. 4 Select "DIAL" with the [ ] or [ ] key. 5 Press t he [OK] ke y. 6 Select "RAPID/SPE ED", "GROUP" , or "CHANGE/DELETE" with the [ ] or [ ] key. • To store an Rapid key or Speed Di al number , selec t "RAP ID/S PEED" and pres s the [O K] key. Next, follow th[...]

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    64 PROGRAMMI NG 11 Press t he [OK] ke y. 12 Enter search char acters (see "ENTERING CHARACTER S" on page 82). Up to 10 s earch char acters can be enter ed. Only "Up percase " cha racters s hould be used i n "KEY WORD" to arran ge the a ddresses in alp habeti cal order. The se arch c haracters function as a key word if [...]

  • Page 194

    65 PROGRAMMING 6 3 Enter a sub-a ddress (maximum 20 digits) with the numeric keys. Charac ters that ca n be entered are numb ers, " ", "#", and spac es. If yo u mak e a mistak e, pres s [C] key and then re-en ter the c orrect num ber. When thi s ste p is refer red to in the fol lowing procedur es, " ", "#", a[...]

  • Page 195

    66 PROGRAMMI NG [Transmission speed setting] To set the transmi ssio n speed, c omplete s teps 1 through 13 on p ages 62 to 64 and then follo w the st eps below. 1 Select "TX SPEED" w ith the [ ] or [ ] key. 2 Press t he [OK] ke y. 3 Select the desired transmission speed with the [ ] or [ ] k ey. 4 Press t he [OK] ke y. 5 Return to step 1[...]

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    67 PROGRAMMING 6 [Storing a group key] To store a group k ey, foll ow step s 1 thro ugh 6 on pages 62 to 63 a nd then fol low the steps bel ow. 1 Press a Rapid key ([01] to [5 0]). Press th e Rapid ke y ([0 1] to [50]) that you wi sh to program a s a grou p key. If you pr ess a Rap id ke y that has alr eady been prog rammed, a warnin g messag e wil[...]

  • Page 197

    68 PROGRAMMI NG [Editing and deleti ng auto-dial numbers] To edit or delete an auto-dial number , follow steps 1 through 6 on pages 62 and 63 an d then follow the steps below. ● Editing a Rapid key or Speed Dial number 1 Select "RAPID/SPE ED" with the [ ] or [ ] key. 2 Press t he [OK] ke y. 3 Select "CHANGE" with the [ ] or [ [...]

  • Page 198

    69 PROGRAMMING 6 11 To finish the st oring procedure, press the [START] key ( ) . If you wish to program an option such as F-code, chain dialling, transmission speed, or international transmission m ode, press the [ OK] key. • If you pressed the [S TART] key ( ), go to st ep 5. If you w ish to pr ogram an other Rapid k ey or Speed Di al number , [...]

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    70 PROGRAMMI NG 3 Select "CHANGE" with the [ ] or [ ] key. 4 Press t he [OK] ke y. 5 Press the group key (one of Rapid keys [01] to [50]) tha t you wish to edit. 6 Edit the group name (see "ENTERING CHARACTERS" on page 82). 7 Press t he [OK] ke y. 8 Edit the search char acters (see "ENTERING CHARACTER S" on page 82). 9[...]

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    71 PROGRAMMING 6 ● Deleting a group key 1 In step 3 on page 70, select "DELETE " with the [ ] or [ ] k ey. 2 Press t he [OK] ke y. 3 Press the group key (one of Rapid keys [01] to [50]) tha t you wish to edit. 4 Select "DELE TE" with the [ ] or [ ] key. 5 Press t he [OK] ke y. Return to step 3 . If you wi sh to dele te anoth e[...]

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    72 PROGRAMMI NG STORING, EDITING AND DELETING PROGRAMS You can store a transmi ssion m ethod*, cove r sheet/m essa ge, trans mission s etting s, dual pa ges, a nd/or resoluti on/exp osure setti ngs in a program . This wil l allow y ou to use the se ttings for a transmi ssion by m eans o f a simple operatio n (see " USING A PROGRA M" on pa[...]

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    73 PROGRAMMING 6 10 Select the program that you wish to store with t he [ ] or [ ] key. • A transmi ssion m ethod, c over s heet/mess age, resolu tion/expo sure s ettings, d ual pages , sender 's name, and transmi ssio n setting s can be store d. A transmis sion meth od must be stored. The stori ng procedur e cannot b e comp leted unl ess a [...]

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    74 PROGRAMMING, EDITING, AND DELETING F-CODE MEMORY BOXES The proc edure for progr amming a b ox for F -code transmi ssion is e xplaine d here. Th ere are th ree type s of F -code boxes: F-cod e public boxes ( page 77) , F-code c onfide ntial box es (pag e 75), and F-cod e relay gr oup bo xes (pa ge 76). F-cod e boxe s are pr ogramme d, edi ted, an[...]

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    75 PROGRAMMING 6 [PROGRAMM ING AN F-C ODE CONFIDEN TIAL BOX] Follow the steps below to progr am an F-c ode confide ntial rece ption b ox. An F -code ( sub-ad dress and pas scode) for F-co de con fidential recepti on an d a print p asscode to print out rece ived fax es are programm ed in e ach box. Up to 10 box es can b e programm ed. To check the c[...]

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    76 PROGRAMMI NG [PROGRAMMIN G AN F-CODE RE LAY GROUP] This pr ocedure is used to progr am an F-c ode rela y group box for relay broad cast of a rece ived fax upon receipt of a n F-co de relay request. Up to 10 boxes can be prog rammed. A n F-code (sub-addr ess and passc ode) for reception of an F- code rel ay requ est and the de stina tions to whic[...]

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    77 PROGRAMMING 6 [PROGRAMMIN G F-CODE PUBLIC (POLLING MEMO RY) B OXES] This se tting i s used to program a b ox to store documen t data for remote tr ansmissi on when polled by a machine th at supp orts F-Code c ommunic ation. Up to 10 boxes can be p rogrammed . To check th e contents of a pro grammed b ox, pri nt the following list: "PRINT - [...]

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    78 PROGRAMMI NG ● Editing an F-code confidential box 11 Select the name of the F-code confidential box that you wish to edit with the [ ] or [ ] k ey. If not all letters of the box name a ppear, pres s the key to di splay a ll lett ers. Press the key once ag ain to return t o the or iginal screen . 12 Press t he [OK] ke y. 13 Enter the print pass[...]

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    79 PROGRAMMING 6 [EDITING AN D DELETING F-CODE RELAY GROUPS] 9 Select "CHANGE" or "DELETE" with the [ ] or [ ] key. 10 Press t he [OK] ke y. • If you sel ected "CHANG E" in s tep 9, foll ow th e step s in "Edi ting a n F-co de relay group" which fol lows. • If you se lecte d "DEL ETE" in s tep 9[...]

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    80 PROGRAMMI NG [EDITING/DE LETING F-CODE PUB LIC BOXES] 9 Select "CHANGE" or "DELETE" with the [ ] or [ ] key. 10 Press t he [OK] ke y. • If you sel ected "CHANG E" in s tep 9, foll ow th e step s in "Edi ting a n F-co de public box" which fo llows. • If you se lecte d "DEL ETE" in s tep 9, fol[...]

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    81 6 PRINTING LISTS OF PROGRAMMED INFORMATION, SETTINGS, AND COMMUNICATION ACTIVITY You can print li sts showing p rogramm ed info rmation, setti ngs, and c ommun ication a ctivity. The fo llowi ng l ists ca n be pri nted . • ACTIVITY REPORT : This repo rt sh ows infor matio n on your most recent tran smis sions a nd rece ptions , includ ing comm[...]

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    82 ENTERING CHARACTERS This se ction explains how to enter and edit cha racters fo r nam es of rapid dial n umbers, Speed Dial n umbers, and group key s, as wel l as ac count n ames, program na mes, a nd search c haract ers for the addre ss list. CHARACTERS THA T CAN BE ENTERED Characters that can be entered for names The follo wing c haracters can[...]

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    83 PROGRAMMING 6 CHARACTER EN TRY KEY S To ente r charact ers, use the char acter e ntry keys on the operatio n panel . The ch aracters entered b y each k ey and key fu nctio ns ar e as fo llows . When you w ish to en ter charac ters assi gned to the same key in su ccession, press the [] key after enteri ng the first chara cter to mo ve the cu rsor[...]

