AR-5316E/5320E Online Manual Start Click this "Start" button. Introduction This manual describes the printer functions of the AR-5316E/5320E digital multifunctional system. Note For information on the following topics, please refer to the Operation Manual for the digital multifunctional system. · Basic machine procedures (adding paper, replacing the toner cartridge, using peripheral devices) · Copier functions · Resolving printer problems · Specifications Where "AR-XXXX" appears in this manual, please substitute the name of your model for "XXXX". For the name of your model, see "DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MODELS" in the Operation Manual. The screen images and procedures that appear in this manual are mainly for Windows XP. With other versions of Windows, some screen images may be different from those in this manual. For information on using your operating system, refer to your operating system's manual or online Help. Trademark Acknowledgments Microsoft® Windows® operating system is a trademark or copyright of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S.A. and other countries. Windows® 95, Windows® 98, Windows® Me, Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000, and Windows® XP are trademarks or copyrights of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S.A. and other countries. Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat, the Adobe PDF logo, and Reader are registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks and copyrights are the property of their respective owners. The display screens, messages, and key names shown in the manual may differ from those on the actual machine due to product improvements and modifications. CONTENTS INDEX 2 How to Use the Online Manual This section explains how to view the online manual. Please read this section before using the online manual. For information on using Acrobat Reader, see Acrobat Reader Help. How to Control the Online Manual In this manual, the following buttons are displayed at the bottom of each page. Click these buttons to move quickly to pages that you wish to view. Following Links This manual uses a link function that allows you to jump to a related page. If you click green, underlined text, the related page will be displayed. (In the Contents and Index sections, the linked areas are not underlined.) Example: Contents To return to the previous page, click the button on the menu bar of Acrobat Reader. CONTENTS Displays the Contents of this manual. Click on a topic in the Contents to jump directly to that section. Using Bookmarks Bookmarks have been created on the left side of this manual. You can click on a bookmark to jump directly to that section. INDEX Displays the Index of this manual. Click on a topic in the Index to jump directly to that section. How to Print Out This Manual To print this manual, select "Print" from the "File" menu of Acrobat Reader. Select the desired printer settings in the "Print" dialog box, and then click the "OK" button. Takes you forward page by page. Takes you back page by page. CONTENTS INDEX 3 Contents Introduction How to Use the Online Manual 2 3 2 PRINTER SHARING Sharing the Printer Using Windows Networking Shared Printer Settings Client Settings 14 15 16 1 PRINT Basic Printing Opening the Printer Driver From the "Start" Button Printer Driver Settings Printing Multiple Pages on One Page Fitting the Printed Image to the Paper Rotating the Print Image 180 Degrees Printing a Watermark Outline of the Print Status Window 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 3 INDEX CONTENTS INDEX 4 1 1 PRINT Basic Printing Make sure that the ON LINE indicator on the operation panel is lit. If the ON LINE indicator is not lit, press the [ON LINE] key ( ). When the indicator is: G Lit, the machine is online and ready to print, or is printing. G Blinking, the machine is processing print data in memory or printing has been paused. G Off, the machine is off-line and cannot print. (part 1) The following example explains how to print a document from WordPad. Before printing, make sure that the correct size of paper for your document has been loaded in the machine. 4 Make sure that "SHARP AR-XXXX" is selected as the printer. If you need to change any print settings, click the "Preferences" button ("Properties" button in Windows 95/98/Me/NT 4.0) to open the printer driver setup screen. The printer driver setup screen will appear. 2 3 Start WordPad and open the document that you wish to print. Select "Print" from the application's "File" menu. The "Print" dialog box will appear. Windows 2000 does not have the "Preferences" button in this dialog box. Select settings as needed on each of the tabs in the setup screen. Printer Driver Settings, Printing Multiple Pages on One Page, Fitting the Printed Image to the Paper, Rotating the Print Image 180 Degrees, Printing a Watermark 5 Click the "Print" button ("OK" button in Windows 95/98/Me/NT 4.0). Printing begins. When printing begins, the Print Status Window automatically opens. Outline of the Print Status Window The print job is delivered to the output tray, with the position of the paper offset slightly from the previous job (offset function). CONTENTS INDEX 5 1 PRINT Basic Printing (part 2) When "Paper Source" is set to "Auto Select" If "Paper Source" is set to "Auto Select" in the "Paper" tab of the printer driver setup screen and the correct size of paper for a print job is not loaded in the machine, the printing procedure will vary depending on the "Use Close Paper Size" setting in the user programs (see "USER PROGRAMS" in the Operation Manual). If the tray runs out of paper during printing Add paper to the tray or press the [TRAY SELECT] key ( ) to select a different tray, and then press the [ON LINE] key ( ) to resume printing. Note that if the "Auto tray switching" setting in the user programs is enabled on a model that has two or more paper trays and there is the same size of paper in another tray, the machine will automatically switch to the other tray and continue printing. When "Use close paper size" is disabled The PAPER SIZE indicator on the operation panel will blink. You can press the [TRAY SELECT] key ( ) to select a tray manually, or load paper in the bypass tray and press the [ON LINE] key ( ) to begin printing. * The paper sizes that appear in the