Sharp AR-C200P manual

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Every effort has been made to ensure that th e information in this document is complete, accurate, a nd up-to-da te. The ma nufactur er assumes no responsibility for the results of errors beyond its control. The manufacturer also canno t guarant ee that changes in software and equipment made by othe r manufacturers and re ferred to in this Guide wi[...]

3 Not es, Cautions and W arnings NO TE A note appears in this manua l like this. A note prov ides additional information to su pplement the main text. CAUTION! A caution appears in this manual like this. A caution provides additional informa tion wh ich, if ignored, may result in equipment malfunction or da mage. WA R N I N G ! A warning appears in[...]

• 4 Cont ents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 How To Use This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . [...]

• 5 Utilities .......... .......................................... .......................... ................ 103 General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Installing the Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Fonts Downloader . . . . . . . . . [...]

• 6 Factory Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Print Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Media Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Color Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Introduction • 7 Introduction Congratulation s on purchasi ng this color printer! F eatures • Single pass digit al technology for high quality , speed and reliability . • V ersatile paper handling: – Standard 530-sh eet paper tray – Standard 100-she et multi purpose tr ay for card stoc k, envelopes, labels, etc. – Option[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Introduction • 8 opened and then closed, and adjusts the color balance automatically . It can even be set to adjust the color b alance during long print runs. • Auto media dete ct: detects the weight of the med ia being fed through the printer then auto matically adjusts the fusing temperature, speed (if necessary) and transfer [...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Introduction • 9 • In the list of bookmarks click Inde x to jump to the Index. Find the term of interest and click the associated p age number to jump to the page containing t he subjec t. Printing P ages The whole book, Individual pages, or sections may be printed . The procedure for prin ting from Acrobat Reader is: 1. From th[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Getting Started • 10 Getting Star t ed Unpacking After unpacking the printer and cho osing a suitable place to put it, check that all the necessary parts are availa ble to continue. 1. The printer . 2. 4 toner cartridges (cyan, magent a, yellow and bl ack). 3. Power cable. 4. CD. 5. LED lens cleaner (not illustrated). 6. Light-pro[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Getting Started • 11 CD Cont ents The CD supplied with your printer contains th e drivers, software utilities and on-line manuals. Print er Location Place the printe r on a flat surface large enough and strong enough to accept the size and weight of the printer. Th ere must be sufficient space arou nd the printe r to allow for acc[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Getting Started • 12 Print er Components 1. T op cover 2. Control panel 3. T op cover release catch 4. Multi purpose tray (manual feed) 5. Paper support exte nsion 6. Paper guides 7. Front cover 8. Paper tray 9. Paper level indicator 10. Power switch[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Getting Started • 13 11. LED heads (4) 12. Discharge roller 13. Fuser unit 14. Image drum and toner cartridg e (cyan) 15. Image drum a nd toner cart ridge (magent a) 16. Image drum and toner cartridge (yellow) 17. Image drum and toner cartridge (black)[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Getting Started • 14 18. Power connector 19. Rear exit paper tra y 20. Interfaces and option card slott 21. USB interface connector 22. Parallel interface connector 23. Networ k interfac e card[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 15 Setting up Before connecting this printer to a computer and power supply, the toner cartrid ges must be installe d and paper inserte d in the paper tray. P ackaging and Protective Sheet Removal 1. Remove any adhesive tape an d packaging from the printer . 2. Using the release handle, open the top co ver .[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 16 3. Remove the LED head restraine r from behind the LED heads in the top cover .[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 17 4. Remove the four image drums a nd place them on a level su rface. CAUTION! • Never expose image dru ms to light for more than 5 minutes. • Always hold image drum by the ends . • Never expose image dru ms to direct sunlight. • Never touch the green s urface of the drum.[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 18 5. Remove the protective sheet s from each of the four image dr ums. 6. Replace the four image drums into the printer making sure each image drum is inst alled in its correct color location. 7. Push the tab (1) inwa rds and remove the blanking plate from each of the image drums. (1)[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 19 T oner Cartridge Installation 1. Remove the black toner cartr idge from the p ackage. 2. Shake the toner cartr idge back and forth seve ral times then, holding it horizontally , remove the tape. W ARNING! T ake e xtreme care when handling toner . • T oner can be harmful if inhaled, swallowed or if it gets in the [...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 20 3. Remove the locking piece from behin d the colored toner release lever . 4. Insert the toner cart ridge into the b lack image drum, lef t side fir st, engaging the drum locating peg in the hole in the toner car tridge. Make sure the colors of the tone r cartridge and image drum correspond .[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 21 5. Gently push the toner cartridge down engaging the locking pin into the groove on the image dr um. 6. Gently push the colored lever toward the rear of the machine until it stops. This releases the to ner into the image drum. CAUTION! The lever should go back easily . If the lever resist s moving, stop and press d[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 22 7. Repeat the process for each color toner car tridge, being carefu l to match the color toner to the color imag e drum. 8. Close the top cover .[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 23 Loading P aper 1. Remove the p aper tray from the printer .[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 24 2. Adjust the pap er guides and rear stopper fo r the size of paper being used. CAUTION! T o prevent paper jams • Don’t leave sp a ce between the p aper and the p aper guides and rear stopper . • Don’t overfill the p aper tray . Capacity depe nds on the type of p aper and the p aper weight. • Don’t load[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 25 3. If installed, a lower p aper tray cannot be used to print if there is no paper tr ay inserted above it. (1) (2) 9 (1) (2) 9 (1) (2) 8[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 26 4. For face down printing, make sure the r ear paper ex it is closed (the paper exit s from the top of the prin ter). Paper is stacked in printed order and the paper tr ay capacity is appr oximately 500 sheets, d epending on p aper weight. 5. For face up printing, make sure the rear paper exit is open and the paper[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 27 Manual F eed 1. Open the Multi-purpose tray and extend th e paper feed guides. 2. Load the m edia face up , and adjust the paper gu ides to the size of the med ia being used. NO TE • Don’t exceed the Paper Full line (a bout 100 sheet s depending on p aper weight, 50 tr ansp arencies or 10 envelopes) . • Load [...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 28 P ower Connection 1. Connect the power cable (1) into the power socke t on the printer , then into a grounded powe r supply outlet. 2. Switch the printer ON using the main power switch (2). The printer will go through its init ialization and wa rm up sequence. When the printer is ready, the READY indicator co mes o[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 29 Control Panel 1. Attention i ndicator ( red) . ON indicates that attention is required, but printing will continue . FLA SHING indicates that attention is required, but printing will stop . 