Sharp AR-PB2, Operation Manual

Page 1: ...OPIER PRINTER EXPANSION KIT OPERATION MANUAL Page GETTING STARTED 1 PRINTING FROM A COMPUTER 5 ADVANCED PRINTING TECHNIQUES 14 USING THE OPERATION PANEL 27 PRINTER TROUBLESHOOTING 41 SPECIFICATIONS 47 APPENDIX 48 MODEL AR PB2 ...

Page 2: ...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 List of the Applicable Models for the AR PB2 Printer Expansion Kit as of October 1999 Hard Disk Drive Model Name Yes No Capacity AR 250 No Option 1 GB AR 280 Yes 2 GB AR 281 Yes 2 GB AR 285 Yes 2 GB AR...

Page 3: ...AT are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation Hewlett Packard HP LaserJet and PCL are trademarks of the Hewlett Packard Company PostScript is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated NetWare is a registered trademark of Novell Inc All other trademarks and copyrights are the property of their respective owners Con...

Page 4: ...ndows 95 Windows 98 without Plug Play 10 Windows 3 1x 11 Windows NT 4 0 11 INSTALLING RESIDENT FONT INFORMATION PPD for Windows 95 Windows 98 only 11 PRINTING A TEST PAGE FROM YOUR COMPUTER 12 Windows 95 Windows 98 or Windows NT 4 0 12 Windows 3 1x 12 PRINTING DOCUMENTS FROM THE COMPUTER 13 FONTS 13 CHAPTER 3 ADVANCED PRINTING TECHNIQUES INTRODUCTION 14 CONTROLLING PRINTER FEATURES FROM THE PRINTE...

Page 5: ...terface Settings 31 Network Settings 32 Print Test Page 32 Initialize and or Store Settings 33 COPIER MODE AND PRINTER MODE 33 Selecting the Online Mode 34 TRAY SELECT AND JOB CANCEL 34 Tray Selection 34 Interrupting and Canceling Print Jobs 35 KEY OPERATOR PROGRAMS 35 Printer Exposure Level 36 Memory Reserved for Printer 37 Output Method When Memory is Full 37 Enable Bypass Tray Size Detection 38...

Page 6: ...RODUCTION 41 NOTES ON PRINTING LENGTHY DOCUMENTS 41 NOTICE PAGE PRINTING 43 Disabling Notice Page and Separator Sheet Printing 43 TROUBLESHOOTING 43 CHAPTER 6 SPECIFICATIONS SPECIFICATIONS 47 CHAPTER 7 APPENDIX PRINT AREA 48 FONT LIST 49 SUPPLEMENT 51 INDEX 52 ...

Page 7: ...irst pages For booklet printing and 2 sided printing an optional duplex module is required in some models This operation manual assumes that the AR PB2 Printer Expansion Kit has already been installed in your copier and is ready to use with your computer This chapter shows you how to check the printer cable connections linking the printer with your computer These tasks should be completed by an au...

Page 8: ...lled along with that printer driver and can be accessed by clicking the Help button available in the printer driver dialog box The method of accessing the on line help depends on the particular printer driver With the PCL5e and PostScript drivers the on line help can be accessed by clicking the Help button With the Sharp specific PostScript PPD driver the on line help can be accessed by clicking t...

Page 9: ...arp dealer The following section shows the location of the printer interface connection and provides step by step procedures on how to connect the appropriate cable If you plan on moving the printer contact your authorized Sharp dealer Parallel Printer Interface The printer supports an IEEE 1284 compliant parallel printer interface This interface requires an IEEE 1284 compliant cable that connects...

Page 10: ...rinter sends and receives data bi directionally and at high speed Some switch boxes cannot support high speed bi directional data transfer and using them might cause printing errors For further details on the specifications of the printer s parallel interface consult an authorized Sharp dealer Network Interface The printer can also be connected to a network using an optional network interface card...

Page 11: ...t printer driver SHARP AR PB2 PS for Windows 3 1 Windows 95 Windows 98 and Sharp specific PostScript PPD SHARP AR PB2 PS PPD for Windows 95 Windows 98 No 1 in Table 2 1 2 Windows PostScript printer driver SHARP AR PB2 PS and Sharp specific PostScript PPD SHARP AR PB2 PS PPD for Windows NT 4 0 No 2 in Table 2 1 3 Windows PCL5e printer driver for Windows 3 1 Windows 95 Windows 98 SHARP AR PB2 PCL5e ...

