Sharp AR-NB2A, Online Manual

Page 1: ...Network expansion kit Online Manual for network printer Start Start Click this Start button AR NB2 A ...

Page 2: ...ct Key Setting in the Web page this is only required once Please consult your dealer for the product key to be entered This manual refers to the digital multifunctional system AR M201 as the machine For information on copier functions adding paper and toner removing misfeeds using peripheral equipment and other general information see the operation manual for the machine For information on the sca...

Page 3: ... to jump directly to that section Takes you forward page by page Takes you back page by page 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 men...

Page 4: ... 180 degrees 14 Printing a watermark 15 How to Print a Watermark 15 Printing text and lines graphics in black 16 Printing text in black 16 Printing lines and vector graphics in black 16 Printer utilities 17 Before using the Printer Status Monitor 17 Using the printer utilities 18 Starting up the printer utilities 18 Using the printer utilities 18 Changing the Printer Status Monitor settings 19 Che...

Page 5: ... programmed in the web page Passwords 33 E mail print function 34 Setting up the E mail print function 34 Using the E mail print function 35 Key operator programs 36 Configuring a setting in the key operator programs 36 Key operator programs 37 E mail status and e mail alert settings 38 Information setup 38 SMTP setup 38 Status message setup 39 Alerts message setup 40 Troubleshooting 41 Check the ...

Page 6: ...int settings click the Preferences button Properties button in Windows 98 Me to open the printer driver setup screen The printer driver setup screen 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 Two sided printing Printing multiple pages on one page Fitting the printed image...

Page 7: ...ess select printer mode with the mode select key on the machine and then press the CLEAR key or the CLEAR ALL key CANCEL PRINT JOB will appear in the display Select YES and press the ENTER key 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 th...

Page 8: ... select Settings On Windows Server 2003 click the Start button and then click Printers and Faxes Go to step 3 2 Click Printers and Other Hardware and then click Printers and Faxes On Windows Vista click Printer On Windows 2000 click Printers 3 Click the SHARP XX XXXX printer driver icon and select Properties from the File menu On Windows Vista select Properties from the Organize menu 4 Click the P...

Page 9: ...te or deactivate a function Machine image The paper tray in blue selected in Paper selection on the Paper tab You can also click on a tray to select it Check button Allows you to select one item from a list of options 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 butt...

Page 10: ...inter driver The following example shows the result when portrait data is printed on both sides of the paper Paper sizes that can be used for two sided printing are Letter Legal Folio Invoice A4 A5 B5 Foolscap and 16K When using two sided printing select a source other than Bypass Tray for the Paper Source in the Paper tab For two sided printing on Folio size paper Tray 1 or Tray 2 if Tray 2 has b...

Page 11: ...ght Turning Pamphlet checkbox in the Advanced tab The following examples show how 8 pages are printed when pamphlet style is selected Print data Printing result Right Turning Pamphlet Right Turning Pamphlet Only letter invoice A4 and A5 size paper can be used for pamphlet style printing Because four pages are printed on each sheet of paper blank pages are automatically added at the end when the to...

Page 12: ...how to open the printer driver For example when 2 Up or 4 Up is selected the result will be as follows depending on the selected order If you select the Border checkbox borderlines will be printed around each 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 Left to Right Right to Left 2 Up N Up Right and Down Down and Ri...

Page 13: ...Setting 4 Select the actual size of paper to be used for printing B5 Invoice The size of the printed image will be automatically adjusted to match the paper loaded in the machine The Fit To Paper Size setting is not available when N Up Printing is selected Printing multiple pages on one page Note Paper Size A4 or Letter Fit To Paper Size B5 or Invoice A4 or Letter size document Paper Size B5 or In...

Page 14: ...ith 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 Printing result Rotate 180 degrees Rotate 180 degrees The procedure for loading paper is explained in the operation manual for the machine ABCD ABCD...