2. Ready indi cator (gree n) . ON - ready to receive dat a. FLASHING indicates processing dat a or error . 3. Liquid crystal d[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 30 Control Panel (continued) 1. Menu button . Press briefly to ente r the MENU mode. Press briefly again to select the next menu. Press for more than 2 seconds to scroll throu gh the dif ferent me nus. 2. Item( +) butt on . Press briefly to scro ll forward to the next menu item. 3. Value (+) but ton . Press briefly to[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 31 Menu Settings Changing the Display Language Carry out the following instructions to change the langu age that is displayed on t he printer’s LCD. 1. Press the ONLINE but ton to put the printer offline. 2. Press the MENU button re peatedly until SYST EM CONFIG MENU is displayed. 3. Press the SELECT button. 4. Pres[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 32 Printing the MenuM ap Print a list of menu settings to c onfirm that the printer is co rrectly configured. 1. Make sure there is pa per in the pap er tray . 2. Press the MENU button until the INFORMA TION MENU is displayed, then press the SELECT button. 3. Confirm that PRINT MENU MAP is displayed on the LCD. 4. Pre[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 33 Media Settings Selecting Paper F eed 1. Press the ONLINE button to place the pr inter offline. 2. Press the MENU button repeate dly until PRINT MENU is displayed, then press the SELECT button. 3. Press the ITEM button until PA P E R F E E D is displayed. 4. Press the V ALUE button until the required paper feed is d[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 34 Selecting the Pape r Size 1. Press the ONLINE button to place the pr inter offline. 2. Press the MENU button until PRINT MENU is displayed, then press SELECT button. 3. Press either ITEM (+) or (–) bu tton repeatedly until EDI T SIZE is displayed. 4. Press either V ALUE (+) or (–) button until the required pape[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 35 Selecting the Media T ype and W eight Your printer automatically detect s paper type and weight. You have the option, however, to override th ese settings as follows: 1. Press the ONLINE button to place the pr inter offline. 2. Press the MENU button until MEDIA MENU is displayed, then press the SELECT button. 3. Pr[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 36 Media Recommendations We recommend the following guide lines when selecting media for use in this printer: Pap e r • For recommended p apers see your authorized Shar p dealer . • Paper should be stored flat and away fr om moisture, direct sunlight and heat sources. • Don’t use da mp, dam aged or cu rled pap[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 37 Envelopes • Use only recommended envelop es. • Envelopes should be stored flat and away from mo isture, direct sunlight and heat sources. • Don’t use en velopes with windows or m etal clasps. • Don’t use envelopes with self sealing flaps. • Don’t use da mp, dama ged or cur led paper envelo pes. Labe[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 38 P aper F eed and Exit Selection of which p aper feed and which paper exit to use for pr inting and whether simp lex (single sided) or duplex (doubl e sided) printing is available, depend s upon the pa per size, media weight and media type that is used. Plea se re fer to the follow ing tables. Pap e r S i ze s Feed [...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 39 Pap er W eights and Media Settings Feed Exit Media weight T ray 1 T r ay 2/ T r ay 3 MP T ray (Manual) Rear (face up) T o p (face down) Paper , US Bond (Metric) 17 lb. (64 g/m 2 ) Light S a S a S a S a S a 18 to 19 lb. (68-71 g/m 2 ) Medium light S a S a S a S a S a 20 to 24 lb. (75-90 g/m 2 ) Medium S, D a a. S = [...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 40 Print er Settings Confirming Current Settin gs Current me nu settings can be con firmed by printing the MenuMap: see “Printing the MenuMap” on page 32. Chang ing the Settings 1. Press the MENU button u ntil the require d menu is dis played, th en press the SELECT button. 2. Press the IT EM (+) or (–) button u[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 41 List of User Menu Settings Listed in the following tables are the available printer settings. The default settings for the printer are in bold text. Print Jobs Menu This menu only appears if the hard disk drive is installed. Item Va l u e Descripti on ENTER PASSWORD **** Sets password using a four-digit number (0~9[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 42 . T est Print Menu Item Va l u e D escription PRINT ID CHECK PATTERN Execute Prints ID check pattern to detect bad ID. Displayed only if "TEST PRINT MENU" of the System Maintenance Menu is set to ENABLE. Shutdown Menu Item Va l u e Desc ription SHUTDOWN START Execute Printer shut down seq uence which prev[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 43 MP TRAY USAGE Normal tray; High priority tray; Feed when mismatching ; Do not use S pecifies MP tray usage. Normal tray : (T ray selec t/switch) Use as a normal tray . High priority tray : (V alid with Tray select only). If there is paper in the MP tray and Duplex is not specified, the printer uses the MP tray . Fe[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 44 . EDIT SIZE Cassette size ; Letter; Executive; Legal 14; Legal 13.5; Legal 13; A4; A5; A6; B5; Custom; Com-9* envelope; Com-10* envelope; Monarch* envelope; DL* Envelope; C5* Envelope *Use short edge feed. Cassette size is selected when using standard sized paper in the paper tray . Edit size is only used when prin[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 45 MP TRAY PAPERSIZE A4; A5; A6; B5; Legal 14; Legal 13.5; Legal 13; Letter ; Executive; Custom; Com-9 envelope; Com-10 envelope; Monarch envelope; DL Envelope; C5 Envelope Sets the media size for the multipurpose tray . MP TRAY MEDIATYPE Plain ; Letterhead; T ransparency; Labels; Bond; Recycled; Card stock; Rough Sel[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 46 ADJUST DENSITY Execute If EXECUTE is selected, the printer will immediately adjust density and reflect it in the TRC compensation. Density adjustment must be executed when the printer is idle. It may become invalid if executed in any other state. COLOR TUNING Print pattern Print s the pattern for the user to manual[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 47 CYAN REGISTRATION - FINE ADJUST 0 +1+2+3- 3-2-1 Fin e Adjust makes an adjustment to image registration in Cyan , Magenta or Y ellow against Black in the horizontal direction. The adjustment is reflected as an offset (addition) value to the corrections through Auto color Registration Correction. V alues are adjusted[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 48 System Configuration Menu The default settings are bold . Item Va l u e Descri ption POWER SAVE DELAY TIME 5 min; 15 min; 30 min; 60 min ; 240 min. Sets the time before printer enters power save mode. PERSONALITY Auto emulation ; PCL; IBM PPR III XL; Epson FX; Adobe PostScript Selects the printer emulation language[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 49 LOW TONER Continue ; Stop If set to CONTINUE, allows printing to continue when Low toner is displayed. If STOP is selected - when Low toner is displayed, the printer goes off line. JAM RECOVERY ON ; OFF Sets whether or not printing will continue after a paper jam has been cleared. If set to OFF , the print job that[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 50 PCL Emulation Menu The default settings are bold . Item Va l u e De scriptio n FONT SOURCE Resident ; DIMM0; Downloaded Selects location of the PCL font used. DIMM0 is displayed only when font DIMM ROM exists in the slot. Downloaded only appears if fonts have been down loaded to the printer . FONT NO. I000 , C001, [...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 51 SYMBOL SET PC-8 , PC-8 Dan/Nor , PC-8 TK, PC-775, PC-850, PC-852, PC-855, PC-857 TK, PC-858, PC-866, PC-869, PC-1004, Pi Font, Plska Mazvia, PS Math, PS T ext, Roman-8, Roman-9, Roman Ext, Serbo Croat1, Serbo Croat2, S panish, Ukrainian, VN Int'l, VN Math, VN US, Win 3.0, Win 3.1 Blt, Win 3.1 Cyr , Win 3.1 Grk[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 52 WHITE PAGE SKIP OFF ; ON Change this setting to ON if you do not wish to print blank pages; PCL mode. CR FUNCT ION CR ; CR+LF Sets functionality on receipt of CR code in PCL mode. LF FUNCTION LF ; LF+CR Sets functionality on receipt of LF code in PCL mode. PRINT MARGIN Normal ; 1/5 inch; 1/6 inch Sets the width of [...