Sharp AR M550N User Manual
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REMOTE OPERATION VIA A NETWORK 3-5 Device Setup Configure system parameters and function options. Information Store machine information such as the name, machine code, and location. This information will appear on status and alert messages. Passwords Passwords can be set to restrict Web page access and protect settings. The administrator must change the password from the factory default setting. Also the administrator must remember the new password. The password is required to operate the settings on the password-protected screen. A password can be set for the administrator and passwords can be set for each user. If you use a user password, you will not be able to establish settings in the Setup menu. The passwords for User and admin are both initially set to Sharp. If you wish to change the passwords when first establishing the settings, enter Sharp in Admin Password before you establish the settings. A password must consist of alphanumeric characters and be no more than seven characters long. Passwords are case sensitive. After entering a password, click Submit to set it. After setting the password, turn the machine power off and then back on. When a password is set, you will be prompted for the password when you attempt to access a Web page with protected settings. For the User name, enter user if you are accessing the page as a user, or admin if you are accessing the page as an administrator. For detailed information on setting passwords, refer to General under Help. Custom Links Set custom links that appear in the menu frame. Links set here are added to the menu. Up to five user custom links can be stored. Pull Print (Panel) PDF and TIFF files can be printed directly from the operation panel without using the printer driver. Use this setting to enter FTP servers where files are stored. Up to four FTP servers can be entered (page 3-9 ). Status Message Use this to have count information such as the number of pages printed in copy and printer modes sent on a specified schedule. Enter the destination e-mail addresses for the messages and the transmission schedule. Alerts Message Use this to have error alerts such as out of paper, out of toner, failures, and paper misfeeds sent to specified e- mail addresses. i-Fax Configure settings for sending and receiving faxes over the Internet. Job Log A log is kept of jobs run on the machine. This is used to write the log file to a computer in CSV format. 7 Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals
REMOTE OPERATION VIA A NETWORK 3-6 Network Setup Configure network protocol, Direct Print, and LDAP settings. General Configure settings in the [GENERAL] and [Filter] screens. Protocol Configure settings in the [TCP/IP], [NetWare], [AppleTalk] and [NetBEUI] screens. Services Configure settings in the [DNS], [WINS], [SMTP], [SNMP] and [Kerberos] screens. DNS and SMTP are required for e-mail. Direct Print Configure settings in the [Raw Print] and [E-mail Print] screens. E-mail Print is used to send e-mails with attachments to the machine and have the machine print the attachments without the need for the printer driver. To use this function, the machines e-mail account information must be configured in the machine (page 3-7 ). LDAP LDAP is required when using an LDAP server and when using user authentication for the network scanner function. 8 Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals
REMOTE OPERATION VIA A NETWORK 3-7 E-mail Print When an e-mail account is set up for the machine, this function is used to have the machine periodically check the mail server and automatically print attachments to e-mails it receives without the need for the printer driver. Configuring E-mail print settings To use E-mail Print, the machines e-mail account information must be configured in the machine. Follow these steps: 1Click [Direct Print] in the link menu of the menu frame. The Direct Print Setup page appears. 2Click [E-mail Print]. 3Enter the E-mail print information. For explanations of the settings, click the [General] button in the [Help] in the menu frame. 