Sharp AJ-2200 manual

3 5 18 23 42 48 Page ● GETTING STARTED ● SETTING UP THE PRINTER ● LOADING PAPER ● SETTING UP FOR Windows ● SETTING UP FOR Macintosh ● APPENDIX MODEL COLOUR INKJET PRINTER SETUP GUIDE AND OPERATION MANUAL AJ-2200[...]

This equipment complies with the requirements of Directives 89/336/EEC and 73/23/EEC as amended by 93/68/EEC. Dieses Gerät entspricht den Anforderungen der EG-Richtlinien 89/336/EWG und 73/23/EWG mit Änderung 93/68/EWG. Ce matériel répond aux exigences contenues dans les directives 89/336/CEE et 73/23/CEE modifiées par la directive 93/68/CEE. [...]

Cautio ns Follow the cautions below whe n using this unit. z The unit is affected by the environm ent in whic h it is inst alled. Do not in stall you r unit in the fo llowing a rea. − Dusty areas If dust enters the i nternal par ts of the u nit, damag e or poor-qua lity outp ut can resu lt. − Areas i n direct sunlight Direct su nlight can disto[...]

2 CONTENTS GETTING STARTED MAIN FEATUR ES ................. ................... .................... ................... ................... ........... 3 USER'S MA NUAL ................. ................... .................... ................... ................... ........... 3 SETTING UP THE PRINTER SETUP PR OCEDURE ................ .....[...]

3 GETTING STARTED GETTING STARTED MAIN FEATURES z High speed printing of 17ppm (A4/8.5"x11", monochrome) or 10ppm (A4/8.5"x11", col our). z 2400 x 1 200dpi pr inting wi th smooth ing produce s outstan ding qual ity images . z Carbon b lack ink enables p rint qua lity simil ar to a las er printer . z Each i nk tank i s independe [...]

4 USER'S MANUAL Onlin e Manual After prepar ing the printer as shown in this manual , check the Online Man ual for informat ion on prefe rence req uirement s for prin ting and tr oublesh ooting. How to Use the Online Manual Explains how to use the Online Manual. Windows 95/9 8/Me/NT 4.0 Printer Properties Explains how to con figure items in th[...]

5 SETTING UP THE PRINTER SETTING UP THE PRINTER Here we expl ain how to con nect the pr inter to a com puter, and a po wer sourc e, after remov ing the prin ter from its packag ing. Read t his chapter carefull y before us e. SETUP PROCEDURE When us ing the printe r for the fir st time, setup the printer fo llowing the proc edure shown bel ow. Onlin[...]

6 CONFIRMING THE CONTENTS The fol lowing it ems are pack ed with the printer in the box. After o pening the box, plea se check if the foll owing are included wi th the pri nter. If any of the follow ing items are missing , please co ntact you r point of purc hase. z Interfa ce cable s for conn ecting the printer to your c omputer a re not in cluded[...]

7 SETTING UP THE PRINTER PART NAMES AND FUNCTIONS The fol lowing illustr ation lists the part names a nd functio n. Before op erating, it is advisable to famil iarise your self with the printer. The il lustration below sh ows the pr inter with a ll the parts install ed. Print head latch Secures the print head into position for operation. Black ink [...]

8 PART NAMES AND FUNCTIONS Bypass tray Use this tray to print on a single page. When printing large banners, make sure to use this tray. Insert paper into the tray print side up. When printing onto thick paper, open the tray until it reaches position 2. (The tray has two stop positions.) Power socket Plug the power cord * into the socket. Parallel [...]

9 SETTING UP THE PRINTER UNPACKING 1 Remove the tape - shown in the illustrations. 2 Open th e front cover, and remo ve the protec tive mater ial shown in the illustration.[...]

10 ATTACHING THE TRAYS Attach t he paper tra y and output tr ay to the fr ont of the p rinter. Follow the steps s hown below . 1 Attach the paper tr ay by firmly pushing down both edges. 2 Attach t he output t ray as show n in the illust ration. Make sure that the paper tray has been securely attached to the printer. Push here to fix the paper tray[...]

11 SETTING UP THE PRINTER CONNECTING THE INTERFACE CABLE This printer in cludes both USB a nd parallel interfac e connector s. Interface cables for connecting the printer to your computer are not incl uded with this pr inter. You need to purchase the cabl e suitable for the connector on your computer, refer ring to "Interface Cabl e" (pag[...]

12 CONNECTING TH E POWER CORD 1 Insert the power cord into the socket on the rear of the printer. 2 Connect the other en d of the power cord to an outlet. Power fo r the printe r is turne d on automa tically. After the pri nter turned on, go to "INSTALLING T HE PRINTER HEAD S AND INK TANKS" o n page 14. HOW TO SHUT OFF POWER 1 Turn off th[...]

