Sharp AR-NB2 A manual

Netw ork e xpansion kit Online Manual (f or netw ork printer) Star t Star t Click this "Star t" b utton. AR-NB2 A[...]

2 CONTENTS INDEX Intr oduction The optional network expansion kit enables the mach ine to be used as a network printer . This manual e xplains the network pr in ter functions that can be used when t he network expansion kit is installed. T rademark Ac knowledgments ● Microsoft ® , Windows ® , Windo ws ® 98, Windows ® Me, Windows ® 2000, Wind[...]

3 CONTENTS INDEX Ho w to use the online man ual This section e xplains how to view the online man ual. Pl ease read this section befo re using the online manual. F or information on using Acrobat Reader , see Acrobat Reader Help . Ho w to Contr ol the Online Manual In this manual, the f ollowing b utto ns are display ed at the bottom of each page. [...]

4 CONTENTS INDEX Contents (par t 1) Introduction 2 How to use the online manual 3 Basic printing 6 ● If the tra y runs out of paper dur ing pr inting 7 ● Cancel a pr int job 7 ● When "P aper Source" is set to "A uto Select" 7 Opening the printer dr iver from the "star t" button 8 Printer dr iver settings 9 T wo-s[...]

5 CONTENTS INDEX Contents (par t 2) About the W eb pages 23 ● How to access the W e b page and vie w help 23 About the W eb pages (for users) 24 Directly printing a file in a computer 25 ● Adv a nced job settings 25 Configuring the pr inter condition settings 26 ● How to configure the settings 27 ● Printer condition setting menu 28 ● Prin[...]

1 PRINTING FR OM WINDO WS 6 CONTENTS INDEX Basic printing (par t 1) The f ollowing e xample explains ho w to pr int a document from WordP ad. Bef ore pr inting, make sure that the correct size of paper f or y our document has been lo aded in the machine. 1 Star t W or dPa d and open the document that you wish t o pr int. 2 Select "Print" [...]

1 PRINTING FR OM WINDO WS 7 CONTENTS INDEX Basic printing (par t 2) If the tra y runs out of paper during printing Printing will automatically resume when paper is loaded in the tra y . When using the bypass tr ay , sele ct pr inter mode with the mode select k ey on the machine, load paper as instructed b y the message in the displa y , and then pr[...]

1 PRINTING FR OM WINDO WS 8 CONTENTS INDEX Opening the printer driver fr om the "star t" b utton Printer dr iver settings can be configured b y opening the pr inter driver from the Windo ws "star t " bu tton. Se ttings adjusted in t his wa y will be the initial settings when you print from an application. (If y ou cha nge the se[...]

1 PRINTING FR OM WINDO WS 9 CONTENTS INDEX Printer driver settings T o view Help f or a setting, clic k the button in the upper right-hand corn er of the window and then clic k the setting. Some restrictions exist on the combinations of settings that can be se lected in the pr inter driver setup screen. When a restric tion is in eff ect, an inf or [...]

1 PRINTING FR OM WINDO WS 10 CONTENTS INDEX T w o-sided printing (par t 1) The printer dr iver setup screen of models that suppor t two-sided pr inting contains a "Document Style" setting in the "Main" ta b . This f eature allows y ou to print on both sides of the paper . T o use this function, open th e printer dr iver setup sc[...]

1 PRINTING FR OM WINDO WS 11 CONTENTS INDEX T w o-sided printing (par t 2) P amphlet style P amphlet style pr ints two pages eac h on the front and back of each sheet of pa per (f our pages total on one sheet) so that the sheets can be f olded down the center and bound to creat e a pamphlet. This function is con venient when y ou w ish to compile p[...]

1 PRINTING FR OM WINDO WS 12 CONTENTS INDEX Printing m ultiple pa g es on one page This f eature allows y ou to r educe and print two , f our , six, eight or sixteen document pages on a single sheet of paper . T o use this function, open the pr inter dr iver setup screen and select the n umber of pages per sheet (2-Up , 4-Up , 6-U p , 8-Up , or 16-[...]

