Sharp AR-PB2 User Manual

AR-PB2

PRINTER EXPANSION KIT

SUPPLEMENTAL MANUAL

This manual describes the new installation method of printer drivers and additional features for the AR-PB2 Printer Expansion Kit. Please read this manual in conjunction with the AR-PB2 Operation Manual.

Contents

• Installing printer drivers from the CD-ROM

• PCL6 printer driver

• Printer driver for Macintosh

• Printer Status Monitor

• Printer Administration Utility

•NW Setup

• Additional printer configuration menu and key operator program

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Trademark Acknowledgments

Microsoft Windows and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S.A. and other countr ies. Macintosh and AppleTalk are registered trademarks of Apple Comput er , Inc. IBM, PC/AT, and PowerPC are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. PCL is a trademark of the Hewlett-Packard Company. PostScript® is a registered trademark of Adobe Syst em s I ncor por at ed. NetWare is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc. All other trademarks and copyrights are t he pr oper t y of their respective owners.

PRINTER EXPANSION KIT AR-PB2

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Installing pr inter drivers from the CD-ROM

In the former version of the AR-PB2 Printer Expansion Kit, the printer drivers were supplied on floppy disks. The printer drivers are currently supplied on a CD-ROM. Additional printer utilities such as the Printer Status Monitor, Printer Adm inistrat ion Utilit y, and NW Set up are also included in the CD-ROM. If you install these utilities, see their r espective sections before installing them (pages 13 to 17). For installing the printer driver for Macintosh, see page 9, “Printer dr iver for Macintosh”.

Using the installer in the CD-ROM (Windows 95/Windows 98/Windows NT 4.0)

NOTE

1. Start Windows.

2. Insert the supplied PRINTER UTILITIES CD-ROM into a CD-ROM drive.

3. On the ‘Start’ menu, click ‘Run’.

4. Enter the CD-ROM drive and setup command. Then click the ‘OK’ button. Example: If the CD-ROM drive is designated as drive Q, type “Q:\Setup.exe” and click ‘OK’.

5. The license agreement will be displayed. Read it and click ‘Next’ if you accept the agreement.

6. Select English as a language for software to be installed and click ‘Next’.

The PPD printer dr i v er m ust be i nst al l ed usi ng t he plug & pl ay feat ur e or fr om the Add Printer W i z ar d. See “Instal l at i on with Plug & Play or from the Add Printer Wizard” in the next section.

If your computer is configured for auto start on the CD-ROM, proceed to step 5.

The printer drivers and utilities that can be installed from the CD-ROM will be displayed.

7. Select the desired printer drivers and utilities t o be installed by clicking the check boxes and then click ‘Next’.

If a printer driver or a printer utility (except NW Setup) is highlighted by clicking the icon or the name part, you can select the ‘README display’ button to display the information on the highlighted driver or utility.

Printer Administration Utility, Printer Status Monitor, and NW Setup can be used only if the printer is used as a network printer. See the installation requirements on pages 13, 16, and 17 before installing them.

8. Click the ‘Start’ button.

9. Follow the instructions on your screen to install the selected printer drivers and utilities.

10. If restart of the computer is requested, click ‘Yes’.

Restart of the computer may be needed depending on t he pr ogram to be installed and the system configuration.

Installation with Plug & Play or from the Add Printer Wizard

To install a printer driver with plug & play on Windows 95 or Windows 98 or to install a printer driver from the Add Printer Wizard on Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows NT 4.0, use the procedur e described on pages 8 to 11 of the AR-PB2 Operation Manual. Insert t he PRINTER UTILITIES CDROM into a CD-ROM drive and specify the path shown below instead of the floppy disk drive. To install a printer driver on a Windows 3.1x computer, use the procedure described on page 11 of the AR-PB2 Operation Manual and specify the path shown below.

The plug & play feature is effective only if both the computer and peripheral equipment are equipped with IEEE 1284 compliant parallel interface.

Example: The CD-ROM drive is designated as drive Q.

