Sharp MX-B201 manual

DIGIT AL MUL TIFUNCTIONAL SYSTEM OPERA TION GUIDE MX-B201 MX-B201D MODEL[...]

1 INTRODUCTION .... ................. ........... ........... ................. ........... ............ ........... 3 MAIN FEA TURES .............. ........... ............ ........... ................. ........... ........... ...... 4 1 PREP ARA TIONS P AR T NAMES .......................... ........... ........... ........... ................. ..[...]

2 7 SCANNER FUNCTIONS SCANNING O VER VIEW .......... ...................... ................. ....................... ......... 61 USING THE SCANNER MODE .......... ...................... ............................. ......... 62 SCANNING USING THE KEYS ON THE M ACHINE ................ ..................... 62 SCANNING FRO M Y OUR COMPUTER .......[...]

3 INTRODUCTION Using the manual This m achine has been designe d to provi de conven ient cop ying fe atures in a minimu m amou nt of offi ce space an d with maxi mum oper ationa l ease. To get f ull use of all machine feat ures, be sure to f amili arize yo urself with thi s manual and the m achine. For qui ck refe rence d uring mac hine use, keep t[...]

4 Explanation of illustration Dependin g on the mod el you have and on the options in stalled, some of the illust rations in this ma nual may be d ifferent, however , the basic operations are the same. MAIN FEA TU RES High-speed la ser copying First-cop y time* 1 is only 8. 0* 2 se conds. Copyin g speed is 20 cop ies per minute. Thi s is ideal fo r[...]

5 Enhanced copy ing features • Zoom co pies can be ma de from 25% to 40 0% in increm ents of 1 %. (When the RSPF is bei ng used, the zoom cop y ratio r ange is 50% to 200%.) • Contin uous cop ying of up to 99 copies is p ossible . • Sets o f output c an be offset from each other f or easy sepa ration (offset fu nction). • Sor t ing b y sets[...]

6 1 Chapter 1 PREP ARA T IONS This ch apter prov ides basic in formation tha t you shou ld know before using the machin e. P ART NAMES Document glas s P aper output tra y extens ion Operation pa nel P ower s witch Fron t cover Handles Paper tra y P ower cord socket Side cover Fusing unit rele ase lev er Side co ver open b utton T ransfer c harger B[...]

PREP ARA TION S 7 Operation panel [MODE SELECT] key / Mode indicators Pres s this key to select the mode. The in dicator of th e select ed mode light s (copy , pri nter, scanner , fax mo de indi cator s). Display This sh ows message s indicating t he machin e status and a ny problems that occur, as well as user prog rams and function sett ing menus[...]

PREP ARA TION S 8 [ZOOM] key Pre ss to select an en largeme nt or redu ction ra tio. To s elect a preset ratio setting, press the [ZOOM] key and select the desired pres et rat io. To se lect a ratio t hat is not preset, press t h e [ZOOM] k ey, s ele ct the pres et rat io that is clo sest t o the de sired ratio, and t hen press the [ ] key ( ) or [[...]

9 CONNECTING THE PO WER CORD 1 Ensure t hat the power s witch of the unit is in the OFF position. 2 Plug the power cord in to the nearest outlet. PO WER ON AND OFF The pow er switch is locate d on the left side of the m achine. Power on Turn the p ower switch to the "O N" position. The ready indicat or will light up and ot her indicators [...]

PREP ARA TION S 10 Power off Make sure that th e machine is not in operation and th en t ur n the power switch to the " OFF" position. If the power switc h is tu rned off while the machine is in operat ion, a misfe ed may o c c u r a nd the job tha t was in progress will be canc elled. In cases where the machine will not be us ed for a lo[...]

11 2 Chapter 2 LO ADING P APER The tray l ocation indica tor will blink w hen there is no paper in th e selected paper tray, or w hen the select ed paper tray is not closed or is impro p e rly closed. P APER For best re sults, use only SHARP recommended pa per. * 1 The numb er of sheets of pap er that can be loade d varies depend ing on the weight [...]

LO AD ING P APER 12 Special papers Follow these guidelin es when using special pape rs. ● Use SHARP recommended tran sparency film a nd label sheets . Using o ther than SHARP recommended paper may result in misfeeds or smudges on the output. I f other than SHARP recommended media must be used, feed each she et one at a time using the bypass tray [...]

LO ADING P A P ER 13 3 Gently push the paper tray back into th e machine. • I f y o u loaded a different size of paper th an was loaded previously in the tra y , go to "CHANGING A TRA Y'S P APER SIZE SE TTING" (p .1 6) • W hen not using t he machine for an e x tended per iod, remove all paper from the p aper tray and store i t in[...]

14 BYP ASS FEED (including special paper) The bypa ss tray can be used to feed sta ndard paper, tra nsparency film , labels , envelop es, and other special purp ose pape r. Important points when in serti ng paper in the bypass tray Up to 50 s heets of st andard copy pa per can be in serted in the bypa ss tray. (Capaci ty will vary depending on th e[...]