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 53 PP R Emulation Menu The default settings are bold . Item Va l u e Des cription PEN WIDTH ADJUST ON ; OFF IN PCL, when switched ON, emphasizes the pen width to improve the appearance of lines specified with minimum width. CHARACTER PITCH 10 CPI ; 12 CPI; 17 CPI; 20 CPI; PROPORTIONAL S pecifies character pitch in IBM[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 54 SYMBOL SET PC-8, PC-8 Dan/Nor , PC-8 TK, PC-775, PC-850, PC-852, PC-855, PC-857 TK, PC-858, PC-866, PC-869, PC-1004, Pi Font, Plska Mazvia, PS Math, PS T ext, Roman-8, Roman-9, Roman Ext, Serbo Croat1, Serbo Croat2, S panish, Ukrainian, VN Int'l, VN Math, VN US, Win 3.0, Win 3.1 Blt, Win 3.1 Cyr , Win 3.1 Grk,[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 55 WHITE PAGE SKIP OFF ; ON Change this setting to ON if you do not wish to print blank pages. Not available for duplex printing. CR FUNCTION CR ; CR+LF Sets functionality on receipt of CR code. LF FUNCTION LF ; LF+CR Sets functionality on receipt of LF code. LINE LENGTH 80 COLUMN ; 136 COLUMN S pecifies the number of[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 56 FX Emulation Menu The default settings are bold . Item Va l u e Descr iption CHARACTER PITCH 10 CPI ; 12 CPI; 17 CPI; 20 CPI; PROPORTIONAL S pecifies character pitch in this emulation. CHARACTER SET Set 2 ; Set 1 Specifies which Ep son character set is used. SYMBOL SET PC-8, PC-8 Dan/Nor , PC-8 TK, PC-775, PC-850, [...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 57 LETTER 0 STYLE DISABLE ; ENABLE Specifies the style that replaces 9B Hex with letter o and 9D Hex with a zero ZERO CHARACTER NORMAL ; SLASHED Sets the zero to be slashed or unslashed. LINE PITCH 6 LPI ; 8 LPI Specifies the line sp acing (lines per inch). WHITE PAGE SKIP OFF ; ON Change this setting to ON if you do [...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 58 Pa r a l l e l M e n u The default settings are bold . Item Va l u e Desc ription PARALLEL ENABLE ; DISABLE Selects parallel (Centronics) interface. BI-DIRECTION ENABLE ; DISABLE Selects bi-directional communication. ECP ENABLE ; DISABLE Selects ECP mode. ACK WIDTH NARROW ; MEDIUM; WIDE Sets ACK width for comp atib[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 59 USB Menu The default settings are bold . Item Va l u e Descri ption USB ENABLE ; DISABLE Selects USB interface. SOFT RESET ENABLE ; DISABLE Enables/Disables soft reset command. OFFLINE RECEIVE ENABLE ; DISABLE Enable = maintains reception without changing the interface signal, even if an alarm occurs. The interface[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 60 Memory Menu The default settings are bold . Item Va l u e Des cription RECEIVE BUFF SIZE AUTO ; 0.5 MB; 1 MB; 2 MB; 4 MB; 8 MB; 16 MB; 32 MB Sets the size of the receive buffer and depends on the amount of memory installed in the printer . RESOURCE SAVE AUTO; OFF ; 0.5 MB; 1 MB; 2 MB; 4 MB; 8 MB; 16 MB; 32 MB Set t[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 61 CAUTION! The Disk Maintenance Menu can be us ed to initialize the printer's interna l hard disk drive, to reassign the p artition content s, or to reformat the p artitions. It is recommended th at disk maintenance be done only by the System Administrator , or by someone who is knowledgeable in this area. Disk [...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 62 System Adjust Menu The default settings are bold . Item Va l u e Descri ption X ADJUST 0.00 MM ; Range +0.25 TO +2.0 MM and – 2.0 TO – 0.25 MM in 0.25 mm increments Adjusts overall print position horizontally in 0.20 increments. Y ADJUST 0.00 MM ; Range +0.25 TO +2.0 MM and – 2.0 TO – 0.25 MM in 0.25 mm inc[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 63 HEX DUMP EXECUTE Press SELECT to switch the printer to the Hexadecimal Dump mode in which all data received is printed in both Hexadecimal and ASCII format. T o return to normal print mode, switch the printer off then on again. Maintena nce Menu The default settings are bold . Item Va l u e Descr iption EEPROM RESE[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 64 Usage Menu The default settings are bold . Item Va l u e Descr iption TO T A L P A G E COUNT nnnnnn Shows total number of pages printed. T RAY 1 PAGE COUNT nnnnnn Shows number of pages printed from tray 1. T RAY 2 PAGE COUNT nnnnnn Shows number of pages printed from tray 2. Displayed if optional tray 2 is installed[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 65 List of Administrator Menu Settings To enter this menu, turn on t he pr inter while holdin g down the ITEM + button. NO TE Only system administrators hav e access to this menu. OP Menu The default settings are bold . Item Va l u e Descr iption ALL CATEGORY ENABLE , DISABLE Enable/Disable all categories of User Menu[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 66 PPR EMULAT ION MENU ENABLE , DISABLE Enable/Disable PPR EMULA TION MENU. Set to Disable, PPR EMULA TION MENU is not displayed. FX EMULATION MENU ENABLE , DISABLE Enable/Disable FX EMULA TION MENU. Set to Disable, FX EMULA TION MENU is not displayed. PARALLEL MENU ENABLE , DISABLE Enable/Disable P ARALLEL MENU. Set [...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 67 Color Menu The default settings are bold . Item Va l u e Descr iption RESET C GAMMA FIL TER EXECUTE Reset the stored TRC data (retained for tracking). For example, correct values could not be taken due to “out of order” situation. This is mainly for maintenance purposes and not ordinarily used . RESET M GAMMA F[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 68 Setting Color T uning from the F ront P anel You can use the printer’s menu to adjust the color intensity for a specific color by adjusting the HIGHLIGHT, MID-TONE and DARK (shadows) C olor Tun ing Patter ns. • To increase the color intensity , use a higher positive setting (default = 0, maximum = +3). • To d[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 69 1. Print the Color T uning Pattern: a. Make sure letter size pape r is loaded in the tray. b. Press the MENU button one or more times, until COLOR MENU displays. c. Press the ITEM button one or more times, until CO LOR TUNI NG displays. d. Press SELECT. The Color Tuning Pattern prints. 2. Adjust the Magent a highli[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 70 3. Adjust the Magent a mid-tone color: a. Press the ITEM button one or more times, until MAGENT A MID-TONE nn appears. b. Press the VALUE button one or more times, until the new valu e you wish to use displays (e.g., nn = +3). c. Press the SELECT button. An asterisk (*) appears at the right of the number. 4. Adjust[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 71 Switching Off In normal circumstances the power save facility s hould be used to avoid having to switch th e printer of f. However if you do wis h to switch the printer off manually, please carry out the following procedu re: 1. Press the MENU button until SHUT DOWN MENU is displayed, th en press the SELECT button.[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 72 Int er faces Your printer is equipped with a selection of data interfaces: 1. Parallel – For direct connection to a PC. T his port requires a bi-directional (IEEE 1284 compliant) parallel cable. 2. USB – For connection to a PC running Windows 9 8 or above (not Windows 95 upgraded to Windows 98) or Macintosh. Th[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Setting up • 73 See your print ed Software Insta llation Guide for information on: • Making the interface connections • Installing the printer drivers • Installing network software[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 8.6-9.2.2 Printer Driver • 74 Macintosh OS 8.6-9.2.2 Print er Driver This section describes how to change the PPD file and how to activate optional accessories in the pr inter driver, once you have installed them in the printer. See your print ed Software Insta llation Guide for information on installing printer drive[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 8.6-9.2.2 Printer Driver • 75 Activating Optional T rays in the Driver If you install the optiona l paper tray(s), you must reset the num ber of available trays to activate them. 1. Select the Destkop Printer an d leave highlig hted. 2. From the Menu , click Printing → Change Setup... . The current setup appears und[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 8.6-9.2.2 Printer Driver • 76 Activating the Optional Duplex Unit in the Driver Once you have installed the optional duplex ujnit, you must activate it: 1. Select the Destkop Printer an d leave highlig hted. 2. From the Menu , click Printing → Change Setup... . The current setup appears unde r Installa ble Options. [...