Sharp AJ-2000, AJ-1800 User Manual

Contents

How to Use the Online Manual

How to Control the Online Manual 1 How to Print Out the Online Manual 1

Printer Properties

Outline of the Printer Driver 2

What is the Printer Driver?

Starting the Printer Driver 3

Starting the Printer Driver using the "Start" Button Starting the Printer Driver through an Appli cation

Printer Driver Functions 5 "Main" Tab Settings 6 "Paper" Tab Settings 9 "Advanced" Tab Settings 13 "Output Quality" Settings 15 "Watermark" Tab Settings 16 "Version" Tab Settings 18

Printing Overview 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

Print Status Window

Outline of the Print Status Wi ndow 26

What is the Print Status Window? Starting the Print Status Window

Contents

Print Status Window Functions 27 Understand in g Er ro r Messages 28

Understanding the Status and Program Icon

"Maintenance" Tab 29 "Options" Tab 30

Sharing Printer

Sharing the Printer using Windows Networking 31 Shared Printer Settings 32 Client Settings 33

Maintenance

Time to Change the Ink Tank 34 Changing Ink Tank 35 Test Print Head 38 Cleaning the Print Head 39 Changing the Print Head 40 Aligning the Print Head 43 Keeping the Printer Clean 45

Troubleshooting

Identifying Printer Problems 46 Failed to Install the USB Driver (Windows 98) 47 Paper is not Fed into the Printer 48 Paper Jam 50 Printer Inoperative 51 Nothing Prints 52

Uninstalling the Printer Driver

Faint, Uneven or Smeared Print Output 55 Characters or Graphics are not Printed in Correct Position Printed Lines are not Straight, or Have Blank Spaces 57 Unit does not Print in Color 58 Printing is too Slow 59

How to Use the Online Manual

This Online Man ual provides instruction for the operation of your new printer. It is designed to assist you in the operation of the Online Manual and provide you with all relevant i nformation. For more information about computers, operating systems and Acrobat Reader, please refer to the relevant manual or help file.

How to Control the Online Manual

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.

Click this button to display the Table of Contents of the Online Manual. From the Table of Contents you can jump to various pages.

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Following links

Links can connect parts of a document to other parts for further information. In this document, green colored letters are linked area. To follow a link, select the hand tool ( ), a zoom tool, or a selection tool. Position the pointer over the linked area on the page until the pointer changes to a hand with a pointing finger ( ). Then click the link.

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Takes you forward page by page.

Click the listed

items to display the header of that section.

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 "OK" button to print.

In this online manual, screen images and operating procedures are mainly for Windows 98. With other versions of Windows, some screen images may be different from those in this manual. In this manual, the contents of each s creen image are those of AJ-1800. Pl ease refer to the corr esponding contents when using AJ-2000.

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Outline of the Printer Driver

Printer Properties

What is the Printer Driver?

A printer driver is a program designed t o convert print data from any application into d ata understandable by the printer so that the printer can quickly and efficiently print out the data.

The five tabs of this printer driver are shown below.

By clicking the tabs displayed above, you will jump to detailed description.

The items shown below can be setup on each tab.

Tab Name Setup Items

Main Orientation, Copies, Order, N-Up Print ing, Current Settings Paper Paper Selection, Custom Paper, Paper Size, Fit To Paper Size, Zoom[%] Advanced Output Type, Print Quality, Media Type, Maintenance Watermark Watermark, Size, Angle, Edit Color, Edit Fonts Version About

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Starting the Printer Driver (part 1)

Open the printer driver setup screen (properties dialog bo x) by either of the methods shown below.

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Starting the Printer Driver using the "Start" Button

Starting the Printer Driver through an Application

Printer Properties

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Click the "Start" button.

Select "Settings" and click "Printers".

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Click the "SHARP AJ-1800" or "SHARP AJ-2000" printer driver icon in the "Printers" window and from the "File" menu select "Properties".

The printer driver setup screen will appear when "Printing Prefer ences" of Windows 2000 o r "Document Defaults" of Windows NT 4.0 is selected.

Click the "Setup" tab.

The properties dialog box will appear.