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    84 PROGRAMMI NG INITIAL PROC EDURE FOR ENTERING CHARAC TERS Entering alphabetical characters (example: TPS) 1 Open the Rapid key overlay. To switch be tween up per case l etters and l ower case letters, pre ss the [SHIFT] k ey. 2 Enter "T", "P" and "S" with th e lette r keys. The le tters are s tored and the cur sor mo[...]

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    85 PROGRAMMING 6 Entering special chara cters Specia l chara cters are entered w ith the Rapid key overlay opened . 1 Pres s the [SP] key. 2 Sele ct t he s peci al cha ract er t hat y ou w i s h t o e n t e r w i t h t h e [] [] [] [] keys. To move to the next p age, mo ve the cursor to the bottom li ne and press the [ ] ke y. To mo ve back to the [...]

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    86 7 TROUBLESHOOTING This ch apter con tains in forma tion to hel p you mak e effic ient us e of the fax features of the m achine, inc luding solutio ns to com mon pr oblems . WHEN A TRANSACTION REPORT IS PRINTED The machi ne has been set to autom aticall y print a tran saction report t o notify you of th e resul t when a tr ansmiss ion is not suc [...]

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    87 TROUBLESHOOTING 7 XX-XX O K When gr oup dia lling, br oadcas t transm ission, or F- code rel ay requ est trans mission was perfor med, xxx- : Ind icate s total nu mber of transm ission s. xxx OK : I ndica tes comp leted transm ission s. NO S ADD FUNC When an F-c ode transmiss ion was attem pted, (1) T he other machine d id not hav e the F- code [...]

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    88 VIEWING THE COMMUNICATION ACTIVITY REPORT AT REGULAR INTERVALS (Communication activity report) Your m achine k eeps a record of the mos t recent 50 transac tions ( both trans missions and rec eption s) that we re perfor med. The record includ es the date of the trans action, t he other p arty 's name, the dura tion, and r esult. Y ou ca n h[...]

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    89 TROUBLESHOOTING 7 SELF-DIAGNOSTIC FUNCTION The mac hine has a self- diagnos tic fun ction tha t automa tically stop s operati on if a pr oblem occurs i n the m achine. I f a probl em occur s in fax mode, the follo wing disp lay a ppears. MESSAGES DURING NORMAL OPERATI ON Toner i s low. Toner is low. Replace t he tone r cartri dge. "REPLACIN[...]

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    90 PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS If you ex perienc e a prob lem with th e fax f unctio n, first check t he foll owing tabl e. This se ction describes proble ms rela ted to th e fax func tion. Fo r probl ems rel ated to gene ral o peration of the machin e, see "TROUBLE SHOOTING " in t he "Operat ion ma nual (for genera l inform ation and c o[...]

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    91 TROUBLESHOOTING 7 The tra nsmitted image i s distort ed. Were line co nditio ns poo r due to thun der or a nother reason? Try the tr ansmis sion again . – Were the resolu tion an d exposure set tings suita ble? Chec k the reso luti on and exposure se ttings . "SELE CTING RESOLUTION AND EXPOSURE SETTINGS" on page 15 White or black lin[...]

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    92 8 KEY OPERATOR PROGRAMS The ke y operat or prog rams ar e used by the key operator (admin istrator o f the ma chine ) to cus tomize c ertain features of the mac hine to b etter meet the nee ds of use rs. This sec tion expla ins key ope rator pr ograms for the fax featur es of the machi ne. For key ope rator pr ograms tha t are for the c opy func[...]

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    93 KEY OPERATOR PROGRAMS 8 KEY OPERATOR PR OGRAM MENU The ke y operat or prog rams are a ccesse d via the follo wing menu s tructur e. Refer to this menu when en abling or disabl ing the s ettings th at are ex plain ed beginni ng on page 95. Some pr ograms contain a n addi tional le vel o f setti ngs (a se ttings s creen). Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 K[...]

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    94 PROCEDURE FOR USING THE KEY OPERATOR PROGRAMS The ke y operat or prog rams ca n be acc essed from any mo de (cop y, fax , print, a nd scan m ode). When t he setting is comple ted, yo u will retur n to th e previous mode. • Faxes c annot be s ent or re ceived while a key ope rator prog ram is being use d. • A key o perator program cannot b e [...]

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    95 8 KEY OPERATOR PROGRAMS FOR THE FAX FUNCTION LIST PRINT/SET This prog ram is us ed to print lists sh owing curr ent key opera tor progr am settin gs and othe r programme d info rmation. LIST PRINT 1 Follow steps 1 t hrough 6 of "INITIAL PROCEDURE" (page 94). 2 Sele ct "L IST PR INT/S ET " with th e [ ] or [ ] key and then pre[...]

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    96 KEY OPERATOR PROGRAMS 2 Select "LIST PRI NT/SET" with the [ ] or [ ] key and then press the [ OK] key. 3 Select "LIST SETTI NG" with t he [ ] or [ ] key and th en press the [OK] key. 4 Select "AUTO LIS TING" wi th the [ ] or [ ] key and then press the [ OK] key. 5 Select "AUTO PRI NT REPT AT LIMIT (50)" wi[...]

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    97 KEY OPERATOR PROGRAMS 8 5 Enter your fax number with the numeric keys and then press the [OK] key. • If y ou make a m istake, p ress the [C] key and re-enter the numbe r. • To e nter "+", p ress the key. 6 Enter your name and then p ress the [START] key ( ). See "ENTERING CHARACTERS" (pag e 82) for the procedu re for ente[...]

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    98 KEY OPERATOR PROGRAMS DISTINC TIVE RING This pr ogram ca n only be activat ed in A ustral ia, and New Zealand . If multiple tel ephone number s have been assign ed to your te lephone l ine, th e number called c an be identifi ed by its ringin g pattern . By usi ng one num ber for voic e calls and ano ther numb er for fa xes, you can tell whi ch [...]

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    99 KEY OPERATOR PROGRAMS 8 6 Enter an account name (up to 18 characters) and then pr ess the [OK] key. • See "E NTERING CHARACTERS" (page 8 2) for the proced ure for enter ing letters . • Press the [OK] ke y to ret urn to the scre en of step 3. To progra m ano ther acco unt number, re peat steps 5 and 6. T o exit, pre ss the [BACK] ke[...]

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    100 KEY OPERATOR PROGRAMS 3 Select "AUTO SUMM ER TIME SETTING" with the [ ] or [ ] key and then press the [OK] key. • The setting i s turned on and a ch eckmark appears i n the c hec kbox . • If th is proced ure is per formed when the settin g is turn ed on , the chec kmar k is c lea red an d the sett ing turned o ff. DISABLE FAX PRIN[...]

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    101 KEY OPERATOR PROGRAMS 8 PAGE COUNTER SET This sett ing let s you select whether page numbers are printed a t the top of f ax pages by the re ceiving ma chine. The n ormal set ting is to have p age n umbers printe d. 1 Foll ow step s 1 thro ugh 6 o f "I NITIAL PROCEDUR E" (p age 94 ). 2 Select "SEN DING FU NCTION" with the [ [...]

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    102 KEY OPERATOR PROGRAMS RECALL SETTING (BUSY) This pr ogram is used to s et the num ber of recall attempts and the interva l betwe en recall a ttempts when a tr ansmiss ion is not su ccessf ul due to th e line being bu sy or o ther rea son. Normally the machi ne is s et to make 2 recal l attempts at inter vals of 3 minu tes. If you do not wis h t[...]

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    103 KEY OPERATOR PROGRAMS 8 RING TIMEOU T IN AU TO TX When se nding a fax by a utomati c transmi ssion ( see "Storing transmi ssion j obs (me mory trans mission) " on page 24) , this s etting lets you se lect the a mount of time that the mac hine wait s before breakin g the connec tion when th e other m achin e does not answer your m achi[...]

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    104 KEY OPERATOR PROGRAMS #OF RINGS AT. RX When the recepti on mode is set t o auto, this pro gram is used to selec t the numb er of ri ngs on whi ch the machin e automa tical ly recei ves a call an d begin s fax reception . (See " RECEIVING A FAX" on pa ge 28.) Any num ber of r ings fro m 0 to 9 can b e select ed. Norm ally "2"[...]

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    105 KEY OPERATOR PROGRAMS 8 DUPLEX RECEPTION (Only on models with the two-sided prin ting function) This se tting i s used to sele ct wheth er or not r eceived faxes a re prin ted on b oth si des of the paper. W hen two-sided print ing is e nabled and a fax that is two pages or l onger is receive d (the pag es mu st be the same s ize), the fax will[...]