LO ADING P A P ER 15 Loading paper in the bypass tray 1 Open the bypass tray an d extend the tray. 2 Set the by pass tray pa per guides t o the paper w idth. Insert the paper (print face down) a ll the way into the bypass tray. 3 Press the [TRAY SELECT ] key ( ) to s elect the byp ass tray. • Paper must b e f ed na rro w side fir st into the feed[...]

16 CHANGING A TRA Y'S P APER SIZE SETTING Foll ow thes e steps t o chan ge a tray' s paper size s etting . 1 Press the [MEN U] key. Press the [ ] key ( ) or [ ] key ( ) until "P APER SIZE" appears, a nd then press the [OK] key. 2 Press the [ ] key ( ) or [ ] key ( ) to select the tray, and then p ress the [OK] key. 3 Press the [[...]

17 3 Chapter 3 MAKING COPIES This ch apter explain s b asic copying functions. NORMAL COPYING Using the document glass 1 Open the document cover/RS PF, and plac e the original f ace down on the documen t glass. [How to plac e the origin al] Align th e original with the original sc ale and the centr ing ( ) mar k. 2 Gently close the docume nt cover/[...]

MAKING COPIES 18 Removing the document cover To copy large or iginals like new spapers , remov e the docum ent cover . To remove the cover, lift straigh t up as shown . To replace th e cover, do the reverse . The RSPF can not be removed. Using the RSPF 1 Make sure that an original has not been left on the document glass. 2 Adjust the original guide[...]

MAKING COPIES 19 Origina ls that cannot be used in the RSPF The follo wing originals cannot be u sed. Thes e may cause misfeeds or sm udging and unclear i mages. • T ran sparenci es, tr acing pape r , other tra nsparent or tr anslucent pap er , and photog raphs. • Carbon paper , thermal paper . • Or igin als that are cr eased, fold ed, or t o[...]

MAKING COPIES 20 Setting the number of copies Press the numeric keys to set the numbe r of copies. The set num ber of copies ap pears in the disp lay. A maximum of 99 copies ca n be set. If you w i s h to make on ly a sing le copy, co pying is possible wi th the display show ing "0". SELECTING THE TRA Y Press th e [TRAY SELEC T] key ( ). [...]

21 MAKING A COPY D ARKER OR LIGHTER Automatic exposure a djustmen t is initially enabled. This function autom atically adjusts the copy imag e according to th e original b eing copied. If y ou wish to se lect the expo sure level you rself, follow the steps belo w. (Select from two original ty pes and five exposure leve ls for each o riginal type. )[...]

22 REDUCTION/ENLARGEMENT/ZOOM Copies c an be reduced do wn to 25% or enl arged up to 400% . (When the RS PF is being us ed, the zoom c opy ratio rang e is 50% to 200% .) The [ZOOM] k ey can be pressed t o quickly selec t a ratio from among eight preset rat i os . In addition, the [ ] key ( ) and [ ] key ( ) can be pressed to sel ect the ratio i n i[...]

23 4 Chapter 4 CONVENIENT COPY FUNCTIONS A UT OMA TIC TW O-SI DED CO PYIN G Two origin als c an be automatically co pied onto both sides of a single sh eet of p aper. When the RSPF is used, t wo-sided copies of two-sided originals can e a s ily be made. (MX-B201D on ly) When perf orming autom atic two-s ided copy ing of one-sided origin als, the or[...]

CONVENIENT COPY FUNCTIONS 24 Using the document glass 1 Place the original that yo u wish to copy onto the front side of the paper on the document glas s and close the document cover/RSPF . 2 Press the [2-SIDED COPY ( )] key u ntil "1 TO 2" a ppears, and t hen press the [OK] key. 3 3 Press the [ ] k ey ( ) or [ ] key ( ) to select th e bi[...]

CONVENIENT COPY FUNCTIONS 25 Using the RSPF 1 Place the o riginal(s) in th e RSPF. (p.18) If you p lace an odd num ber of origin als for one-side d to two-sided copying, the las t page will be one-sided. 2 Press t he [2-SIDED COPY ( )] k ey* 1 and select the tw o-sided copy mode that you wish to u se. The mod e changes as fol lows each tim e you pr[...]

26 SOR T COPY Copies of multi ple original pages can be s orted into se ts. Using the document glass 1 Place the f irst original. (p.17 ) 2 Press the [E-SORT/SP. FUNC ( )] key until "S ORT" appears and then press t he [OK] key. 3 Press the [ ] ke y ( ) to mov e " " to the "ON" position and then pres s the [OK] key. 4 S[...]

CONVENIENT COPY FUNCTIONS 27 Using the RSPF 1 Place the o riginals. (p .18) 2 Press the [E-SORT/SP. FUNC ( )] key until "S ORT" appears and then press t he [OK] key. 3 Press the [ ] ke y ( ) to move " " to the "ON" position and then the [OK] key. 4 Select the number of copies and any other settings, a nd then press t h[...]

28 COPYING MUL TIPLE ORIG INALS ONT O A SINGLE SHEET OF P APER (2 IN 1 copy) Multipl e originals can be copied o nto a single sh eet of paper in a selec ted layout pattern. This func tion is conve nient for c ompiling mul ti-page reference materials into a compac t format, or for providing an ov erview of all p ages of a docum ent on a sin gle page[...]