Page 12: ...pt PPD Output Quality Good Best Best Print Speed Best Good Good Copies Yes Yes Yes Orientation Yes Yes Yes Reverse Order Yes Yes Yes Duplex Yes Yes Yes Binding Edge Left Top Right Left Top Right Long Short Number N A 2 4 6 8 9 16 2 4 Order N A Fixed Fixed N up Border N A Yes Yes General Booklet Yes Yes N A Paper Size Yes Yes Yes Custom Paper Size Yes 1 size Yes 7 sizes Yes 3 sizes Source Selection...

Page 13: ...N A Horizontal vertical Horizontal Zoom N A N A Yes Graphic Fit to Page Yes Yes N A Font Setting Yes Yes Yes Resident Font Yes Yes Yes Font Download Font Bitmap TrueType Bitmap Type1 TrueType Bitmap Type1 TrueType Print Yes Yes N A Edit Watermark Yes Yes N A 1st Page Yes Yes N A Background Yes Yes N A Watermark Outline N A Yes N A Configuration Setting Yes Yes Yes Others Form Overlay Yes N A N A T...

Page 14: ... s operating system to com municate with the printer The following procedures describe how to install each of the supplied printer drivers To install multiple Windows printer drivers the installation procedure must be performed for each driver For installation from the PRINTER UTILITIES CD ROM see the separate supplemental manual Before installing a printer driver be sure to read the Readme file f...

Page 15: ...Next button 6 Follow the instructions on your screen to install the supplied printer driver In step 4 above selecting SHARP AR PB2 PS the PostScript driver will generally provide the highest quality output and support the widest range of printer features Alternatively select either the SHARP AR PB2 PS PPD Sharp specific PostScript PPD or the SHARP AR PB2 PCL5e driver Windows 98 with Plug Play para...

Page 16: ... Windows 98 has been configured for network operation it might be necessary to select Local Printer or Network Printer Select the appropriate option and click Next to continue 5 If Network Printer was selected specify the appropriate Network Path or Queue Name and click Next 6 The installation window will display a list of printer models and manufacturers Click the Have Disk button 7 Insert the de...

Page 17: ...rs 3 From the Printers window select Add Printer to run the Add Printer Wizard 4 Select My computer or Network Printer Server and then click on Next 5 Follow the instructions on your screen to install the supplied printer driver In step 5 above selecting SHARP AR PB2 PS the PostScript driver will generally provide the highest quality output and support the widest range of printer features Alternat...

Page 18: ... Windows 98 or Windows NT 4 0 Users of Windows 95 Windows 98 or Windows NT 4 0 will be prompted to print a test page when installing their selected printer driver s Otherwise follow the procedures given below 1 If necessary install the appropriate printer driver s Refer to Installing Printer Drivers for specific instructions 2 From the Windows desktop click on Start 3 Highlight Settings and then c...

Page 19: ...lect the printer mode and then press the ONLINE key on the touch panel to set the printer to the on line condition 2 Check the paper tray s to ensure that the desired paper is loaded 3 Using the computer and any appropriate application software load the document to be printed set any desired features using the installed printer driver and give the command to print the document If necessary refer t...

Page 20: ... driver check the following items The SHARP AR PB2 printer driver SHARP AR PB2 PS SHARP AR PB2 PS PPD or SHARP AR PB2 PCL5e has been installed in the computer to be used If not see INSTALLING PRINTER DRIVERS on page 8 The above printer driver has been selected Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows NT 4 0 1 Within the application select File Print 2 Click the Properties button 3 The properties of the SHARP...

Page 21: ...The items to be set and details vary with the printer drivers and operating systems See table 2 2 on page 6 and on line help For General Details and Shared tabs on the Windows Properties window see the Windows on line help Depending on application software some items cannot be set Also some items require installation of optional equipment The details of special features among the following feature...

Page 22: ...lection Specify a paper input tray on the printer Transparency inserts An extra sheet is inserted between each page of a printed document Paper output Output tray selection Select an output tray Face up down Specify the stack output in the selected output tray as face up or face down Staple Printed pages are stapled Graphic Resolution setting Select 600 dpi or 300 dpi Halftone setting Select a hal...

Page 23: ... of resident fonts and font download formats Watermark Watermark A specified word or phrase is printed onto all pages in a job Others Configuration setting Specify configuration of optional equipment Form overlays A specified form is overlaid on all printed pages ...

