Sharp AR-203E X User manual

DIGITAL MULTIFUNCTIONAL SYSTEM

PRINTER OPERATION MANUAL

MODEL

AR-203E X

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Contents

Printing Overview 1

Basic Printing 2

Starting the Printer Driver Using the "Start" Button 3

Printer Driver Settings 4

Printing a Watermark 5

Fitting the Printed Image to the Paper 6

Printing Multiple Pages on One Page 7

Outline of the Print Status Window 8

Sharing the Printer Using Windows Networking 9

Shared Printer Settings 10

Client Settings 11

Scanning Overview 13

Scanning an Image from a TWAIN-Compliant Application 14

Scanning an Image from a WIA-Compliant

Application (Windows XP/Vista) 18

Scanning an Image from the "Scanner and

Camera Wizard" (Windows XP) 20

Outline of Button Manager 23

Button Manager Settings 24

Identifying Unit Problems 25

Check the Connection between the Unit and Computer 26

Check Your Computer 27

Plug and Play Screen does not Appear 28

Failed to Install the Driver (Windows 2000/XP) 29

Faint, Uneven or Smeared Print Output 30

Characters or Graphics are not Printed in Correct Position

Nothing Prints 32

Poor Scanning Result 33

The Scanned Image is Incorrectly Positioned 34

Unable to Scan the Image 35

Printer Driver Features 36

Printer Sharing

Scan

Note

zIn this manual, screen images and operating

procedures are mainly for Windows XP. With other

versions of Windows, some screen images may be

different from those in this manual.

zWherever "AR-xxxx" appears in this manual,

please substitute your model name for "xxxx".

zFor your information, please note that the SPF and

the second cassette are provided as an option.

Troubleshooting

Printer Driver Features

Index

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The flow chart shown below provides printing overview.

Reference:For more information on printing, see "Basic Printing" (p.2).

Caution

●When the paper source is the paper tray or multi-bypass tray, verify that the paper has been loaded before starting

printing.

●Ensure printing has been completed before turning the power off. Do not remove the power cord before turning

the unit off.

Prepare the document you intend to print

Send print data from your computer

Printing

Exit printing

Open the printer driver setup screen and set the print preferences

Reference:

"Printer Driver Settings" (p.4), "Printing a Watermark" (p.5),

"Fitting the Printed Image to the Paper" (p.6),

"Printing Multiple Pages on One Page" (p.7)

Printing Overview

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This is a printing example using WordPad to print a document onto A4 size paper.

1Start WordPad, make a new file, and enter the text

you intend to print.

2Select "Print" from the application's "File" menu.

3Make sure that "SHARP AR-xxxx" is selected as the

current printer. If you intend to change any print

setting, click the "Preferences" button to open the

printer driver setup screen.

On Windows 98/Me, click the "Properties" button.

Reference:

"Printer Driver Settings" (p.4),

"Printing a Watermark" (p.5),

"Fitting the Printed Image to the Paper" (p.6),

"Printing Multiple Pages on One Page" (p.7)

4Click the "Print" button in the "Print" dialog box.

On Windows 98/Me, click the "OK" button.

Printing starts according to your preferences.

Identify the current printer

in this box.

2Click this button to change

any print preference.

SHARP

AR-xxxx

Note

Windows 2000 does not have the "Preferences"

button on this dialog box. Switch to the desired

tab by clicking it to specify printer settings.

SHARP

AR-xxxx

Basic Printing

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You can open the printer driver and change the printer driver settings from the Windows "start" button. Settings adjusted in

this way will be the initial settings when you print from an application. (If you change the settings from the printer driver

setup screen at the time of printing, the settings will revert to the initial settings when you quit the application.)

Reference:"Basic Printing

" (p.2)

Windows 2000/XP/Vista

1Click the "start" button, and then click "Control

Panel".

On Windows 2000, click the "Start" button and select

"Settings".

2Click "Printers and Other Hardware", and then click

"Printers and Faxes".

• On Windows Vista, click "Printer".

• On Windows 2000, click "Printers".

3Click the "SHARP AR-xxxx" printer driver icon and

select "Properties" from the "File" menu.