By setting the printer properties using the "Start" button, all applications will be affected. Refer to the Windows manual or help file for more information on the "General" tab, "Details" ta b, "Color Management" tab and "Shar ing" tab.

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Starting the Printer Driver (part 2)

Printer Properties

Starting the Printer Driver through an Application

Follow the steps shown below to open the printer driver setup screen (properties dialog box) through WordPad. First, activate WordPad. (Click the "Start " button, select "Programs", select "Accessories" and then click "WordPad".)

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Go to "File" menu in WordPad, and select "Print".

Select "SHARP AJ-1800" or "SHARP AJ-2000" from the Printer Name drop-down list.

On Windows 2000, select "SHARP AJ-1800" or "SHARP AJ-2000" printer driver i con from "Selec t Printer" area. You can setup the pr efe r ence s for the printer driver through the five tabs of "Main", "Paper", "Advanced", "Watermark", and "Version".

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Click the "Properties" button to open the properties dialog box.

If the dialog box is setup through an application, all settings will be void when you quit the application.

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Printer Driver Functions

Tab

Index which allows you to switch between the various setup screens.

Check button

Allows you to select one item from a list of options.

Output Image

The settings you made at "Orientation" and "N-Up Printing" are shown in this image.

Check box

Click this option to activate/deactivate each function.

"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.

Windows NT 4.0 does not have the "Apply" button on each screen.

"Help" button

Click this button to display the help file for this driver.

Printer Properties

Quit button

Click this button to quit the properties dialog box.

( ) button

After clicking this button, click the preference located in the dialog box you want to know more about, and receive a basic explanation.

Spin box

Enter the number directly or use the ( ) buttons.

Drop-down list

Allows you to make one selection from a list of choices. Click the ( ) button to display your choices.

"Defaults" button

Returns settings to default mode of the tab. Refer to the information page for each tab to check the values of the default settings.

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"Main" Tab Settings (part 1)

Printer Properties

Basic print options, including orientation and the number of copies, are controlled through this dialog box. You can usually print simply by adjusting and confirming the printer options listed in this dialog box.

Set the number of copies between 1 - 50.

When either of Select the orientation for your documents.

Further information on each option is available by clicking the ( ) button.

When multiple copies are printed, this setting allows you to set the order.

Displays important print settings. Use the scroll bar to check these settings.

On the above screen, click on options shown in the green boxes to make additional changes.

Allows you to set "N-Up Printing" option.

Returns all user modified settings back to default settings of this tab.

Orientation: Portrait Copies: 1 Collate: Off Reverse Order: Off N-Up Printing: 1-Up

"Banner A4", or

"Banner Letter" is

selected for "Paper

Size", you cannot

specify any value for

"Copies" setting.

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"Main" Tab Settings (part 2)

Printer Properties

Orientation

Set the orientation for your documents either to "Portrait" or "Landscape".

Portrait

Check this setting to print your documents vertically.

Landscape

Check this setting to print your documents horizontally.

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.

Collate Reverse Order Output Result

If "Com10", "DL", "C6", or "Invitation A2" is selected for the "Paper Size" setting and set to "Landscape", the paper will be output in the orientation shown in the right illustration.

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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.

Orientation

Portrait Landscape

N-Up Printing

4-Up 2-Up

Original Size

Set the original size when you select "2-Up" or "4-Up" for "N-Up Printing". Select the document size specified through your application from "Letter", "Legal", "Executive", "A4", "A5", "A6", "B5", "Index card 3" x 5", "Index card 4" x 6", or "In de x card 5" x 8".

If "Original Size" is not set to the same size as the document size of your application, the output will not fit exactly on the paper.

Example:

When the document size of your application is smaller than "Original Size".

Document size of your application.

The illustrations above assume that the "Original Size" is set to the same size as the document size of your application.

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"Paper" Tab Settings (part 1)

Use this screen to select the paper size, tray and zoom.

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Printer Properties

Select the paper source.

Allows you to customize the size of the paper.

On the above screen, click on options shown in the green boxes to make additional changes.

Select the paper size for your document.

Enlarges/reduces the image to fit to the size of paper in the printer.

Allows you to reduce or enlarge the size of the print.

Returns all user modified settings back to default settings of this tab.