Page 24: ... this the pages in the document must be re ordered from last to first Normally the printer does this automatically but doing so requires that all pages of a document be received before printing any pages can start This may cause a short delay in printing or can lead to the document being printed in blocks if it is too large to fit entirely into the printer s memory Some applications such as MS Wor...

Page 25: ...rientation When printing an odd number of originals in 2 sided mode the total page count may be incremented by one more than the number of pages in the document because the back side of the last paper is printed as a blank page Ensure Collate is not selected in the application print dialogue when setting a multiple number of copies on the application software to ensure correct order printing Do no...

Page 26: ...es depending on the printer drivers To define a custom paper size select Custom Paper under the Paper tab and click the Custom button if needed When a custom paper size is used Stapling and duplex printing cannot be used Printed sheets will be always delivered to the top tray If auto paper selection has been selected the Bypass Tray manual will be automatically selected Printing will start when pa...

Page 27: ...it as if it were a standard paper tray 2 Bypass Tray manual which pauses and waits for the user to insert paper into the tray If the paper is already in the bypass tray user should first remove the paper and then put the paper back into the bypass tray At this time the paper will automatically start to feed If a particular tray is explicitly selected the printer will pause and request paper to be ...

Page 28: ...heet of transparency stock The separator page can either be left blank or printed with the same information appearing on the document page effectively producing a carbon copy When using this feature specify blank or printed for insert sheets and specify the Paper Source for insert sheets Transparency stock should only be placed in the bypass tray Output The printer can perform a variety of advance...

Page 29: ...ith the reversing order feature requires storage of image data in memory its printing speed will be slower than face down delivery Face up delivery with the reversing order feature will also cause memory overflow if the number of pages exceeds the limit For document stapling face up delivery must be selected Stapling If an optional 3 tray finisher AR FN1 or 2 tray finisher AR FN2 has been installe...

Page 30: ...ons Condition 1 staple 1 staple 2 staples 2 staples Long edge of paper is fed Allowable paper sizes are A4 B5 and letter up to 50 sheets If the selected paper tray becomes empty and another tray with the same paper size in the different orientation is selected printing can be continued but stapling will not be performed Short edge of paper is fed Allowable paper sizes are A3 B4 A4 and letter up to...

Page 31: ...r canceled If the toner save mode is set the printer will reduce toner consumption by printing half tone images for black solid images Even though this setting exists the toner save function is not available with the AR 280 AR 285 AR 335 printers Font The following items for font can be set Font Source Use Printer Fonts or Download Soft Fonts from computer can be selected TrueType Mode Download as...

Page 32: ...r save mode and or smoothing feature you desire The extended imaging feature is not available with the AR 280 AR 285 AR 335 printers Copier HDD Specify whether a copier HDD is installed Overlays If the Overlays tab is selected the form overlay function can be set This function overlays all printed pages with the same form The Overlays function can be used only with the PCL5e printer driver Overlay...

Page 33: ...uration demonstration and test pages These test pages provide information useful for enhancing the printer s performance or diagnosing printing problems 2 Change the printer configuration parameters to work more efficiently with specific software applications Figure 4 2 provides a complete flow chart of the touch panel s display menus 3 Set up the network IP address and network port operation If n...

Page 34: ... printer configuration menu after printing is complete or press the CLEAR C key to cancel printing and then continue to access the menu If conflicting settings are made with the printer driver and the configuration menu the printer driver will have priority Using the Printer Configuration Menu Use steps 1 and 2 above to access the printer configuration menu 3 Select the desired main menu item on t...

Page 35: ... the LANDSCAPE key to highlight it and then press the OK key 6 Press the OK key to return to the main menu Press the ONLINE OFFLINE key to return to the online mode Printer Configuration Menus A flow chart of the printer configuration menu is shown in Figure 4 2 The menu structure changes depending on whether a network interface card is present in the copier printer or not The menus inside the gra...

Page 36: ...999 ORIENTATION PORTRAIT LANDSCAPE STANDARD INPUT PAPER SIZE A3 B4 A4 B5 A5 A6 11 x 17 8 1 2 x 14 8 1 2 x 13 8 1 2 x 11 5 1 2 x 8 1 2 7 1 2 x 10 1 2 STANDARD OUTPUT TRAY TOP TRAY SECOND TRAY IP ADDRESS SETTING IP ADDRESS 192 168 0 1 IP SUBNET MASK 255 255 255 0 IP GATEWAY 192 168 0 1 PORT SWITCHING METHOD SWITCH AT END OF JOB SWITCH AFTER I O TIMEOUT DISABLE PARALLEL PORT DISABLE NETWORK PORT I O ...

