Sharp AJ-5030, AJ-1800 - Notevision PG-M10X XGA DLP Projector, AJ-1800 Online Manual
Contents
Contents
How to Control the Onli ne Manual 1
How to Print Out the Online Manual 1
Outline of the Printer Driver 2
What is the Printer Driver?
Starting the Printer Driver
Printer Driver Functions 3
"Paper Settings" Dia log Box 4
"Main" Menu Settings 7
"Paper" Menu Settings 9
"Advanced" Menu Settings 12
"Output Quality" Dialog Box 13
"Watermark" Menu Settings 14
"Version" Menu Settings 16
"Maintenance" Dialog Box 17
Printing Overview 18
Using the Chooser 19
Basic Printing 20
Printing a Watermark 22
How to Print a Watermark
Enlarge/Reduce the Printed Image 23
Automatic Zooming to the Loaded Paper
Printing Multiple Pages on One Page 24
"2-Up" Printing
"4-Up" Printing
Printing a Photograph 25
Background Printing 26
To Setup Background Printing
Print Monitor 27
Print Monitor Functions 28
Time to Change the Ink Tank 29
Changing Ink Tank 30
Test Print Head 33
Cleaning the Print Head 34
Changing the Print Head 35
Aligning the Print Head 38
Keeping the Printer Clean 40
Identifying Printer Problems 41
Paper is not Fed into the Printer 42
Paper Jam 44
Printer Inoperative 45
Nothing Prints 46
Uninstalling the Printer Driver
Faint, Uneven or Smeared Print Output 49
Characters or Graphics are not Printed in Correct Position 50
Printed Lines are not Straight, or Have Blank Spaces 51
Unit does not Print in Color 52
Printing is too Slow 53
How to Use the Online Manual
Printer Properties
Print
Maintenance
Troubleshooting
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How to Use the Online Manual
How to Use the Online Manual
This Online Manual provides instruction for the operation of your new print er. It is designed to assist you in the operation
of the Online Manual and provide you with all relevant information.
For more information about computers, operating systems and Acrobat Reader, please refer to the relevan t manual or
help file.
How to Control the Online Manual
How to Print Out the Online Manual
In order to print out a hard copy of the Online Manual for your reference, go to Acrobat Reader, click the "File" menu, and select
"Print". After specifying the printer setting, click the "Print" button to print.
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Takes you back page by page. To return to the previously viewed page from the page displayed
by clicking a reference topic, click the ( ) button on the menu bar of the Acrobat Reader.
Click this button to display the Index of the Online Manual. From the Index you
can jump to various pages.
Takes you forward page by page.
Click this button to display the Table of Contents of the Online Manual.
From the Table of Contents you can jump to various pages.
Click the listed
items to display
the header of
that section.
Following links
Links can connect parts of a document to other parts for further info rmation. In this document, green colored letters are li nked area.
To follow a link, select the hand tool ( ), a zoom tool, or a selection tool. Position the pointer over the lin ked area on the page until the pointer
changes to a hand with a pointing finger ( ). Then click the link.
In this online manual, screen images and operating procedures are mainly for Mac OS 9. With other versions of Mac OS, some
screen images may be different from those in this manual.
In this manual, the co ntents of ea ch screen image are those of AJ- 1800. Please refer to the corres ponding conte nts when u sing
AJ-2000.
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Printer Properties
Outline of the Printer Driver
What is the Printer Driver?
A printer driver is a program designed to convert print data from any application into data understandable by the printer
so that the printer can quickly and efficiently print out t he data.
Starting the Printer Driver
The printer driver setup screen includes the "Paper Settings" dialog box and "Pri nt" di alog box. On the "Pape r Settings"
dialog box, you can specify values related to paper including paper size. Open th e dial ogs by following th e ste ps sh own
below.
Follow the steps shown below to open the printer driver setup screen through SimpleTe xt. First, activate SimpleText.
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Go to "File" menu in SimpleText, and select "Page
Setup".
A "Paper Settings" dialog box of the printer driver will
appear.
Reference:
"Paper Settings" Dialog Box
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After setting preferences on the "Paper Settings"
dialog box, select "Print" from "File" menu.
A "Print" dialog box of the printer driver will appear. To
switch the dialog box, click the ( ) button.
You can jump to the detailed information by
clicking each menu on the screen above.