CONVENIENT COPY FUNCTIONS 29 4 Press the [ ] k ey ( ) or [ ] ke y ( ) to select the original size and then press t he [OK] key. The followin g original siz es can be s elected: "A4", "B5 ", "A5", "8.5 x 14", "8 .5 x 13", "8.5 x 11", "8.5 x 5.5". 5 Set the number of copie s and an[...]

CONVENIENT COPY FUNCTIONS 30 Using the RSPF 1 Place the o riginals. (p .18) 2 Press the [E-SORT/SP. FUNC ( )] key until "2IN 1" appears and then press the [OK] key. 3 Press the [ ] ke y ( ) to mov e " " to the "ON" position and then press the [OK] key. 4 Press the [ ] key ( ) or [ ] key ( ) to select the original size [...]

31 CREA TING MARGINS WHEN COPYING (Margin shift) The margi n shift function is used to aut omatically sh ift the text or image or the co py paper approx imately 10 mm. As show n below, LONG ED GE or SHORT ED GE can be selected. 1 Place the o riginal(s). 2 Press the [E-SORT/SP. FUNC ( )] key until "MARGIN SHIFT" appears and then press the [...]

CONVENIENT COPY FUNCTIONS 32 3 Press the [ ] ke y ( ) to move " " to the "ON" position and the n pr ess the [OK] key. 4 Press the [ ] key ( ) or [ ] key ( ) to select the margin position and the n press the [OK] k ey. Select "LONG EDGE" or "SHORT EDGE". For the m argin position , see the prev ious page. 5 Sel[...]

33 ID CARD COPY You can c opy the front and revers e sides of ID ca rd onto a page thro ugh this function . The ID c ard print i m a ge is shown a s follows. 1 Press the [ E-SORT.SP. FUNC] key until "ID CARD C OPY" appears an d the press t he [OK] key. 2 Press the [ ] ke y ( ) to mov e " " to the "ON" position and then[...]

34 5 Chapter 5 INST ALLING THE SOFTW ARE This ch apter explains how to insta ll and conf igure t he softw are that is requ ired for the printer an d scanner functi ons of th e machine. SOFTW ARE The CD- ROM t hat accompanie s the mach ine contains th e following so ftware: MFP driver Printer drive r The pr inter drive r enables you t o use the prin[...]

35 BEFORE INST ALLA TION Hardware and s of twa re requirements Check the following hardw are and softwar e requirem ents in order to i nstall the softwar e. * 1 Compat ible with Windows 2 000 Professiona l, Windows XP Prof essional, Windo ws XP Home Edition, Wi ndows Vis ta or Wind ows 7 p reinstalled m odel stan dardly equi pped with a USB po rt. [...]

36 INST ALLING THE SOFTW ARE Using the machine with a USB connection 1 The USB cable must not be connected to the machine. Make sure that the cable is not connected before proceeding. If the cable i s c onnected , a Plug and Play window will a ppear. If th is happen s, click the " C a n c el" button to cl ose the windo w and disc onnect t[...]

INST ALLING THE SOF TW ARE 37 7 To install al l of the softwar e, click the "Standar d" button and go to step 12. To install part icular packages, click the " Custom" button a nd go to next st ep. 8 Click the "MFP Driver" button. Clic k the " Displa y Read me" button to show in formation on p ackages th at ar[...]

INST ALLING THE SOFTW ARE 38 10 You will return to the window of st ep 8. If you wish to install Button Manager or Sharpdesk, click the "Utility Software" button. If you d o not wish to ins tall the Utility So ftware, click the "Close" button a nd go to s tep 12. Installing th e Utility Software 11 Click the "Button Manager[...]

INST ALLING THE SOF TW ARE 39 This comp letes the installa tion of the softw are. • If yo u installed Butt on Manager , set up Button Ma nager as ex plained in "SETTIN G UP BUTT ON MANAGER" (p .42). • If y ou installed Sha r pdesk , the Sharpdesk setup s creen will appear . F ollow the instruct ions in the screen to set up Sharpdesk. [...]

INST ALLING THE SOFTW ARE 40 Using the ma chine as a shar ed printer If the machine will be used as a shar ed printer on a network, follo w these steps to install the pri nter driver in the clien t co mputer. 1 Perform steps 2 thr ough 6 i n "INSTALLING THE S OFTWARE" (p.3 6). 2 Click the "Custom" button. 3 Click the "MFP D[...]

INST ALLING THE SOF TW ARE 41 5 Click the "Add Network Port" button. In Wind ows Vista/7, the "Add Network Port" button doe s n o t app ear. 6 Select the networ k printer that is shared an d click the "OK" button. Ask yo ur network a dministrator for t he server name and prin ter name of the machi ne on the netw ork. 7[...]

42 SETTING UP B UTT ON MANA GER Button Ma nager is a softw are program that w o rks with the sca nner driver to ena ble scannin g from the m achine. To scan using the mach ine, Button Ma nager must be l inked with the scan menu on the mach ine. Follow th e steps below to link Button M anager to sc anner even ts. Windows XP/Vista/ 7 1 Click the &quo[...]