Page 15: ...ks tab and follow the steps below 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 that you wish to print for example CONFIDENTIAL and start printing You can enter text to create your own custom watermark For details on watermark settings view printer driver Help Printer driver settings Print sample ...

Page 16: ... than white are printed in black To use this function open the printer driver setup screen and select the Vector To Black checkbox in the Advanced tab Print data Printing result Text To Black Text To Black When using the PCL6 printer driver if Print as graphics is selected in TrueType Mode of Font in the Advanced tab this function cannot be used When using the PCL5e printer driver if Raster is sel...

Page 17: ...er SHARP printers compatible with the Printer Administration Utility that are connected to the network Settings can also be changed via the utility Before using the Printer Status Monitor Note the following points before using the Printer Status Monitor Printing via a server When the first print job is executed after starting up the Printer Status Monitor the machine s IP address is automatically ...

Page 18: ...r Administration Utility Using the printer utilities For information on using the Printer Status Monitor and Printer Administration Utility see the Help files for each The Help files can be viewed as follows Printer Status Monitor Click the Start button point to All Programs Programs in operating systems other than Windows XP Server 2003 Vista and then SHARP Printer Status Monitor Select Help Prin...

Page 19: ...tings follow the steps below 1 Right click the Printer Status Monitor icon on the task bar and select Preferences from the pop up menu 2 Change the Printer Status Monitor settings as desired For information on the Printer Status Monitor settings see Printer Status Monitor Help Click the Help button in the settings window If the Printer Status Monitor icon does not appear on the task bar see Starti...

Page 20: ...P XX XXXX Status from the pop up menu 2 Click the Detail button The window expands to show machine status details S To collapse the window click the Hide detail button The icon turns red when printing is not possible due to a machine error or other problem Note By default the collapsed window initially appears when SHARP XX XXXX Status is selected in Step 1 If desired you can change the setting to...

Page 21: ...application and open the document that you wish to print 2 Select Print from the application s File menu 3 Make sure that the correct printer is selected 4 Configure print settings Click next to Copies Pages General in Mac OS 9 0 to 9 2 2 and select the settings that you wish to configure from the pull down menu The corresponding setting screen will appear 5 Click the Print button Printing begins ...

Page 22: ... is already in progress select printer mode with the mode select key on the machine and then press the CLEAR key or the CLEAR ALL key CANCEL PRINT JOB will appear in the display Select YES and press the ENTER key When Paper Feed is set to Auto Select If Paper Feed is set to Auto Select in the Print window and the correct size of paper for a print job is not loaded in the machine the printing proce...

Page 23: ... the Web pages Help can be clicked at the bottom of the menu frame to view information on the various function settings that can be configured remotely over the network from the machine s Web pages For the settings of each function see the explanations in Help 1 Open the Web browser on your computer Supported browsers Internet Explorer 5 5 or later Windows Netscape Navigator 6 0 or later 2 In the ...

Page 24: ...er supplies and page counts Out of paper and other warnings appear in red Device Configuration Shows what options are installed Network Status Shows the network status Information on General TCP IP NetWare AppleTalk and NetBEUI is shown on the respective pages 3 Submit Print Job A file on a computer can be printed out Directly printing a file in a computer 4 Printer Test Page The Printer Settings ...

Page 25: ...bmit Print Job in the link menu The Submit Print Job screen will appear 2 Select the print format in Job Detail The settings are described in the table below 3 Click Browse and select the file that you wish to print You can also directly enter the file name with the path 4 Click Print Printing begins Advanced job settings Item Description Factory default setting Copies Set the number of copies fro...

Page 26: ...et font line feed code and other settings PostScript Settings Sets whether or not a PostScript error page is printed when a PostScript error occurs This setting is only appears when the PS3 expansion kit is installed When the printer driver is used and the same settings are configured both in the printer driver and in the above screens the settings configured in the printer driver override the set...