Main
Paper
Advanced
Watermark
Version
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Printer Driver Functions
When either of "Banner
A4", or "Banner Letter" is
selected for "Paper Size",
you cannot specify any
value for "Copies"
setting.
Specify the pages to be printed here.
To print all the pages, select "All". To select
some of the pages, specify the first and
the last page to be printed.
Displays important print
settings.
"Maintenance" button
Click to access maintenance
options.
Reference:
"Maintenance" Dialog Box
Check button
Allows you to select one
item from a list of options.
Copies
Set the number of copies
between 1 - 50.
Menu
Index which allows you to
switch between the various
setup screens.
Check box
Click this option to
activate/deactivate each
function.
"Help" button
The information on the
currently open dialog box
will appear by clicking this
button.
"Cancel" button
Click this button to close the dialog box
without printing.
"Print" button
Click this button to start
printing.
When using the "Multiple Users"
function of Mac OS 9, click this
button to specify the spool files
and the collation files.
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"Paper Settings" Dialog Box (part 1)
The following dial og box will appear when you select "Page Setup" from "File" me nu of your applicatio n. You have
to specify preferences on this dialog box before printing.
The settings you
made for "Paper Size"
and "Orientation" are
shown in this box.
Click this button to save your
settings, and exit the dialog box.
Click this button to exit the dialog
box without making any changes to
the settings.
Click this button to show the
information on this dialog box.
Check this box to fit the image to the
paper size.
Select the orientation
for your documents.
Select the paper size
for your document.
Allows you to reduce
or enlarge the size of
the print.
When "COM10", "DL", "C6",
"Invitation A2", "Banner
Letter", or "Banner A4" is
selected for "Paper Size",
this box is disabled.
On the above screen, click on options shown in the green boxes to
make additional changes.
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"Paper Settings" Dialog Box (part 2)
Paper Size
Select an appropriate paper size for your document from menu.
Custom Paper
When "(Custom)" is selected for "Paper Size" setting, the
following dialog box will appear, and you can specify the
desired paper size.
Width
Enter a number to customize the width to the custom paper you
wish to use.
Length
Enter a number to custo mize the l ength t o the cust om pape r you
wish to use.
millimeters / inches
Select the units of measurement for paper size settings: either
"millimeters" or "inches".
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The document size must be smaller than the selected
(loaded) paper. If not, printing will occur over the edge of
the paper causing the machine to become internally di rty.
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Ledger, A3, or B4 sized paper cannot be used on the
printer. To print these image sizes select "Fit To Page"
setting by checking the box, or reduce the image siz e by
specifying the ratio at "Zoom[%]" setting.
"N-Up Printing", "Fit To Page", and "Zoom[%]" settings are
not available when you select "COM10", "DL", "C6",
"Invitation A2", "Japanese Hagaki", "Banner Letter", or
"Banner A4" sized paper.
Size
8.5" x 11"
8.5" x 14"
7.25" x 10.5"
210mm x 297mm
148mm x 210mm
8.5" x 11"
210mm x 297mm
4.125" x 9.5"
4.375" x 5.75"
110mm x 220mm
114mm x 162mm
3" x 5"
4" x 6"
5" x 8"
105mm x 148mm
100mm x 148mm
Min. : 3.00" x 5.00" (76.2mm x 127.0mm)
Max. : 11.70" x 17.00" (297.2mm x 431.8mm)
Paper
Letter
11" x 17"
Ledger
Legal
Executive
297mm x 420mmA3
A4
A5
257mm x 364mm B4
182mm x 257mm B5
Banner Letter
Banner A4
COM10
Invitation A2
DL
C6
Index card 3" x 5"
Index card 4" x 6"
Index card 5" x 8"
A6
Japanese Hagaki
(Custom)
Paper sized larger than 8.5" x 14" (215.9mm x
355.6mm) cannot be used in this printer. Yo u can print
the image by using the reduction feature of the
"Zoom[%]" setting.
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"Paper Settings" Dialog Box (part 3)
Orientation
Set the orientation for your documents either to portrait or
landscape.
Zoom[%]
Allows you to reduce or enlarge the size of the print from 25%
to 400% in 1% increments.
"100%" button
Click to return to 100% (default setting).
This option prints your document in portrait format.
This option prints your document in landscape format.