1 PRINTING FR OM WINDO WS 13 CONTENTS INDEX Fitting the printed ima g e to the paper The printer dr iver can adjust the siz e of the pr inted image to match the size of the pap er loaded in the machine. F ollow the steps shown belo w to use this func tion. The e xplanation below as sumes that you intend to print an A4 or letter size document onto a[...]

1 PRINTING FR OM WINDO WS 14 CONTENTS INDEX Rotating the print ima g e 180 degrees The print image can be rotated 180 degrees. This f eature is used to enable correct printi ng on env elopes and other pa per with flaps that can only be loaded in one orientation. T o use the feature , select the image orientation in "I mage Orientation" on[...]

1 PRINTING FR OM WINDO WS 15 CONTENTS INDEX Printing a watermark Y ou can print a water mar k such as "CONFIDENTIAL" on your doc ument. T o pr int a waterm ark, open the pr inter dr iv er , click the "W ater marks" tab , and f ollow the steps below . ☞ See Basic printing f or details on how to open the printer dr iv er . Ho w [...]

1 PRINTING FR OM WINDO WS 16 CONTENTS INDEX Printing te xt and lines/graphics in b lac k Color te xt, lines and vector g raphics that are f aint when pr inted nor mally can be pr inted in blac k to improv e legibility . Printing te xt in blac k T ext that is an y color other than white is pr inted in bl ack. T o use this function, open the pr inter[...]

2 PRINTER UTILITIES (WINDO WS) 17 CONTENTS INDEX Printer utilities Printer Status Monitor (f or g eneral users) "Printer Status Monitor" is on the "Software CD-R OM" (Disc 1). This allows the user to chec k on the computer screen whether or not the machine is ab le to pr int. It provides inf or mation on erro r states such as pa[...]

2 PRINTER UTILITIES (WINDO WS) 18 CONTENTS INDEX Using the printer utilities (par t 1) Star ting up the printer utilities If the Printer Status Monitor or Pr inter Administration Utility is not running, use the follo wing procedure to star t the utilities. Printer Status Monitor Click the "Star t" button, point to "All Prog rams"[...]

2 PRINTER UTILITIES (WINDO WS) 19 CONTENTS INDEX Using the printer utilities (par t 2) Changing the Printer Status Monitor settings Once installed, the Printer Status Monitor nor mally runs in the background in Windows . If y ou need to cha nge the Printer Status Monitor settings, f ollow the steps belo w . 1 Right-c lick the Printer St atus Monito[...]

2 PRINTER UTILITIES (WINDO WS) 20 CONTENTS INDEX Using the printer utilities (par t 3) Chec king the printer status The Printer Status Monitor allows you to chec k whether or not toner and paper remain in the machine. 1 Right-c lick the Printer St atus Monitor icon ( ) on the task bar , and select "SHARP XX-XXXX Status" fr om the pop-up m[...]

3 PRINTING FR OM MACINT OSH 21 CONTENTS INDEX Basic printing (par t 1) T o use the machi ne as a printer for the Ma cintosh, the PS3 e xpansion ki t (AR-PK1N) must be instal led and the machine must be connected to a network. T o install the PPD file and configure the pr inter dr iver settings, see the software setup guide . Bef ore pr inting, make[...]

3 PRINTING FR OM MACINT OSH 22 CONTENTS INDEX Basic printing (par t 2) If the tra y runs out of paper during printing Printing will automatically resume when paper is loaded in the tra y . When using the bypass tr ay , sele ct pr inter mode with the mode select k ey on the machine, load paper as instructed b y the message in the displa y , and then[...]

4 WEB FUNCTIONS IN THE MA CHINE 23 CONTENTS INDEX About the W eb pages The network e xpansion kit includ es a built-in W eb ser v er . The Web server is ac cessed using a W eb browser on y our computer . The We b pages include both pages f or user s and pages f or the administrator . In the user W eb pages, users can m onitor the machine , directly[...]

4 WEB FUNCTIONS IN THE MA CHINE 24 CONTENTS INDEX About the W eb pages (f or user s) When y ou access the user Web pages in the machine, the f ollowing page will appear in your bro wser . A menu fr ame appears on the l eft si de of the page. When y ou click an item in th e menu, a screen appears in the right frame that allows y ou to configure sett[...]