INST ALLING TH E SOFTW ARE 43 5 Select "Start this progr am" and then se lect "Shar p Button Manager Y" fro m the pull-d own menu. 6 Cli ck the " Apply" b utton. 7 Repeat Steps 4 th r ough 6 to link Button Manage r to "SC2:" through "S C6 :". Select " SC2:" from the " Select an event [...]

INST ALLING THE SOFTW ARE 44 Windows 2000 1 Click the "Start" button, select "S e ttings ", a nd the n c lick "Control Pane l ". 2 Double-click the "Scanner s and Cameras" icon. 3 Select " SHARP MX-XXX X" and click th e "Propertie s" button . 4 In the "P roperties" sc reen, click[...]

INST ALLING TH E SOFTW ARE 45 6 Select "Sha rp Button Manager Y" in "Send to this applic ation". 7 Cli ck the " Apply" b utton. 8 Repeat Steps 5 th r ough 7 to link Button Manage r to "SC2:" through "S C6 :". Select " SC2:" from the " Scanner even ts" pull-down menu. Select "[...]

46 6 Chapter 6 PRINTER FUNCTIONS This ch apter explain s how to us e the printer f unctions. The proce dure for loading p aper is the same a s f or loading copy paper. See "LOADING PAPER" (p. 11). The machine includes a USB conne ct o r as standard equipment. The mac hine has the fol lowing features : • High-spee d data transf er (when [...]

47 B ASIC PRINTING The follo wing example explain s how to print a do cument from WordPad. Before pri nting, make sure that the correct size of paper fo r your do cument has been loaded i n the machine. 1 Start WordPa d and open the document that you wish to print. 2 Select " Print" from the a pplication's " File" menu. If [...]

PRINTER FUNCTIONS 48 Opening the printer driver from the "Start" button You can o pen the printer dri ver and change the printer driv er setting s from the Windows "St art" button. Settin gs adjust ed in this way will be the initial settings when you prin t from an a pplicati on. (If you ch ange the s ettings f rom the prin ter [...]

49 PRINTER DRIVER SETTING SCREEN Some rest rictions exi st on the co mbinatio ns of setting s that can b e selecte d in the printer dri ver setup scree n. When a rest riction is in ef fect, an informati on icon ( ) will app ear next to the set ting. Click the ico n to view an explanat ion of the restricti on. Ta b The settings are g r ouped on tab [...]

50 SETTING AD V ANCED PRINT FUNCTIONS This se ction explai ns majo r advanced p rint fun c ti ons. The expl anations assu me that the pa per size and other basic se ttings have alre ady been sel ected. For the basic p rocedure for printi ng and the st eps for opening the printer drive r, s e e "BASIC PRINTING" (p. 47). Printing multiple p[...]

PRINTER FUNCTIONS 51 1 Click the "Main" tab in the printer driver setup screen . 2 Select the number of pages per sheet. If y ou wish to print bo rderlines, ch eck the "Border" box . 3 Select the order of the page s. Fitting the printed image to the paper (Fit To Paper Size) The printe r driver can a djust the size of the printe[...]

PRINTER FUNCTIONS 52 4 Select the actual size of paper to be used for printing (B5). The size of the pr inted image w ill be automa tically adjus ted to matc h the pap er loade d in th e machin e. Rotat ing the print image 180 degrees (Rot ate 18 0 degree s) The featur e rotates the i mage 180 degree s so that it can be printed correc tly on paper [...]

PRINTER FUNCTIONS 53 Enlarging/reducing the print image (Zoom) This func tion is used t o enlarge or re duce the i mage to a selec ted percentage. This allows you to enlarge a sm all ima ge or add ma rgins to the paper by slightly reduc ing an image . 1 Click the "P aper" tab in the printer d river setup scr een. 2 Select " Zoom"[...]

PRINTER FUNCTIONS 54 Printing faint text a nd lines in black (Text To Black/Vector To Black) When pr inting a colour image , colour text an d lines that are faint c an be printed in black. ( Raster data suc h as bitmap im ages canno t be adjus ted.) This al lows you to bring out colour text a nd lines that are faint and di fficult to see. 1 Click t[...]

PRINTER FUNCTIONS 55 Adjusting the brightness a nd contrast of the image (Image Adjustment) The brigh tness and contra st can be ad justed in the pr int settings when printing a photo or o ther image. Th ese setti ngs can be used for sim p le corrections whe n you do not ha ve image ed iting sof tware installed on your compu ter. 1 Click the "[...]

PRINTER FUNCTIONS 56 Adding a watermark to printed pages ( Water mark) Faint sha dow-like t ext can b e added to the background of t he printed im age as a waterma rk. The size , density , and angle of the wat ermark text can be adjus ted. The text can be selected fro m a pre-stored list, or e ntered to creat e an origi nal watermark. 1 Click the &[...]

PRINTER FUNCTIONS 57 Two-sided printing The mac hine can print on both sides of the paper. This fu nction is usef ul for many purposes , and is particularly conv enient when you want to create a simpl e pamphlet. Two-sided printing also he lps conserve paper. 1 Click the "Main" tab in the printer driver setup screen . 2 Select "2-S i[...]