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    106 KEY OPERATOR PROGRAMS INDEX PRINT This se tting i s used to have a bl ack mar k (index ) printed at the t op of each rece ived fax page. The posi tion of the mark is shif ted with each fax recept ion, allowi ng you to easi ly disti nguish whe re one fax rec eption en ds and anothe r begins. • Enable t his func tion be fore recei ving faxes . [...]

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    107 KEY OPERATOR PROGRAMS 8 POLLING SECURITY These settings are use d for t he public box for regular polling memory . Note th at they do not apply to F-code polling memory . (See " USING POLLING MEMORY " page 39.) POLLING SECURIT Y When per formin g poll ing memor y (see " Polling security " on page 41), thi s sett ing is us ed[...]

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    108 9 APPENDIX This ch apter contains the sp ecifica tions of t he fax function a nd the index. SPECIFICATIONS For in formati on on power requir ements, pow er cons umption , dimen sions, w eigh t, and o the r specifi cations that are common to all fea tures of the mach ine, see "SPECI FICAT IONS" in the "Op erati on man ual (for ge [...]

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    109 INDEX Symbols / Numbers #of rings at. RX ...................... ............. ............. .......104 8 1/2x11 RX reduce ............... ............. ....................10 5 A Acc. name print ................ ............. ............. .............10 1 Account # set ......................... ............. ............. .........9 8 Account[...]

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    110 M Memory tr ansm ission ............. .................... ............. ..24 O On-hook diallin g ............... ................... ............. .........1 6 Operatio n panel ... ............. ............. ................... ........... 8 Origina l size ............... ............ ............. ............. .........14 Origina l sizes ..[...]

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    111 Advanced transmission methods Broadcas t transm ission ................. ............. ............. ..32 Cover she et/messa ge func tion ...... ............. ............. ..44 Dual page scan ................ ............. ................... ......... 43 Forwarding function .... ............ ............. ............. .........4 6 Own numb e[...]

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    NETWORK EXPANSION KIT OPERATION MANUAL (for network scanner) MODEL AR-NB3 Page • INTRODUCTION .................. ... 1 • CONTENTS .......................... ... 2 • BEFORE USING THE NETWORK SCANNER FUNC TION ................. 3 • HOW TO USE TH E NETWO RK SCANNE R FUNC TION ..... .... ..... 15 • KEY OPERATOR PR OGRAMS ... 32 • TROUBLESHO[...]

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    1 INTRODUCTION The opt ional network e xpansio n kit (A R-NB3) enables t he mac hine to be used a s a networ k scan ner. Note • This ma nual only ex plains the network s canner fun ction that can be used when the opti onal net work expans ion kit is instal led. For inform ation on c opier fun ction s, add ing paper and to ner, remov ing misf eeds[...]

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    2 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .. ..... .... ....... .... .... ....... .... ..... .... ....... .... ..... ...... ..... .... ....... .... ..... ...... ..... .... ....... .. .... ....... .... .... 1 1 BEFORE USING THE NETWORK SCANNER FUNCTION ABOUT THE NETWORK SCANNER FUNCTION ..... .... .... ....... .... ..... ...... ..... ...... ..... .... .. 3 SETTINGS A[...]

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    3 1 BEFORE USING THE NETWORK SCANNER FUNCTION ABOUT THE NETWORK SCANNER FUNCTION When the network ex pansion kit is i nstalle d in the mac hine, a document or photo c an be sca nned in to an image file and sent over a n etwork or th e Interne t to a fi le serv er, e-mail dest ination, o r your own comput er. You can sele ct from th e followi ng tra[...]

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    4 SETTINGS AND PROGRAMMING REQUIRED FOR THE NETWORK SCANNER FEATURE To use the Netwo rk Scan ner featur e, settings for the SMTP server, DNS ser ver, and de stina tion addre sses mus t be confi gur ed. To config ure th e settings, u se a com puter that is conn ected t o the same network as the machine to access the machin e's Web serve r. The [...]

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    5 1 ABOUT THE WEB PAGE (FOR USERS) When yo u succe ssfully c onnect to the We b server in the mac hine, the followi ng page wi ll appear in your b rows er. A menu fr ame appe ars o n the left s ide of the page. W hen you click an item in the menu, a sc reen ap pears i n the right fram e that a llows you to establi sh se ttings for th at item . For [...]

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    6 BEFORE USING THE NETWORK SCANN ER FUNCTION STORING DESTINATIONS To store scannin g des tinatio ns, click [De stina tion] in th e Web p age menu fr ame. This scree n can also be u sed to edit or delete st ored d estinati ons. ( Pa ge 10 ) A total o f 200 de stina tions * can be s tored, i nclud ing E-m ail, FT P, Desk top, and Group d estin ations[...]

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    7 BEFORE USING THE NETWORK SCANNER FUNCTION 1 Storing destinations for Scan to FTP 1 Click [Destination] in the menu frame of the Web page. 2 Click [FTP]. 3 Enter the destination informa tion. For the s ettings, see the follo wing ta ble. 4 When you have completed all the entries, click [Submi t]. The ent rie s will b e stor ed. FTP destination inf[...]

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    8 BEFORE USING THE NETWORK SCANN ER FUNCTION Storing destinations for Scan to Desktop The desti nation for Scan to Desktop i s sto red by the S harp Netwo rk Sca nner Tool Setup Wizard when "Netwo rk Scanne r Tool" i s installe d in y our compute r. For this re ason, ther e is no need to sto re the Scan to De sktop destina tion i n the We[...]

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    9 BEFORE USING THE NETWORK SCANNER FUNCTION 1 Storing Groups (Scan to E-mail) You can se nd a scanne d image to mu ltiple e- mail desti natio ns in a singl e Scan to E-mai l oper ation. If you frequ ently transm it to a fixed gr oup of des tinati ons, you can stor e the dest inatio ns as a g roup. 1 Click [Destination] in the menu frame of the Web [...]

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    10 BEFORE USING THE NETWORK SCANN ER FUNCTION Editing and deleting prog rammed transmission destinations To edit or delet e progr ammed des tinations , click [De stina tion] in th e menu frame of th e Web page. 1 Click [Destination] in the menu frame of the Web page. 2 In the Destinations List, click the checkbox of the destination that you want to[...]

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    11 1 ABOUT THE WEB PAGE (FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR) In additi on to th e menu that appear in the us er Web page , the W eb page for the ad ministrato r also s hows men us that can only be e stabl ished by the admin istrator . A menu fr ame appe ars o n the left s ide of the page. W hen you click an item in the menu, a sc reen ap pears i n the right fra[...]

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    12 BEFORE USING THE NETWORK SCANN ER FUNCTION BASIC SETTI NGS FOR NETWORK SCANNING Click [Netw ork S canning ] in the menu fram e and con figur e the requ ired se ttings. A passwor d is re quired to access this sc reen. ( Page 14 ) These settin gs shoul d only b e confi gured by the networ k admin istrator . For explanati ons o f each of t he item [...]

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    13 BEFORE USING THE NETWORK SCANNER FUNCTION 1 VARIOUS SERVER SETTI NGS The proc edures for usin g [Quic k Setup] a re expl ained h ere. [Qu ick Set up] is us ed to quic kly confi gure onl y the required setti ngs for "SM TP", " DNS", and " LDAP" s ervers. These s etting s are no rmally configur ed firs t. SMTP serv er[...]

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    14 BEFORE USING THE NETWORK SCANN ER FUNCTION PROTECTING INFORMATION PROGRAMMED IN THE WEB PAGE ([Passwords]) The se ttings an d informa tion prog rammed i n the Web page c an be pro tected by establis hing pas swords ( click [Passw ords] in the men u frame). T he adm inistr ator must change th e facto ry defau lt passw ord to a new pa ssword. The [...]

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    15 2 HOW TO USE THE NETWORK SCANNER FUNCTION This ch apter exp lains how to us e the ne twork scan ner fu nction at the ope ration pa nel of the m achi ne after th e settings h ave be en config ured in t he Web page. The network scanner function is use d to co nvert pap er-based informa tion suc h as a phot o or docu ment in to imag e data for t ra[...]

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    16 A LOOK AT THE MACHINE OPERATION PANEL (1) Keys for the fax func tion (when the fax option is installed) These keys ar e used i n fax mode. For m ore informa tion, see the "O pera tion m anual (fo r facsim ile) ". (2) Display ( page 18 ) This dis plays the base s creen a nd the f unction settings s creen. (3) [BACK] key In a setti ng or[...]