13 SETTING UP THE PRINTER INDICATOR LIGHTS When on ly the green power la mp is lit, th e printer i s working pr operly. When a pr inter error occurs, a li ght will indi cate what prob lem has oc curred, as ex plained bel ow. When turning on th e unit for the fi rst time after pur chasing, the in k lamp blink s rapidly because print he ads and ink t[...]

14 INSTALLING THE PRINT HEADS AND I NK TANKS Follow the steps be low for ins tallation. Installing the Pr int Heads 1 Make sure that the power lamp is lit, and the ink lamp is blinking rapidly. If the power lamp is n ot lit, pres s the power b utton. 2 Open th e front cover. 3 Raise the print head latch. Raise the latch un til it comes to a com ple[...]

15 SETTING UP THE PRINTER INSTALLING THE PRINT HEADS AND INK T ANKS 4 Remove the print heads from thei r protective cases. 5 Insert th e print he ads. Insert th e black prin t head into the left carria ge opening , and the colo ur print head into t he right carr iage opening . 6 Lower the print head latch. Lower the latch un til it clic ks into the[...]

16 INSTALLING THE PRINT HEADS AND INK TANKS Inserting the ink tanks 1 Unpack the ink tanks from their protective wrapping and slowly remove the tape . 2 Turn the ink tanks upside down. 3 Insert each of the ink tanks to th e print head of the corresponding number. z Hold the ink tank up right when rem oving the tap e. Do not touch the unc overed ope[...]

17 SETTING UP THE PRINTER INSTALLING THE PRINT HEADS AND INK T ANKS 4 Close the front cover. The power lamp will blink and warming-up will st art. After cl osing the cov er the carria ge will retu rn to its home pos ition, and the ink will be fed to th e print h ead (this c ould take a w hile). 5 Confirm the ink la mp is not blinking. If the ink la[...]

18 LOADING PAPER Follow the steps be low to load pa per into the paper tray or bypass tr ay. You ca n load pl ain paper a nd other special p aper. For detailed informa tion of pap er type, see page 49. LOADING PAPER INTO THE PAPER TRAY 1 Remove the output tray , and open the front lid of paper tray . 2 Adjust the guides and sho wn in the illustrati[...]

19 LOADING PAPER LOADING PAPER INTO THE PAPER TRAY 4 Move the guides ( , ) to touch the edges of the paper. When loading envelopes 1) Set the paper kn ob to the "Thick Pape r ( )" setting. 2) Load the envelope f ace down with the flap to the right, and then adjus t the paper guides to the width of the envel ope. Notes for loading envelope[...]

20 LOADING PAPER INTO THE PAPER TRAY When loading index cards, postcards or birthday cards 1) Set the paper knob to the " Thick Paper ( )" settin g, and then load the card print side down. 2) Set guide up, and then fit guide and against the loaded cards. 5 Close the fron t lid of paper tray by firmly push ing on its right edge. 6 Attach t[...]

21 LOADING PAPER LOADING PAPER INTO THE PAPER TRAY 7 Pull out the output tray extension to th e proper position, and then raise the paper stop guide. z Be sure that paper is free of r ips, dust, wrinkles, and curled or bent edges . z Make s ure all the paper in the stac k is the sa me size and type. z Fan th e paper and tap it against a flat su rfa[...]

22 LOADING THE BYPASS TRAY WITH PAPER If you wis h to print on ba nner paper or another pape r type not loa ded into the m ain paper tray, use the b ypass feed. Only one sheet of paper (or up to 5 s heets of ban ner pape r) can be plac ed in the b ypass tra y at a time. 1 Open the bypass tray located on the rear of the printer. 2 Load the paper pri[...]

23 SETTING UP FOR Windows SETTING UP FOR Windows To us e this pri nter with yo ur compu ter, the p rinter driv er should be insta lled o nto your compu ter' s hard d rive. I n this c hapter, you will lear n how to in stall t hem and how to us e the Onlin e Manual. The follo wing term is used in this chapte r. CD-ROM Means t he suppli ed CD-ROM[...]

24 INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER Installing onto Windows Me (USB i nterface) 1 Make sure that the printer is connected to your computer by USB cable. 2 Turn on the printer, and then turn on your computer. "Add New Hardware Wi zard" window will ap pear. 3 Insert the supplied CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. 4 Check the radio button fo r &quo[...]