58 SA VING FREQ UENTL Y USED PRINT SETTINGS Settings c onfigured on each of t he tabs at the time of print ing can b e saved as us er settings . Saving frequ ently used set tings or com plex col our settings under an assigne d name makes it ea sy to selec t t hose settin gs the next time you nee d t o use them. Saving settings at the time of printi[...]

59 OUTLINE OF THE PRINT ST A TUS WINDO W When pr inting be gins, the Print Sta tus Window aut omatically op ens. The Print Sta tus Window is a utility that monitors t he machine and shows the na me of the doc ument being pri nted and any erro r messages tha t occur. Status window Provides i nf or mation on the cur rent status of the printer. Status[...]

60 PRINTER DR IVER FEA TURES * 1 Will be reduc ed to A4 size or t he specified s ize before printi ng. * 2 This in itial settin g may vary dep ending on yo ur operating u ser program s. For info rmation on ea ch settin g, see Help in the printer driver se tup screen. * 3 Top To Bottom i s available whe n the printing orientation is s et to Landscap[...]

61 7 Chapter 7 SCANNER FUNC TIONS This ch apter explain s how to us e the scanner fu nctions. SCANNING O VER VIEW The flow chart sh own below provi des an overvie w of scanning. * 1 To scan u sing the machine 's operation panel, you mus t first install Button Mana ger and est ablish the appropriate setti ngs in the Control Panel. For details, [...]

62 USING THE SCA NNER MODE The p rocedu re for p lacing t he orig inal is the sam e as for c opyin g. See "N ORMAL COPYING" (p.17). SCANNING USING TH E KEYS ON THE MA CH INE When sc anning is perform ed by this me thod, the appl ication t hat has been set in Button Manager w ill auto matically sta rt and the sca nned image will be pasted [...]

SCANNER FUNCTIONS 63 • Scanner m ode remains se lected after sc anning is finis hed. (T o change t o a diff erent mode, use the [MODE SELECT] key .) • If the f ollowing screen appears , select Button Manager a nd click "OK". Button Manager s tar ts and t he applica tion associate d with Button Manager star ts. If y ou wa nt only Butto[...]

SCANNER FUNCTIONS 64 Button Manager settings Once in stalled, Button M anager norma lly runs in the backgrou nd in the Win dows ope rating system . If you need to c hange Button Ma nager settin gs, fol low the s teps b elow. For det ails on Button M anager se ttings, see Button Manager Help . "Outlin e of Button Ma nager" (p.65) 1 Right-c[...]

SCANNER FUNCTIONS 65 Outline of Button Manager Button Man ager is a software utility tha t allows you to u se the sca nner functi on at the machin e. Button Mana ger allows yo u to confi gure six set s of scanning settings as a scan m enu on the ma chine. To view Help for a setti ng, click t he b utton in the upper righ t-hand corner of th e window[...]

SCANNER FUNCTIONS 66 Scanning from the operati on panel of the machine (Using Button Manager) 1 Press the [MODE SE LECT] key to select scanner mode. The " SCAN " indi cator lights up to indicate that scann er mode is sele cted. 2 Make sure that the "SCAN USING: USB/ NETWORK" is shown on the display. Then press [ ] k ey ( ) or [ [...]

67 SCANNING FR OM Y O UR COMPUTER The mach ine supports the TWAIN standard , making it po ssible to scan f rom TWAIN- com pliant appli catio ns. Th e mac hine a lso s upports WIA (Windo ws Im age Acquisi tion), making it possible to scan from WIA-complia nt applic ations and the "Scanner and Camera Wizard " in Windows XP. Fo r information[...]

SCANNER FUNCTIONS 68 5 In the "S canning Source " menu, select the location where you placed the original in St ep 1. • If you pla ced a one-sided original in the RSPF, select [SPF ( Simplex)]. • If you plac ed a two-sided o riginal in t he RSPF, select [SPF (Duple x- Book)] or [SPF (Duplex-Tablet) ]. 6 Click the "Preview" b[...]

SCANNER FUNCTIONS 69 Scanner driver settings The scan ner dri v er setup screen consists of the "Set-up screen", which lets you sel e ct scan settings, and the "Preview screen", which s hows the scanned image . For details on the scan settings, cl ick the [Help] bu tton in the preview screen to d i splay He l p. Set-up Sc reen &[...]

SCANNER FUNCTIONS 70 Preview screen Preview screen Click th e "Pre v i ew" button in the Set-up screen to display the scanned image. Y ou can sp ecify the scanni ng area by dr agging t he mous e in side th e windo w . The insid e of the frame that is cre ated when you drag the m ouse will be the scanni ng area. T o c ancel a specified sca[...]

SCANNER FUNCTIONS 71 Scanning from a WIA-co mpliant application (Windows XP/Vista/7) If you are using Windows XP/ Vista/7, you can use the WIA drive r to scan from WI A- comp liant applic ations. 1 Place the original th at you wish t o scan on th e document gl ass/ RSPF. For the proc edure for placing the or iginal, see "NO R MA L COPYING"[...]