Page 27: ... click Help in the menu frame 1 Condition Settings This displays the page for configuring the printer condition settings 2 Default PCL PS Select the type of condition settings that you wish to configure 3 Settings The factory default settings are displayed Change the settings as desired by selecting from drop down lists and by directly entering settings For information on the settings see Printer ...

Page 28: ...default settings Copies 1 Orientation Portrait Default Paper Size A4 Default Paper Source Auto 2 Sided Print 1 Sided ROPM Rip Once Print Many Enable Condition Settings PCL Settings Factory default settings Symbol Set PC 8 Font 0 Courier internal font Line Feed Code CR CR LF LF FF FF Wide A4 Disable PostScript Settings Factory default settings Print PS Errors Disable This setting is only appears wh...

Page 29: ... printed image Even if the set size of paper is not in any of the trays the printed image is formed in accordance with this setting Default Paper Source Auto Tray 1 Tray 2 Bypass Auto Set the default paper tray Selections available depend on the trays that are installed 2 Sided Print 1 Sided 2 Sided Book 2 Sided Tablet When 2 Sided Book is selected two sided printing takes place so as to allow bin...

Page 30: ...ended fonts when the barcode font kit or the Flash ROM kit is installed The factory default setting is 0 Courier Line Feed Code CR CR LF LF FF FF CR CR LF LF LF FF FF CR CR LF CR LF FF CR FF CR CR LF LF CR LF FF CR FF This specifies the line break code by means of a combination of the CR return code LF line break code and FF page break code The factory default setting is printing based on the tran...

Page 31: ...dition settings part 6 PostScript Settings The PostScript Settings are only effective when the PS3 expansion kit is installed Item Selections Description Print PS Errors Enable Disable When this setting is enabled an error description is printed each time a PostScript error occurs ...

Page 32: ...lish passwords Enter a password that you would like to establish and click the Submit button One password can be established for the administrator and one password can be established for users Protecting information programmed in the web page Passwords 3 Key Operator Programs Setting changes can be prohibited and interface settings can be configured Key operator programs 4 Status Message Configure...

Page 33: ...ssword for the first time enter Sharp in Admin Password 3 Enter passwords in User Password and Admin Password A maximum of 7 characters and or numbers can be entered for each password passwords are case sensitive Be sure to enter the same password in Confirm Password as you did in New Password 4 When you have finished entering all items click Submit The entered password is stored After setting the...

Page 34: ...a computer that does not have the printer driver installed as the user can simply send the file to the machine as an e mail attachment Setting up the E mail print function To use the e mail print function the machine must have an e mail account 1 Click Print Port in the menu frame The Print Port Setup page appears 2 Click E mail print 3 Enter the information regarding the e mail environment For de...

Page 35: ...e Entry example Copies COPIES 1 999 COPIES 2 Two sided print DUPLEX OFF TOP LEFT DUPLEX LEFT File type LANGUAGE AUTO PCL PCLXL POSTSCRIPT PDF TIFF LANGUAGE TIFF Paper PAPER Name of available paper A4 LETTER etc PAPER A4 Enter the commands in Plain Text format If entered in Rich Text format HTML the commands will have no effect To receive a list of the control commands enter the command Config in t...

Page 36: ...nitoring of data sent to the network port and set restrictions Configuring a setting in the key operator programs 1 Click Key operator programs in the menu frame The Default Settings screen of the Key operator programs will appear If you wish to select a setting in the Default Settings screen go to step 3 2 Click the desired setting 3 Make a selection for the setting in the screen that appears See...

Page 37: ... is installed Item Settings Description Hexadecimal Dump Mode YES NO This program is used to print out the print data from the computer in hexadecimal and in the corresponding text characters based on ASCII code This allows you to check whether or not print data is being correctly sent from the computer I O Timeout 1 60 999 sec During reception of a print job if remaining data is not received afte...