Page 37: ...ed when an optional 2 tray finisher AR FN2 is installed Face up or face down can also be selected for certain trays in this menu PRINT PS ERRORS Determines whether or not PostScript error information will be printed This setting is disabled in the default setting Interface Settings Use the interface settings to configure the printer s parallel and network interfaces HEXADECIMAL DUMP MODE If this f...

Page 38: ...s setting is enabled in the default setting ENABLE EtherTalk TokenTalk Enables or disables the EtherTalk TokenTalk if TokenRing network is connected protocol This setting is enabled in the default setting When the enable or disable setting of protocols ENABLE TCP IP ENABLE NetWare and ENABLE EtherTalk is changed the new setting will be effective after resetting the printer For resetting follow the...

Page 39: ...ngs cannot be recalled Use the key operator programs to cancel protection mode If the setting of functions of enabling protocols ENABLE TCP IP ENABLE NetWare and ENABLE EtherTalk is changed by using the function RESTORE FACTORY DEFAULTS or RESTORE CONFIGURATION the new setting will be effective after resetting the printer To reset the printer turn off the printer and then turn it on after a few se...

Page 40: ...Press the ONLINE OFFLINE key on the touch panel to switch the printer to the online mode 3 Press the COPY key to select the copier mode Tray Select and Job Cancel Tray Selection The PAPER SELECT key on the touch panel can be used to change paper trays when printing has stopped for one of the following reasons In Auto Select paper source selection mode all trays on the printer configured for the re...

Page 41: ...eturn the printer to the online status The printer will go online and resume printing While the printer is in the offline mode the print job can be canceled by pressing the CLEAR key Lastly press the ONLINE OFFLINE key to return the printer to online status Now the printer is ready for the next print job Key Operator Programs A variety of key operator programs are available which allow a key opera...

Page 42: ... disables bypass tray selection in the Auto Tray Switching mode 39 Prohibit Auto Tray Switching Enables disables automatic switching between paper trays during printing when paper runs out 39 Prohibit Test Page Printing Enables disables test page printing from the printer configuration menu 39 Prohibit Changes to Printer Settings Prohibits modification of basic printer settings in the printer conf...

Page 43: ... features the setting of this program will affect copying performance Assign an appropriate value Output Method When Memory Is Full When multiple sets of a document have been requested and the document memory cannot hold the entire document this program gives the option to print one set or multiple sets as illustrated on page 38 When the OUTPUT METHOD WHEN MEMORY IS FULL key is pressed the followi...

Page 44: ... larger than the paper in the bypass tray is printed a malfunction may occur Be careful when disabling the size detection Prohibit Notice Page Printing This program is used to specify whether a notice page and separator sheets will be printed when the printer memory becomes full and divided printing must be performed If notice page printing has been enabled a notice page will be printed at the end...

Page 45: ...ohibit bypass tray selection press the PROHIBIT BYPASS TRAY SELECTION box to display a check mark To restore bypass tray selection press the checked box again to clear the check mark Prohibit Auto Tray Switching This program prevents automatic switching between paper trays in print jobs This program does not affect the auto tray switching function in the copier mode To prohibit automatic tray swit...

Page 46: ... configuration menu If this program is set the interface settings functions will not appear in the printer configuration menu To prohibit modification of interface settings press the PROHIBIT CHANGES TO INTERFACE SETTINGS box to display a check mark To enable modification of interface settings press the checked box again to clear the check mark Prohibit Changes to Network Settings This program pre...

Page 47: ...ting will resume B If printing multiple copies of a lengthy document is specified and the key operator program Output Method When Memory Is Full page 37 is set to 1 SET The printer will print only one set followed by a notice page at the end of the job C If printing multiple copies of a lengthy document is specified and the key operator program Output Method When Memory Is Full page 37 is set to M...

Page 48: ...nserted between each block Finally a notice page will be output The number of pages in a block can be changed using the key operator program Memory Reserved for Printer See page 37 The number of pages in a block varies with the paper size setting of the key operator program Memory Reserved for Printer and printer models For the models without hard disk drive and the models with a 2 GB hard disk dr...