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    17 HOW TO USE THE NETWORK SCANNE R FUNCTION 2 (13) [FORMAT] ke y ( page 28 ) When yo u send an image to one o r more recipien ts using Scan to E-mail or Scan to FTP, the [FOR MAT] key enables you to temporaril y overrid e the in dividua l file for mat setti ngs (fi le type / c ompress ion mode ) store d for eac h recipien t and send the im age to a[...]

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    18 HOW TO USE THE NETWORK SCANNER FUNCTI ON SCAN MODE (BASE SCREEN) The base s creen of scan m ode is di spla yed by pr essin g the [SCAN ] key from the b ase scr een of co py mod e, print mode, or fax mode. Base screen of scan mode (1) Message displa y Messag es appear here to indic ate the cu rrent stat us of t he mac hine. (2) Destination displa[...]

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    19 HOW TO USE THE NETWORK SCANNE R FUNCTION 2 AUDITING MODE Auditin g mode is used to restrict th e use of scan m ode to val id acco unts (up to 50 a ccounts can be created) and to keep a c ount of pag es trans mitted by each account. Using audit mode When aud iting mode is e nabled , the acc ount number entry screen is disp laye d. Ente r your ac [...]

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    20 SENDING AN IMAGE BASIC TRANSMIS SION PROCEDURE 1 Make sure the machine is in scan mode. When the S CAN in dicato r is li t, the m achin e is in sc an mod e. If the indi cator is n ot lit, pres s the [SCAN] key. If audit ing mode has been en abled for the scan functi on in the ke y operator p rograms, a messag e will ap pear p rompting you to ent[...]

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    21 HOW TO USE THE NETWORK SCANNE R FUNCTION 2 8 Select the destination selection method ( page 22 ). Select fr om the fo llowin g three destinat ion selection methods: • "ADDRESS BOOK" ( page 22 ) Select one of th e stored destinat ions d irectly f rom the oper ation pane l. • "ADDRESS ENTRY" ( page 23 ) Directly enter the e[...]

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    22 HOW TO USE THE NETWORK SCANNER FUNCTI ON SELECTING A DESTINATION (USING THE [ADDRESS] KEY) A destinati on can be sele cted using o ne of th ree metho ds: Sele cting from " ADDRESS BOOK", u sing "ADDRE SS ENTRY", o r "ADDRESS SEAR CH". "ADDRESS BOOK" 1 Perf orm steps 1 to 6 of "BASIC TRANSMI SSI ON PRO[...]

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    23 HOW TO USE THE NETWORK SCANNE R FUNCTION 2 "ADDRESS ENTRY" 1 Perf orm steps 1 to 6 of "BASIC TRANSMI SSI ON PROCED URE" ( page 20 ). 2 Press the [ADDRES S] key The add ress sel ectio n screen a ppears. 3 Select "ADDRESS ENTRY" with the [ ] key. 4 Press t he [OK] ke y. The e- mail add ress entry screen a ppears. 5 En[...]

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    24 HOW TO USE THE NETWORK SCANNER FUNCTI ON "ADDRESS SEARCH" search 1 Perf orm steps 1 to 6 of "BASIC TRANSMI SSI ON PROCED URE" ( page 20 ). 2 Press the [ADDRES S] key 3 Select "ADDRESS SEARCH" with the [ ] key. 4 Press t he [OK] ke y. The add ress s earch screen a ppears. 5 Enter the search charac ters. To enter char[...]

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    25 HOW TO USE THE NETWORK SCANNE R FUNCTION 2 TRANSMITTING A TWO- SIDED ORIGINAL Follow these steps to automatically transmit a two-sided original. (This is only possi ble on models that have an RSPF installed .) 1 Make sure the machine is in scan mode. When the SCAN indicator is lit , the machine is in scan mode. If the indi cato r is not on, pre [...]

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    26 CHECKING THE SIZE OF A PLACED ORIGINAL When a s tandard- size* or igina l is pla ced in th e docu ment fee der tray o r on the documen t glas s, the ori ginal s ize is a utomatica lly d etected ( automat ic orig inal d etection function ) and di splay ed in the origi nal dis play. Make sur e that the size has b een detected corr ectly. (1) W hen[...]

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    27 HOW TO USE THE NETWORK SCANNE R FUNCTION 2 Selecting an AB original size 4 Select the original size with the [ ] or [ ] key. To ret urn to the selec tion of i nch ori ginal si zes, press the [ ] key an d return to step 2. 5 Press the [OK] ke y. You wil l return to the base screen and th e selected origi nal size will appear in the o riginal disp[...]

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    28 HOW TO USE THE NETWORK SCANNER FUNCTI ON 3 Press t he [OK] ke y. You will return to th e bas e screen an d the s elect ed resolutio n will appear i n the resol ution d isplay. SELECTING THE FILE FORMAT After sel ectin g scan mo de and pla cing the origi nal (s teps 1 to 3 on page 20 ), perform the proc edure below. The factor y defaul t settings[...]

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    29 HOW TO USE THE NETWORK SCANNE R FUNCTION 2 SETTING THE LIGHT SOURCE COLOR When sc anning i n black and white m ode, you c an set th e light s ource col or. For exa mple, if y ou do not wish t o scan th e red par ts of an origina l, se t the li ght sour ce color to "RED" . ("WHITE " will cause a ll colo rs to be scanned. ) Sel[...]

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    30 HOW TO USE THE NETWORK SCANNER FUNCTI ON 3 Press t he [OK] ke y. 4 Select the desired threshold value with the [ ] or [ ] k ey. The def ault setti ng is "1 28". Whi te beco mes strong er as the disp layed val ue approac hes "1". Black becomes strong er when the disp layed v alue appr oaches " 254" . 5 Press the [OK][...]

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    31 HOW TO USE THE NETWORK SCANNE R FUNCTION 2 IMAGE ORIENTATION AND STANDARD ORIGINAL PLACEMENT OR IENTATION When us ing the do cumen t glass, the or iginal shou ld be p laced fac e down in the far left cor ner of th e glass with the top edge o f the or iginal at the left e dge of t he glass . When us ing the SPF, t he or iginal s hould b e plac ed[...]

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    32 3 KEY OPERATOR PROGRAMS The key ope rator progr ams a llow the admi nistrat or of the mac hine (key ope rator) to enable and disable fun ction s to suit the ne eds of the work place. Thi s chapter explain s the key ope rator pr ograms fo r the networ k scanne r funct ions. For key operator p rograms for gene ral use of the mac hine, see the &quo[...]

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    33 3 USING THE KEY OPERATOR PROGRAMS 1 Press the [SPECIAL FUNCTION] ke y. The sp ecial fu nction screen wi ll appea r. 2 Select "KEY OPERATOR PRG." w ith the [ ] or [ ] key. 3 Press t he [OK] ke y. The ke y operat or co de entry s creen appears. 4 Enter the key ope rator code with the numeric keys . • " " will a ppear for each[...]

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    34 4 TROUBLESHOOTING TROUBLESHOOTING If a prob lem or q uestio n arises, try to s olve the s ituat ion usin g the fol lowing i nformatio n befor e contac ting you r authori zed SHAR P deal er. Image tr ansmiss ion pro blems ar e expla ined here . For imag e scanni ng probl ems, see the "Ope ratio n manual ( for gen eral informati on and co pie[...]

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    35 TROUBLESHOOTING 4 MAXIMUM RESOLUTION When scanning takes place with the resolution set to th e maximum resolution (600 dpi), the resolution may change depending on the amount of memory available, the original size, the color mode, and other scanning conditions. The table below shows the relation between the possi ble scanning area and the scanni[...]

  • Page 280

    36 TROUBLESHOOTING IMPORTANT POINTS WHEN USING SCAN TO E-MAIL Be carefu l not to send image data files that are too large . Your ma il serv er's sys tem admi nistra tor may h ave pl aced a li mit on th e amoun t of data t hat can be s ent in one e-mai l transm ission . If this l imit is exceeded , the e- mail wil l not b e delive red to the re[...]

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    37 4 CHECKING THE IP ADDRESS There ar e several settings wh ere the IP address must be entered o r checked . To check the IP ad dress o f the ma chine, ho ld down the st atus button on the n etwork e xpansio n kit at l east 2 second s to pri nt out a Pr inter S etting Lis t. How to r eset the n etwor k expansio n kit To reset th e network expansion[...]

