Sharp AL-841 User Manual

MODEL

AL-841

DIGITAL LASER COPIER/ PRINTER/SCANNER

PRINTER/SCANNER

OPERATION MANUAL

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GETTING STARTED

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PRINTING

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SCANNING

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TROUBLE?

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APPENDIX

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This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

WARNING:

FCC Regulations state that any unauthorized changes or modifications to this equipment not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.

Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

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Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

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Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

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Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

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Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

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Shielded cables must be used with this equipment to maintain compliance with FCC regulations.

CONTENTS

1 GETTING STARTED

2 PRINTING

INTRODUCTION 2 – Making floppy disks from CD-ROM 3 MAIN FEATURES 3 CONNECTING THE INTERFACE CABLE 4 INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER SOFTWARE 5 – Description of the printer driver 5 – Checking the hardware and software requirements 5 – Installing the printer driver 5 – “SHARP AL-841” driver group 11

PRINTING A PAGE 12 – Executing printing 12 – Indicators on the operation panel 13 SETTING PRINT CONDITIONS FROM PRINTER DRIVER 14 PRINTING FROM AN MS-DOS APPLICATION 16 – Print setting from the MS-DOS prompt 16 – Setting on the front panel 17 – Software printer setting 17

SCANNING

SCANNING AN IMAGE 18 – Scanning from a TWAIN-compatible application 19 – Exiting from AL-841 TWAIN software 19

TROUBLE?

TROUBLESHOOTING 20 USING OTHER INSTALLED DRIVERS 22 UNINSTALLING DRIVERS 23

APPENDIX

PRINTER SPECIFICATIONS 24 SCANNER SPECIFICATIONS 25 PARALLEL INTERF ACE 26 PRINT AREA 27

This chapter provides basic information for using the SHARP AL-841 and its f eatures .

GETTING STARTED

Getting Started

INTRODUCTION

This manual describes only the printer and scanner features of the AL-841. To get full use of all printer and scanner features, familiarize y ourself with this manual. For quick ref erence during machine use, keep this man ual in a handy location.

For a description of other features, refer to their separate manuals.

Conventions used in this manual

In this manual, the following icons are used to pro vide the user with information pertinent to the use of the machine.

Cautions the user that damage to the machine or one of its components may result if the contents of the caution are not properly followed.

Notes provide information relevant to the machine regarding specifications, functions, performance, operation and such, that may be useful to the user.

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When you try to execute printing while copying is being performed, printing will be executed after copying is finished.

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When you try to make a copy while printing is being performed, printing will be interrupted and you can make a copy. Printing will be resumed after copying is finished.

T rademark acknowledgments

Windows, MS-DOS, Windows NT and Windows Printing System are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S.A. and other countries. IBM, PC/AT and OS/2 are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. HP, LaserJet and PCL are tr ademarks of Hewlett-Packard Company. All other trademarks and copyrights are the property of their respective owners.

Making floppy disks from CD-ROM

The driver data in the CD-ROM can be copied to floppy disks .

Windows 95/Windows 98/Windows NT 4.0:

Insert the installation CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.

INTRODUCTION

Double-click My Computer, Al_841 (CD-ROM), and Makedisk.

Double-click Makedisk.exe.

Follow the on-screen instructions.

Windows 3.1x:

Insert the installation CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.

Double-click the File Manager in the Main windo w of Pr ogram Mana ger and select

CD-ROM and the Makedisk directory . Double-click Makedisk.exe.

Follow the on-screen instructions.

MAIN FEATURES

Getting Started

Printing from Windows 3.1x, Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows

NT 4.0 applications

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High-speed and high-quality printing can be performed from Windows 3.1x, Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT 4.0 applications through the SHARP GDI (Gr aphics Device Interface) system.

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Since print data is processed in the computer, waiting time during printing is short.

Scanning from Windo ws 3.1x, Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windo ws NT 4.0 applications

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The SHARP TWAIN interface software enables the AL-841 to perform high-quality monochrome scanning directly from a TW AIN-compatib le application.

TWAIN is an application prog ramme interface (API) standard which is used to scan images from scanners. The SHARP TWAIN interface software supports the TWAIN standard, version 1.6.

Getting Started

CONNECTING THE INTERF ACE CABLE

To use the AL-841 as a laser printer or scanner, connect it to your computer using a parallel interface cable.

Use the parallel interface cable included with the AL-841. For specifications of the parallel interf ace, see page 26.

