Sharp AL-2050 Setup guide

AL-2050/2060

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Introduction

This manual describes the printer and scanner functions of the AL-2050/2060 digital multifunctional system.

Trademark Acknowledgments

●Microsoft®, Windows®, Windows® 98, Windows® Me, Windows® 2000, Windows® XP, Windows Vista® and Internet Explorer®

are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S.A. and other countries.

●Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat, the Adobe PDF logo, and Reader are registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems

Incorporated in the United States and other countries.

●All other trademarks and copyrights are the property of their respective owners.

●For information on the following topics, please refer to the Operation Manual for the digital multifunctional system.

• Basic machine procedures (adding paper, replacing the TD cartridge, removing misfeeds, using peripheral devices)

• Copier functions

• Scanning from the operation panel of the machine

• Specifications

●Where "AL-XXXX" appears in this manual, please substitute the name of your model for "XXXX".

●This manual refers to the Reversing Single Pass Feeder as the "RSPF".

●The screen images and procedures that appear in this manual are mainly for Windows XP. With other versions of Windows, some

screen images may be different from those in this manual.

●For information on using your operating system, refer to your operating system's manual or online Help.

The display screens, messages, and key names shown in the manual may differ from those on the actual machine due to product

improvements and modifications.

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How to Use the Online Manual

This section explains how to view the online manual. Please read this section before using the online manual.

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CONTENTS

INDEX

Contents

Introduction 2

How to Use the Online Manual 3

Basic Printing 5

Opening the Printer Driver From the "Start" Button 7

Printer Driver Settings 8

Printing Multiple Pages on One Page 9

Fitting the Printed Image to the Paper 10

Two-sided Printing 11

Rotating the Print Image 180 Degrees 12

Printing a Watermark 13

Outline of the Print Status Window 14

Scanning Overview 15

Scanning from a TWAIN-Compliant Application 16

Scanning from a WIA-Compliant Application (Windows XP/Vista) 21

Scanning from the "Scanner and Camera Wizard" (Windows XP)

Outline of Button Manager 26

Button Manager Settings 27

Troubleshooting 29

If a Notice Page is printed 35

Printer Driver Features 36

About the Web Page 38

Configuration via the Web Page 39

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2SCAN

3TROUBLESHOOTING

4PRINTER DRIVER FEATURES

5WEB PAGE IN THE MACHINE

6INDEX

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Basic Printing (part 1)

The following example explains how to print a document from WordPad.

Before printing, make sure that the correct size of paper for your document has been loaded in the machine.

1Start WordPad and open the document that you

wish to print.

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

menu.

The "Print" dialog box will appear.

Make sure that "SHARP AL-XXXX" is selected as

the printer. If you need to change any print

settings, click the "Preferences" button

("Properties" button in Windows 98/Me) to open

the printer driver setup screen.

The printer driver setup screen will appear.

Windows 2000 does not have the "Preferences" button

in this dialog box. Select settings as needed on each of

the tabs in the setup screen.

☞Printer Driver Settings,

Printing Multiple Pages on One

Page

, Fitting the Printed Image to the Paper,

Printing a Watermark

Two-sided Printing

4Click the "Print" button ("OK" button in

Windows 98/Me).

Printing begins. When printing begins, the Print Status

Window automatically opens.

(☞ Outline of the Print Status Window)

The print job is delivered to the output tray, with the position of

the paper offset slightly from the previous job (offset function).

AL-XXXX

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Basic Printing (part 2)

If the tray runs out of paper during printing

Printing will automatically resume when paper is loaded in the

tray.

When using the bypass tray, select printer mode with the mode

select key on the machine, load paper as instructed by the

message in the display, and then press the [START] key to

resume printing.

Cancel a print job

1Select printer mode with the [MODE SELECT]

key on the operation panel of the machine, and

then press the [CLEAR] key ( ) or the [CLEAR

ALL] key ( ).