Printer driver Operating system Path PCL5e Windows 95/Windows 98 Q:\Packages\English\Pcl5e9x

Windows NT 4.0 Q:\Packages\English\Pcl5ent Windows 3.1x Q:\Win3x\English\Pcl5e3x

PCL6 Windows 95/Windows 98 Q:\Packages\English\Pcl69x

Windows NT 4.0 Q:\Packages\English\Pcl6nt

PostScript Windows 95/Windows 98 Q:\Packages\English\Ps9x

Windows NT 4.0 Q:\Packages\English\Psnt Windows 3.1x Q:\ Win3x\English\Ps3x

PPD Windows 95/Windows 98 Q:\Packages\English\Psppd9x

Windows NT 4.0 Q:\Packages\English\Psppdnt

Installation with Plug & Play (parallel connections only) Windows 95: See page 8 of the AR-PB2 Operation Manual.

Windows 98: See page 9 of the AR-PB2 Operation Manual.

Installati on f r om t he Add Pr inter Wizard

Windows 95/Windows 98: See page 10 of the AR-PB2 Operation Manual. Windows NT 4.0: See page 11 of the AR-PB2 Operation Manual.

Installing the r esi dent f ont i nf or mat ion (only Windows 95/Windows 98) After installing the PS PPD driver, install the resident font inf or m at ion as described below.

NOTES

Be sure to install the printer driver before installing the resident fonts. When installing the resident fonts, be sure to close all open applications. If the printer i s used i n t he netw or k envi r onment and ‘Print to t he fol l ow i ng por t’ i s c hanged i n the pr oper ti es s etti ng of

the printer driver, reinstall the resident fonts.

1. Start Windows.

2. Insert the supplied PRINTER UTILITIES CD-ROM into a CD-ROM drive.

If your computer is configured for auto start, the license agreement will be displayed. Click the ‘Cancel’ button.

3. On the ‘Start’ menu, click ‘Run’.

4. Enter the CD-ROM drive and “Packages\English\Psppd9x\Pfmsetup.exe”. Then click the ‘OK’ button.

Example: If the CD-ROM drive is designated as drive Q, type “Q:\Packages\English\Psppd9x\

Pfmsetup.exe” and click ‘OK’.

5. Click the ‘OK’ button.

If the printer driver has not been installed, installation of the resident fonts will not be performed.

6. Click the ‘OK’ button.

7. After the resident fonts have been installed, restart Windows.

Making floppy disks from CD-ROM

The printer drivers and print er utilities in the CD-ROM can be copied to floppy disks. To install a printer driver on a computer without a CD-ROM drive, the printer driver must be copied to a floppy disk. The copying procedure on a Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows NT 4.0 computer is shown as follows.

1. On the ‘Start’ menu, click ‘Run’.

2. Enter the CD-ROM drive, the desired folder, and “Mkdisk.bat”.

Example: The CD-ROM drive is designated as drive Q.

Windows NT PCL5e: Q:\Packages\English\Pcl5ent\Mkdisk.bat Windows 95/98 PCL5e: Q:\Packages\English\Pcl5e9x\Mkdisk.bat Windows 3.1 PCL5e: Q:\ Win3x\Engli sh\P cl 5e3x\Mkdi sk.bat Windows NT PCL6: Q:\Packages\English\Pcl6nt\Mkdisk.bat Windows 95/98 PCL6: Q:\Packages\English\Pcl69x\Mkdisk.bat Windows NT PS: Q:\Packages\English\Psnt\Mkdisk.bat Windows 95/98 PS: Q:\Packages\English\Ps9x\Mkdisk.bat Windows 3.1 PS: Q:\ Win3x\English\Ps3x\Mkdisk.bat Windows NT PPD: Q:\Packages\English\Psppdnt\Mkdisk.bat Windows 95/98 PPD: Q:\Packages\English\Psppd9x\Mkdisk.bat Printer Status Monitor: Q:\Packages\Engli sh\S mon\Mkdisk.bat Printer Administration Utility: Q:\Packages\English\Sadmin\Mkdisk.bat NW Setup: Q:\Packages\English\Nwsetup\Mkdi sk.bat

3. Click ‘OK’.

4. Follow the on-screen instructions.

For installation from a floppy disk, see the AR-PB2 Oper at ion Manual. After installing the PPD driver on the Windows 95 or Windows 98 system, resident f ont infor mation must be installed. See page 6.