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 8.6-9.2.2 Printer Driver • 77 Activating the Optional Hard Disk Drive in the Driver Once you install the optional hard disk drive, you must activate it: 1. Select the Destkop Printer an d leave highlig hted. 2. From the Menu , click Printing → Change Setup... . The current setup appears unde r Installa ble Options. [...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 8.6-9.2.2 Printer Driver • 78 Activating Added Optional Memory in the Driver Once you have installed additional memor y in the printer, this allows you to set the new total amount of memory available. 1. Select the Destkop Printer an d leave highlig hted. 2. From the Menu , click Printing → Change Setup... . The cur[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 8.6-9.2.2 Oper ation • 79 Macintosh OS 8.6-9.2.2 Operation The preceding secti on on Printer Drivers explained how to set up the default operation of the var ious fe atures using the Desktop Printer Setup. This section explains how to c hange the prin ter’s operation fo r specific print jobs directly from within an [...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 8.6-9.2.2 Oper ation • 80 • Both devices use ve ry different technologies to represent colo r . A monitor uses Red, Green and Blue (RGB) phosph ors (or LCDs), a printer uses Cyan, Y ellow , Magenta and Black (CMYK) toner or ink. • A monitor can display very v ivid colors s uch as inten se reds an d blues and these[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 8.6-9.2.2 Oper ation • 81 There are several se ttings found on a typical monitor: • 5000k or D50 W armest; yellowish lightin g, typically used in graphics art s environment s. • 6500k or D65 Cooler; appr oximates daylight conditions. • 9300k Cool; the de fault setting for many monitors and television sets. (k = [...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 8.6-9.2.2 Oper ation • 82 Choosing a Color Matching Method There is no one correct way to ach ieve a good color match between the document displayed on yo ur monitor, and it's printed equivalent. There are many factors involved in achie ving accurate and reproducible color. However, the following gu idelines may [...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 8.6-9.2.2 Oper ation • 83 RGB or CMYK If you are printing photographic images from a graphics a pplication such as Adobe Photoshop, you may be able to use Soft-Proofing to simulate the printed image on your monitor. To do this, you can use the ICC-Profiles provided and then pr int using the ICC profiles as the Print S[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 8.6-9.2.2 Oper ation • 84 Color Option 1. Open your printer driver (by choosing File → Print from an application) and select your Sharp prin ter . 2. Open the drop- down menu dire ctly underneath the printer a nd select Color Option . Color Control Color Control allows you to deter mine the scheme in which the print[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 8.6-9.2.2 Oper ation • 85 • Sharp Color Matching This affects RGB data only. This is the defa ult setting a nd provides the fastest, best color matching for your printer. • Post script Color Matching This uses PostScrip t Color Rendering D ictionaries built- in to the printer, and affec ts both RGB and CMYK data. [...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 8.6-9.2.2 Oper ation • 86 • Monitor (9300k ) Optimized for printing photogr aphs when using a monitor with a color temperature of 6500K. • Digital Camera Optimized for printing photograp hs taken with a digital ca mera. This tends to produce prints with lighter and brighter color s. For some photographs, other set[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 8.6-9.2.2 Oper ation • 87 •S a t u r a t i o n Best choice for printing bright and satu rated colors if you don't necessarily care how ac curate the colors are. This makes it the recommended choice for graphs, charts, dia grams etc. Maps fully saturated colors in the source gamut to fully saturated colors in th[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 8.6-9.2.2 Oper ation • 88 Black Finish This setting determines Black Toner usage only. •A u t o This option is best for an office environment, with the printer determining which style is better. • Glossy This option uses more CMYK and less Black while prod ucing a shinier black. •M a t t e This option uses more [...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 8.6-9.2.2 Oper ation • 89 Printer Halftone This option prevents the halftone of a hig h-end graphics application from printing. Click the checkbox to enable the option. Job Option To access Jo b Option: 1. Select your printer from the drop -down list. 2. Open the drop-down list d irectly below Printer: and select Job [...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 8.6-9.2.2 Oper ation • 90 3. Make the desired selections. Quality A straightforward selection of the print qu ality desired. • Fast: 600 x 600 dpi • Fine: 1200 x 1200 d pi Media T ype Many options are av ailable for selectin g the type of the print media. Normally the Prin ter Setting is sufficient. Select your de[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 8.6-9.2.2 Oper ation • 91 Miscellaneous Selections Collate Collating can be ca rried out with or without a hard disk drive installed. However, printers with a hard disk drive will provide greater performance. This op tion is useful when printing multiple copies of large documents and wish for them to be printed in seq[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 8.6-9.2.2 Oper ation • 92 Page Rotate Checking this will rotate the pr inted material on the page 180 degrees. T oner Saving Checking this will enable toner saving. Job T ype Plug-in This plug-in allows you to utiliz e features through the printer’s optional hard disk drive. To access Jo b Type, 1. Select your print[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 8.6-9.2.2 Oper ation • 93 2. Open the drop- down menu dire ctly underneath the printer a nd select Job T ype . Each feature on the Job Type screen is detailed below. Print T ype From here you select the type of printin g you wish to use. • Normal The default setting. • Job Sp ool Lets you sp ool your pr int job to[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 8.6-9.2.2 Oper ation • 94 • Secure (s ee page 94) Allows you to print confidentia l documents on network printers by storing them on the pr inter’s hard drive, then going to the prointer an d using the control pa nel to pr int out the document. • Proof and Print (s ee p age 95) Allows printing of a single copy o[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 8.6-9.2.2 Oper ation • 95 4. Press the SELECT button. The document will print and be deleted from the hard disk drive . T o delete a confidential docume nt before printing it 1. Press the MENU button to access the PRINT JOBS MENU and press the S ELECT button . 2. Use the numbered butto ns on the control p anel to en t[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 8.6-9.2.2 Oper ation • 96 4. After checking the proof, you then will print or delete (if incorrect) the remain ing copies of the document using the procedures given below . Printing the copies of a Proof and Print do cument 1. Press the MENU button to access the PRINT JOBS MENU , then press the SELECT button. 2. Use t[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 8.6-9.2.2 Oper ation • 97 S tore T o Hard Disk Using S tore to Hard Disk 1. Select Store to HDD . 2. Enter a job name of up to 16 char acters under J ob Name and a four digit person al ID number . 3. Click Print to proceed with your print job. The do cument will be stored on the printer’s hard disk. 4. The document [...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 8.6-9.2.2 Oper ation • 98 3. Press the V ALUE button until ALL JOBS or the required job name is displayed. 