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AL-841
MODEL
AL-841
DIGITAL LASER COPIER/
PRINTER/SCANNER
PRINTER/SCANNER
OPERATION MANUAL
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GETTING STARTED 2
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PRINTING 12
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SCANNING 18
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TROUBLE? 20
SHARP CORPORATION
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APPENDIX 24
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CONTENTS 1 GETTING STARTED INTRODUCTION 2 – Making floppy disks from CD-ROM 3 MAIN FEATURES 3 CONNECTING THE INTERFACE CABLE 4 INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER SOFTWARE 5 – Description of the printer driver 5 – Checking the hardware and software requirements 5 – Installing the printer driver 5 – “SHARP AL-841” driver group 11 2 PRINTING PRINTING A PAGE 12 – Executing printing 12 – Indicators on the operation panel 13 SETTING PRINT CONDITIONS FROM PRIN
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Getting Started GETTING STARTED 1 This chapter provides basic information for using the SHARP AL-841 and its features. 1 INTRODUCTION This manual describes only the printer and scanner features of the AL-841. To get full use of all printer and scanner features, familiarize yourself with this manual. For quick reference during machine use, keep this manual in a handy location. For a description of other features, refer to their separate manuals. Conventions used in this manual In this manual, the
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Getting Started INTRODUCTION Making floppy disks from CD-ROM The 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_841 (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 2 CD-ROM
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Getting Started CONNECTING THE INTERFACE CABLE To use the AL-841 as a laser printer or scanner, connect it to your computer using a parallel interface cable. Use the parallel interface cable included with the AL-841. For specifications of the parallel interface, see page 26. 1 Check that the power switches of both the machine and the computer are in the OFF 1 position. Plug the parallel interface cable into the printer interface connector. Fasten the two bail 2 clips at the side of the printer c
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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 machine. For instructions on loading paper, see 1 the section LOADING COPY PAPER in the copier operation manual. Turn on the machine. 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 Device 4 Driver Wizard” wi
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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. Follow the on-screen instructions. 1 The “Install From Disk” window will appear. Insert the installation CD-ROM into the 6 CD-ROM drive. Type R:\ (if the CD-ROM is designated as drive R) and click the OK button. Follow the on-screen
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Getting Started INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER SOFTWARE Windows 98: Load paper into the paper tray of the machine. For instructions on loading paper, see 1 the section LOADING COPY PAPER in the copier operation manual. Turn on the machine. 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. C
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Getting Started INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER SOFTWARE Windows driver file search will find the device “SHARP AL-841”. Click the Next button 7 and follow the on-screen instructions. 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. Follow the on-screen instructions. 1 If you have any problem with the test print, see TROUBLESHOOTING on p
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Getting Started INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER SOFTWARE Windows 3.1x: Load paper into the paper tray of the machine. For instructions on loading paper, see 1 the section LOADING COPY PAPER in the copier operation manual. Turn on the machine 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 the CD-ROM drive. 3 Choose File from the Menu bar in Program Manager, and then cho
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Getting Started INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER SOFTWARE “SHARP AL-841” driver group When the drivers are installed, the SHARP AL-841 driver group will be created. This group allows the following functions to be executed. DOS Emulation HELP 1 DOS Emulation Setup See page 17. Readme The latest information on the printer driver and the TWAIN driver is included in this note. Read the Readme first. Status Monitor HELP Status Monitor The printer state and information on current printing are displayed o
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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. ● Before you can use this machine as a printer, you must install the supplied 2 SHARP printer driver. 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 5. ● When using multiple printers, you must
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Printing PRINTING A PAGE ● If the paper size specified from the software application is larger than the paper size in the machine, the image may be printed onto two sheets of paper. ● If the paper size specified from the software application is larger than the paper size in the machine, 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 of the paper may become dirty. If this occurs, change to the correct size paper and print
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Printing SETTING PRINT CONDITIONS FROM PRINTER DRIVER The setting method for items in the printer driver are described below. Also refer to the printer driver help for more information. Before setting the printer driver, check the following items. ● The AL-841 printer driver has been installed in the computer to be used. If not, see INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER SOFTWARE on page 5. ● The AL-841 has been selected as the default printer on the computer to be used. 2 Windows 95/Windows 98/Windows N
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Printing SETTING PRINT CONDITIONS FROM PRINTER DRIVER The properties of the SHARP AL-841 printer driver will be displayed. If you use Windows 3 95/Windows 98, click the Driver Setup tab to display the following screen. * Screen on Windows 95 Driver Setup tabs By selecting a different tab other driver settings can be changed. Example: Resolution changes can be made 2 by selecting the Image Apply button Quality tab. The settings which have been selected by each tab will be saved. *This but
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Printing PRINTING FROM AN MS-DOS APPLICATION You can execute printing from an MS-DOS application which has been executed from the MS- DOS prompt in Windows. This machine can only print from applications run from the MS-DOS prompt in Windows. It cannot print when running in native MS-DOS mode. Print setting from the MS-DOS prompt 2 Windows 95/Windows 98 has the item, “Spool MS-DOS print jobs” in the port settings. If this setting is not selected, the machine will not operate properly. Use the fol
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Printing PRINTING FROM AN MS-DOS APPLICATION Settings on the front panel Paper size, tray selection, and other options are set from the front panel. Use the following procedure to start the front panel. Windows 95/Windows 98/Windows NT 4.0: Click Start, Program, SHARP AL-841, and DOS Emulation Setup. 1 Windows 3.1x: Double-click the DOS Emulation Setup icon in the SHARP AL-841 in Program 2 1 Manager. Software printer setting Set your MS-DOS application to use the following model printer. HP
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Scanning SCANNING 3 SCANNING AN IMAGE Before you can scan images using the AL-841 from a TWAIN-compatible application, you must install the supplied SHARP TWAIN interface software. This software is automatically installed at the same time you install the SHARP printer driver provided on CD-ROM. See INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER SOFTWARE on page 5. ● Be sure to read “Readme” in the driver group before scanning images from 3 application programs. ● When using the AL-841 as a scanner, you must make