Deleting printer drivers

To delete a printer driver, follow the procedure shown below.

1. On the ‘Start’ menu, highlight ‘Settings’, then highlight and click on ‘Printers’.

2. Right-click the printer to be deleted.

3. Click ‘Delete’ and then follow the instructions on your screen.

Uninstalling printe r ut ilit ies

To uninstall a printer utilit y, follow the procedure shown below.

1. On the ‘Start’ menu, highlight ‘Settings’, then highlight and click on ‘Control Panel’.

2. Double-click ‘Add/Remove Programs’.

3. Select the utility to be deleted and click ‘Add/Remove’.

4. Click ‘Yes’.

PCL6 printer driver

In addition to the printer drivers described in the AR-PB2 Operation Manual, on pages 6 and 7, the PCL6 printer driver can be used on Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT 4.0. The available features of this driver are almost the same as those of t he PCL5e printer driver. PCL6 includes the additional functions of N-up and half-tone setting.

Printer driver for Macintosh

Installing the PPD file

Checking the hardware and softw ar e re qui r em ent s

To use a SHARP printer with the AR-PB2 Printer Expansion Kit installed from a Macintosh computer, the PPD file f or Ma cintosh must be installed t o the computer . You will need the following hardware and software in order to install the PPD file for M acint osh.

Operating system: Mac OS 7.6 t o 8. 6 CPU: MC 68040 or PowerPC microprocessor RAM: 16 MB or more for PowerPC microprocessor machine

12 MB or more for 68040 machine

Printer driver: LaserWriter 8 ver sion 8. 3. 3 or later

To use the printer with a Macintosh computer, an optional network interface card (Print Server Card) is needed. Also the Macintosh computer must be equipped with an Ethernet port. If your computer is not equipped with an Ethernet port , inst all an Ethernet interface.

If your operating system is prior to Mac OS 8.0, you should obtain LaserWr iter 8 version 8.3.3 or later directly from Apple Computer hom e page.

Before installing the PPD file, check the hardware and software requirement s above. If LaserWr iter 8 is not installed in your computer, install it from the system CD-ROM supplied with your Macintosh computer.

How to install the PPD file

1. Turn on your computer and start the operating system.

2. Insert the supplied PRINTER UTILITIES CD-ROM into a CD-ROM drive.

3. Double-click the AR-PB2 icon on the desktop.

4. Double-click the AR-PB2 Installer icon.

The following display will appear.

5. Select the desired language (Step 1).

6. Click the ‘Reference’ buttons of ‘Step 2’ and ‘Step 3’ to read the text. After reading the text, close the file.

7. Click the ‘Install’ button to the right of ‘Step 4’.

8. Select the desired installation type and click the ‘Install’ button. ‘Easy Install’ is recommended. If you select ‘Custom Install’, follow the instructions on your screen. When uninstalling the PPD file, select ‘Cust om Remove’, select the features t o be removed, and

click the ‘Remove’ button.

9. After the installation is complete, click the ‘Quit’ button and remove the CD-ROM.

Selecting the printer

To select this printer, follow the steps below.

1. Ensure that the printer is connected to the network to which your computer is connected.

2. Select ‘Chooser’ from the Apple Menu.

3. Click the ‘LaserWriter 8’ icon.

The names of connected printers are displayed in the right box.

NOTE

If multiple AppleTalk zones are displayed, select the zone which includes the desired printer.

4. Select the desired printer (Sharp Corporation Printer).

5. Click the ‘Setup’ or ‘Create’ button.

If the ‘Setup’ button is clicked, the m essage indicating curr ent print er descr iption file is selected will appear. Click the ‘Auto Setup’ button.

The PPD file selection screen will appear.

6. Select the printer model name to be used and click the ‘Select’ button.

7. Click the ‘OK’ button.

8. Click the close box to close ‘Chooser’.

Controlling print er f eat ur es f r om t he pri nt er dr i ver

The setting method and print condition item names m ay vary with the operating system versions, printer driver versions, and application software. To change the settings, use the file menu of application software.

Paper setting:

1. Select ‘Page Setup’ from the ‘File’ menu of Finder.

The following display will appear.