4Click [Submit] and store the entered information. Using E-mail Print In the To: line of your e-mail program, enter the e-mail address of the machine, attach the file that you wish to print, and send the e-mail Files with the extensions pcl, ps*, pdf*, tiff, and tif can be printed. *The optional PS3 extension kit is required. The number of copies and other settings can be specified by entering control commands in the message of the e- mail. The following control commands can be entered: FunctionCommandValuesExample Number of copies COPIES 1-999 COPIES=2 Staple JOBSTAPLE STAPLENO, STAPLELEFTJOBSTAPLE=STAPLENO Two-sided printing DUPLEX OFF, TOP, LEFT, RIGHTDUPLEX=TOP Account number ACCOUNTNUMBER 5-digit number ACCOUNTNUMBER=11111 File type LANGUAGE PCL, PCLXL, POSTSCRIPT, PDF, TIFFLANGUAGE=TIFF Paper PAPER Useable paper type (such as A4)PAPER=A4 Quick File QUICKFILE OFF, ON QUICKFILE=ON NOTES Specify Text for the format of the e-mail message. If rich text format (HTML) is used, the entered commands will be disregarded. To receive a list of the control commands, send an e-mail with config entered in the message. If nothing is entered in the message, printing will take place according to the settings in PRINTER CONDITION SETTINGS in the PRINTER DEFAULT SETTINGS menu of the user settings. To print PS and PDF files, the PS3 expansion kit is required. An encrypted PDF file cannot be printed. Only specify a file type when specifying a page description language. Normally a file type does not need to be specified. Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals
REMOTE OPERATION VIA A NETWORK 3-8 Directly printing a file on a computer The address of a file that can be accessed from your computer can be specified to directly print the file without using the printer driver. In addition to files on your computer, files on any other computer on the same network that can be accessed from your computer can be printed in this way. To directly print a file on a computer, follow these steps: 1Click [Submit Print Job] in the link menu of the menu frame. The Submit Print Job page appears. 2Select print settings in [Job Detail]. For explanations of the settings, click the [General] button in the [Help] in the menu frame. 3Enter the address of the file that you wish to print in [Enter Filename]. You can also click [Browse] to browse for the file. For more information, click the [General] button in the [Help] in the menu frame. 4Click [Print]. Printing begins. Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals
REMOTE OPERATION VIA A NETWORK 3-9 Directly printing a file on an FTP server A FTP server can be stored in the machine to enable direct printing of a file on the FTP server from the operation panel of the machine without using the printer driver. Files with the extensions pcl, ps*, pdf*, tiff, tif, and prn can be printed. *The PS3 expansion kit is required. Storing an FTP server To directly print a file on an FTP server, the FTP server must be stored. Follow these steps: 1Click [Pull Print (Panel)] in the link menu of the menu frame. The Pull Print (Panel) page appears. 2Store the FTP server information in [FTP Server Setup]. For more information, click the [General] button in the [Help] in the menu frame. 3Enter the FTP server information. For more information, click the [General] button in the [Help] in the menu frame. 4Click [submit] to store the entered information. Printing a file on an FTP server from the operation panel of the machine 1Press the [DOCUMENT FILING] key twice to display the global access screen. 2Touch the [FTP] key. This screen will not appear if an FTP server has not been stored. 3Select the desired FTP server. GLOBAL ACCESS FTP GLOBAL ACCESS FTP Technical dept. server PPD1_FTP_server Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals
REMOTE OPERATION VIA A NETWORK 3-10 4Select the desired file or folder name. If the file or folder does not appear in the screen, press the or key until it appears. To return to the global access screen, touch the key. When a file name ( ) is touched, the print screen appears (step 5). When a folder ( ) is touched, all files in the folder appear. Touch the desired file. At this time, and appear in the upper right of the screen. Touch to move up to the preceding folder. Touch to move up to the root folder. To change the order of display, touch FILE OR FOLDER NAME. 5Select print settings in the print screen. Print settings can be changed in this screen before printing. For more information on the print settings, see page 7-16 of the operation manual (for general information and copier operation). The image printed here can be saved in the quick file folder by touching the [QUICK FILE] key. 6Touch the [PRINT] key. Printing begins. When printing finishes, you will return to the screen of step 4. FILE OR FOLDER NAME Data base User_area Product_info.tiff Reply.pdf PPD1_FTP_server 1/2 PRINT PAPER SELECT QUICK FILE AUTO A4 1 OUTPUT PRINT CANCEL 2-SIDED TANDEM PRINT NUMBER OF PRINTS (1~999) Basic specifications Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals
4-1 CHAPTER 4 PRINTER BASIC SETTINGS This chapter describes the printer configuration settings. Page MAKING CONFIGURATION SETTING .........................................................4-2 Operation procedure common to all printer configuration settings (items that can be set from the operation panel)....................................4-2 Printer Default settings ...........................................................................4-4 PCL settings ...........................................................................................4-5 PostScript settings .................................................................................4-5 Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals
4-2 MAKING CONFIGURATION SETTING The printer configuration setting allows basic printer settings to be made. The items set with the printer configuration settings are shown below. Printer default settings ......... Basic settings used in printing (See page 4-4 .) PCL settings ......................... Sets a PCL symbol set. (See page 4-5 .) PostScript settings* .............. Sets whether a PostScript error page is printed or not when a PostScript error has occurred. (See page 4-5 .) * An optional PS3 expansion kit is needed. Operation procedure common to all printer configuration settings (items that can be set from the operation panel) 1Press the [CUSTOM SETTINGS] key. The custom setting menu screen will appear. 2Touch the [PRINTER CONDITION] key on the custom setting menu screen to display the printer condition setting menu screen. 3Touch the key of the desired item to display its setting screen. Detailed descriptions for configuration settings start on the page 4-4 . 4Touch the desired setting item on the screen and touch the [OK] key. To set another item, repeat steps 3 and 4. 5To finish the setting operation, touch the [EXIT] key. PAPER TRAY SETTING PRINTER CONDITIONATE FORWARD PRINT PRINTER DEFAULT SETTINGS PRINTER CONDITION SETTINGS CUSTOM SETTINGS PostScript SETTINGS PCL SETTINGS PRINTER DEFAULT SETTINGSCUSTOM SETTINGS COPIES1 PORTRAIT A4 ORIENTATION DEFAULT PAPER SIZE PAPER TRAY SETTINGT EXIT PRINTER CONDITIONARD Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals
MAKING CONFIGURATION SETTING 4-3 Supplementary explanation of key operation for configuration setting A The name of the program category or particular item to be set will appear on the touch key. A touch of the key will select the item displayed. B If the settings continue on the following screen(s), touch the and keys to move back and forth through the screens. To return to the category selection screen, touch the [OK] key. C The currently set numerical value is displayed. D Numerical values can be set by touching the and keys. CUSTOM SETTINGS LINE THICKNESS5 PLAIN CENTRE TRAY PRINTER DEFAULT SETTINGS DEFAULT PAPER TYPE DEFAULT OUTPUT TRAY20(1 999) CD A B These keys and indicator are available on setting screens that require the entry of numerical values. Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals
MAKING CONFIGURATION SETTING 4-4 Printer Default settings The default settings are used to set specific print conditions for printing in an environment where the print driver is not used (such as printing from MS-DOS or from a computer that does not have the provided print driver installed). The following settings are available: Copies COPIES sets the number of print to make. Default setting: 1 The number of copies can be set from 1 to 999. Orientation ORIENTATION allows portrait orientation or landscape orientation to be selected for printing. Default setting: PORTRAIT PORTRAIT or LANDSCAPE can be set. Default paper size The paper size to be used for printing under normal conditions is set. Printing will be performed on the specified size of paper unless otherwise specified. Default setting: A4 or 8-1/2X11 A3, B4, A4, B5, A5, 11X17, 8-1/2X14, 8-1/2X13, 8-1/2X11, 7-1/4X10-1/2 or 5-1/2X8-1/2 can be set. Default output tray The output tray to be used for printing under normal conditions is set. Printed sheets will be output to the specified tray unless otherwise specified by application software. Default setting: CENTRE TRAY The trays that can be selected depend on installation of peripheral devices. Default paper type The paper type to be used for printing under normal conditions is set. Printing will be performed on the specified type of paper unless otherwise specified. Default setting: PLAIN PLAIN, PRE-PRINTED, RECYCLED, LETTER HEAD, PRE-PUNCHED or COLOUR can be set. 2-SIDED PRINT Printing mode, 1-SIDED or 2-SIDED, to be used for printing in the normal condition is set. Default setting: 1-SIDED 1-SIDED, 2-SIDED (BOOK) or 2-SIDED (TABLET) can be set. Smoothing SMOOTHING reduces jaggies seen at roundish curved portions of characters and images to be printed and improves pseudo resolution. Default setting: On Smoothing on or off can be selected. NOTE When some items can be set both in the printer driver and on the operation panel, the values set in the printer driver override those set on the operation panel. For items that can be set in the printer driver, perform the settings in the printer driver. NOTE This function is not available on the AR-M700U and AR-M700N models. Downloaded From ManualsPrinter.com Manuals