Paper Selection: Tray Paper Size: Letter Fit To Page: Off Zoom[%]: 100%

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Paper Size

Select an appropriat e paper size for your document from dr op-down list.

Paper

Ledger Letter Legal Executive

A4 A5

COM10 DL C6 A6 Invitation A2 Index card 5" x 8" Index card 4" x 6" Index card 3" x 5" Japanese Hagaki Banner Letter Banner A4 Custom

The document size must be smaller than the selected

11" x 17"

8.5" x 11"

8.5" x 14"

7.25" x 10.5" 297mm x 420mmA3 210mm x 297mm 148mm x 210mm 257mm x 364mm B4 182mm x 257mm B5

4.125" x 9.5" 110mm x 220mm 114mm x 162mm 105mm x 148mm

4.375" x 5.75" 5" x 8" 4" x 6" 3" x 5" 100mm x 148mm

8.5" x 11" 210mm x 297mm Min. : 3.00" x 5.00" (76.2mm x 127.0mm)

Max. : 11.69" x 17.00" (297.0mm x 431.8mm)

(loaded) paper. If not, printin g will occur over the edg e of the paper causing the machin e to become inte rnally dirty.

Ledger, A3, or B4 sized paper can not be loaded in this printer. The print image shoul d be reduced by the "F it To Paper Size" or "Zoom[%]" setting.

Size

Paper Selection

Select "Tray" or "Bypass" for your print job.

Tray

Paper is fed to the printer from the paper tray.

If the "Tray" is selected from this tab and paper is placed in the bypass tray, the paper i n the bypass tray will be fed first, and then paper will be fed from the paper tray.

Bypass

Paper will be fed to the printer from the bypass tray. Only one sheet can be loaded into the bypass tray. To load paper 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 "Please set a sheet of paper on bypass" will appear on the screen of the computer.

When printing more than one page: Repeat as above for each page.

Make sure to insert "Banner Letter" and "Banner A4" through the bypass tray. Max. 5 s heets of banner paper can be set to the bypass tray. Make sure that your application supports Banners when you intend to print onto Banners.

"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.

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"Paper" Tab Settings (part 3)

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Custom Paper

Use custom paper sizes for your document.

To utilize this option, the "Paper Size" option

set

to "Custom".

Width

Click the up and down arrows of the s pin box, or enter a num ber to customize the width to the custom paper you wish to use.

Length

Click the up and down arrows of the s pin box, or enter a num ber to customize the length to the custom paper you wish to use.

millimeters / inches

Select the units of measurement for paper size settings: either "millimeters" or "inches".

must be

Fit To Paper Size

Fit To Page

Check this box to fit the image to the pape r size. If this functio n is selected, you can fit the paper size specified for "Paper Size" setting to the size listed on the drop-down options of "Fit To Paper Size".

Example

"Print Letter on:" Index card 5" x 8"

! When "COM10", "DL" , "C6", "Invitati on A2", "Banner

Letter", or "Banner A4" is selected for "Paper Size", this function

! The "Fit To Paper Size" option

when the "N-Up Printing" option in the "Main" tab is selected.

is disabled

cannot

be utilized

Zoom[%]

Allows you to reduce or enlarge the size of the print from 25% to 200% in 1% increments.

! The "Zoom[%]" option

"N-Up Printing" option in the "Main" tab is selected.

! If "Fit To Page" is checked, you

value for "Zoom[%]" settings.

"100%" button

Click to return to 100% (default setting).

cannot

be utilized when the

cannot

specify any

Paper sized larg er than 8.5" x 14" (215.9mm x

355.6mm) cannot be used in this printer. You can print the image by using the reduction feature of the "Zoom[%]" settin g.

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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 0.3 9" (1 0mm ) from th e right / le ft edge of the paper.

Printable area

The void area of the pr inter driv er is 0 .12" (3 mm) 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)

0.12" (3mm)

Printable area

Quality

guaranteed area

Printable area

Printer Properties

0.39" (10mm)

0.75" (19mm)

0.12" (3mm)

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"Advanced" Tab Settings (part 1)

Set your color and quality preferences for printing using this screen.

Set printer output preferences to color or grayscale.

Customize printer output quality to suit your needs.

Printer Properties

Click to access maintenance options.

