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Introduction
This manual describes the printer and scanner functions of the AR-M201  digital multifunctional system.
Trademark Acknowledgments
●Microsoft®, Windows®, Windows® 98, Windows® Me, Windows® 2000, Windows® XP, Windows Vista® and Internet Explorer® are 
registered trademarks or trademar ks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S.A. and other countries.
●Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat, the Adobe PDF logo, and Reade r are registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems 
Incorporated in the United  States and other countries.
●All other trademarks and copyrights are t he property of their respective owners.
●For information on the following topics, please refer to the Operation Manual for the digital multifunctional system.
 Basic machine procedures (a dding paper, replacing the toner cartridge, removing misfeeds, using peripheral devices)
 Copier functions
 Scanning from the operati on panel of the machine
 Specifications
●Where AR-XXXX appears in this  manual, please substitute the name of your model for XXXX. 
●This manual refers to the Reversing Single Pa ss Feeder as the RSPF.
●The screen images and procedures  that appear in this manual are mainly for Windows XP. With ot her versions of Windows, some 
screen images may be different  from those in this manual.
●For information on using your oper ating system, refer to your operating systems  manual or online Help.
●For your information, please no te that the RSPF and the second cassette ar e provided as an option.
The display screens, messages, and key names  shown in the manual may differ from those on the actual machine due to product 
improvements and modifications.
Note
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How to Use the Online Manual
This section explains how to view the online manual. Please read this section before using the online manual.
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Contents
Introduction 2
How to Use the Online Manual 3
Basic Printing 5
Opening the Printer Driver From the Start Button 7
Printer Driver Settings 8
Printing Multiple Pages on One Page 9
Fitting the Printed Image to the Paper 10
Two-sided Printing 11
Rotating the Print Image 180 Degrees 12
Printing a Watermark 13
Outline of the Print Status Window 14
Sharing the Printer Using Windows Networking 15
Shared Printer Settings 16
Client Settings 17 Scanning Overview 19
Scanning from a TWAIN-
Compliant Application 20
Scanning from a WIA-Compliant  Application (Windows XP/Vista)25
Scanning from the Scanner and Camera Wizard (Windows XP)27
Outline of Button Manager 30
Button Manager Settings 31
Troubleshooting 33
If a Notice Page is printed 39
Printer Driver Features 40
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Basic Printing(part 1)
The following example explains how to print a document from WordPad.
Before printing, make sure that the correct size of paper for your  document has been loaded in the machine.
1
Start WordPad and open the document that you 
wish to print.
2
Select Print from the applications File 
menu.
The Print dialog box will appear.
3
Make sure that SHARP AR -XXXX is selected as 
the printer. If you need  to change any print 
settings, click the Preferences button 
(Properties button in  Windows 98/Me) to open 
the printer dri ver setup screen.
The printer driver se tup screen will appear.
Windows 2000 does not have  the Preferences button 
in this dialog box. Select  settings as needed on each of 
the tabs in the setup screen.
☞Printer Driver Settings,  Printing Multiple Pages on 
One Page, Fitting the Printed  Image to the Paper,
Printing a Watermark
,  Two-sided Printing
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Click the Print button (OK button in 
Windows 98/Me).
Printing begins. When printi ng begins, the Print Status 
Window automatically opens.
(
☞Outline of the Print Status Window)
The print job is delivered to the output tray, with the position of 
the paper offset slightly from the previous job (offset function).
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Basic Printing(part 2)
If the tray runs out of paper during printing
Printing will automatically resume when paper is loaded in the 
tray.
When using the bypass tray, sele ct printer mode with the mode 
select key on the machine, load  paper as instructed by the 
message in the display, and  then press the [START] key to 
resume printing.
When the 250-sheet paper feed unit is installed:
Note that if the AUTO TRAY SWITCH setting in the user 
programs is enabled and there is  the same size of paper in 
another tray, the mach ine will automatically switch to the other 
tray and continue printing.
Cancel a print job
1Select printer mode with the [MODE SELECT] key on 
the operation panel of the  machine, and then press 
the [CLEAR] key ( ) or the [CLEAR ALL] key ( ).
2CANCEL PRINT JOB?  will appear in the 
display. Make sure that  a checkmark appears in 
front of YES and pr ess the [ENTER] key.
When Paper Source is set to Auto Select
If Paper Source is set to Auto Se lect in the Paper tab of the 
printer driver setup screen and t he correct size of paper for a 
print job is not loaded in the ma chine, the printing procedure will 
vary depending on the FORCED  OUTPUT setting in the user 
programs (see USER PROGRAMS in the Operation Manual).