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    38 5 SPECIFICATIONS For infor mation o n power r equirem ents, power consu mption, di mensi ons, weig ht, and o ther spe cificat ions that are common to all features of the mac hine, ref er to t he "Operati on manual (for ge neral i nformatio n and cop ier)". Remarks * A total of 200 dest inations c an be stored , including E-ma il, FTP, [...]

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    OPERATION MANUAL (for network scanner) SHARP CORPORA TION ARNB3-EN1-SCANNER[...]

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    NETWORK EXPANSION KIT OPERATION MANUAL (for network printer) MODEL AR-NB3 Page • INTRODUCTION ................... . 1 • CONTENTS ........................... . 2 • PRINTING FR OM WINDOWS .... 3 • PRINTE R UTILITIES (WINDO WS) ... 14 • PRINTING FROM A MACI NTOSH .... 17 • WEB FUNC TION S OF TH E MAC HINE .... 20 • KEY OPERATOR PR OGRAMS[...]

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    1 INTRODUCTION The opt ional network e xpansio n kit (A R-NB3) ena bles t he mac hine to be used a s a networ k prin ter. Note • This manual o nly explain s the network printer functi on that c an be used w hen the opti onal netwo rk ex pansion kit is install ed. For informa tion on copier functions , adding paper and toner , removi ng misfe eds,[...]

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    2 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .. ..... .... ....... .... .... ....... .... ..... .... ....... .... ..... ...... ..... .... ....... .... ..... ...... ..... .... ....... .. .... ....... .... .... 1 1 PRINTING FROM WINDOWS BASIC PRINTI NG ..... ...... ..... .... ....... .... ....... .... .... 3 ● IF THE TRAY RUNS OUT O F PAPER DURING PRINTING ............[...]

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    3 1 PRINTING FROM WINDOWS This ch apter explains the ba sic pr ocedure for printi ng in W indows a nd how t o sele ct prin ter driv er sett ings. BASIC PRINTING The follo wing ex ample explain s how to pr int a doc ument from WordP ad. Before printing , make sure tha t the c orrect si ze of paper for your d ocumen t has been loade d in th e machine[...]

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    4 PRINTING FROM WINDOWS 5 Click the [Print] button ( [OK] button in Windows 95/98/Me/NT 4. 0). Printing beg ins. The prin t job i s delivered to the ou tput tray , with the posi tion of the pap er offset slightl y from th e previous job (off set fun ction ). IF THE TRA Y RUN S OUT OF P APER DURIN G PRIN TING Add pape r to the tr ay that r an out or[...]

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    5 PRINTING FROM WINDOWS 1 AUDITING MODE When "AU DITING MODE" is enabled in the key ope rator progr ams, a 5-digi t account num ber must be entered in the printer d river setup sc reen in order to print. A ccou nt number s are s tored in the ke y oper ator prog rams. ( See the "Key operato r's guide ".) To open the acco unt[...]

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    6 OPENING THE PRINTER DRIVER FROM THE [START] BUTTON To cha nge the pr inter dr iver sett ings, follow the ste ps below. Settin gs adjusted in thi s way will be th e init ial setti ngs when you print fr om an appl ication . (If you c hange the settin gs in the prin ter driver s etup sc reen at the time o f printing, the set tings will rever t to th[...]

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    7 1 PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS To view He lp for a s etting , click the b utton in the upper r ight-han d corner o f the win dow and then click the setting. Some r estricti ons exi st on t he co mbina tions of setti ngs that can be sel ected in the printer drive r setu p screen. When a restrict ion is in ef fect, an information i con ( ) will ap pear [...]

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    8 PRINTING FROM WINDOWS TWO-SIDED PRINTI NG (ONLY FO R MODELS THAT SUPPORT T WO-SID ED PRINTING ) On models that have the two-sided printing fun ction, both si des of the pap er can be prin ted on. To use this func tion, ope n the prin ter dri ver set up scre en and se lect [2 -Sided (Book)] or [2-Side d (Tablet) ] from "D ocument S tyle"[...]

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    9 PRINTING FROM WINDOWS 1 Pamp hl et st yle Pamphle t style p rints tw o pages ea ch on the front a nd bac k of each sheet of paper (four pages tot al on one sheet) so that the sheets ca n be fold ed down th e center and bound to create a pamp hlet. This func tion is conveni ent when you wish to compi le prin ted page s int o a pamp hlet . To use t[...]

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    10 PRINTING FROM WINDOWS PRINTING MULTIPLE PAGES ON ONE PAGE This featur e allows you to reduce an d prin t two, four, si x, eight, ni ne or sixt een docume nt pages on a s ingle sheet of paper. To use thi s func tion, ope n the prin ter dri ver set up screen and se lect the n umber of pages p er shee t (2-Up, 4 -Up, 6-Up, 8-Up, 9-Up, or 16-Up) in [...]

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    11 PRINTING FROM WINDOWS 1 FITTING THE PRINT IMAGE TO THE PAPER The prin ter driv er can adjust th e size of the prin t image to match the size of the pape r loaded in the m achine. Follow the steps shown b elow to use this func tion. The explana tion bel ow assum es that yo u inten d to print a ledger or A3 siz e docum ent on lette r or A4 size pa[...]

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    12 PRINTING FROM WINDOWS ROTATING THE PRINT IMAGE 180 DEGREES The prin t image can be r otated 180 degre es. This feat ure rota tes the pr int im age 180 de grees to enable corre ct print ing on paper th at can onl y be loa ded in one orien tation . To use this func tion, se lect th e image o rientatio n in "I mage Orie ntation " on th e [...]

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    13 PRINTING FROM WINDOWS 1 PRINTING TEXT AND LI NES IN BLACK Color te xt and lines th at are nor mally printed i n lig ht color ca n be pr inted in black. C olor text and l ines that are fa int when pri nted norm ally c an be pri nted in bl ack t o improve l egibili ty. Printing text in b lack Text that i s any c olor othe r than whi te is prin ted[...]

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    14 2 PRINTER UTILITIES (WINDOWS) This ch apter exp lains printer u tiliti es that ar e used t o manag e and m onitor th e network printer. PRINTER UTILITIES The "S oftware CD-RO M (1)" i ncluded i n the n etwork expa nsion k it contai ns the fol lowing two print er utilitie s. Printer Status Monitor (for general users) This all ows the us[...]

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    15 2 USING THE PRINTER UTILITIES STARTING UP THE PRI NTER UTILITIES If the Pr inter St atus Moni tor or P rinter Ad minis tration Utility i s not ru nning, use the follo wing pr ocedur e to star t the utility . Printer Status Monitor Click the [star t] button, po int to [A ll Progr ams] ([Progr ams] in o perating systems other th an Window s XP/Ser[...]

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    16 PRINTER UTILITIES (WINDOW S) CHECKING THE PRINTER STATUS The Pri nter Statu s Monitor allows you to c heck whet her or n ot toner an d paper r emain i n the ma chine. 1 Right-click the [Printer Status Monitor] icon ( ) on the task bar, and select [SHARP AR- XXXX Status] from the pop-up menu. 2 Check the current status of the pr inter in the sc r[...]

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    17 3 PRINTING FROM A MACINTOSH This ch apter exp lains the proc edures for printi ng from a Macintos h environ ment. BASIC PRINTING To use the machine as a p rinter for the Maci ntosh, the PS3 expa nsion kit (AR- PK1/N) m ust be ins talled a nd the machin e must be con nected to a network . To ins tall the P PD file a nd con figure the printer driv[...]

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    18 PRINTING FROM A MAC INTOSH 5 Select print settings. Click ne xt to [Copie s & Pages] ([ Gener al] in Ma c OS 8.6 to 9.2.2) and select th e settings that you wish to co nfigure fr om the pull -down me nu. Th e corres ponding s etting screen wil l appear. 6 Click the [Print] b utton . Printing beg ins. IF THE TRA Y RUN S OUT OF P APER DURIN G [...]

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    19 PRINTING FROM A MAC INTOSH 3 WHEN [PAPER FEED] IS SET TO [AUTO S ELECT] If [Paper Fee d] is set to [ Auto Selec t] in the Prin t window and the c orrect size of paper is not loaded in the machine, the printi ng proce dure wil l vary dep ending on the "FORCED OUTPUT OF PRINT" (page 31 ) sett ing in t he key operato r program s. When &qu[...]