If "Com10", "DL", "C6", or "In vitation A2" is
selected for the "Paper Size" and set to
landscape, the paper will be output in the
orientation shown in the right illustration.
If "Fit To Page" is checked, you
cannot
specify any
value for "Zoom[%]" settings.
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"Main" Menu Settings (part 1)
On this dialog box, you can specify the values for "N-Up Printing" and paper outp ut order.
Allows you to set "N-Up
Printing" option.
When multiple copies are
printed, this setting allows
you to set the order.
On the above screen, click on options shown in the green boxes to
make additional changes.
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"Main" Menu Settings (part 2)
N-Up Printing
Set this feature to place multiple reduced pages onto a single
page. Select the "2-Up" option to copy two pages or the "4- Up"
option to copy four pages onto a single printed page.
Order
Allows you to change the print out order of your documents.
Collate
When multiple copies are printed, this setting places each copy
in numerical order.
Reverse Order
Check this box to print documents in reverse order.
For more detailed information, refer to the table below.
Example:
When printing out two copies of a three-page document.
Orientation
Portrait Landscape
N-Up Printing
4-Up 2-Up
Collate Reverse Order Output Result
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"Paper" Menu Settings (part 1)
On this dialog box, you can specify the values for paper types or trays.
Reference:
Guaranteed area and printable area
Select the paper source.
Select the type of paper.
Select the paper size of
the paper loaded into the
printer.
On the above screen, click on options shown in the green boxes to
make additional changes.
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"Paper" Menu Settings (part 2)
Paper Selection
Select "Tray" or "Bypass" for your print job.
Tray
Paper is fed to the printer from the paper tray.
Bypass
Paper will be fed to the print er from the bypass tray . Only one sheet can
be loaded into the bypass tray. To load pape r into the bypass, place the
paper into the tray against the guide and press the paper button.
When printing one page:
Load paper into the bypass then start printing from your computer. If
paper is not loaded before printing is started, the paper lamp on the
printer will blink and the message "Out of paper on bypass" wil l appear
on the screen of the computer.
When printing more than one page:
Repeat as above for each page.
Media Type
Select the type of paper to be used. Select from "Plain", "Coated",
"Photo", "Transparency", "T-shirt tr ansfer", and " Card Stock". Inse rt
the paper that was selected into the tray.
For more information on various pap er types, refer to the following
table.
If the "Tray" is selected from this menu and p aper is plac ed
in the bypass tray, the paper in the bypass tray will be fed
first, and then paper will be fed from the paper tray.
Make sure to insert "Banner Letter" and "Banner A4"
through the bypass tray. Max. 5 sheet s of banner paper can
be set to the bypass tray. Make sure that your application
supports Banners when you intend to print onto Banners.
Media Type Description Media Usage
Plain Normal office paper
(copier paper and high
quality paper)
Corporate documents
Coated The print side of coated
paper is whiter.
Graphics, Images
Photo The print side of photo paper
is glossy.
Photographs
Transparency Overhead presentation on
clear film. The print side of
transparency film is rougher.
Overhead
presentations
T-shirt transfer This media is to be
transferred to cloth materials
by an iron.
T-shirt, Place mat
Card Stock Thick plain paper Card printing
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Be sure to use only Sharp recommended OHP films when
you select "Transparency".
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If you select "T-shirt transfer", the original image will be
reversed on the printed media to make a proper imag e on
the T-shirt.
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When "Card Stock" is selected, be sure to tur n the paper
knob to ( ) direction to feed the thicker card stock.
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"Paper" Menu Settings (part 3)
Output Paper
Select the size of the paper loaded in the printer from the list.
To print your image data and to fit it to the paper size selected,
check the "Fit To Page
" of "Paper Settings" dialog box, and
then select the paper size.
By selecting "(Custom)" on the list, you can specify a paper
size that is not listed.
Guaranteed area and printable area
This printer can print onto the following area of the paper. It is
recommended that you specify margins from your application
to fit within the quality guaranteed area.
Quality guaranteed area
Guaranteed area is inside 0.75" (19mm) from the top / bottom
edge of the paper, and 0.39" (10mm ) from th e ri ght / le ft edge of
the paper.
Printable area
The void area of the printer dri ver is 0 .12" ( 3mm) from the pa per
edges. The print quality may be degraded outside the guaranteed
area according to the contents of your document.