Page 49: ...Page Printing Troubleshooting Problem Printer does not operate Check Is the printer plugged in Solution Plug the printer into a grounded outlet Check Is the power switch on Solution Turn the power switch on Problem Printer is on but data is not received Data indicator does not blink Check Is the printer set to the ONLINE mode Solution Use the ONLINE OFFLINE key on the touch panel to select the ONL...

Page 50: ...elected from computer Check Is the printer driver installed correctly Solution Install the printer driver correctly page 5 Problem Cannot print test page from operation panel Check Paper tray empty Solution Fill the paper tray Check Paper jam Solution Clear the jam Check Is there sufficient toner in the printer Solution Add toner as specified in the copier manual Problem Printed documents are too ...

Page 51: ...white areas reversed Solution Cancel the negative image printing feature in the printer driver Problem Image loss along edges Check Is the image loss outside the print area Solution Check the print area information page 48 Problem Printer prints out blank pages Check Is the print face down Solution Face down or face up can be selected page 23 Problem Printer prints in reverse order Check Is revers...

Page 52: ...e appropriate paper See the copier operation manual for paper specifications Problem Printer write error occurs when using the printer as a local printer Check Is the timeout time short Solution Set a longer time in the timeout settings under the Details tab Windows Even if a longer time is set printer write error may occur when copying is being performed Problem A notice page is printed Check Doe...

Page 53: ...PCL5e emulation PostScript Level 2 emulation Platform IBM PC AT Windows General network card slot Available In some countries and regions network interface card is not available Interface IEEE 1284 compatible parallel port optional network interface card Print Server Card Plug and Play Available under Windows 95 and Windows 98 Specifications are subject to change without notice Changes to the spec...

Page 54: ...7 64 2 7mm 7 64 2 7mm 7 64 Paper size X Y A3 6912 9824 B4 5952 8480 A4 6912 4864 B5 5952 4192 A5 4864 3392 A6 2368 3392 Ledger 6464 10080 Letter 6464 4992 Legal 4992 8288 Invoice 4992 3168 Executive 4224 6176 Foolscap 4992 7680 Japanese Postcard 2240 3392 dots in 600 dpi ...

Page 55: ...711 ITC Avant Garde Gothic Demi SWA Fixed Pitch 810 Courier Bold Italic SWA Geometric 711 ITC Avant Garde Gothic Demi Oblique SWA Symbol SWA PS Chancery 801 ITC Zapf Chancery Medium Italic SWA Zapf Calligraphic 801 SWA ITC Zapf Dingbats SWA Zapf Calligraphic 801 Italic SWA Swiss 742 Condensed SWC Zapf Calligraphic 801 Bold SWA Swiss 742 Condensed Italic SWC Zapf Calligraphic 801 Bold Italic SWA Sw...

Page 56: ...f Humanist 601 Italic SWC Swiss 721 Oblique SWM Zapf Humanist 601 Bold SWC Swiss 721 Bold SWM Zapf Humanist 601 Bold Italic SWC Swiss 721 Bold Oblique SWM Aldine 430 Original Garamond SWC Dutch 801 SWM Aldine 430 Original Garamond Italic SWC Dutch 801 Italic SWM Aldine 430 Original Garamond Bold SWC Dutch 801 Bold SWM Aldine 430 Original Garamond Bold Italic SWC Dutch 801 Bold Italic SWM Fixed Pit...

Page 57: ...necessary because this printer always performs collated printing If this setting is selected two sided printing or stapling with multiple copies may not be performed properly Take care to see the message on the touch panel when adding A4 B5 or 8 1 2 x 11 letter paper in the bypass tray in a print job If R is added to the paper size for example LOAD A4R PAPER set the paper narrow side into the feed...

Page 58: ...ray 21 Negative image 16 Network interface card 4 Network interface configuration from operation panel 32 N Up printing 20 ONLINE OFFLINE key 27 34 Operating the operation panel 27 Output 22 Orientation 18 Output quality 6 Overlays 26 Paper sizes 16 Parallel printer interface 3 Plug and play 8 Pre installed fonts 49 Print borders 20 PRINT key 27 33 Print quality 6 Print Server Card 4 Printer cable...

Page 59: ...d its own warranty to you on terms that are no less favorable than those given to the dealer by Sharp You should be aware however that Sharp does not itself extend any warranties either express or implied directly to you the end user and no one is authorized to make any representations or warranties on behalf of Sharp Specifically SHARP DOES NOT EXTEND TO YOU THE END USER ANY EXPRESS WARRANTY OR A...

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