25 SETTING UP FOR Windows INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER 6 Click th e "Cancel " button. 7 Double-click "My Computer" ( ), and then double-click the CD- ROM ( ) icon. 8 Double-click the "Setup" ( ) icon. 9 Check if the appropriate language has been selected, and then click the "OK" button. Normall y, the corr e[...]

26 INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER 11 Be sure to read the descriptions in the "ReadMe" window, and then clic k the "Nex t" button. 12 Select the USB port (typical ly "USB001") , and click the "Ne xt" button. If the p rogram di splays "D o you want your Wind ows based programs to use this printer as the def[...]

27 SETTING UP FOR Windows INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER Installing onto Windows 98 (USB interface) 1 Make sure that the printer is connected to your computer by USB cable. 2 Turn on the printer, and then turn on your computer. "Add New Hardware Wi zard" window will ap pear. 3 Click the "Next" b utton. 4 Check the radio button f [...]

28 INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER 6 Select the "CD-ROM drive", and then click the "Next" button. 7 If a message appears, that lets you know that Windows is ready to install the drive r, click the "Next" button. The driv er file wil l be instal led onto y our compute r. 8 Click the "Finish" button. "Add Ne[...]

29 SETTING UP FOR Windows INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER 10 Double-click "My Computer" ( ), and then double-click the CD- ROM ( ) icon. 11 Double-click the "Setup" ( ) icon. 12 Check if the appropriate language has been selected, and then click the "OK" button. Normall y, the corr ect languag e is selec ted automa tical[...]

30 INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER 15 Select the USB port (typical ly "USB001") , and click the "Ne xt" button. If the p rogram di splays "D o you want your Wind ows based programs to use this printer as the defau lt printer? ", check "Ye s". 16 If a message appears, that confirms you really want to continue yo[...]

31 SETTING UP FOR Windows INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER Installing onto Windows 2000 1 Make sure that the prin ter is conn ected to your co mputer. 2 Turn on the printer, and then turn on your computer. On this step, "Fou nd New Hardwar e Wizard " window will appear. 3 Click th e "Cancel " button. 4 Insert the supplied CD-ROM in[...]

32 INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER 8 After confirming the message in the "Welcome" window, click the "Next" butto n. 9 Be sure to read the descriptions in the "ReadMe" window, and then clic k the "Nex t" button. 10 When the "Copying files" window appear s, click the "Next" button. The se tup[...]

33 SETTING UP FOR Windows INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER 11 When the "Preparations for installing the printer driver" window appears, c lick the "N ext" butto n. 12 If a m essage appears t hat informs y ou of the comple tion of the installati on, click the "OK" button. You ha ve complet ed the ins tallation of the print[...]

34 INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER Installing onto Windows Me/98/ 95/NT4.0 (Parallel interface) 1 Make sure that the prin ter is conn ected to your co mputer. 2 Turn on the printer, and then turn on your computer. 3 If "Add New Hardware Wizard", "Upda te Device Driver Wizard", "New Hardware Found" or "Found New Hard[...]

35 SETTING UP FOR Windows INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER 8 After confirming the message in the "Welcome" window, click the "Next" butto n. 9 Be sure to read the descriptions in the "ReadMe" window, and then clic k the "Nex t" button. 10 Select the LPT port (typically "LPT1:") , and cl ick the " [...]

36 INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER 11 If a message appears, that confirms you really want to continue your instal lation, click th e "Yes" but ton. The se tup program will start to copy the fi les. 12 If a m essage appears t hat informs y ou of the comple tion of the installati on, click the "OK" button. You ha ve complet ed the i[...]

37 SETTING UP FOR Windows ALIGNING THE PRIN T HEAD Before printing fo r the fir st time or after replac ing the pr int head, make sure to align the print head posit ion. Follow the steps be low to align the print head. 1 Make sure that A4 sized paper is set in the tray. 2 Click the "Start" button, select "Settings" and then clic[...]

38 ALIGNING THE PRINT HEAD 7 Click the "OK" button. The "A lign print head" dia log box w ill appea r, and a te st char t will be pr inted. 8 Check t he test c hart results, and change the preferences t o the best setting for each pattern. 1) Selec t a patter n sample for "P attern A ". Look at th e chart A on your tes[...]

39 SETTING UP FOR Windows ALIGNING THE PRINT H EAD 3) Selec t a patter n sample for "P attern C ". Look at the ch art C on your tes t chart. Select the number under the pattern sample, which has th e straig htest line. 4) Selec t a patter n sample for "P attern D ". Look at the ch art D on your tes t chart. Select the number und[...]