2"CANCEL PRINT JOB?" will appear in the

display. Make sure that a checkmark appears in

front of "YES" and press the [ENTER] key.

When "Paper Source" is set to "Auto Select"

If "Paper Source" is set to "Auto Select" in the "Paper" tab of the

printer driver setup screen and the correct size of paper for a

print job is not loaded in the machine, the printing procedure

will vary depending on the "FORCED OUTPUT" setting in the

user programs (see "USER PROGRAMS" in the Operation

Manual).

When "FORCED OUTPUT" is set to "OFF"

Select printer mode with the mode select key on the machine,

check the message in the display, load paper in the bypass tray,

and then press the [START] key to begin printing.

When "FORCED OUTPUT" is set to "ON"

Printing takes place on the paper loaded in the machine, even

though the paper size is different from the print image size.

When the machine is connected to your computer using

the USB 2.0 (Hi-Speed) ports on each, be sure to read

"System requirements for USB 2.0 (Hi-Speed mode)" in

the Operation Manual.

Caution

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Opening the Printer Driver From the "Start" Button

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.)

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".

Click the "SHARP AL-XXXX" printer driver icon

and select "Properties" from the "File" menu.

On Windows Vista, select "Properties" from the "Organize" button.

4Click the "Printing Preferences" button in the

"General" tab.

The printer driver setup screen will appear.

☞Printer Driver Settings

Windows 98/Me

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

then click "Printers".

Click the "SHARP AL-XXXX" printer driver icon

and select "Properties" from the "File" menu.

3Click the "Setup" tab.

The printer driver setup screen will appear.

☞Printer Driver Settings

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Printer Driver Settings

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

Some restrictions exist on the combinations of settings that can be selected in the printer driver setup screen. When a restriction is

in effect, an information icon ( ) will appear next to the setting. Click the icon to view an explanation of the restriction.

Tab

The settings are grouped

on tabs. Click on a tab to

bring it to the front.

Checkbox

Click on a checkbox to

activate or deactivate a

function.

Print setting image

This shows the effect of the

selected print settings.

Drop-down list

Allows you to make a

selection from a list of

choices.

Image of paper trays

The tray selected in "Paper

Selection" in the "Paper"

tab appears in blue. You

can also click on a tray to

select it.

Check button

Allows you to select one

item from a list of options.

"OK" button

Click this button to save

your settings and exit the

dialog box.

"Cancel" button

Click this button to exit the

dialog box without making

any changes to the

settings.

"Apply" button

Click to save your settings

without closing the dialog

box.

"Help" button

Click this button to display

the help file for the printer

driver.

The settings and the image of the machine will vary

depending on the model.

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Printing Multiple Pages on One Page

This feature allows you to reduce and print two or four document pages on a single sheet of paper.

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

☞See Basic Printing for details on how to open the printer driver.

If you select the "Border" checkbox, borderlines will be printed around each page.

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

☞Fitting the Printed Image to the Paper

N-Up Border Border

"2-Up"

"4-Up"

Note

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Fitting the Printed Image to the Paper

The printer driver can adjust the size of the printed image to match the size of the paper loaded in the machine.

Follow the steps shown below to use this function. The explanation below assumes that you intend to print an A4 size document on

A5 size paper.

☞See Basic Printing for details on how to open the printer driver.

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

screen.

2Select the original size (A4) of the print image in

"Paper Size".

3Check the "Fit To Page" box.

4Select the actual size of paper to be used for

printing (A5).

The size of the printed image will be automatically

adjusted to match the paper loaded in the machine.

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

☞Printing Multiple Pages on One Page

Note

Paper Size: A4

Fit To Paper Size: A5

A4 size document

(Paper Size)

A5 size paper

(Fit To Paper Size)

If "A3 [Fit to Page]", "B4 [Fit to Page]", or "Ledger [Fit to

Page]" is selected, the print image is fit to the A4 size

even if "Fit to Page" is not selected.

Note

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