SCANNER FUNCTIONS 72 Scanning from the "Scanne r a n d C amer a Wizard" (Windows XP) The proce dure for scannin g with the "Sca nner and Camer a Wizard" in Windows XP is expl ained here. Th e "Sca nner and C amera Wi zard" lets you scan an image without using a WIA-com pliant app lication. 1 Place the original th at yo[...]

SCANNER FUNCTIONS 73 6 When scanning ends, the following screen will appear. Selec t the next task that you wi sh to perform, an d then click the "Next" butto n. If you a re ready to en d the session, click "Nothing . I'm finished work ing with these pictu res". 7 Click the "Finish" but ton. The "Scanner a nd[...]

74 8 Chapter 8 USER SETTINGS The user settings allow you to customize machine settings to better meet your needs. USER PR OGRAMS The user settings co nsist of the f ollowing it ems. To change th e user program setting s as explained in "SEL ECTING A SETTING FOR A USER PROGRAM" (p.79). Copy mode Program number Program n ame Set ting c odes[...]

USER SE TTINGS 75 4 A UTO SHUT -O FF TIME 1: 5 MIN. 2: 30 MIN. 3: 60 MIN. 4: 120 MIN. 5: 240 MIN. • This function automat ically switche s the mach ine to a sta te that co nsum es e ve n less pow er than prehe at mode if the se t dura tion of time elap ses withou t the machine being used whe n the po we r is on. A ll lights ex cept th e power sav[...]

USER SETTINGS 76 13 MEM. FOR PRINTER 1: 30% 2: 40% 3: 50% 4: 60% 5: 70% • Use this to change t h e propor tio n of machine mem ory used f or prin ter mode. 14 A UTO KEY REPEA T 1: ON 2: OFF • Use this setting to select whet her or n ot hol ding down a key causes repeat ed in put of the ke y . For k eys that normally caus e a se t value to incre[...]

USER SE TTINGS 77 * Thes e menus a re only effectiv e when the opt ional MX-NB11 i s installed. 20 LANGU AG E 1: AMERICAN ENGLISH 2: ENGLISH 3: FRENC H 4: SP ANISH 5: ---- -- : : 18: Brazil ian P or tugues e • T his is used to set the lan guage used i n the d ispla y . 21 RESET F ACT ORY 1: YES 2: NO • This is used to r e t urn all settings to [...]

USER SETTINGS 78 Print m ode * 1 The s cann ing speed incre a s es when th e USB 2.0 mode is set to "HI-SPEED", howev er, the pri nting speed does not i ncrease con siderabl y. * 2 When the 250-sheet pa per feed unit is installed. Program number Program n ame Set ting c odes (factory de f au lt setting appears in bold) Explanation 1 FORCE[...]

USER SE TTINGS 79 SELECTING A SETTING FOR A USER PR OGRAM 1 Press the [MENU] key and then pres s the [OK] key. In pr inter mo de, the user programs are acc e s s ed by simpl y pressing the [MENU] ke y. 2 Press the [ ] key ( ) or [ ] key ( ) to select the item that you wis h to configure in th e USER PR OGRAM it ems, and then press the [ OK] key. ?[...]

USER SETTINGS 80 Audible si gnals (key entry b eep, invalid key beep, b ase setting beep ) The mac hine sounds th ree different ty pes of b eep signals : a key e ntry beep that sounds when a valid key is pres sed, an i nvalid key be ep that sound s when an invali d key is press ed, an d a base s etting beep that sounds when a setti ng is the same a[...]

81 9 Chapter 9 A CCOUNT CONTR O L SETTINGS When the account co ntrol function is enabled, you can control use of the mac hine by account or view the tot al copied pages by each acco unt. There a re some p rogram menus fo r this function a s in the table s hown. PREP ARIN G FOR USING A CCOUNT CONTROL SETTINGS Entering account control mode 1 Press th[...]

A CCOUNT CONTROL SETTINGS 82 Enabling auditing mode 4 Press the [ ] key ( ) or [ ] key ( ) to select "2: ACC. CONTROL SET" and then press the [ OK] key. 5 5 Press the [ ] key ( ) or [ ] key ( ) to select "1: AUDITING M ODE" and then press the [ OK] key. 5 Auditing Mode is disa bled by default. When Audi ting Mode is ena bled, a [...]

83 A CCOUNT NUMBER CONTROL This prog ram is used to enter, dele te and chang e account numbers . 1 After step 1, 2 and 4 on pag e 81 - 82, press the [ ] key ( ) or [ ] key ( ) until [4: ACC. # CONTROL] appears and then press the [ OK] key. 2 3 4 5 Entering an account number 1 Select "1. ENTER ACCOUNT #" with the [ ] key ( ) o r [ ] key ( [...]

A CCOUNT CONTROL SETTINGS 84 3 If you wish to delete an each account number, select "2. DELETE ONE ACCOUNT" and then pr ess the [OK] key. 4 Enter the account number th a t you wish to de lete with the numeric key s and then press the [OK] key. 5 Select " YES" with the [ ] ke y ( ) or [ ] key ( ) and then press the [ OK] key. If [...]

