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MODEL
AL-840
PRINTER OPERATION MANUAL
Page
• GETTING STARTED 2
• PRINTING 11
• PRINTER TROUBLE? 18
• APPENDIX 24
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CONTENTS 1 GETTING STARTED INTRODUCTION 2 – Making floppy disks from CD-ROM 3 MAIN FEATURES 3 INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER SOFTWARE 4 – Description of the printer driver 4 – Checking the hardware and software requirements 4 – Installing the printer driver 4 – “AL-800 Series” printer driver group 10 2 PRINTING PRINTING A PAGE 11 – Executing printing 11 – Indicators on the operation panel 12 SETTING PRINT CONDITIONS FROM PRINTER DRIVER 12 PRINTING F
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Getting Started GETTING STARTED 1 This chapter provides basic information for using the SHARP AL-840 printer and its features. 1 INTRODUCTION The AL-840 can be used as a copier and a laser printer. This manual describes only the printer features of the AL-840. To use the AL-840 as a copier and to learn additional information which relates to both the copier and printer features, see the copier manual. To get full use of all printer features, familiarize yourself with this manual. For quick refe
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Getting Started INTRODUCTION Making floppy disks from CD-ROM The printer driver data in the CD-ROM can be copied to floppy disks. Windows 95/Windows 98/Windows NT 4.0: Insert the installation CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. 1 Double-click My Computer, Al_800 (CD-ROM), and Makedisk. 1 2 Double-click Makedisk.exe. 3 Follow the on-screen instructions. 4 Windows 3.1x: Insert the installation CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. 1 Double-click the File Manager in the Main window of Program Manager and select
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Getting Started INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER SOFTWARE Description of the printer driver The printer driver is the software program which runs the printer. It converts the data in your file into information that the printer can understand. It also controls communication between the printer and computer as the data is printed. 1 Checking the hardware and software requirements You will need the following hardware and software in order to install the printer driver. Computer type IBM PC/AT or compa
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Getting Started INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER SOFTWARE Windows 95/Windows NT 4.0: Load paper into the paper tray of the printer. For loading of paper, see the section on 1 LOADING COPY PAPER in the copier operation manual. Turn on the printer. 2 1 Turn on your computer and start Windows. 3 Before installing the printer driver, be sure to close all other applications which may be open. When using Windows 95 on a personal computer with plug & play*, the “Update 4 Device Driver Wizard” window will
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Getting Started INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER SOFTWARE Insert the installation CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. 5 Click the Start button and select Run. When the screen shown below appears, type R:\SETUP (if the CD-ROM is designated as drive R) and click the OK button. Proceed to step 7. 1 “Install From Disk” window will appear. Insert the installation CD-ROM into the CD- 6 ROM drive. Type R:\ (if the CD-ROM is designated as drive R) and click the OK button. Proceed to step 7. The installation prog
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Getting Started INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER SOFTWARE Windows 98: Load paper into the paper tray of the printer. For loading of paper, see the section on 1 LOADING COPY PAPER found in the copier operation manual. Turn on the printer. 2 1 Turn on your computer and start Windows. 3 Before installing the printer driver, be sure to close all other applications which may be open. When using Windows 98 on a personal computer with plug & play*, the “Add New 4 Hardware Wizard” window will appear. Cli
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Getting Started INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER SOFTWARE Windows driver file search will find the device “SHARP AL-800 Series”. Click the 7 Next button. Proceed to step 9. Insert the installation CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. Click the Start button and 8 select Run. When the window shown below appears, type R:\SETUP (if the CD- ROM is designated as drive R) and click the OK button. Proceed to step 9. 1 The installation program will start. To select a different folder, select Browse and type 9 in t
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Getting Started INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER SOFTWARE Windows 3.1x: Load paper into the paper tray of the printer. For loading of paper, see the section on 1 LOADING COPY PAPER in the copier operation manual. Turn on the printer and then start Windows on your computer. 2 1 Before installing the printer driver, be sure to close all other applications which may be open. Insert the installation CD-ROM into a CD-ROM drive. 3 Choose File from the Menu bar in Program Manager, and then choose the Ru