2. Adjust each setting.

Paper size, reduction/enlargement, and orientation can be set.

3. Click the ‘OK’ button.

Print conditions:

1. Select ‘Print’ from the ‘File’ menu of application software.

(The display varies with the operating system versions, printer driver versions, and application software.)

2. Adjust each setting.

Number of copies, page range, and the like can be set.

3. Click the ‘Print’ button.

Printer Status Monitor

If the Printer Status Monitor is installed, you can monitor the status of a SHARP printer that is connected to the network. Be sure to check the system environment described below before installing the Printer Status Monito r .

NOTE

To use the Printer Status Monitor, the printer must be equipped with the AR-PB2 Printer Expansion Kit and Print Server

Card (AR-NC1D or AR-NC3D).

Checking the hardware and software requirements

To use the Printer Status Monitor , the f ollowing hardware and software are needed. For upgrade of installed software, use the supplied CD-ROM and the Microsoft Web Site.

Computer: IBM PC/AT or compat ible comput er Operating system: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 3 or later Required software component: Winsock 2 or later, COMCTL32.DLL version 4.72 or later (included

with Internet Explorer 4.0 or lat er ) , and TCP/IP are definitely required. CPU: Intel 486DX/ 66 MHz or better RAM: 16 MB or more for Windows 95 and Windows 98 (24 MB or more is recom mended)

32 MB or more for Windows NT 4.0

Hard disk: 16 MB or more available space

NOTE

If you use the Windows 95 operating system, Winsock2 (Windows Socket2 update) must be installed on your computer. Downl oad the Winsock2 setup fi le (filename: W95ws2s etup.exe) from the Micr osoft Web Site and install Winsock2 on your computer. When downloading of Winsock2 setup file W95ws2setup.exe is complete, install Winsock2 in the following procedure.

Copy W95ws2setup.exe to a folder of your selection and execute it by double-clicking the icon.

2. A dialog will appear indicating completion of installation. Click ‘OK’ to restart the computer.

NOTE

To monitor a SHARP printer with the Printer Status Monitor, prepare the setting as below.

A. If printing is not per formed through a server:

To use the Printer Status Moni tor, pri nter setti ng must be made s o that the IP peer- to-peer pr inting sof tware (P2P-IP) supplied with t he Print Server Car d (AR -N C1D or AR- NC3D ) i s used for pri nting. I n this c ase, the nam e of the ‘por t to print to’ mus t be indi cated wi th an IP addr ess. T he setti ng method of the IP peer- to-peer pri nting s oftwar e is show n as follows.

1. Install the IP peer-to-peer printing software referring to the “Print Server Card Quick Configuration Guide” supplied

with the Print Server Card.

2. Change the name of the ‘port to print to’ to an IP address. To change it, st ar t P2P- I P fr om the ‘Start’ menu to open

the setting scr een of the IP peer-t o-peer pri nting softw are and change ‘Pr inter N ames’ to ‘bas ed on IP Address ’. The computer must be restarted after the change above is made.

3. Install the printer dri ver to be monitored ref er r i ng to “Ins tal l i ng pr i nt er dr i vers from the C D - R OM ” on page 4. At thi s

time, set the por t added with the IP peer- to-peer pri nting softwar e (P2P-IP) as ‘ Print to the fol lowing port’ . If the driver has been already i nstal led, change the ‘ Pri nt to the fol low ing por t’ sett ing in t he ‘Det ails ’ tab to the por t that has been added with the IP peer-to-peer printing software (P2P-IP).

Setting is complete. Start the Printer Status Monitor and check that the printer can be monitored. The Printer Status Monitor, however, can be used without the above P2P-IP installed in the following case.

On the Windows N T 4.0 system, the printer can be monitored even if ‘TCP/IP Printing’ mounted to Windows NT

4.0 is used.

B. If printing is per formed through a server:

If the IP peer-to-peer printing softw are descr ibed above is not us ed, for exam ple, pri nting is per formed thr ough a print queue of a Windows N T server or NetW are serv er, the pri nter status cannot be monit ored only by s tarting the Print er Status Monitor. In this case, use the following procedure to monitor the printer.