4 WEB FUNCTIONS IN THE MA CHINE 25 CONTENTS INDEX Directl y printing a file in a computer A file that can be accessed b y your comput er can be directly printed wit hout using the pr inter dr iver b y specifying the file's address. Any file that can be accessed b y your computer can be printed by this method, including not only files on y our [...]

4 WEB FUNCTIONS IN THE MA CHINE 26 CONTENTS INDEX Configuring the printer condition settings (par t 1) The printer condition settings allow basic pr inter settings to be conf igured. The f ollowi ng items can be set: ● Default Settings : Basic settings that are mainly used when the printer dr iver is not used. ● PCL Settings : PCL symbol set, f[...]

4 WEB FUNCTIONS IN THE MA CHINE 27 CONTENTS INDEX Configuring the printer condition settings (par t 2) Ho w to configure the settings T o display the Condition Setti ngs screen, clic k [Condition Se ttings] in the menu frame. F or detailed explanations of the pr ocedures for estab lishing settings , clic k [Help] in the menu frame . (1) Condition S[...]

4 WEB FUNCTIONS IN THE MA CHINE 28 CONTENTS INDEX Configuring the printer condition settings (par t 3) Printer condition setting menu Click on a setting to vie w an ex planation of the setti ng. Condition Settings Default Settings F actor y def ault settings Copies 1 Orientation Po r t r a i t Def ault P aper Size A4 Def ault P aper Source Au t o 2[...]

4 WEB FUNCTIONS IN THE MA CHINE 29 CONTENTS INDEX Configuring the printer condition settings (par t 4) Printer condition settings F actor y def ault settings are indicated i n bold. Default Settings Item Selections Description Copies 1 - 999 This is used to select the number of copies. Orientation Portrait , Landscape This sets the orientation of t[...]

4 WEB FUNCTIONS IN THE MA CHINE 30 CONTENTS INDEX Configuring the printer condition settings (par t 5) PCL Settings Item Selections Description Symbol Set Select one of 35 sets. This specifies which country 's characters (PCL symbol set) are assigned to certain of the symbols in the character co de list. The factory default setting is [PC-8]. [...]

4 WEB FUNCTIONS IN THE MA CHINE 31 CONTENTS INDEX Configuring the printer condition settings (par t 6) P ostScript Settings The "P ostScr ipt Settings" are only effectiv e when the PS3 expans ion kit is installed. Item Selections Description Print PS Errors Enable, Disable When this setting is enab led, an error description is printed eac[...]

4 WEB FUNCTIONS IN THE MA CHINE 32 CONTENTS INDEX About the W eb pages (f or the administrator) In addition to the menus that appear f or users, other menu s that can only be us ed by the administrator appear in the administr a tor W eb pages. A menu fr ame appears on the l eft si de of the page. When y ou click an item in th e menu, a screen appea[...]

4 WEB FUNCTIONS IN THE MA CHINE 33 CONTENTS INDEX Pr otecting inf ormation pr ogrammed in the web pa g e ([P ass w o r ds]) P ass words can be set (click [P assw ords] in th e menu frame) to restrict Web page access and protect settings . The administrator must change the pass word from the f actor y default setting. The administr ator must al so t[...]

4 WEB FUNCTIONS IN THE MA CHINE 34 CONTENTS INDEX E-mail print function (par t 1) An e-mail account can be set up f or the machine. When this is done, the machine will periodically chec k the e-mail ser ver f or e -mail and automatically print out any file attachments it receiv es . This pro vides a means for printing a file from a computer that do[...]

4 WEB FUNCTIONS IN THE MA CHINE 35 CONTENTS INDEX E-mail print function (par t 2) Using the E-mail print function T o use the e-mail pr int function, attach the file that you wish to print to an e-mail message and send the e-mail to the machin e's e-mail address. The machine can print th e f ollowing file types: PCLXL, PCL5e, PS , PDF , and TI[...]