4. Press the SELECT button to print the do cument. Deleting a stored document from the hard disk drive 1. Press the MENU button to access the PRINT JOBS MENU and press the S ELECT button . 2. Use the numbered but[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 8.6-9.2.2 Oper ation • 99 Printing Using Special F eatures Multiple P ages on One Sheet To print multiple pages on one sheet (N-Up printing ): 1. Select your printer . 2. Open the drop- down menu dire ctly underneath the printer a nd select Layout . 3. From the Layout screen, select the options desire d. a. Set the nu[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 8.6-9.2.2 Oper ation • 100 c. Select a bord er between the sheet s, if desir ed. 4. Click Print to print o r Save Settings to save an d close the printer dialog box. Duplex Printing To print on both sides of the paper: 1. Select your desired Sharp printer . 2. Open the drop- down menu dire ctly underneath the printer [...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 8.6-9.2.2 Oper ation • 101 a. For Duplexing (printing on both sides of the sheet), select Print on Bo th Sides . b. Select which Binding you prefer . 4. Click Print to print o r Save Settings to save an d close the printer dialog box. Collating Collating can be carried out with or without the optional hard disk drive [...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 8.6-9.2.2 Oper ation • 102 2. The General dialog box should already be displa yed. If not, then select General from the menu. 3. Select Collated . 4. Click Print .[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Mac OS 8.6-9.2.2 Utilities • 103 Mac OS 8.6-9.2.2 Utilities General Information The following utilit ies are supplied: • Fonts Downloader (see page 105) This utility allows you to transfer fonts to the printer’s RAM or optional hard disk and to manage fonts on your PostScript printer. This utility is an Adobe product and will [...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Mac OS 8.6-9.2.2 Utilities • 104 Installing the Utilities 1. Insert the CD supplied with your prin ter into the CD-ROM drive. 2. Double-click the CD icon that appear s on the desktop. 3. Open the MAC folder . 4. Click Mac → PSDRV → English , then double click the Mac Inst aller icon. 5. Click Continue . 6. Select Custom Inst a[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Mac OS 8.6-9.2.2 Utilities • 105 F onts Downloader This utility allows you to transfer fo nts to the printer’s RAM or hard disk and to manage fonts on your PostScript prin ter. This utility is an Adobe product and will not be suppor ted by Sharp. Please see the Read Me file for further info rmation. Important! This utility will [...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Mac OS 8.6-9.2.2 Utilities • 106 Color Swatch Utility Things To Remember: • Y our software may no t be able to match colors using the information provided by the swa tch files. In that case, you may need to use ot her means of matching. • Many other factors influence how you see color: the color and finish of the paper , the l[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Mac OS 8.6-9.2.2 Utilities • 107 Create a Custom Swatch 1. If the color you are seek ing is not in the Simple Swatch , create a new color by selecting Custo m Swatch from the File menu. 2. Drag the handles as required an d press OK to create the new color . •H u e bar changes the hue of the sw atches, for example, red to green o[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Mac OS 8.6-9.2.2 Utilities • 108 Net Utility for EtherT alk This utility allows changing the Zone and Name of the Sharp printer on a network. Rename Print er/Z one 1. After opening the Net Utilit y application, press the Search button to select the printer you wish to name. 2. Then, once found, follow t he d irections by pressing [...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Mac OS 8.6-9.2.2 Utilities • 109 Change Parse T ype 1. After selecting th e printer , from the menu select Configure → Parsing. 2. Select the option desired and press OK to enable. Print Config 1. After selecting th e printer , from the menu select File → Print Config to gain a printout of the cu rrent configu ration. Check Pr[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Mac OS 8.6-9.2.2 Utilities • 110 2. Y ou will be presented with the S tatus screen. Press OK to return to close. Configure Prin t er T ype 1. After selecting th e printer , from the menu select Configure — Ty p e . 2. Enter the new name in and press Change T ype 1 . If you have altered Current T ype 2 , you would press the Chang[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 10.1.5 Printer Driver • 111 Macintosh OS 1 0.1.5 Print er Driver See your print ed Software Insta llation Guide for information on installing printer drivers. Adjusting options Apple Compute r has not enabled Configure Printer ... as of r elease OS 10.1.5. Therefore, d irect conf igura tion of the printer driver is un[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 10.1.5 Operation • 112 Macintosh OS 1 0.1.5 Operation This section explains how to c hange the prin ter’s operation fo r specific print jobs. Most applications allow the printer prop erties to be accessed from within the document prin t dialog. This section will only detail options as they apply to the Sharp printer[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 10.1.5 Operation • 113 toner or ink. Similarly , there are certain colors, (some yellows, for example), that can be printe d, but cannot be displayed accurate ly on a monitor . This disp arity between monitors and printers is often the main reason that printed co lors do not match the colors displayed on scre en. Vi e[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 10.1.5 Operation • 114 2. Click the arrow next to Displays and select your monitor (in this example it is iMac). Fo r Current Profile , select Other ... 3. From the Profile selection menu, click th e desired Sharp ICC Profile, then press Open to enable it. Color Profile Select: Apple ColorSync Not to be confused with [...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 10.1.5 Operation • 115 To access the color matching optio ns in the driver disc ussed be low: 1. Access the printer settings p age via the Print dialog from any application (usually File → Print ). 2. Click the drop down menu and select Printer Features and then select the Features 2 tab fo r Color Control . Monitor[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 10.1.5 Operation • 116 Pap e r Typ e The type of paper used ca n also sign ificantly affect th e printed color. For example, a printout on recycl ed paper can look duller than one on specially formulated glossy pa per. Choosing a Color Matching Method There is no one correct way to ach ieve a good color match between [...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 10.1.5 Operation • 117 RGB or CMYK If you are printing photographic images from a graphics a pplication such as Adobe Photoshop, you may be able to use Soft-Proofing to simulate the printed image on your monitor. To do this, you can use the ICC-Profile s provided by Sharp, a nd then print using the I CC profiles as t [...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 10.1.5 Operation • 118 Driver Options Sharp Printer Features To access Fea tures 1 : 1. Select your printer . 2. Open the drop-down menu at lef t and select Printer Features .