operation panel will vary by country and region. A3 A4 A4 A5 B4 EXTRA Pausing a print job To pause a print job during printing, press the [ON LINE] key ( ) on the operation panel to switch the machine off-line. Printing will be paused and the ON LINE indicator will blink. G To cancel a print job, press the [CLEAR] key ( ) or the [CLEAR ALL] key ( ). G To resume printing, press the [ON LINE] key ( ) to switch the machine online. When the machine is connected to your computer using Caution the USB 2.0 (Hi-Speed) ports on each, be sure to read "System requirements for USB 2.0 (Hi-Speed mode)" in the Operation Manual. When "Use close paper size" is enabled Printing will take place using a size of paper that is close to the size of the print image. G Note When the dual function board is installed, the print image is automatically rotated to fit the paper in the event that the paper is loaded in an orientation different from the print image. G If the dual function board is not installed, be sure to set each tray's paper size in "Set Tray Status" in the "Configuration" tab of the printer driver setup screen. (See "CONFIGURING THE PRINTER DRIVER" in the Software Setup Guide.) When printing, be sure to specify a tray other than "Auto Select" in "Paper Source" in the "Paper" tab of the printer driver setup screen. CONTENTS INDEX 6 1 1 2 3 PRINT Opening the Printer Driver From the "Start" Button Windows 95/98/Me/NT 4.0 You can open the printer driver and change the printer driver settings from the Windows "start" button. Settings adjusted 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.) Windows 2000/XP Click the "start" button, and then click "Control Panel". In Windows 2000, click the "Start" button and select "Settings". 1 2 Click the "Start" button, select "Settings" and then click "Printers". Click the "SHARP AR-XXXX" printer driver icon and select "Properties" from the "File" menu. Click "Printers and Other Hardware", and then click "Printers and Faxes". In Windows 2000, click "Printers". Click the "SHARP AR-XXXX" printer driver icon and select "Properties" from the "File" menu. Note In Windows NT 4.0, select "Document Defaults" to open the printer driver setup screen. 3 4 Click the "Printing Preferences" button in the "General" tab. The printer driver setup screen will appear. Printer Driver Settings In Windows 95/98/Me, click the "Setup" tab. The printer driver setup screen will appear. Printer Driver Settings CONTENTS INDEX 7 1 PRINT Printer Driver Settings To view Help for a setting, click the button in the upper right-hand corner of the window and then click the setting. Some restrictions exist on the combinations of settings that can be selected in the printer driver setup screen. When a restriction is in effect, an information icon ( ) will appear next to the setting. Click the icon to view an explanation of the restriction. 1 Tab 6 "OK" button The settings are grouped Click this button to save 1 on tabs. Click on a tab to your settings and exit the bring it to the front. dialog box. 2 2 Checkbox 7 "Cancel" button Click on a checkbox to Click this button to exit the 3 activate or deactivate a dialog box without making function. any changes to the settings. 3 Print setting image 8 "Apply" button Click to save your settings This shows the effect of the 4 without closing the dialog box. selected print settings. 4 Drop-down list Windows NT 4.0 5 Note Allows you to make a does not have the selection from a list of "Apply" button. choices. The "Apply" button does not appear 5 Image of paper trays 6 when you open this The tray selected in "Paper window from an 7 Selection" in the "Paper" application. tab appears in blue. You 8 can also click on a tray to 9 9 "Help" button select it. Click this button to display Note The settings and the image of the machine will vary depending on the model. the help file for the printer driver. CONTENTS INDEX 8 1 Note PRINT Printing Multiple Pages on One Page The "N-Up Printing" setting is not available when "Fit To Paper Size" is selected. Fitting the Printed Image to the Paper N-Up Border Border This feature allows you to reduce and print two or four document pages on a single sheet of paper. To use this function, open the printer driver setup screen and select "2-Up" or "4-Up" for "N-Up Printing" on the "Main" tab. See Basic Printing for details on how to open the printer driver. "2-Up" "4-Up" If you select the "Border" checkbox, borderlines will be printed around each page. CONTENTS INDEX 9 1 Note PRINT Fitting the Printed Image to the Paper The printer driver can adjust the size of the printed image to match the size of the paper loaded in the machine. Follow the steps shown below to use this function. The explanation below assumes that you intend to print an A3 or Ledger size document on A4 or Letter size paper. See Basic Printing for details on how to open the printer driver. The "Fit To Paper Size" setting is not available when "N-Up Printing" is selected. Printing Multiple Pages on One Page 1 2 Click the "Paper" tab in the printer driver setup screen. Select the original size (A3 or Ledger) of the print image in "Paper Size". 4 Select the actual size of paper to be used for printing (A4 or Letter). The size of the printed image will be automatically adjusted to match the paper loaded in the machine. Paper Size: A3 or Ledger Fit To Paper Size: A4 or Letter 3 Check the "Fit To Page" box. A3 or Ledger size document (Paper Size) A4 or Letter size paper (Fit To Paper Size) CONTENTS INDEX 10 1 PRINT Rotating the Print Image 180 Degrees The print image can be rotated 180 degrees. This feature is used to enable correct printing on envelopes and other paper with flaps that can only be loaded in one orientation. To use the feature, select the image orientation in "Image Orientation" on the "Paper" tab, and then select the "Rotate 180 degrees" checkbox. See Basic Printing for details on how to open the printer driver. The following example shows correct and incorrect rotation of an address printed on an envelope. Printing result Landscape Rotate 180 degrees Landscape Rotate 180 degrees Note The procedure for loading paper is explained in the Operation Manual. CONTENTS INDEX ABCD ABCD 11 1 PRINT Printing a Watermark You can print a watermark such as "CONFIDENTIAL" on your document. To print a watermark, open the printer drive ...