Page 38: ...he Information Setup screen will appear 2 Enter the machine information For detailed information click the Help button in the upper right hand corner of the window 3 Click Submit to store the entered information SMTP setup The Status and alert e mail functions use SMTP Simple Mail Transport Protocol to send e mail The following procedure is used to set up the e mail environment This must be done b...

Page 39: ...tatus Message in the menu frame The Status Message Setup screen will appear 2 Enter the required information including the destination addresses and time schedule For detailed information click the Help button in the upper right hand corner of the window 3 Click Submit to store the entered information When the E mail Status settings are completed printer count information will be sent periodically...

Page 40: ...the menu frame The Alerts Message Setup screen will appear 2 Enter the destination addresses For detailed information click the Help button in the upper right hand corner of the window 3 Click Submit to store the entered information If these parameters are set event information for the printer will be transmitted to the specified addresses via E mail each time a specified event occurs The meaning ...

Page 41: ...eated with Standard TCP IP Port If you are using a port created using Standard TCP IP Port in Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista printing may not take place correctly if SNMP Status Enabled is selected in the port settings of the printer driver Open the printer driver properties and click the Configure Port button on the Ports tab In the window that appears make sure the SNMP Status Enabled checkbo...

Page 42: ...priate button to remove it For more information refer to your operating manual or to the help files for your operating system 4 Restart your computer Macintosh Mac OS 9 0 to 9 2 2 1 Insert the Software CD ROM Disc 2 into your CD ROM drive 2 Double click the CD ROM icon on the desktop and double click the Mac OS folder 3 Double click the Installer icon 4 Select Remove from the Install menu and then...

Page 43: ...al memory slot 1 slot a 128 MB or 256 MB of additional memory module 144 pin SDRAM SODIMM can be installed Emulation PCL5e PCL6 PS3 PostScript 3 3 Installed fonts PCL6 PCL5e compatible 80 outline fonts and 1 bitmap font PostScript 3 compatible 3 136 outline fonts Interface 10Base T 100Base TX Ethernet As a part of our policy of continuous improvement SHARP reserves the right to make design and spe...

Page 44: ... 999 Printing orientation Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Two sided printing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Binding Style Book Tablet Book Tablet Book Tablet Long Side Short Side Long Side Short Side Pamphlet Style Yes Yes Yes No 1 No N up Number 2 4 6 8 16 2 4 6 8 16 2 4 6 8 16 2 4 2 4 6 9 16 Order Selectable Fixed Selectable Fixed Selectable Border Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Selectable Paper Paper Size Yes Yes Yes Ye...

Page 45: ...PPD Macintosh PPD Graphics Resolution 600 300dpi 600 300dpi 600dpi 600dpi 600dpi Halftone No No Yes No No Graphics Mode Yes Yes No No No Zoom No No Yes Yes Yes Mirror Image No No Yes Yes Yes 3 Negative Image No No Yes Yes Yes 3 Fit to Page Yes Yes Yes No Yes 4 Fonts Resident fonts 80 fonts 80 fonts 136 fonts 136 fonts 35 fonts Selectable download fonts bitmap TrueType Graphics bitmap TrueType Grap...

Page 46: ...ot be used in Mac OS X Function PCL6 PCL5e PS Windows PPD Macintosh PPD Other functions Auto configuration Settings Yes Yes Yes No Yes 3 ROPM Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Overlay Yes Yes Yes No No Watermark Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Job Compression No No Yes No No Bitmap Compression No No Yes No No ...

Page 47: ...Information setup 38 Introduction 2 K Key operator programs 36 N N Up Printing 12 O Opening the printer driver 8 Order 12 P Pamphlet style 11 Passwords 33 PCL Settings 30 Points to check on the Macintosh 41 PostScript Settings 31 Print Port 34 Printer Administration Utility 17 Printer condition settings 29 Printer driver settings 9 Printer driver specifications 44 Printer specifications 43 Printer...

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