On Windows Vista, click "Printer".

4Click the "Printing Preferences" button in the

"General" tab.

The printer driver setup screen will appear.

Reference:"Printer Driver Settings"

(p.4)

Windows 98/Me

1Click the "Start" button, select "Settings" and then

click "Printers".

2Click the "SHARP AR-xxxx" printer driver icon and

select "Properties" from the "File" menu.

3Click the "Setup" tab.

The printer driver setup screen will appear.

Reference:"Printer Driver Settings

" (p.4)

Starting the Printer Driver Using the "Start" Button

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To view Help for a setting, click the ( ) button in the upper right-hand corner of the window and then click the setting.

Tab

Index which allows you to

switch between the various

setup screens.

( ) button

Click this button and then click a

setting to view Help for the setting.

Check button

Allows you to select one

item from a list of options.

"OK" button

Click this button to save

your settings, and exit the

dialog box.

The settings you made at

"N-Up Printing", "Document

Style", "Fit To Paper Size",

"Image Orientation" and

"Watermark" are shown in

this image.

The tray selected in

"Paper Selection" in the

"Paper" tab appears in

blue. You can also click

on a tray to select it.

"Cancel" button

Click this button to exit the dialog

box without making any changes to

the settings.

"Apply" button

Click to save your settings

without closing the dialog box.

"Help" button

The Help window will open to

let you view explanations of the

settings on the tab.

Drop-down list

Allows you to make one

selection from a list of choices.

Check box

Click this option to activate/

deactivate each function.

You can also view Help by

right-clicking the setting

with the mouse.

The "Apply" button does

not appear when you

open this window from

an application.

Note

Printer Driver Settings

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To print a watermark, for example "CONFIDENTIAL", on your document, refer to the following steps. Open the printer driver

and click the "Watermarks" tab.

Reference:See "Basic Printing" (p.2) for details on how to open the printer driver.

How to Print a Watermark

From the "Watermark" drop-down list, select the watermark, for example "CONFIDENTIAL", you wish to print on your

document, and start printing.

For details on watermark settings, view printer driver Help.

Reference:"Printer Driver Settings" (p.4)

Print sample

Printing a Watermark

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This printer driver can adjust the zoom ratio for printing according to the paper loaded in the unit.

Follow the steps shown below to use this function. The instruction below assumes that you intend to print an A4 or Letter

size document onto a B5 or Invoice size paper.

1Click the "Paper" tab in the printer driver setup

screen.

2Select the paper size for the print data from "Paper

Size".

3Check the "Fit To Page" box.

4Select the paper size for "Fit To Paper Size", which

corresponds to the size of paper in the unit.

Now, the printed image will automatically fit the paper

set in the unit.

Note

The "Fit To Paper Size" setting is not available when "N-Up Printing" is selected.

Reference:"Printing Multiple Pages on One Page" (p.7)

Paper Size: A4 or Letter

Fit To Paper Size: B5 or Invoice

A4 or Letter size document

(Paper Size)

B5 or Invoice size paper

(Fit To Paper Size)

Fitting the Printed Image to the Paper

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This feature allows you to print two or four document pages onto a single page.

To use this function, open the printer driver setup screen, select "2-Up" or "4-Up" for "N-Up Printing" on the "Main" tab.

If you select the "Border" checkbox, border lines will be printed on each page.

Note

The "N-Up Printing" setting is not available when "Fit To Paper Size" is selected.

Reference:"Fitting the Printed Image to the Paper" (p.6)

"2-Up"

"4-Up"

BorderBorderN-Up

Printing Multiple Pages on One Page

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When printing begins, the Print Status Window activates and appears on the screen.

The Print Status Window is a program designed to show the current printer status including the document name being

printed and error messages.

Status window

Provides details on the current

status of the print job.

Document Name

Displays the name of the active print

job.

"Help" button

Click this button to display help file

for the Print Status Window.

Status icon

This icon informs you of the print status.

Tab

Index which allows you to switch

between the two setup screens.

"Cancel Job" button

Printing can be canceled by clicking

this button before the machine

receives the job.

"Close" button

Click this button to close the Print

Status Window.

Outline of the Print Status Window

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