[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 10.1.5 Operation • 119 Features 1 Select from the following Features 1 optio ns: Quality • Fast: 600 x 600 dpi • Fine: 1200 x 1200 dp Collate Collating can be carried out with or without a hard disk drive installed. However, printers with a hard disk drive will provide greater performance. This option is useful wh[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 10.1.5 Operation • 120 copies of large documents and you want to print them in sequence. Media T ype Many options are av ailable for selectin g the thickness of the media. Normally the Printer Setting is used. Select your desired Media Type (see page 3 9 for more information). Any optio n, other than Printer Setting ,[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 10.1.5 Operation • 121 Features 2 Select from the following Features 2 optio ns: Color Control Sharp Color Matchin g This affects RGB data only. This is the defa ult setting a nd provides the fastest, best color matching for your printer. Postscript Color Matching This uses PostScript C olor Rend ering Dictionaries bu[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 10.1.5 Operation • 122 Print In Grayscale No color will print. Th e printer will interpre t all colors as a variation of grays. Black Finish This setting determines Black Toner usage only. Auto This option is best for an office environment, with the printer determining which style is better. Glossy This option uses mo[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 10.1.5 Operation • 123 Monitor (6500k) V ivid Optimized for printing bright colors when using a monitor with a color temperature of 6500K. Ide al for office graphics and te xt. Vivid or Dig ital Camer a settings produce brightest colors. Monitor (9300k) Optimized for printing photogr aphs when using a monitor with a c[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 10.1.5 Operation • 124 Saturation Best choice for printing bright and saturated colors if you don 't necessarily care how accurate th e colors are. This makes it therecommended ch oice for graphs, charts, di agrams, etc. Maps fully saturated colors in th e source gamu t to full y satura ted colors in the printer&[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 10.1.5 Operation • 125 Features 3 Select from the following Features 3 optio ns: Color Simulation Affects CMYK output only and is usually used in offset printer environments only. This option simulates what the output will look on a printing press using the ink types SWOP, Eurosca le or Japan. If using CM YK Ink Simul[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 10.1.5 Operation • 126 Separations This option affects output only, a llowing you to print all colors or separate p lates. Media Check Sets whether the printer checks the matching of paper size to that of the tray. Only standard sizes are ch ecked. T oner Savi ng Checking this will enable toner sa ving but reduce prin[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 10.1.5 Operation • 127 Printing Using Special F eatures Multiple P ages on One Sheet To print multiple pages on one sheet (N-Up printing ): 1. Select your printer . 2. Open the drop-down menu at lef t and select Layout . 3. From the Layout screen, select the options desire d. a. For Multiple Pages, access Pages per sh[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 10.1.5 Operation • 128 Duplex Printing To print on both sides of the paper: 1. T o access, first select your printer . 2. Then open th e drop-down menu at le ft an d select Duplex . 3. From the Duplex screen, sele ct the options desired. a. For Duplexing (printing on both sides of the sheet), select Print on Bo th Sid[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Macintosh OS 10.1.5 Operation • 129 Collating Collating can be carried out with or without the optional hard disk drive (see page 171). However, using the HDD w ill improve performance. If the software applic ation being used has a collate print option, it is recommended to use only one collate optio n to prevent any conflicts in [...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Mac OS 10.1.5 Utilities • 130 Mac OS 1 0.1.5 Utilities Important! All Utilities on the installation CD are unavailable for Mac OS 10.1.5 and will only run on Mac Class ic OS.[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Troubleshooting • 131 T roubleshooting L CD Messages The liquid crystal di splay (LCD) on the control pan el indicates the printer stat us and if th ere is a p roblem with the printer . Status an d error messages are listed below to geth er with an explanation of what each message means: Summary of L CD Messages LCD Message Meanin[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Troubleshooting • 132 DA T A ARRIVE Data has been received but processing has not started yet. DA T A PRESENT Un-printed data remains in buffer . W aiting for dat a to follow . DISK FILE OPERA TION FA I L E D Error with hard disk operatio ns. DISK FILESYSTEM IS FULL Hard disk/flash memory full. DISK FULL The internal hard drive is[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Troubleshooting • 133 RAM CHECK RAM is being checked after switching printer on. REGISTRA TION ADJUST TEST Registration adjustment being tested. REGISTRA TION ERROR An er ror has occurred setting up the re gistration. REMOVE THE P APER Indicates wrong paper being used. RS232C FRAMING ERROR Serial framing error . Check configuratio[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Troubleshooting • 134 Pa p e r J a m s Paper jams are indica ted by an error message on the display. Paper jams are cleared as follows: 1. Open the top cover of the printer . NOT E Do not close the top cover comp letely (until it latches) during this process. If t he top cover is closed too soon, the paper jam error will not be cl[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Troubleshooting • 135 2. Check the paper tra y : Pull out the paper tr ay and remove any jammed paper from the printer , then gently push the p aper tray back in. 3. Check behind the front cover . Open the front cover and rem ove any jammed pape r , then close the front cover .[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Troubleshooting • 136 4. Check the transfer belt. a. Remove all four image drums as one unit in their cradle. and place the cradle on a flat surface to prev ent damage to the shiny green surface on the bot tom of th e drums . b. Carefully remove any jammed paper from th e transfer belt and top paper exit. c. Replace all four image[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Troubleshooting • 137 5. Check behind the rear cover: open the rear cover and remove any jammed pape r , then close the rear cover .[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Troubleshooting • 138 6. Check the fuser unit: a. If necessary, lift out the toner/ drum cradle to access the jammed page. a. Release the fuser roller lock levers at either end of the fuser and slowly remove the jammed paper. b. Re-lock the levers at ei ther end of the fuser. WARNING! The fuser unit is very hot af ter printing. Al[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Troubleshooting • 139 7. Check the duplex unit (if installed). a. Open the front cover, then slide out the du plex unit. b. Open the duplex top cove r and remove any jammed pap er.[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Troubleshooting • 140 c. Close the duplex top cover and slide the duplex un it back into the printer. d. Close the front cover. 8. Check any additional pa per trays : if any optional p aper tray(s) are insta lled, pull them out and check that no p aper is jammed along the variou s parts of the exit path. 9. Close the top cover .[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Troubleshooting • 141 Problem Solving Pap er F eed Problems If paper jams are frequent: • More than one sheet feed s at a time. • Paper curls. • Paper feeds at an an gle. Pap er jam has been cleared , but print er does not print. Possible Cause Remedy The printer is not horizontal. Place the printer on a stable, level surfac[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Troubleshooting • 142 Problems Printing Cannot configure for USB connection. Cannot print. • PRNUSBX WRIT E ERROR is displayed. Possible Cause Remedy USB cable does not meet specifications. Use USB cable to specification V er .1.1. Interface is disabled. Check that USB interface is set to Enable. Configuration procedure was not [...