85 T O T AL PER A CCOUNT This prog ram is used to display the pag e counts of eac h account. 1 After step 1, 2 and 4 on pag e 81 - 82, press the [ ] key ( ) or [ ] key ( ) until "2: TOTAL PER ACCOUNT" appears, a nd then press the [OK] key. 2 This pr ogram is us ed to display the pag e counts of each ac count. Resetting account 2 After pre[...]

86 COPYING WHEN A UDITI NG MODE IS ENABL ED When acc ount control is enabled, the account number entry sc reen appears. 1 Enter your five-dig i t account numbe r wit h the numeric keys. 2 When a valid acco unt numbe r is entered, the number of copies al ready ma de by that ac count appears for several seconds on the initial s creen. 2 When the copy[...]

87 1 0 Chapter 10 TR OUBLESHOO TING AND MAINTE NANCE Problems related to genera l use of the machi ne, the copy function, and software setup are explained here . Be sure to ch eck the problem carefully befo re calling for service , as many pr oblems c an be solved b y the user. If you are unable to solv e the problem, tu rn off the main s witch, un[...]

TROUBLES HOO TING AND M AINTENANCE 88 Error indicator Blinks INST AL L A NEW TO N E R CARTRIDGE The t oner c ar tridg e is no t instal led correctly . Rein stall the toner ca r tridge. 105 Steadily lit TO N E R CARTRIDGE IS NEAR EMPTY . Replacemen t of toner car tr idge will be needed soo n. Prepare a ne w ca rtr idge. 105 MAINTENANC E REQUIRED CAL[...]

89 TR OUBLESHOO TING THE MA CHINE/COPYING The follo wing problems are related to the general oper ation of th e machine and copying . Prob lem Cause an d solution Pag e The mac hine does not operate. The mac hine is not plug ged into a power outle t. → Plug the machine into a gro unded outlet. - P ower swi tch OFF . → T ur n the pow er s witch [...]

TROUBLES HOO TING AND M AINTENANCE 90 Prob lem Cause an d solution Pag e P ar t of the image is cut off or ther e is too m uch bla nk space. The o riginal was not placed in the correct position. → Place the or ig inal corre ctly . 17, 18 An appr opriate ratio was not u sed for the size of t he original and the size of the paper . → Press the [ [...]

TROUBLES HOO TING AND M AINTENANCE 91 P aper misfeed. Misf eed occu r . → T o remo ve the m i sf eed, see "MISFEED REMO V AL". 101 The paper is outside of the s pecified size and w eight range. → Use cop y paper within th e speci fied ran ge. 11 P aper curled or damp . → Do not use cur l ed or crimped paper . Replac e with d r y c o[...]

TROUBLES HOO TING AND M AINTENANCE 92 P aper size f or a paper tray cannot be set. Copyi ng or pr inti ng is pe rforme d. → Set the pape r size aft er copying o r printing is c omplete. - The mac hine has stopp ed temporaril y due to runni ng out of paper or a misf eed. → Load pa per or remo ve the misf eed, and then set the paper si z e. 12, 1[...]

93 PRINTING AND SCANNING PROBLEMS In additi on to this se ction, tro ubleshooting informati on can also be found in the README files for each of the softwa re programs. To v iew a README fil e, see "INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE" (p.34). Prob lem Cause and solution Pag e The mac hine does not print. The mac hine is not correct ly connected with[...]

TROUBLES HOO TING AND M AINTENANCE 94 A Notice P age (NP-001) has been printed, b ut the print data ha s not been p r i nted comp lete l y . A print job containin g more da ta than can be held in th e print memor y is sen t to th e machin e. → Disab le the ROPM fu nction on the "Confi guration" tab of the pr in ter driver setu p screen.[...]

TROUBLES HOO TING AND M AINTENANCE 95 The printed imag e is skewed or it runs off th e paper . The pape r loaded in the tra y is not the sam e size as that sp ecified in the prin ter driver . → Che c k if th e "P ap er Size" o ptions suit the si ze of the paper loaded in the tray . → If the "Fit T o P aper Siz e" setting is [...]

TROUBLES HOO TING AND M AINTENANCE 96 P oor scanning quality . The do cument glas s or the under side of the document co ver/RSPF is dirty . → Clean re gularly . 109 Original s mudged or blotc hy . → Use a clean or igin al. – Y ou have no t specified a suitab le resolution. → Mak e sure that the re solution settin g in the scanner driv er i[...]

TROUBLES HOO TING AND M AINTENANCE 97 Unable t o scan the ima g e. If sca nning is not possible, shut do wn you r compu ter , tu rn off t he machi ne's power s w itch, and unplug the mac hine's power cor d. Next, start y our computer , restore po wer to the ma chine, and try scann ing again. If s canning is s till not possi ble, ch eck th[...]

98 PROBLEMS DURING SETUP OF THE SOFT W ARE If the s oftware does not ins tall correctly , check the follo wing items on your compu ter. To remov e the software, see "Re moving t he sof tware" (p. 100). MFP driver cannot be in stal led (Windows 2000/XP) If the MFP driver cannot be inst alled i n Windows 200 0/XP, follow these s teps to che[...]