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    20 4 WEB FUNCTIONS OF THE MACHINE The ne twork ex pansion kit i ncludes a built-i n Web server. The Web serve r is ac cesse d using a Web br owser on your compute r. The Web pages include both pages for use rs and p ages for the admini strator . In the us er Web p ages, users c an mo nitor th e mac hine, di rectly print a file s pecifie d on a comp[...]

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    21 4 ABOUT THE WEB PAGES (FOR USERS) When yo u acces s the use r We b pages i n the ma chine, th e follo wing pa ge will a ppear in your browser. A menu fr ame appe ars o n the left s ide of the page. W hen you click an item in the menu, a sc reen ap pears i n the right fram e that a llows you to configure settin gs for th at item. (1) Menu frame C[...]

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    22 WEB FUNCTIONS OF THE MACHINE DIRECTLY PRINTING A FILE ON A COMPUTER A file that c an be accesse d by your co mputer can be directly pr inted witho ut using the printer d river by spec ifying the file's a ddress . Any fil e that can be acce ssed by your computer can be p rinted by this me thod, i ncluding not only files on your compute r but[...]

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    23 WEB FUNCTIONS OF THE MACHINE 4 PRINTER DEFAULT SETTINGS Configur e basic printer settings a nd prin ter lan guage sett ings. The pri nter defa ult se ttings c onsist o f the fol lowing three sc reens. • Default s ettings (pa ge 24) : B asic setti ngs that ar e mainl y used wh en the p rinter driver is not used (for exam ple, when printi ng fro[...]

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    24 WEB FUNCTIONS OF THE MACHINE Printer conditi on settin gs Factory default s etting s are in dicat ed in bold . Default settings PCL settings PostScript settings "PostSc ript Sett ings" only ap pears whe n the P S3 expan sion ki t is ins talled . Item Settings Description Copies 1 -99 9 Thi s is used t o sele ct the number of copi es. O[...]

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    25 4 ABOUT THE WEB PAGES (FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR) In additi on to the me nus that a ppear fo r user s, other menus th at ca n only b e use d by the admini strator a ppear in the adminis trator We b pages. A menu fr ame appe ars o n the left s ide of the page. W hen you click an item in the menu, a sc reen ap pears i n the right fram e that a llows y[...]

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    26 WEB FUNCTIONS OF THE MACHINE PROTECTING INFORMATION PROGRAMMED IN THE WEB PAGE ([PASSWORDS]) Password s can be set ( click [P assword s] in the m enu fr ame) to res trict W eb page ac cess a nd protec t setting s. The adminis trator mus t change the pas sword fr om the fac tory def ault setti ng. The a dministra tor mu st also t ake care to reme[...]

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    27 WEB FUNCTIONS OF THE MACHINE 4 E-MAIL PRINT FUNCTION An e-m ail acc ount can b e set u p for the m achin e. When th is is done, the machine will p eriodic ally c heck the e-mail server fo r e-mail and automatic ally pr int out any fil e attach ments it re ceives . This pro vides a me ans for printi ng a file from a comp uter th at does not have [...]

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    28 WEB FUNCTIONS OF THE MACHINE KEY OPERATOR PR OGRAMS The key operator programs are u sed to p rohibit changes t o th e [Cond ition S ettings ] and to con figure int erface sett ings. • Default s ettings : Sel ect the setting f or which you wish to pr ohibit ch anges. • Interface s ettings : Enabl e monitor ing of data se nt to the ne twork po[...]

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    29 WEB FUNCTIONS OF THE MACHINE 4 E-MAIL STATUS AND E-MAIL ALERT S ETTINGS These func tions s end in formatio n on ma chine us e (print c ount, copy count, et c.) a nd erro r condit ions (p aper misfeed , out of pape r, out of toner, etc.) via e -mail to the adm inistrator of the mac hine or the dea ler. Information setup Machin e ident ifica tion [...]

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    30 WEB FUNCTIONS OF THE MACHINE Status me ssage setup Use the s tatus mes sage func tion to s end the current counter i nformatio n, inclu ding th e copy coun t, print count, an d total out put cou nt, based on the spe cifie d schedu le. The d estinati ons can b e set f or adminis trators a nd deal ers re spectiv ely. To set up t he sta tus mess ag[...]

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    31 5 KEY OPERATOR PROGRAMS The key ope rator progr ams a llow the admi nistrat or of the mac hine (key ope rator) to enable and disable fun ction s to suit the needs of t he wor kplace. This chap ter expl ains the key o perator programs for the network and prin ter function s. For key operator pr ograms for gener al use of the ma chin e, see the &q[...]

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    32 USING THE KEY OPERATOR PROGRAMS BASIC PROCEDURE FOR CONFIGURING SETTINGS Follow the steps below to acces s the ke y operat or se ttings for the networ k and pr inter fu nctions . 1 Press the [SPECIAL FUNCTION] ke y. The sp ecial fun ction screen will app ear. 2 Select "KEY OPERATOR PRG." w ith the [ ] or [ ] key. 3 Press t he [OK] ke y[...]

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    33 KEY OPERATOR PROGRAMS 5 SPECIAL SETTINGS IP address settings This program is used to s et the "IP ADDRESS", "SUBNETMA SK", an d "DEFAULT GA TEWAY". The fo llowing screen a ppears wh en this progr am is se lecte d. 1 Enter the IP address, subnet m ask, and default gateway. 2 When you have completed all settings , pre[...]

  • Page 318

    34 6 TROUBLESHOOTING TROUBLESHOOTING This ch apter ex plains what to do when the ma chine do es no t connec t to the n etwork o r when p roblems occur d uring printing. For pro blems r elated to the mac hine suc h as run ning o ut of pa per or pape r misfee ds, see t he "Oper ation manual ( for general informatio n and c opier)". Network [...]

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    35 TROUBLESHOOTING 6 Problems during prin ting Problem Cause and solut ion Page The machine does not receive print data. (The DATA indi cator does not bl ink.) The machine is set to off-line mode. → Press the [PRINT] key t o select printer mo de and then sele ct "ONLINE" with t he [ ] key. 3 , 17 Your machin e is not selected c orre ctl[...]

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    36 TROUBLESHOOTING A noti ce pa ge is pr int ed If you find tha t a notice page ha s been pr inted at the end of a print jo b, the print dat a receiv ed from the com puter has not been p rinted a s spe cified. Fi x the p roblem a s exp lained be low and then try printin g agai n. What to do when a notice page is printed The abo ve not ice page is p[...]

  • Page 321

    37 6 CHECKING THE IP ADDRESS There ar e several settings wh ere the IP address must be entered o r checked . To check the IP ad dress o f the ma chine , hold down the st atus bu tton on the n etwork e xpansio n kit for at least 2 second s to pri nt out a Printer S etting L ist. How to r eset the n etwor k expansio n kit To reset th e network expans[...]

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    38 7 SPECIFICATIONS PRINTER SPECIFICATIONS *1 Print speed during pri nting of th e second sheet an d follo wing shee ts when using 8-1 /2" x 11" (A4) plain p aper and p erforming contin uous one- sided printing o f the sam e page; ex cluding use of off set ou tput. *2 300 dpi can o nly be s elected wh en usi ng the PCL6 or PCL5e p rinter [...]

  • Page 323

    39 7 PRINTER DRIVER SPECIFICATIONS *1 N-up printing c annot be u sed in Wind ows NT 4.0 . In Windo ws 2000 /XP/Server 200 3, 2, 4, 6, 9, and 16 N-up prin ting can b e used. *2 Only for model s that su pport two -sided pri nting. *3 Pamphlet style printing i s availabl e in Windo ws 2000/XP/Se rver 20 03. *4 A custom pa per size ca nnot be set in Wi[...]

  • Page 324

    AR-NB3 (for network printer) SHARP CORPORA TION ARNB3-EN-PRINTER[...]

  • Page 325

    SOFTWARE SETUP GUIDE DIGITAL MULTIFUNCTIONAL SYSTEM • INTRODUCTION • CONTENTS • INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE (THAT ACCOMPANIES THE MACHINE) • INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE (FOR OPTIONS) • TROUBLESHOOTING AND USEFUL INFORMATION 1 5 7 20 39 Page[...]

  • Page 326

    Warranty While e very effor t has bee n made to make this doc ument as accura te and h elpful as possib le, SH ARP Corpo ratio n makes no war ranty of any kind with reg ard to its con tent. All infor mation in clude d herein is subj ect to change wi thout notice. SH ARP is not res ponsible for any loss or damag es, direct or in direct, aris ing fro[...]

