Copyright Information Copyright © 2005 Sharp Electronics Corporation and its suppliers. Document Name Sharp AR-C360P Printing Guide P/N 59379601 Revision 1.1 September, 2005 Disclaimer Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this document is complete, accurate, and up-to-date. The manufacturer assumes no responsibility for the results of errors beyond its control.
Contents Copyright Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Document Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Regulatory Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Trademark Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Before you start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 About this book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
How to use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Rendering intents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Brightness and saturation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Matching specific colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Print resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 How to use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Finishing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Booklet printing .
Chapter 1: Before you start About this book This book is delivered as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file. It provides a convenient on-screen reference to the many features of the driver software supplied with your Sharp AR-C360P. There are many cross-references within this book, each highlighted as blue text. When you click on a cross-reference within Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader (also supplied on the Manuals CD) the display will instantly jump to the part of the manual containing the referred material.
How to access the driver screens Most of the features described are accessed via the printer driver windows. How you access them depends on your computer and its operating system. The driver windows are tabbed dialogue boxes, offering a wide range of choices about how you want to print your documents. There are two ways to access the driver features: 1. Directly from the Windows “Printers” folder (“Printers and Faxes” folder in Windows XP).
Changing the driver defaults Windows XP/2000/Server 2003 1. Click [Start] →[Settings] →[Printers and Faxes] to open the Printers and Faxes window. 2. In the Printers and Faxes window, right-click on the appropriate printer driver icon, and choose [Printing Preferences] from the context menu. Windows NT 1. Click [Start] →[Settings] →[Printers] to open the Printers window. 2.
Driver settings This feature allows you to save the printer driver settings and reuse them later. This could be useful if you frequently print many different types of document that require different printer driver settings. Recalling saved settings is a simple task that must be done first, before any job-specific changes are made. Rather than repeat the procedure throughout this manual, it is described here. Saving a set of driver settings 1.
Setting the driver device options This section explains how to ensure that your printer driver can utilise all of the hardware features installed in your printer. Accessories such as hard disk, duplex unit (two sided printing), additional paper trays, etc., will only be usable if the printer driver on your computer knows they are there. In some cases the hardware configuration of your printer is automatically detected when the driver is installed.
Chapter 2: Printing black Black generation You can specify whether black graphics in color documents are printed using: > Composite Black > Pure Black Pure Black is the default setting. Composite black The cyan, magenta, yellow, and black toners are combined to create composite black. This will sometimes give a glossier finish due to the increased amount of toner. It can also appear as a slightly brownish black. Pure black Only black toner is used to print pure black.
How to choose composite black or pure black PCL 1. On the [color] tab select [Manual Settings] and click [Options...]. 2. Select or deselect [Pure Black Graphics]. If Pure Black Graphics is not selected, prints will use composite black.
PCL 6 1. On the [color] tab select [Manual Settings] and click [Options...]. 2. From the [Pure Black Graphics] drop-down list, select [On] or [Off]. If Pure Black Graphics is [Off], prints will use composite black.
Chapter 3: Color matching Factors that affect color printing There are many factors that affect color printing. Some of the most important factors are: > the differences between the range of colors a monitor can reproduce versus the range of colors that a printer can reproduce (See page 14). > monitor settings (See page 14). > color settings in your software application (See page 15). > how your software application displays color (See page 15). > color settings in your printer driver (See page 15).
Monitor colors vs. printer colors (Differences between the range of colors a monitor or printer can reproduce) Neither a printer nor a monitor can reproduce the full range of colors seen by the human eye. Each device is limited to a certain range of colors. > A printer cannot reproduce all of the colors displayed on a monitor. > A monitor cannot reproduce all of the colors printed by a printer. Both devices use very different technologies to represent color.
There are several settings found on a typical monitor: 5000k or D50 Warmest, yellowish lighting Typically used in graphics arts environments. 6500k or D65 Cooler Approximates daylight conditions. 9300k Cool The default setting for many monitors and television sets. k=degrees Kelvin, a measurement of temperature Software settings Many software applications have their own color settings. The application settings may override the settings in the printer driver.