Check that the power s witches of both the machine and the computer are in the OFF

position. Plug the parallel interface cable into the printer interf ace connector. F asten the two bail

clips at the side of the printer connector to hold the interface connector in place. Plug the other end of the cable into the parallel interface connector on y our computer .

(Refer to your computer manual f or details .)

Parallel interface connector

Cable

Interface connector

Bail clip

This machine sends and receives data bi-directionally and at high speed. Some switch box es and pass-through devices cannot support high-speed, bi-directional transfer of data, and using them ma y cause printing errors.

INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER SOFTWARE

Description of the printer driver

The printer driver is the software program which runs the printer. It conv erts the data in your file into information that the printer can understand. It also controls communication between the printer and computer as the data is printed.

Checking the hardware and software requirements

You will need the following hardware and software in order to install the printer driver.

Computer type IBM PC/AT or compatible computer equipped with ECP

mode-equivalent bi-directional parallel interface and CDROM drive

Windows type Windows 3.1x, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT

4.0 CPU 486DX 66MHz or better Physical RAM Windows 95, Windows 3.1x: 8MB (16MB or more is

recommended.) Windows NT 4.0: 12MB (16MB or more is recommended.)

Windows 98: 16MB (32MB or more is recommended.) Virtual storage (swap file) 8MB or more Display 640 x 480 dots (VGA) or better Hard disk free space 11MB or more

The printer driver included in this product cannot be used under Windows NT

3.5x, OS/2, pure MS-DOS and other operating systems which are not described above.

Getting Started

Installing the printer driver

The software for your machine is provided on the CD-R OM which was packed with y our machine. Before installing the printer driver, be sure to chec k the f ollo wing items.

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Is the machine connected properly to the computer?

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Does the machine have paper?

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Is there another GDI printer driver or Windows Printing System printer driver already installed? If installed, change the printer port setting. For instructions on changing the printer port setting, see USING OTHER INSTALLED DRIVERS on page 22.

The TWAIN software is automatically installed at the same time you install the printer driver. See page 18.

INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER SOFTWARE

Windows 95/Windows NT 4.0:

Load paper into the paper tray of the machine. For instructions on loading paper, see

the section LOADING COPY PAPER in the copier operation manual. Turn on the machine.

Getting Started

Turn on your computer and start Windows.

Before installing the printer driver , be sure to close all other applications which may be open.

When using Windows 95 on a personal computer with plug & pla y*, the “Update Device

Driver Wizard” window will appear. Insert the installation CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. Click the Next b utton and follow the on-screen instructions. If the “Cop ying Files” window appears during this operation, enter R:\ (if the CD-ROM is designated as drive R), click the OK button and f ollo w the on-screen instructions.

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If you use Windo ws 95 and the “New Hardware Found” window will appear, select Driver from Disk Provided by Hardware Manufacturer and then click the OK button. Proceed to step 6.

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If you use Windows 95 and the screen sho wn abov e or the “Ne w Hardware F ound” window does not appear , proceed to step 5.

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If you use Windo ws NT 4.0, proceed to step 5.

* Plug & Play

This feature is effective if both the computer and peripheral equipment are equipped with an IEEE 1284 compliant parallel interface.

The screen displayed depends on the v ersion of Windows you are using.

INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER SOFTWARE

Insert the installation CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.

Click the Start button and select Run. When the screen shown below appears, type R:\SETUP (if the CD-ROM is designated as drive R) and click the OK button. Follow

the on-screen instructions.

The “Install From Disk” window will appear. Insert the installation CD-ROM into the

CD-ROM drive. Type R:\ (if the CD-ROM is designated as drive R) and click the OK button. F ollow the on-screen instructions.

Getting Started

If you have an y problem with the test print, see TROUBLESHOO TING on page 20 and check the symptoms and solutions. Print the test page again after removing the problem.

INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER SOFTWARE

Windows 98:

Load paper into the paper tray of the machine. For instructions on loading paper, see

the section LOADING COPY PAPER in the copier operation manual. Turn on the machine.

Getting Started

Turn on your computer and start Windows.

Before installing the printer driver , be sure to close all other applications which may be open.

When using Windows 98 on a personal computer with plug & play*, the “Add New

Hardware Wizard” window will appear . Click the Ne xt button and follow the on-screen instructions.

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If the “Add New Hardware Wizard” window does not appear , proceed to step 8.

* Plug & Play: F or plug & pla y information, see page 6.

Select Search for the best driver for your device and click the Next button.

Insert the installation CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. Select CD-ROM drive and

click the Next button.

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