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Troubleshooting • 143 Application error or general protection fault is displayed. Printing is slow . Printer requests paper size change to continue printing. Possible C ause Remedy Memory is insuffi cient for number of applications running. Close all other applications. Print file is corrupted. Cor rect or recreate the file. Memor[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Troubleshooting • 144 Problems with P oor Quality Printing Longitudinal whit e stripes Longitudinal fading Faint printing Fading in patches Possible C ause Remedy LED head is dirty . Clean LED head wi th lens cleaner or soft tissue. T oner is low . Change toner cartridge. Image drum damaged. Change image drum. Possible Cause Remed[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Troubleshooting • 145 Longitudinal black s tripes Fain t shading on unp rint ed sections Blurred lett er edge s Possible Cause Remedy Image drum is damaged. Replace image drum. T oner is low . Change toner cartridge. Periodic black lateral lines or spots. • If the lines or spots occur at intervals of approximately 44 - 94 mm, th[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Troubleshooting • 146 Miscellaneous Problems The power is on, but the p rint er does not go online. Print processing does n ot start. Print processing ca ncels. Print er makes a strange noi se. An ast erisk (*) symbol appe ars on the dis play , repeat edly moving across the fi rs t line then the second. Possible C ause Reme dy Bad[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Troubleshooting • 147 Printer takes a long ti me to start printing. T oner rubs off when you ru b the print ed surface. Possible C ause Re medy The printer has to warm up returning from power save mode. In the printer menu settings, set power sa ve to a higher value to increase the length of time before entering power save mode. T[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Maintenance • 148 Maint enance Adding P aper The display indicates when the numb er of sheets of paper in any paper tray falls below 30. 1. Remove the p aper tray . 2. Remove the remaining sheets of paper . 3. Refill the tray (takes up to 530 sheet s—a standard p ackage of 20-lb [75 g/m 2 ] p aper cont ains 500 sheets), th en re[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Maintenance • 149 4. Check that the pa per guides and rear stopper are snug against the paper . 5. Close the paper tray gently . Important! To prevent jams: • Make sure there is no sp ace between the p aper an d the paper guides and rear stopper . • Don’t overfill the paper tray . Ca pacity depends on the type of paper and t[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Maintenance • 150 6. If installed, a lower p aper tray cannot be used to print if there is no paper tr ay inserted above it. (1) (2) 9 (1) (2) 9 (1) (2) 8[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Maintenance • 151 Chang ing the T oner Car tridge When the toner is running low, *** TONER LOW is displayed in the control panel (*** is the color name ). If printing continues without replacing the toner ca rtridge, CHANGE *** TONE R is displayed and printing is ca ncelled. De pending on the operatin g environm ent, print may bec[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Maintenance • 152 2. Check the color label of the toner cartridge to be changed. 3. Move the blue lever (1) on the right of the to ner cartridge in the direction of the arrow a s far as it will go the n remove t he toner cartridge (2), lif ting the lever end of the cartridge first to disengage the locating pe g on the image drum f[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Maintenance • 153 4. Unpack the new tone r cartridge and remove th e orange shipping clip . 5. Shake the new toner cartrid ge back and forth se veral times. Then hold the toner cartridge horizont ally and remove the t ape. CAUTION! Removing the t ape exposes the tone r release are a. Do not move the blue toner release lever until [...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Maintenance • 154 6. Insert the new toner cartridge into the image drum, lef t side first, engaging the drum locatin g peg in the hole in th e toner cartridge . 7. Gently push the toner cartridge down , engaging the lockin g pin into the groove on the image dr um.[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Maintenance • 155 8. Gently push the colore d leve r toward the back of the printer until it stops. This releases the ton er into the image drum. 9. Gently wipe the LED head surface with LED lens cleaner or a sof t tissue. CAUTION Do not use me thyl alcohol or o ther solvent s on the LED head otherwise damage to the lens surface w[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Maintenance • 156 10. Close the top cover . NOT E After installing the new toner ca rtridge, the me ssage on the display TONER LOW or CHANGE TONER should disappear. However, this sometimes do es not disappea r until printing has been carried out. If it st ill does not disappear, reinstal l the toner cartridge.[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Maintenance • 157 Chang ing the Image Drum When the image drum reaches th e end of its pro duct life, *** CHANGE DRUM is displayed in the control panel (*** is the color na me). If printing contin ues without repla cing the image dr um, CHANGE *** IMAGE DRUM is displayed and printing is cancelled. Change the toner cartridge a nd c[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Maintenance • 158 2. Remove the appropriate ima ge drum/toner cart ridge from the printer . 3. Make sure the replacement imag e drum is the correct color and remove it from the packaging. 4. Remove the protective sheet from the new imag e drum.[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Maintenance • 159 5. Install the new image drum in the printer . 6. Push the tab inwards and rem ove the blanking plate from the image drum. 7. Install a new toner cartridge: see “Changing the T oner Cartridge” on page 1 51. 8. Close the top cover .[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Maintenance • 160 Chang ing the T r ansfer Belt When the transfer belt reaches the end of its prod uct life, CHANGE BELT UNIT is displayed in the co nt rol panel . Transfer be lt life depends on the num ber of shee ts per prin t job. When s ingle shee ts are printed, the overall tran sfer belt life is reduce d. 1. Switch off th e [...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Maintenance • 161 3. Press back the lock lever (1) and, using th e handles (2 and 3), remove the old transfer be lt from the printer . 4. Remove the new transfer belt unit from it s packagi ng.[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Maintenance • 162 5. Using the handles (2 and 3), align the pins (4) with the grooves (5) on the printer and insert the new transfer be lt into the printer . 6. Move the lock lever (1) toward the fro nt of the printer and ensure it locks the transfer belt into place.[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Maintenance • 163 7. Reinsta ll the cradle compl ete with the four image drums an d toner cartridges in the printer . 8. Close the top cover .[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Maintenance • 164 Chang ing the Fuser Unit When the fuse r unit reac hes the e nd of its pr oduct life, CHA NGE FUSER UNIT is displayed in the control panel. Fuser unit life is approximately 60 ,000 letter/A4 sheets. 1. Switch off the printer a nd open the top cover . WARNING! The fuser unit is very hot af ter printing. Always use[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Maintenance • 165 2. Move the tw o locking leve rs (1) to th e rear of the machin e to release the fuser unit, then use the ha ndle to remove the fu ser from the printer . 3. Unpack the new fuse r unit and lift off the shipping tape at eithe r end. As you remove the t ape, the le vers at either e nd of the fu ser should move into [...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Maintenance • 166 5. Close the top cover .[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Maintenance • 167 Cleaning the LED Heads Clean the LED heads when printing does not come out clearly, has white line, or when text is blurred. 1. Switch off the printer a nd open the top cover . CAUTION! Do not use methyl alcohol or other solvent s on the LED head: damage to the lens surf ace will occur .[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Maintenance • 168 2. Gently wipe the LED head surface with LED lens cleaner or soft tissue. 3. Close the top cover .[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Maintenance • 169 T ranspor ting the Printer This printer is a precision machine. If it is transported without its protective packaging it may be prone to mechanical damage. To prepare the print er for tran sportation: 1. T urn of f the printer . 2. Disconnect the power cable an d printer interface cable fr om the printer and re m[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Maintenance • 170 4. Seal the apertu re on each image drum and its ton er cartridge with plastic adhesive tape (1) to pr event any toner spillage during transportation. 5. Place the fo ur image dr ums comple te with their toner cartr idges back into the print er . 