When FORCED OUTPUT is set to OFF
Select printer mode with the mode select key on the machine, 
check the message in the display,  load paper in the bypass tray, 
and then press th e [START] key to begin printing.
When FORCED OUTPUT is set to ON
Printing takes place on the paper  loaded in the machine, even 
though the paper size is differ ent from the print image size.
When the machine is connected to your computer using 
the USB 2.0 (Hi-S peed) ports on each, be sure to read 
System requirements for U SB 2.0 (Hi-Speed mode) in 
the Operation Manual.Caution
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Opening the Printer Driver From the Start Button
You can open the printer driver and change the printer driver settings from the Windows start button. Settings adjusted in this way 
will be the initial settings when  you print from an application. (If you change the settings from  the printer driver setup screen at the 
time of printing, the settings will revert to the  initial settings when you quit the application.)
Windows 2000/XP/Vista
1
Click the start button, and then click Control 
Panel.
On Windows 2000, click the Start button and select Settings.
2Click Printers and Other Hardware, and then 
click Printers and Faxes.
●On Windows Vista, click Printer.
●On Windows 2000, click Printers.
3Click the SHARP AR-XXXX printer driver icon 
and select Properties from the File menu.
On Windows Vista, se lect Properties from the Organize 
menu.
4Click the Printing Pref erences button in the 
General tab.
The printer driver se tup screen will appear.
☞Printer Driver Settings
Windows 98/Me
1
Click the Start button, select Settings and 
then click Printers.
2
Click the SHARP AR-XXXX printer driver icon 
and select Properties from the File menu.
3
On Windows 98/Me, click the Setup tab.
The printer driver setup screen will appear.
☞Printer Driver Settings
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Printer Driver Settings
To view Help for a setting, click the  button in the upper right-hand corner of the window and then click the setting.
Some restrictions exist on the co mbinations of settings that can be selected in  the printer driver setup screen. When a restric tion is 
in effect, an information icon ( ) will ap pear next to the setting. Click the icon to view an explanation of the restriction.
Ta b
The settings are grouped 
on tabs. Click on a tab to 
bring it to the front.
Checkbox
Click on a checkbox to activate 
or deactivate a function.
Print setting image
This shows the effect of the 
selected print settings.
Drop-down list
Allows you to make a selection 
from a list of choices.
Image of paper trays
The tray selected in Paper 
Selection in the Paper tab 
appears in blue. You can also 
click on a tray to select it.
Check button
Allows you to select one 
item from a list of options. OK button
Click this button to save 
your settings and exit the 
dialog box.
Cancel button
Click this button to exit the 
dialog box without making any 
changes to the settings.
Apply button
Click to save your settings 
without closing the dialog box.
Help button
Click this button to display the 
help file for the printer driver.
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Printing Multiple Pages on One Page
This feature allows you to reduce and print two or four document pages on a single sheet of paper.
To use this function, open the  printer driver setup screen and  select 2-Up or 4-Up for N-Up Printing on the Main tab.
☞See Basic Printing for details on how to open the printer driver.
If you select the Border checkbox, bord erlines will be printed around each page.
The N-Up Printing setting  is not available when Fit To Paper Size is selected.
☞Fitting the Printed Image to the Paper
N-UpBorderBorder
2-Up
4-Up
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Fitting the Printed Image to the Paper
The printer driver can adjust the size of the printed image to match the size of the pap er loaded in the machine.
Follow the steps shown below to use this func tion. The explanation below assumes that you intend to print an A4 or letter size 
document onto a B5 or invoice size paper.
☞See  Basic Printing for details on how to open the printer driver.
1Click the Paper tab in  the printer driver setup 
screen.
2Select the original size  (A4 (Letter)) of the print 
image in Paper Size.
3Check the Fit to Page box.
4Select the actual size of  paper to be used for 
printing (B5 (Invoice)).
The size of the printed  image will be automatically 
adjusted to match the paper  loaded in the machine.
The Fit To Paper Size setting is not available when N-Up Prin ting is selected.
☞Printing Multiple Pages on One PageNote
Paper Size: A4 or Letter
Fit To Paper Size: B5 or Invoice
A4 or Letter size document (Paper Size) B5 or Invoice size paper 
(Fit To Paper Size)
If A3 [Fit to Page], B4 [Fit to Page], or Ledger [Fit to Page] 
is selected, the print image is fit to the A4 (letter) size even if 
Fit to Page is not selected.Note
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