Open to set output quality and adjust colors.

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On the above screen, click on options shown in the green boxes to make additional changes.

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Returns all user modified settings back to default settings of this tab.

Output Type: Color Print Quality: Sharp Special Media Type: Plain

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Printer Properties

Quality

Set the printer output quality settings below.

Print Quality

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

* The print quality also depends on the specified (loaded) paper type.

! If lines are broken when printing with "Draft", change

the setting to any other option.

! Some of the settin gs may be disa bled depe nding on

the selected "Media Type".

Media Type

Select the type of paper to be use d. Select from "Plain", "Coated", "Photo", "Tr ansparency", "T-shirt transfer", and "Card S tock". Insert the paper that was selected into the tray. For more information on various paper types, refer to the following table.

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.

Media Type Description Media Usage

Plain Normal office paper

(copier paper and high quality paper)

Coated The print side of coated

paper is whiter.

Photo The print side of photo

paper is glossy.

Transparency Overhead presentation on

clear film. The print side of transparency film is rougher.

T-shirt transfer This media is to be

transferred to cloth materials by an iron.

Card Stock Thick plain paper Card printing

Corporate documents

Graphics, Images

Photographs

Overhead presentations

T-shirt, Place mat

! Be sure to use only Sharp recommended OHP films

when you select "Transparency". If you select "T-shirt transfer", the original image will

be reversed on the printed media to make a proper image on the T-shirt.

When "Card Stock" is selected, be sure to turn the

paper knob to ( ) direction to feed the thicker card stock.

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"Output Quality" Settings

Set the color m atching as well as the brightness, contrast and color balance of an image.

Set the brightness, contrast and color balance level of your print job here.

Check your color image preferences using this screen.

Printer Properties

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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.

ICM

Select this option to utilize Windows standard Color Management System.

• By selecting "ICM", both the "Image" and "Color Balance" options become disabled.

• The "ICM" setting is unavailable with Windows 95 or NT 4.0.

Directly enter the figure or move the scroll bar.

To print a document containing text data, make sure to keep the values of "Red Strength", "Green Strength" and "Blue Strength" above 50. When set under 50, background of characters in your document may be printed in a different color.

Returns all user modified settings back to default settings of this dialog box.

Color matching:

Brightness: 50% Contrast: 50% Saturation: 50% Red Strength: 50% Green Strength: 50% Blue Strength: 50%

SHARP Color matching

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"Watermark" Tab Settings (part 1)

Use this screen to set watermarks.

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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.

Move the location of the watermark using the scroll bar.

Click this button to center a watermark in the middle of the document.

On the above screen, click on options shown in the green boxes to make additional changes.

Select the type of watermark.

Use the scroll bar or enter a figure to set the font size of a watermark from 6 to 500 points.

Use the scroll bar to set the print angle of a watermark from

-90˚ to 90˚. (The angle can be set in 15˚

multiples.)

You cannot type the desired angle value in this field.

Returns all user modified settings back to default settings of this tab.

Watermark: (None) On First Page Only: Off

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Watermark

Select a watermark from the drop-down list. Select from "TOP SECRET", "CONFIDENTIAL", "DRAFT", "ORIGINAL" and "COPY". No watermark will appear on the document if "(None)" is selected. You can also create and input your original watermarks.

"Update" button

Select your original watermark from the drop-down list. After adjusting the size and angle to suit your preferences, click the "Update" button to save.

You cannot save changes to the size and angle of a default watermark using this button. Save all new changes using the "Add" button.

"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 drop-down list and setting its size and angle, click this button to add new changes.

"Edit Color" button

For setting the color of a watermark, click this button to display the "Color" dialog box. For more informat ion on this dialog box, click the ( ) button, and then point and click on the item that you want information on.

"Edit Fonts" button

To adjust the font style of a watermark, click this b utton to display the "Font" dialog box. For more informat ion on this dialog box, click the ( ) button, and then point and click on the item that you want information on.

On First Page Only

Check this box to ensure a w at er mar k is p rin ted only on the first page of the document. By leaving this box unchecked, the watermark will appear on every page o f the printed document.

"Delete" button

To remove your original watermark from the drop-down list, select it and click this button.

Default watermarks cannot be deleted.

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