40 HOW TO USE THE ONLINE MANUAL The On line Manua l provides detailed in structions for operatin g the printer an d a list of methods for dealing with pri nting proble ms. To acces s the Onlin e Manual, your computer mu st have Acr obat Reader 4.0 or a later version . If it is not i nstalle d, refer to "Ins talling Ac robat Reader " (next[...]

41 SETTING UP FOR Windows HOW TO USE THE ONLINE MANUAL Installing Acrobat Reader To ins tall Acr obat Reader, a bout 10M B of hard disk space is requir ed. 1 Turn on your computer. 2 Insert the CD-ROM into th e CD-ROM drive. 3 Double-click "My Computer" ( ), and then double-click the CD- ROM ( ) icon. 4 Double-click the "ACROBAT"[...]

42 SETTING UP FOR Macintosh To us e this pri nter with yo ur compu ter, the p rinter driv er should be insta lled o nto your compu ter' s hard d rive. I n this c hapter, you will lear n how to in stall t hem and how to us e the Onlin e Manual. The follo wing term is used in this chapte r. CD-ROM Means t he suppli ed CD-ROM wi th the AJ-2 200 s[...]

43 SETTING UP FOR Macintosh INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER 6 Check if the appropriate language has been selected, and then click t he "Next" button. Normall y, the corr ect languag e is selec ted automa tically. 7 Read the mess age on the dialog, and then click t he "Install" button. 8 Make sure that "Install " is selec[...]

44 INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER Selecting the printer 1 Select "Chooser" from the Apple Menu ( ) located at t he top- left of the desktop. The following window will appear. 2 Click "AJ-2200" i con and make sure that "AJ-2200" appears in the right-hand side box. The pr inter is r eady for pr inting. For the informatio [...]

45 SETTING UP FOR Macintosh ALIGNING THE PRIN T HEAD Before printing fo r the fir st time or after replac ing the pr int head, make sure to align the print head posit ion. Follow the steps be low to align the print head. 1 Make sure that A4 sized paper is set in the tray. 2 Select "Print" from the "File" menu of your application[...]

46 ALIGNING THE PRINT HEAD 6 Check t he test c hart results, and change the preferences t o the best setting for each pattern. For the fol lowing pr ocedure, ref er to the s tep 8-1 on p age 38. HOW TO USE THE ONLINE MANUAL The On line Manua l provides detailed in structions for operatin g the printer an d a list of methods for dealing with pri nti[...]

47 SETTING UP FOR Macintosh HOW TO USE THE ONLINE MANUAL 5 Click the to read the Online Manual. To close th e Online Manu al, click the button loc ated at the to p-left of the window. Installing Acrobat Reader To ins tall Acr obat Reader, a bout 10M B of hard disk space is requir ed. 1 Turn on your computer. 2 Insert the supplied CD-ROM into your C[...]

48 APPENDI X This ch apter sh ows spec ifications of the printe r, suppl ies, and how to store the suppl ies. SPECIFICATIONS OF THE PRINTER *1 When printi ng SHAR P orig inal d ata wit h draf t mode. *2 For t he Bypas s Tray, the ma ximum paper size is 5-sheeted A4/8 .5"x11" ba nner. *3 Holds up t o total thic kness of 1 5mm paper st ack.[...]

49 APP ENDI X SUPPLIES * When usin g 20.3cm x 25.4cm (8 "x 10") si ze paper at 5% image area in norma l usage. PAPER TYPE * Be sure to use SHARP re commended OHP films . INTERFACE CABLE Pleas e purchase the appro priate cabl e for yo ur compu ter. Parallel i nterface cable IEEE128 4 Shield ed type bi -directiona l parall el interf ace cab[...]

50 INDEX A Acrobat R eader ........... ................... .. 41, 4 7 Aligning the pr int head ...... ............... 37, 45 Appendi x ............... ................... .............. 4 8 Attaching the tra ys ............ .................... . 10 B Banner paper . ................... ............... 2 2, 49 Black i nk tank ........ ..............[...]

51 SOFTW ARE LICENSE PLEASE READ THIS LICENSE CAREFULL Y BEFORE USING THE SOFTW ARE. BY USING THE SOFTW ARE, Y OU ARE A GREEING T O BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. 1. License. The application, demonstration, system and other software accompanying this License, whether on disk, in read only memory , or on any other media (the "Software&q[...]

52 6. Limited W arranty on Media. SHARP warrants the disks on which the Software is recorded to be free from defects in materials and workmanship under normal use for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of purchase as e videnced by a copy of the receipt. The entire liability of SHARP and/or its Licensors and your exclusi ve remedy will be re[...]

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