  • Page 327

    1 INTRODUCTION Thank you for p urchas ing this product . This m anual explains how to install the prin ter dri ver and u tilit ies that a re required for th e printer a nd scann er functi ons. The opt ional network e xpansio n kit (A R-NB3) ena bles t he mac hine to be used a s a networ k scan ner and n etwork printer. T he op tional P S3 expans io[...]

  • Page 328

    2 ABOUT TH E CD-ROMS This pr oduct inc ludes CD- ROMs th at are prov ided sta ndard wit h the ma chine and CD-ROMs that are provide d with the optio nal net work ex pansion k it (AR-NB 3). For Windows ■ CD-ROM provided standard with the m achine There are tw o CD-ROMs that are provided w ith the machine. Software CD-ROM (1) This C D-ROM co ntains[...]

  • Page 329

    3 ■ CD-ROMS in the network ex pansion kit (AR-NB3) The opt ional network e xpansio n kit inc ludes th e followi ng four CD- ROMs: 1. "Software CD-ROM (1)" included in the network expansion kit This CD-RO M co ntains a wizard- type ins taller for inst allation of the fo llowing u tiliti es, and o nline man uals. For the pr ocedur e for i[...]

  • Page 330

    4 3. "Sharpdesk" CD-R OM Sharpde sk is a n integra ted so ftware env ironmen t that m akes it e asy t o manage do cumen t and i mage file s, and launch a pplicati ons. For infor matio n on the "S harp desk" CD-RO M and how to ins tall Shar pdesk, see th e "Shar pdesk in stall ation guide" th at accom panies the m achin[...]

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    5 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .. ..... .... ....... .... .... ....... .... ..... .... ....... .... ..... ...... ..... .... ....... .... ..... ...... ..... .... ....... .. .... ....... .... .... 1 ● SOFTWARE L ICENSE .................... ............. ................... ............. ............. ............. ................... . ................. .[...]

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    6 SETUP IN A MACINTOSH ENVIRONMENT HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS ... ....... .... ....... .... ..... ...... ..... ....... .... ....... .... .... ....... .... .. 32 APPLETALK SETTINGS ......... .... ....... .... ..... ....... .... .... ....... .... ..... ...... ..... ...... ..... .... ....... .... ..... ...... . ...... .... .. 32 INSTALLING THE[...]

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    7 1 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE (THAT ACCOMPANIES THE MACHINE) BEFORE INSTALLATION HARDWARE A ND SOFTWARE REQUI REMENTS Before install ing the software, see "H ARDWARE AND SO FTWARE REQU IREMENTS " on p age 43 to m ake s ure your com puter mee ts the h ardware and softwa re requi rements . INSTALLA TION ENV IRONMENT AND USEABLE SOF TWARE The [...]

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    8 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE (THAT ACCOMP ANIES THE MACHINE ) INSTALLATI ON METHOD 1 Use this proced ure to in stall the softwa re in the follow ing envi ronme nts: 1. Th e printer i s co nnected by USB ca ble. 2. Wi ndows ver sion: W indows 98 /Windows Me/Wind ows 200 0*/Windo ws XP * The follo wing pr ocedur e uses Win dows XP a s an e xample. Fo ll[...]

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    9 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE (THAT ACCOMPA NIES THE MACHINE) 1 8 When the "Finis h" screen appea rs, click the [Clos e] button. When "No w connec t the MFP interfac e cable to the PC." appear s, clic k the [O K] button. 9 Connect the machine to y our computer with t he USB cabl e. (Page 44) Make s ure that th e mach ine is p owered[...]

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    10 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE (THAT ACCOMP ANIES THE MACHINE ) INSTALLATI ON METHOD 2 Use this proced ure to in stall the softwa re in the follow ing envi ronme nts: 1. Th e printer is co nnected by USB cable or para llel cable. 2. Wi ndows ver sion: W indows X P Custom in stallation Install ation m ethods 2 t hrough 4 a re for c ustom in stall ations[...]

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    11 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE (THAT ACCOMPA NIES THE MACHINE) 1 10 The files required for installation of the MFP driver a re copie d (if "MFP Driver" wa s selected i n Step 8). Follow t he on -screen in structi ons. When yo u are asked ho w the prin ter is connec ted, selec t [Conn ected to th is comp uter] and click the [Next ] button. Whe[...]

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    12 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE (THAT ACCOMP ANIES THE MACHINE ) INSTALLATI ON METHOD 3 Use this proced ure to in stall the softwa re in the follow ing envi ronme nts: 1. Th e printer i s co nnected by USB ca ble. 2. Wi ndows vers ion: W indows 98 /Windows Me/Wind ows 2000* 1 Make sure t hat the USB cable i s not connected to the machine. If the cabl e [...]

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    13 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE (THAT ACCOMPA NIES THE MACHINE) 1 8 If you wish to i nstall Button Manager or Sharpdesk, click the [Utility Software] button in step 5. If you do not wis h to inst all eithe r, go t o step 10. 9 Click the [Button M anager] or [Sharpdesk] button. • To view infor mation on the softwa re, click the [Display Readme] b utton[...]

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    14 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE (THAT ACCOMP ANIES THE MACHINE ) INSTALLATI ON METHOD 4 Use this proced ure to in stall the softwa re in the follow ing envi ronme nts: 1.Th e printer is co nnected by parall el cabl e. 2.Wi ndows ver sion: W indows 95 /Wind ows 98/Wi ndows Me/ Windows N T 4.0* /Windows 2000* 1 Make sure tha t the paral lel cable is not c[...]

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    15 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE (THAT ACCOMPA NIES THE MACHINE) 1 10 Select the printer port and click the [Next] button. Select [LPT1] fo r the pr inter por t. 11 When aske d to select the printer driver to instal l, select the appropriate printer driver based on whether or not the dual function board is install ed, and then click the [Next] button. If[...]

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    16 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE (THAT ACCOMP ANIES THE MACHINE ) USING THE MACHINE AS A SHARED PRI NTER VIA A SERVER The machi ne ca n be used as a shar ed prin ter in a Windows 95/98/Me /NT 4.0/20 00/XP netw ork e nvironmen t. Note that the W indows ne twork env ironment m ust al ready be es tablish ed. Follow these steps to install the pr inter dr ive[...]

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    17 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE (THAT ACCOMPA NIES THE MACHINE) 1 8 Select th e netw ork pr inter that is shared and click the [OK] button. 9 In the printer port s election window, verify the network printer that is shared and click the [Next] button. 10 When the model selection window appears, select model name of your machine and click the [Next] butt[...]

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    18 SETTING UP BUTTON MANAGER Button Ma nager is a so ftware progr am tha t works w ith the sc anner dr iver to en able sc anning from the o peration panel of the machine. To scan usin g the operation pan el of the machine, Bu tton Manage r must be linked with the desti nation that appea rs in the di spla y. Foll ow the step s bel ow to link Button [...]

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    19 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE (THAT ACCOMPA NIES THE MACHINE) 1 WINDOWS 98/ME/2000 1 Click the [S tart] bu tton , select [Settings], and then clic k [Control Panel]. 2 Double-click the [Scanners and Cameras] icon. 3 Select [SHARP AR -XXXX] and click the [Properties] button. In Windo ws Me, ri ght clic k [SHARP A R-XXXX ] and click [Prope rties] in th [...]

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    20 2 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE (FOR OPTIONS) INSTALLATION FOR A NETWORK CONNECTION The pro cedures for i nstalli ng the softwar e when th e mac hine is used as a network printer usin g the opt ional network expans ion kit (A R-NB3) a re explain ed in t his cha pter. Refer to the following table for the in stall ation pr ocedure to follow de pendin g [...]

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    21 SETUP IN A WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS Before install ing the software, see "H ARDWARE AND SO FTWARE REQU IREMENTS " on p age 43 to m ake s ure your com puter mee ts the h ardware and softwa re requi rements . SETTING THE IP ADDRESS OF THE MACHINE Before ins talling th e print er driver , be sure to set th e [...]

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    22 SETUP IN A WINDOWS ENV IRONMEN T 7 Click the [Administrator Tools] button. 8 Click the [NICManager] button. 9 The printer or printers connected to the netw ork wi ll be detect ed. Click the printer to be configured (the mach ine). Selec t [AR- XXXX] he re. 10 Click the [Print Server Card Setup] button. If the mac hine is being us ed in a DHCP en[...]