Find the text file “Printers.txt” in the folder in which the Printer Status Monitor has been installed (C:\Program Files\Sharp\ Printer Status Monitor in the def ault setting). Use a text editor such as Notepad to enter the name of the printer to be m onitored and its IP address. T he name and IP address must be entered in one l ine per printer . The printer name is the name that has been set when the printer driver has been installed. In the default setting, the name is the printer model name followed by “PCL5e”, “PCL6”, “PS” or “PPD”.

Example 1: If the printer name is “SHARP AR-336 PCL5e” and the IP address is “192.168.1.100”,

192.168.1.100 SHARP AR-336 PCL5e

Example 2: If the printer name is “SHARP AR-505 PS” and the IP address is “10.1.1.1”,

10.1.1.1 SHARP AR-505 PS

As shown above, the IP address and printer name are entered with spaces as a delimiter.

Enter the IP address from the beginning of a line.

Any number of spaces can be entered between the IP addr ess and pr inter name but T AB charac ters must not be entered. If a TAB is entered, the character TAB and following characters are regarded as a printer name.

Spaces can be entered in a printer name.

If “#” is entered at the beginning of a line, the line will be ignored. U se “ #” for wri ti ng c om m ent. U se t he sam pl e f i l e by deleting “#” and rewriting the IP address and printer name.

NOTE

If Internet Explorer 4.0 or later is not installed on Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0, use the supplied CD-ROM to update the file COM CTL32.DLL. Fol low the steps below . (If you use the W indows 98 operati ng system, this operation is not needed.)

1. Copy Comupd.exe in the Comctlud folder to a folder of your choice and execute it by double-clicking the icon.

2. Specify a proper folder for decompression of the compressed file and click ‘OK’.

3. 401comupd.exe will be restored in the folder you have chosen . Double-click the icon to execute the file.

4. A dialog asking about execution of installation will appear. Click ‘Yes’.

5. The License Agreemen t will be displayed. Please read accept it (click ‘Yes’).

6. A dialog will appear indicating completion of file copying. Click ‘OK’.

7. A dialog requesting restarting of the computer will appear. Click ‘Yes’ to restart the computer.

Update of COMCTL32.DLL is now complete.

How to install the Printer Status Monitor

See page 4, “Installing printer dr ivers from the CD-ROM ”.

NOTES

To install or uni nstall the Printer Status M onitor on the Windows NT system, use the ‘Administrator’ privileges. If another user installs or uninstalls it, the settings may not be correct.

If a PCMCIA network card is removed or inser ted while the Pri nter Status Monitor is operating, a mal function may occur. Be careful not to remove or insert a PCMCIA card in any case while the Printer Status Monitor is operating.

How to use the Printer S tatus M o n itor

The Printer Status Monitor is used to m onitor, display, and report the status of the print er that is connected to a network. It can display the infor m ation such as:

Whether the printer is ready for printing

Which options are installed

Whether the printer contains sufficient paper and toner Also a change of the printer status can be repor t ed when it occur s. For starting the Printer St atus Monitor, select ‘Printer St atus Monitor’ from ‘Progr ams’ of the ‘Start’

menu. For details of use of the Printer St at us M onitor , see the help file.

NOTE

Since the Printer Status Monitor acquires and displays the information that is held in the printer without any processing,

information types may differ and some types of information may not be displayed depending on the printer model.

Printer Administration Utility

If the Printer Administration Utility is installed, you can set and monitor a SHARP printer that is connected to the network. Be sure to check the system environment described below before installing th e Pr in ter Administration Ut ility.

Checking the hardware and software requirements

The hardware and software requirements for the Printer Administration Utility are the same as those for the Printer St at us M onit or . See page 13.

NOTE

If Internet Explorer 4.0 or later is not installed on Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0, use the supplied CD-ROM to update the file COM CTL32.DLL. (If you use the Wi ndows 98 operating system, this operation is not needed.) The update method is described on page 15.

How to install the Printer Administration Utility

See page 4, “Installing printer dr ivers from the CD-ROM ”.

NOTES

To install or u ninstall th e Printer Administration Utility on the Windows NT system, use the ‘Administrator’ privileges. If another user installs or uninstalls it, the settings may not be correct.