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Getting Started INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER SOFTWARE “AL-800 Series” printer driver group When the printer driver is installed, the SHARP AL-800 Series printer driver group will be created. This group allows the following functions to be executed. DOS Emulation HELP 1 DOS Emulation Setup See page 16. Readme The latest information on the printer driver is included in this note. Read the Readme first. Status Monitor HELP Status Monitor The printer state and information on current printing are di
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Printing PRINTING 2 PRINTING A PAGE The printing method is described below. Read the description with the operation manual for the application to be used. l Before you can use your printer, you must install the printer driver which has 2 been supplied with the printer. Once this software has been installed, you can control the printing of your documents from the printer driver which appears on your computer screen. See INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER SOFTWARE on page 4. l When using multiple print
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Printing PRINTING A PAGE l If the paper size specified from the software application is larger than the paper size in the printer, the image may be printed onto two sheets of paper. l If the paper size specified from the software application is larger than the paper size in the printer, part of the image that is not transferred to the paper may remain on the surface of the drum. In this case, the other side the paper may become dirty. If this occurs, change to the correct size paper and print tw
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Printing SETTING PRINT CONDITIONS FROM PRINTER DRIVER If you use Windows 95/Windows 98, right-click the SHARP AL-800 Series icon in the 2 Printer folder and select Properties in the menu. If you use Windows NT 4.0, right-click the SHARP AL-800 Series icon in the Printer folder and select Document defaults in the menu. For this description, it is assumed that the mouse is configured for right hand operation. The properties of the SHARP AL-800 Series printer driver will be displayed. If you use 3
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Printing SETTING PRINT CONDITIONS FROM PRINTER DRIVER Windows 3.1x: Double-click the Print Manager icon in the Main window of Program Manager. 1 Select Options in the Print Manager and then select Printer Setup. 2 Select SHARP AL-800 Series in the Installed Printers: and click the Setup button. 3 2 The properties of the SHARP AL-800 Series will be displayed. 4 The following items can be set with the printer driver. Paper/Output Copies Specifies the number of sets to be printed. Any number from 1
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Printing SETTING PRINT CONDITIONS FROM PRINTER DRIVER Tricks The Tricks tab is used to accommodate programs that interface with printer drivers in non- standard ways. Most users need never access these options. Color Document Check this option if the application does not recognize the inherent color-handling capabilities of your printer. One application that requires this setting to be on is Microsoft PowerPoint. (default setting: mark) Graphics In general, if performance when rendering complex
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Printing SETTING PRINT CONDITIONS FROM PRINTER DRIVER DOS Emulation A PCL4 DOS Emulation setup program can be started by clicking the Setup button. This is an independent program that configures the PCL4 DOS emulation. DOS Emulation Setup DOS Copies Specifies the number of sets to be printed. Any number from 1 to 50 can be selected. (default setting: 1) DOS Orientation Sets the page orientation. Portrait or Landscape can be selected. (default setting: Portrait) 2 DOS Paper Source Specifies a pap
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Printing PRINTING FROM AN MS-DOS APPLICATION Click the Start button. 1 Select Settings and then click Printers. 2 Right-click the AL-800 Series icon in the printer dialog box and click Properties. 3 For this description, it is assumed that the mouse is configured for right hand operation. 2 Click the Details tab in the Properties dialog box. 4 Click the Port Settings button. 5 Check that “Spool MS-DOS print jobs” is checked in the port setting dialog box. 6 Settings on the front panel Paper size
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Printer trouble? PRINTER TROUBLE? 3 TROUBLESHOOTING Some problems in the AL-840 are common to both the copier and printer features, so also check TROUBLESHOOTING of the copier operation manual. Printing problems “Copier” in the column “See page:” indicates the description is in the copier operation manual. 3 See Problem Possible cause Solution page: Printer Hard disk free space is not Delete unnecessary files and 4 driver sufficient for installation of application software to increase hard c
