Sharp AR-122E,AL-1226,AR-123E Online Manual

Contents

How to Use the Online Manual 1

Printing Overview 2
Basic Printing 3
Starting the Printer Driver Using the "Start" Button 4
Printer Driver Settings 5
Printing a Watermark 6
Fitting the Printed Image to the Paper 7
Printing Multiple Pages on One Page 8
Outline of the Print Status Window 9

Scanning Overview 10
Scanning an Image from a TWAIN-Compliant Application

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Scanning an Image from a WIA-Compliant Application (Windows XP)

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Scanning an Ima ge from the "Scanner and Ca m e ra Wizard" (Window s XP)

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Outline of Button Manager 20
Button Manager Settings 21

Identifying Unit Problems 22
Check the Connection between the Unit and Computer 23
Check Your Computer 24

Plug and Play Screen does not Appear (when the USB is connected)

25

Failed to Install the MFP Driver (Windows 2000/XP) 26
Faint, Uneven or Smeared Print Output 27
Characters or Graphics are not Printed in Correct Position

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Nothing Prints 29
Poor Scanning Result 30
The Scanned Image is Incorrectly Positioned 31
Unable to Scan the Image 32
Uninstalling SHARP Personal MFP Series Software 33

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How to Use the Online Manual

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Print

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Scan

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Troubleshooting

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This Online Manual provides instruction for the operation of your new unit. Please rea d the following explanati on of how
to use the Online Manual, and then search for the information that you need.
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

Following links

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

Using Bookmarks

This online manual has Bookmarks on the main pages of each section. You can move to the desired pages by simply clicking its bookmark.

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" ("OK" on Windows 95/98/Me/NT 4.0) button to print.

Note

In this online 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.

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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 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.

Takes you back page by page. To return to the previous link,
click the ( ) button on the menu bar of the Acrobat Reader.

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The flow chart shown below provides printing overview.

Reference: For more informatio n on printing, see Basic Printing.

Caution

! When the paper source is the paper 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.

When printing from paper tray When printing from single bypass

Prepare the document you intend to print

Send print data from your computer

Printing

Exit printing

Load a single sheet of paper into the single bypass

Reference:

For more detail, refer to the "BYPASS FEED (including special paper)" in
the Operation Manual.

Open the printer driver setup screen and set the print preferences

Reference:

Printer Driver Settings, Printing a Watermark, Fitting the Printed Image to the Paper,
Printing Multiple Pages on One Page

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

1

Start WordPad, make a new file, and enter the text
you intend to print.

2

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

3

Make sure that "SHARP AR-122E" 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 95/98/Me/NT 4.0, click the "Properties" button.

Reference: Printer Driver Settings, Printing a Watermark, Fitting the

Printed Image to the Paper, Printing Multiple Pages on
One Page

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

On Windows 95/98/Me/NT 4.0, click the "OK" button.

Printing starts according to your preferences.
If you are using the single bypass, wait until the single
bypass indicator blinks after "P" blinks in the unit
display, and insert the sheet of paper in the single
bypass.

Reference: See "BYPASS FEED (including special paper)" in the

Operation Manual for mo r e deta i ls on inser ti ng paper.

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.

Click here.

Identify the current printer
in this box.

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2

Click this button to change
any print preference.

Click here.

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You can open the printer driver and change the printe r driver settings from the Wind ows "start" butt on. Settings adju sted
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

Windows 2000/XP

1

Click the "start" button, and then click "Control
Panel".

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

2

Click "Printers and Other Hardware", and then click
"Printers and Faxes".

On Windows 2000, click "Printers".

3

Click the "SHARP AR-122E" printer driver icon and
select "Properties" from the "File" menu.

4

Click the "Printing Preferences" button in the
"General" tab.

The printer driver setup screen will appear.

Reference: Printer Driver Settings

Windows 95/98/Me/NT 4.0

1

Click the "Start" button, select "Settings" and then
click "Printers".

2

Click the "SHARP AR-122E" printer driver icon and
select "Properties" from the "File" menu.

3

On Windows 95/98/Me, click the "Setup" tab.

The printer driver setup screen will appear.

Reference: Printer Driver Settings

Note

On Windows NT 4.0, select "Document Defaults"
to open the printer driver setup screen.

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.

"OK" button

Click this button to save
your settings, and exit the
dialog box.

The settings you made at
"N-Up Printing", "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.

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.

Windows NT 4.0 does not
have the "Apply" button
on each screen.
The "Apply" button does
not appear when you
open this window from an
application.

Note

Note

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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 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

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 size
document onto an A5 size paper.

1

Click the "Paper" tab in the printer driver setup
screen.

2

Select the paper size for the print data from "Paper
Size".

3

Check the "Fit To Page" box.

4

Select 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

Paper Size: A4
Fit To Paper Size: A5

A4 size document

(Paper Size)

A5 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

"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

Click this button during printing to
cancel the job that is currently being
executed.

"Close" button

Click this button to close the Print
Status Window .

Outline of the Print Status Window