4 WEB FUNCTIONS IN THE MA CHINE 36 CONTENTS INDEX K e y operator pr ograms (par t 1) The k ey operator prog rams are used to pr ohibit changes to the [Cond ition Settings] and to co nfigure interf ace settings. • Default Settings : Select the setting for which y ou wish to prohibit changes. • Interface settings : Enable monitoring of data sent [...]

4 WEB FUNCTIONS IN THE MA CHINE 37 CONTENTS INDEX K e y operator pr ograms (par t 2) K ey operator pr ograms When "YES, NO" appears in the "Settings" column, " YES" is selected when a c hec km ark appears in the chec kbo x of the item, and "NO" is selected when ch eckmark does not appear . Default settings In[...]

4 WEB FUNCTIONS IN THE MA CHINE 38 CONTENTS INDEX E-mail status and e-mail aler t settings (par t 1) These functions send inf or mation on machin e use (pr int count, cop y count, etc.) and e rror conditions (paper misf eed, out of pap er , out of toner , etc.) via e-mail to the admin istrator of the machine or the dealer . Inf ormation setup Machi[...]

4 WEB FUNCTIONS IN THE MA CHINE 39 CONTENTS INDEX E-mail status and e-mail aler t settings (par t 2) Status message setup Use the status message function to send the current counter information, including th e copy count, print count, and total outpu t count, basis on the specif ied schedule. The destinations can be set f o r administrators and dea[...]

4 WEB FUNCTIONS IN THE MA CHINE 40 CONTENTS INDEX E-mail status and e-mail aler t settings (par t 3) Aler ts message setup Use the aler t message function to send aler t information, such as empty toner and paper and trou b le including paper misfeeds , t o specified destinations when such prob lems occur . The destinations can be set f or administ[...]

5 TROUBLESHOO TING 41 CONTENTS INDEX T r oub leshooting This chapter e xplains how to solv e network connection proble ms. F or inf or mation on paper , remo ving misf eeds, and replacing the toner car tridge, see the operation man ual f o r the machine. Chec k the connections ■ Is the LAN cable disconnected? Make sure that the LAN cab le is fir [...]

5 TROUBLESHOO TING 42 CONTENTS INDEX Remo ving the software In the e vent that y ou need to remov e the pr inter dr iver or utilities , fo llow these steps: Windows 1 Clic k th e "star t" b u tton, and then clic k "Contr ol Pa n e l " . On Windows 98/Me/2000, clic k the "Star t" button, select "Settings", and[...]

6 SPECIFICA TIONS 43 CONTENTS INDEX Printer specifications * 1 300 dpi can only be selected when usin g the PCL6 or PCL5e printer dr iver . * 2 F or info r mation on machine memor y , see the manual f or the machine. * 3 A v ailable only if the PS3 e xpansion kit (AR- PK1N) is installed. Printing speed Max. 20 ppm (when printing on A4 (letter) size[...]

6 SPECIFICA TIONS 44 CONTENTS INDEX Printer driver specifications (par t 1) (continued) *1 P amphlet style printing is av ailabl e in Windo ws 2000/XP/Ser ver 2003/Vista. *2 Cannot be used in Mac OS X v10.1.5. Function PCL6 PCL5e PS Windows PPD Macintosh PPD Frequently used functions Number of copies 1 to 999 1 to 999 1 to 999 1 to 999 1 to 999 Pri[...]

6 SPECIFICA TIONS 45 CONTENTS INDEX Printer driver specifications (par t 2) (continued) *3 Cannot be used in Mac OS X. *4 Can only be used in Mac OS X v10.4. *5 T ype 1 and T r ueT ype can be selected in some versions of LaserWriter . Function PCL6 PCL5e PS Windows PPD Macintosh PPD Graphics Resolution 600/300dpi 600/300dpi 600dpi 600dpi 600dpi Hal[...]

6 SPECIFICA TIONS 46 CONTENTS INDEX Printer driver specifications (par t 3) *3 Cannot 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 Compress[...]

7 INDEX 47 CONTENTS Inde x Numeric s "2-Up P amphlet" ................................. 11 A About the W eb pages F or users ........... .............................. 24 F or the administrator ....................... 32 Accessing W eb pages........................ 23 Aler ts message setup ........................ 40 B Basic printing Maci[...]

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