TROUBLES HOO TING AND M AINTENANCE 99 Plug and play scre en does not appear If the Plug and Pla y screen does not appear aft er you connect t he machine to your compute r w ith a USB cable an d t urn on the machine , follow the step s below to verify that the U SB port is avail able. 1 Click the "s t art" butt on, click "Control Pane[...]

TROUBLES HOO TING AND M AINTENANCE 100 The MFP driver cannot be corre ctly installed by Plug and Play (Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7) In Window s 2000/XP/Vista/ 7, if the MFP drive r cannot be corre ctly installed by Plug and Play (for example, Plu g and Play takes pl ace without c opying the requi red files for the MF P driver insta llation), f ollow th[...]

101 MISF EED RE MO V A L When a misfeed oc c u rs , th e error ind icator blinks, "CLEAR PAPER JAM" appears in the disp lay, and the machine sto ps operat ing. If a mis feed occu rs when using the RSPF, "RETURN X ORIGINAL(S) START T O RESUME" will appear in the display. ("X" indic ates the number of p ages to be return[...]

TROUBLES HOO TING AND M AINTENANCE 102 A: Misf eed in the paper feed a rea 1 Gently re move the misfed p aper from the pa per feed are a as shown in the illustrat ion. If the error indicator bl inks and the misfed paper is not visible in the paper feed area, pull out the paper tray a nd r emov e the misfed paper. If t he p a per cannot be removed, [...]

TROUBLES HOO TING AND M AINTENANCE 103 2 Gently re move the misfed paper from under the fus ing unit as shown in the illustration. If t he paper cannot be removed, p roceed to "C: Misfeed in th e tran sport ar ea". 3 Raise the f using unit re lease lever and then close th e side cover by pressing the round projections near the s ide cover[...]

TROUBLES HOO TING AND M AINTENANCE 104 4 Raise the f using unit re lease lever, clos e the front co ver and then close the side cover by pressing the round projections near the side cover ope n butt on. The error indicator w ill go out and the ready indic ator will light up. D: Mi sfeed in th e RSPF If the misfed or iginal is at the top of the docu[...]

105 T ONER CARTRIDGE REPLA CEMENT When tone r is low, the er ror indicator wi ll light up and " TONER CARTRIDGE IS NEAR EMPTY." will appea r in the disp lay to al ert you to purchase a new toner cartridge . on purchasi ng a new toner cart ridge. If copy ing is continu ed while the indicato r is lit, copies will gradually b ecome lighter u[...]

TROUBLES HOO TING AND M AINTENANCE 106 3 Gently pull the toner cartridge out while pressing the lock rele ase lever. 4 Remove the toner cartridge f rom the bag. Grasp the cartridge on both sides a nd shake it horizontally four or five times. After shaking th e cartridge, r emove the toner se al. 5 Gently insert the toner cartridge along the guides [...]

TROUBLES HOO TING AND M AINTENANCE 107 6 Close the front cover an d then the side cover by pressing the round projections near the side cover open button. The error indicator will go out and the ready indicator will light up. 7 When cl osing the covers, be sure to close t he front cover securely and then close t he sid e cov er . If the co ver s ar[...]

108 CHECKING THE T O T AL COUNT You can c heck the tot al number of pages outp ut by the machi ne (all pages printe d by the copy function and printer function), as well as the output coun ts of eac h function (number of c opies, number of sc anned pages, num ber of faxes, etc.). Wh en a count reaches 999,999 it returns to 0. 1 Press the [MEN U] ke[...]

109 CLEANING THE MA CHINE Proper care is essential in order to get clean, s harp copies. Be s ure to take a few minutes to clean the ma chine on a re gular basis. Cabinet Wipe the cabinet with a soft, cle an cloth. Document glass and the back side of the RSPF Stains on the glass, RSPF scannin g window, cove r or RSPF roller will also be copied. Wip[...]

110 TRANSFER CHARGER 1 Tu rn th e power sw itch of f. (p.1 0) 2 Ensure that the bypass tray is open and then ope n the s ide cover while pressing the side cover open butt on. 3 Take the charger cleaner out b y holding the tab. Set t he charger cleaner on to the right e nd of the tr ansfer charge r, gently slide the clean er to the left en d, and th[...]

111 11 Chapter 11 OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT SYSTEM CONFIGURA TION A number of opti ons are available fo r the unit which al lows you to configure a s y s tem to meet y our particula r needs. T he options i nclude th e following. F A CSIMILE EXP ANSION KIT (MX-FX12) This allows t he mac hine to b e used as a facsi mile mac hine. NETWORK EXP ANSION KIT (MX-[...]

112 250-SHEET P APER FEED UNIT (MX-CS10) The paper feed unit prov ide the conveni ence of incre ased pape r capacity f or the unit and a grea ter choice o f paper size readily availa ble for copy ing. The proce dures for loadin g paper in the paper tray of paper feed uni t, changing the paper size, and s electing the paper tray are same as for th e[...]

OPTIONA L EQUIPMENT 113 Using the MX-CS10 with the printer function To use th e MX-CS10 with the pri nter function, fol low these steps to adjust the settings in the printer dri v e r. 1 Click the "start" button. 2 Click "Control Panel", s elect "Printer and Othe r Hardware", and then click "Printer an d Faxes&quo[...]

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