6. Using the original packaging material, pla ce the printer inside[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Accessories • 171 Accessories Depending on the co nfiguration of your p rinter, you may wish to add one or more of the following options as your needs evolve: • Hard Disk Drive: see page 171 • Duplex Unit: see p age 173 • Paper Trays: see page 174 • Additional Memory: see p age 17 6 Int ernal Hard Disk Drive The optional i[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Accessories • 172 3. Hold the hard disk drive by the locking handle (1). 4. Insert the handle locat ing lugs (2 ) and four locating feet (3) into the holes in the main board making sure the hard disk con nector (4) start s to engage with th e socket on the control board. 5. Gently push down on the locking handle (1) making sure th[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Accessories • 173 Duplex Unit The Duplex Unit (Sharp AR-C20ADU) permits printing on both sides of the paper. Installing the Duplex Unit 1. Switch off th e printer and disconne ct the power cable. 2. Open the front cover (1). 3. Insert the duplex unit (2) into t he printer engaging the side s of the duplex unit in the sl ots in the[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Accessories • 174 Additional P aper T rays Two additional paper trays (Sharp AR-C20 PFU) can be installed, providing a maximum total paper capacity of approximately 1690 sheets, including th e Multi-Purpos e Tray. Installing Additi onal Paper T rays 1. Switch off th e printer and disconne ct the power cable and printer interface c[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Accessories • 175 2. Lower the print er gently on to the add itional p aper tray align ing the holes and connectio n socket on the base of the printer with the locating pegs and connector on the a dditional pape r tray unit. 3. Connect the printer interface cab l e and power cable, then switch on the printer . 4. Print a Men u Map[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Accessories • 176 Additional Memory • Installing additional memory is recommended if carrying out duplex printing or if error messa ges appear when pr inting complex data. • Also used for graphic intensive applica tions on Networks. • Additional memory is available in 6 4Mb, 128Mb, and 2 56Mb modules. For more info rmation s[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Accessories • 177 3. Insert the memory mod ule s the slots as follows: a. Push out th e white tabs at either end of the socket. b. Align the module with the narrow strip (1) on its metallic contact edge to th e right (tow ard the slot identif ier number s ) of the control board. c. Carefully insert the module in th e socket, pla c[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Accessories • 178 4. Replace the main board and se cure it with the two screws. 5. Reconnect the printer interface cable and power cable, then switch on the printer . 6. Print a MenuMap (see p age 32) and check that the T otal Memory Size shown at the top of the Me nuMap matc hes the mem ory now installed in the prin ter . If it d[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Specifications • 179 Specifications Print method. LED exposed light source electronic photographic memory Resolution 600 x 1200 dpi Colors Cyan, magenta, yellow , black (CMYK) CPU Power PC 750 processor , 32 bit RISC CPU, 450 MHz, 64 bit Memory 64 Mb standard • 128 Mb required for the optional Duplex u nit • Up to 1 Gb max wi [...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Specifications • 180 Network 100B ASE-TX/10BASE-T (option) Print speed in p ages per minute (ppm) [Print speed varies with paper size, media weight and paper feed.] • Color: 20 ppm • Black & White: 24 ppm • T ransparencies, Color: 12 ppm • Duplex Printing, Color: 13 ppm Media size T ra ys 1, 2, 3 Letter , Leg al-14, Le[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Specifications • 181 Power consumption Operating: 1350 max.; 500 W average (25°C) S tandby: 1200 max.; 150 W average (25°C) Power Saving: 45 W max. Operating environment Operating : • 50 to 90°F (10 to 32 °C) • 20 to 80% RH maximum wet bulb temperature 77°C (25°C) For maximum print quality • 62.6 to 80.6°F ( 17 to 27 [...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Consumables • 182 Consumables T oner Description .................. ............. .... Order No. Black Toner ...... ................ ........... AR-C20TBU Cyan Toner ...................... ........... AR -C20TCU Magenta Toner . ................... ........ AR-C20TMU Yellow Toner ....................... ........ AR-C20TYU Drums Des[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Consumables • 183 Fus er Un i t Description .................. ............. .... Order No. Fuser Unit, 120V . ................ ......... AR-C20FU1 T ransfer Belt Description .................. ............. .... Order No. Transfer belt ........... ................ ...... AR-C20TB1[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Factory Default Settings • 184 F actory Default Settings Print Menu Item Factory Default Setting COPIES 1 DUPLEX a a. Appears only when the optional Duplex Unit is installed. OFF BINDING LONG EDGE P APER FEED TRA Y1 AUTO TRA Y SWITCH ON TRA Y SEQUENC E DOWN MP TRA Y USAGE FEED WHEN MISMA TCHING MEDIA CHECK ENABLE TRANSP ARENCY DET[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Factory Default Settings • 185 Media Menu Item Factory Default Setting TRA Y1 MEDIA TYPE: PLAIN TRA Y1 MEDIA WEIGHT AUTO T R AY 2 M E D I AT Y P E a a. Appears only if optional Paper Tray is installed. PLAIN TRA Y2 MEDIA WEIGHT a AUTO T R AY 3 M E D I AT Y P E b b. Appears only if two optional Paper Trays ar e isntalled. PLAIN TRA[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Factory Default Settings • 186 Color Menu Item Factory Default Setting AUTO DENSITY MODE AUT O ADJUST DENSITY [EXECUTE] COLOR TUNING [PRINT P A TTERN] CY AN HIGH-LIGHT 0 CY AN MID-TONE 0 CAN DARK 0 MAGENT A HIGH-LIGHT 0 MAGENT A MID-TONE 0 MAGENT A DARK 0 YELLOW HIGH-LIGHT 0 YELLOW MID-TONE 0 YELLOW DARK 0 BLACK HIGH-LIGHT 0 BLACK[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Factory Default Settings • 187 Syst em Config Menu PCL Emulation Menu (W indows Only) Item Factory Default Setting POWER SA VE DELA Y TIME 60 mins. USB PS-PROTOCOL RA W NETWORK PS-PROTOCOL RA W PERSONALITY AUTO EMULA TION CLEARABLE W ARNING ON AUTO CONTINUE OFF MANUAL TIMEOUT 60 sec. W AIT TIMEOUT 40 sec. LOW TONER CONTINUE JAM RE[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Factory Default Settings • 188 P P R Emulation Menu (Windows Only) FX Emulation Menu (W indows Only) Item Factory Default Setting CHARACTER PITCH 10 cpi FONT CONDENSE 10 cpi to 12 cpi CHARACTER SET SET - 2 SYMBOL SET IBM-437 LETTER 0 STYLE DISABLE ZERO CHARACTER NORMAL LINE PITCH 6 lpi WHITE P AGE SKIP OFF CR FUNCTUION CR LF FUNCT[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Factory Default Settings • 189 P arallel Menu (W indows Only) USB Menu Network Menu Item Factory Default Setting P ARALLEL ENABLE BI-DIRECTION ENABLE ECP ENABLE ACK WIDTH NARROW ACK/BUSY TIMING ACK-IN-BUSY I-PRIME DISABLE OFFLINE RECEIVE DISABLE Item Factory Default Setting USB ENABLE SOFT RESET DISABLE OFFLINE RECEIVE DISABLE Ite[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Factory Default Settings • 190 Memory Menu Disk Maint enance Menu Applies only when optional Hard Disk Drive is installed. Syst em Adjust Menu Item Factory Default Setting RECEIVE BUFF SIZE AUT O RESOURCE SA VE OF F FLASH INITIALIZE EXECUTE PS FLASH RESIZE 0.5MB Item Factory Default Setting P ARTITION #1 PCL P ARTITION #2 COMMON P[...]

Sharp AR-C200P: Factory Default Settings • 191 Maint enance Menu Item Factory Default Setting EEPROM RESET EXECUTE POWER SA VE ENABLE P APER BLACK SETTING 0 P APER COLOR SETTING 0 TRANSPR BLACK SETTING 0 TRANSPR C OLOR SETTING 0[...]

Index • 192 Index A Accessories activating in driver 75, 76, 7 7, 78 Additional paper trays . . . . . . .174 B Block device menu . . . . . . . . . . .67 C Collating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129 Color matching methods . .82, 116 Color menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45, 67 Color print matching . . . . .79, 112 Color swatch utility . . . [...]

Index • 193 N Net utility for EtherTalk . . . . . .108 Network menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 N-up printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127 O OP menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 Options Additional paper trays . . . . .174 Duplex unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173 Internal hard disk . . . . . . . . .171 P Paper Feed, se[...]