If a PCMCIA network card is removed or inserted while the Printer Administration Utility is operating, a malf unction may occur. Be careful not to remove or insert a PCMCIA card in any case while the Printer Administration Utility is operating.

How to use the Printer Administration Utility

The Printer Administration Utility is used to set and monitor the printer*1 that is connected to a network through the standard net work management prot ocol SNMP (Simple Network M anagement Protocol). The Printer Adm inist r at ion Ut ilit y can be used on Windows 95, W indows 98 and Windows NT 4.0.

*1 The Printer Administration Utility can be used with printers that are compatible with SNMP and

Printer MIB.

For starting the Printer Administ ra tion Utility, selec t ‘Pr int er Adm inist ra tion Utilit y’ fr om ‘Prog ram s’ of the ‘Start’ menu.

For details of use of the Pr in ter Administration Utilit y, see the help file.

NW Setup

If the printer is used in NetWare environment, the NW Setup allows easy connection setup.

Outline of the NW Setup

The NW Setup is a setup tool for using a SHARP printer with a network card installed in a Novell NetWare environment. Registration of printers to a NetW are server and parameter settings for a network card can be performed by using a procedure with wizards.

For using the NW Setup, a Novell Client supplied by Novell must have been installed. Also before starting the NW Setup, you must log in the NetWar e ser v er with t he ‘Administrator’ privileges.

Checking the hardware and software requirements

To use the NW Setup, the following hardware and software are needed. NetWare server: Intranet War e (Net Ware 4. x) NetWare client: Novell Client 4.5 for Windows NT

Novell Client v3.0 for Windows 95/98 Client PC operating system: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0 Printer: SHARP p rinter with a Pr in t Server Car d (AR-NC1D or AR-NC3D) installed

Additional printer configuration menu and key operator program

Printer configuration menu

The following three functions are added.

PCL SYMBOL SET SETTING (Printer Settings menu) Specifies a PCL symbol set. (The symbol set is used to assign a part of character codes to

characters of a country.) See the table below. The factory default setting is 1 (Roman-8).

No. Symbol set No. Symbol set

1 Roman-8 19 Math-8 2 ISO 8859- 1 Latin 1 20 PS Math 3 PC-8 21 Pi Font 4 PC-8 Danish/Norwegian 22 ISO 8859-2 Latin 2 5 PC-850 23 ISO 8859-9 Latin 5 6 ISO 6 ASCI I 24 ISO 8859-10 Latin 6 7 Legal 25 PC-852 8 ISO 21 G er m a n 26 PC-775

9 ISO 17 Spanish 27 PC-Turkish 10 ISO 69 French 28 MC Text 11 ISO 15 Italian 29 Windows 3.1 Latin 1 12 ISO 60 Norwegian v1 30 Windows 3.1 Latin 2 13 ISO 4 United Kingdom 31 Windows 3.1 Latin 5 14 ISO 11 Swedish: names 32 Windows Baltic (not 3.1) 15 PC-1004 (OS/2) 33 Windows 3.0 Latin 1 16 DeskTop 34 Symbol 17 PS Text 35 Wingdings 18 Microsoft Publishing

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PRINT NIC PAGE AT POWER ON (Network Settings menu) If this function is set, the print er will pr int the NIC (Network Int er f ace Car d ) conf igur ation page when power is turned on. This setting is enabled in the default setting.

PRINT PCL SYMBOL SET LIST (Print Test Page menu) If this key is pressed, the printer will return to the online mode and print the PCL symbol set list.

Key operator program

The following key operator program is added.

Give Priority to Print Speed in Staple Mode

This program is used to select one of the two image processing methods for print ing with stapling. If this program is set , the printer will st art printing while storing im age data. The printing speed will be higher. If improper paper size for stapling is found or the number of sheets exceeds the limit for stapling, however, printing will stop. If this program is not set, the printer will start printing after storing all image data. The print ing speed will be lower . I f an error data such as improper paper size is received, however, the print er will continue printing without stapling. This program is set in the factory default setting.

To give priority to printing speed, press the “GIVE PRIORITY TO PRINT SPEED IN STAPLE MODE” box to display a check mark.

To cancel priority to printing speed, press the checked box again to clear t he check m ar k.

NOTE

This program can be applied to the AR-505.

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