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    23 SETUP IN A WINDOWS E NVIRON MENT 2 17 Configure the settings and then click the [Update] button. Be sure to ask your netw ork a dministrat or for th e correct IP add ress, s ubnet mas k, and def ault gateway t o be ent ered. 18 Your changes to the settings appear. Make su re that the changes are correct and then click the [OK] button. 19 Restar [...]

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    24 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE INSTALLING THE PR INTER DRI VER (STANDARD INSTALLATI ON) 1 Insert the network expansion kit "Software CD-ROM (1)" into y our computer's CD-ROM drive. 2 Click the [s tart] button, click [My Computer] ( ), an d then double-click the [CD-ROM] icon ( ). In Windo ws 95/98/M e/NT 4 .0/2000, double- click [My C om[...]

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    25 SETUP IN A WINDOWS E NVIRON MENT 2 9 Printers connected to the network are detected. S elect the machine and cl ick the [Next] butto n. 10 A confirmation window will appear. Check the contents and then click th e [Next] button. 11 When the printe r driver selection window appears, select the printer driver to be installed and click the [Next] bu[...]

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    26 SETUP IN A WINDOWS ENV IRONMEN T CUSTOM INSTALLATION If you wi sh to i nstall t he displ ay font or specif y the m achine's IP addre ss by dir ect entry wh en ins talling the print er driver, se lect [Custom ins talla tion]. 1 Insert the network expansion kit "Software CD-ROM (1)" into y our computer's CD-ROM drive. 2 Click t[...]

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    27 SETUP IN A WINDOWS E NVIRON MENT 2 11 A confirmation window appears. Check the contents and then click th e [Next] button. 12 When the printe r driver selection window appears, select the printer driver to be installed and click the [Next] button. Selec t the checkb oxes of the p rinte r dri vers to be insta lled. 13 Select whether or not you wi[...]

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    28 SETUP IN A WINDOWS ENV IRONMEN T USING THE MACHINE AS A SHARED PRI NTER VIA A SERVER If the pr inter se rver in a Windo ws NT se rver en vironment , NetWar e serv er envi ronment, or other enviro nment is configu red to sh are th e printer ( the ma chine ), follo w the steps below to instal l the p rinter driver in each cl ient compu ter. Ask yo[...]

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    29 SETUP IN A WINDOWS E NVIRON MENT 2 9 Select [Shared Printer] and click the [Next] button. 10 For the port to be used, select the machine (configu red as a s hare d printer), and click the [Next ] button. You can also cl ick the [Add Ne twork Po rt] button and sel ect the pr inter to b e shared (the machi ne) by brow sing the network in th e wind[...]

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    30 SETUP IN A WINDOWS ENV IRONMEN T INSTALLING THE PS DIS PLAY FONTS The fon ts used b y the PS printer driver ar e contai ned in the "PRINT ER UTIL ITIES" CD-ROM that ac compani ed the PS3 ex pansion k it (AR-P K1/N). Instal l these f onts as n eeded fo r the PS printer driver. 1 Insert the P S3 expansion k it (AR-PK1/N) "PRINTER UT[...]

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    31 2 USING THE PPD FILE The PP D file ena bles the machi ne to pri nt using t he stan dard PS driver o f the ope rating s ystem. In stall the PPD fi le as neede d. Use the A dd Prin ter Wizar d in Win dows to in stall the PPD fi le. Be sure to read the Readme file (R eadme.tx t) before inst alling th e PPD fil e. The Rea dme fil e is in the "E[...]

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    32 SETUP IN A MACINTOSH ENVIRONMENT HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS Before in stalli ng the PPD fi le for Ma cinto sh, see "H ARDWA RE AND S OFTWARE REQUIREM ENTS " on page 4 3 to make s ure your c ompute r meets t he hardwa re and so ftware requireme nts. APPLETALK SETTINGS After conn ectin g the ma chine to the netwo rk, con figure A[...]

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    33 SETUP IN A MACINTOSH ENVIRONM ENT 2 6 Click the [Continue] button. 7 The License Agre ement window will appear. Ma ke sure th at you understand the conten ts of the license agreement and then clic k the [Continue] button. A messa ge will appe ar asking yo u if you ag ree to the term s of the license. C lick the [Agree] button. 8 Select the hard [...]

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    34 SETUP IN A MACINTO SH ENVIRO NMENT INSTALLATION IN MAC OS 8.6 TO 9.2.2 1 Insert the network expansion kit "Software CD-ROM (1)" into y our computer's CD-ROM drive. 2 Double-click the [CD-ROM] icon ( ) on the desktop. 3 Double-click the [MacOS] folder. 4 Double-click the [Installer] icon ( ). The in stall er window will a ppear. 5 [...]

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    35 2 CONFIGURING THE PRINTER DRIVER Follow the st eps below to con figure th e mach ine's p rinter driver. MAC OS X V10.2 TO 10.3.4 1 Make sure tha t the machine is powered on. 2 Select [Applications] f rom the [Go] menu. 3 Double-click the [Utilities] folder. 4 Double-click the [Print Center] icon () . • In Mac O S X v10 .3 to 10. 3.4, dou [...]

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    36 SETUP IN A MACINTO SH ENVIRO NMENT 10 Click the [Add] button. The machi ne is added to th e list of prin ters. 11 Click the name of the machine in the "Printer List" window, and select [Show Info] from the [Printers ] menu. The "P rinter in fo" win dow will a ppear . 12 Select [I nstallable Options] from the menu. 13 Set the [...]

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    37 SETUP IN A MACINTOSH ENVIRONM ENT 2 MAC OS X v10.1.5 1 Make sure tha t the machine is powered on. 2 Select [Applications] f rom the [Go] menu. 3 Double-click the [Utilities] folder. 4 Double-click the [Print Center] icon () . The "Pr inter Li st" windo w appears . 5 Click the [Add Printer] button. 6 Select [AppleTalk] in the menu at th[...]

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    38 SETUP IN A MACINTO SH ENVIRO NMENT MAC OS 8.6 TO 9.2.2 1 Select [Chooser] from the Apple Menu. 2 Click the [LaserWri ter 8] i con. • The model nam e of your network-c onnec ted machine ([SCxx xxxx]) a ppears i n the " Select a PostSc ript Pr inter" list on the ri ght. The name of the machine that app ears is the name that w as ent er[...]

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    39 3 TROUBLESHOOTING AND USEFUL INFORMATION TROUBLESHOOTING If the sof tware does not ins tall cor rectly or if you n eed to rem ove th e softwar e, check the follo wing items on your compu ter. Troubles hooting i nformati on ca n also be found i n the READM E fil es for ea ch of the s oftwar e programs . To vi ew a README file for a software progr[...]

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    40 TROUBLESHOOTING AND USEFUL INFORMATION MFP driver does not install (Windows 2000/XP) If the MFP d river does not inst all in Win dows 2000/X P, follow th ese steps to chec k yo ur compu ter's se ttings . 1 Click th e [sta rt] butt on and then cli ck [Control Panel]. In Windo ws 2000, c lick th e [Start] button, sel ect [Setting s], and then[...]

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    41 TROUBLESHOOTING AND USEFUL INFORMATION 3 The MFP driver cannot be correctly installed by Pl ug and Play (Windows 2000/XP) In Windo ws 2000/X P, if th e MFP d river ca nnot be correct ly i nstalled by Pl ug an d Play (for e xample, Plug and Play takes plac e without co pyin g the requi red files for the MFP driv er ins tallation from th e instal [...]

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    42 CONFIGURING THE PRINTER DRIVER After in stalling the M FP dr iver (pr inter driver) or the prin ter d river fo r an opti on, ma ke su re that the printe r drive r is se t as the defa ult pr inter and tha t the number of tra ys on th e machi ne and th e pap er siz e of eac h tray a re conf igu red in t he prin ter dri ve r. 1 Click the [start] bu[...]

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    43 3 CHECKING THE IP ADDRESS There ar e several settings wh ere the IP address must be entered o r checked . To check the IP ad dress o f the ma chine , hold down the st atus bu tton on the n etwork e xpansio n kit for at least 2 second s to pri nt out a Printer S etting L ist. HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS Before install ing the so ftware fro[...]

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    44 CONNECTING TO A COMPUTER Connectin g a usb cable Please purchase a USB c able (shi elded) th at com plies with the fo llowing s tandard . The USB interface on the m achine c omplies with the USB 2.0* /1.1 st andard. * when the du al func tion boar d is in stall ed. Connecting a p arallel cable Please purchase a Centr onics cab le (shi elded) th [...]

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