0.75"
(19mm)
Quality
guaranteed area
Printable area
Printable area
0.12"
(3mm)
0.12"
(3mm)
0.12"
(3mm)
0.12"
(3mm)
0.75"
(19mm)
0.39"
(10mm)
0.39"
(10mm)
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"Advanced" Menu Settings
Set your color and quality preferences for printing using this screen.
Set printer output preferences to color or grayscale.
Open to set output quality and adjust colors.
• If lines are broken when printing with
"Draft", change the setting to any other
option.
• Some of the settings may be disabled
depending on the selected "Media Type".
On the above screen, click on options shown in the green boxes to
make additional changes.
This option sets printing speed and quality.
You can trade off speed for quality. "Draft" is the
fastest and lowest quality, "Best" is the slowest and
best quality.
Draft
Sharp Special
Normal
Best
Select this option when you want to
print text data with high speed. If you
print graphics, illustrations, or lines with
this option, the print quality is low.
Select this option when you want to
print a document containing graphics or
illustrations with high speed. This
option provides a little rougher print
quality than "Normal" or "Best".
This option offers you normal print
quality with normal print speed.
Select this option when you want to get
high print quality for photographs or
images.
* The print quality also depends on the
specified (loaded) paper type.
To provide the highest possible print quality when printing in the "Best"
mode, a special printing technique is used which requires the print
medium to move through the machine at a uniform speed. As a result, the
time to make a print in this mode will be approximately the same for all
files regardless of the area being printed. This is also true for "Normal"
mode printing on photo paper.
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"Output Quality" Dialog Box
Set the color matching as well as the brightness, contrast an d color balance of an i m age.
Check your color image preferences
using this screen.
0% 100%
Allows you to select the Color
Management System.
The Color Management System
enables you to adjust the image color
on your display to the result of print
job.
SHARP Color matching
Select this option to utilize SHARP's
original Color Management System.
ColorSync
Select this option to utilize Macintosh
standard Color Management System.
Directly enter the figure or move the
scroll bar.
Set the brightness, contrast and color
balance level of your print job here.
Returns all user modified settings
back to default settings of this dialog
box.
Color matching: SHARP Color matching
Brightness: 50%
Contrast: 50%
Saturation: 50%
Red: 50%
Green: 50%
Blue: 50%
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"Watermark" Menu Settings (part 1)
The dialog box sh own below will appear when you select "Watermark" fr om the menu and then click the "Settings"
button. Use this screen to set watermarks.
Use this screen to view
how the watermark will
appear on your
document.
You can drag the
watermark to your
favorite place by using
the mouse.
Use the scroll bar or enter a figure
to set the font size of a watermark
from 6 to 300 points.
Type the original text.
Use the scroll bar to set the
print angle of a watermark from
-90˚ to 90˚.
(The angle can be set in 1˚
multiples.)
Open to adjust the font style.
Click this button to
center a watermark in
the middle of the
document.
Check this box to print
watermark only on the
first page.
Select a watermark. Select from "TOP SECRET", "CONFIDENTIAL", "DRAFT",
"ORIGINAL" and "COPY".
On the above screen, click on options shown in the green boxes to
make additional changes.
If you set the size of your
watermark rather large, it
may not appear on the
preview image shown in
the left. This will not lead
to any trouble with
printing the watermark.
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"Watermark" Menu Settings (part 2)
Text
To create your own Watermark, type in the desired text
overwriting the original characters, and then click the "Add"
button.
"Edit Fonts" button
To adjust the font style of a watermark, click this butto n to display
the "Edit Fonts" dialog box.
On First Page Only
Check this box to ensure a watermark is pr inted on ly o n th e firs t
page of the document. By leaving this box unchecked, the
watermark will appear on every page of the printed document.
"Add" button
Enter your text over the currently displayed text and click this
button to add a new watermark.
After selecting a watermark from the menu and setting its size
and angle, click this button to add new changes.
"Update" butt o n
Select your original w atermark from the m enu. After adjusting the
size and angle to suit your pref erences, click the "Up date" button
to save.
"Delete" button
To remove your original watermark from the menu, select it and
click this button.
You can select Italic, Bold, and Bold
Italic for your font style.
You can confirm the
specified settings here.
Select the desired font type.
Select the desired color.
You cannot save changes to the size and angle of a
default watermark using this button. Save all new
changes using the "Add" button.
Default watermarks cannot be deleted.
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