Paper type The type of paper used can also significantly affect the printed color. For example, a printout on recycled paper can look duller than one on specially formulated glossy paper.
How to perform color matching There are several ways to achieve color matching with your printer. The range of options available varies according to your computer platform, operating system, color production method, and printer driver type. Descriptions The following table provides a brief description of the available settings for color matching: Setting Description Automatic The printer driver will apply optimal settings based on the page content of your document.
Rendering intents When a document is printed, a conversion takes place from the document's color space to the printer color space. The rendering intents are essentially a set of rules that determine how this color conversion takes place. Setting Auto Description Best choice for printing general documents. This setting is used by default. Perceptual Best choice for printing photographs. Compresses the source gamut into the printer's gamut while maintaining the overall appearance of an image.
Brightness and saturation NOTE This feature is available with PCL 6 only. Before printing a document, you can adjust the brightness and saturation settings: Setting Description Brightness Determines the total amount of light (white) in the color. Zero brightness is black. 100% Brightness is white. Intermediate values are "light" or "dark" colors. Saturation The degree of saturation of a color is its relative purity, or intensity. To adjust these settings: 1. Click the [color] tab. 2.
Chapter 4: Print resolution The resolution for a print job controls the print speed and print quality of a job. Raising the print resolution can maximise the image quality of a print job. You usually do this for final versions of documents or when printing images (photographs). Lowering the print resolution can increase print speed, reduce the need for toner, and reduce the wear on the image drum. You usually do this for proof or draft versions of documents. How to use 1.
Chapter 5: Finishing options Your printer has many features that help control the form of your printed document.
Booklet printing Booklet printing allows printing of multipage documents with their pages ordered and arranged so that final printed output can be folded into a booklet. Typically, letter (or tabloid) pages would be reduced to half-letter (or letter) and printed side by side on both sides of letter (or tabloid) paper, so that the paper can be folded into a booklet.
3. In the Booklet window you can set the [signature] size, the number of [pages] per side of paper, the [binding margin], and if the booklet will be read [Right to Left] or Left to Right. The graphic in this window shows the effect of each choice you make. Click [Help] for more information 4. Click [OK]. If you do not have the [Booklet] option on the [Setup] tab, check that the Duplex option is enabled in the driver. (See “Setting the driver device options” on page 9.
Collating This feature allows multiple copies of a multipage document to be printed with the pages of each copy in sequence. Uncollated pages print like this: Collated pages print like this: 1 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 3 Application collate—Some application programs have a collate feature in their print options. In this case the application performs the document collation and may send the job multiple times to the printer. Generally, this method is slower but can be more reliable.
Printing collated documents 1. On the [Job Options] tab, choose how many [Copies] you want to print from the scrolling list. 2. Click the [Collate] checkbox (a checkmark appears). 3. Click [OK].
Separating queued print jobs When you share a printer with other users it can be useful to print a special page between print jobs to help locate each user’s job in a paper stack at the printer. The separator page is set from the printer driver’s default properties window. Access to this is directly from Windows, not from within your application program. See “Changing the driver defaults” on page 7. 1. In the driver’s Advanced tab click the [Separator Page…] button. 2. Click [Browse...
Cover print Cover print is when the first page (cover) of a print job is fed from one paper tray, and the remaining pages of the print job are fed from another paper tray. How to use cover print 1. On the [Setup] tab, click [Paper Feed Options...]. 2. Under [Cover Printing], select [Use different source for first page]. 3. Choose the tray you want to feed the cover page from and the paper type in the [Source] and [Weight] drop-down lists. 4. Click [OK] to close the Paper feed options window.
Custom page size This feature enables printing on non-standard sized print media. The multipurpose tray is used for feeding non-standard media sizes. Print media width can be from approximately 2 to 13 in. (51 to 328 mm), and its length can be from 5 to 47.14 in. (128 to 1200 mm). Actual limits vary slightly depending on which printer driver you use and your computer’s operating system.
To delete a previously saved custom size: 4. (a) Click its name in the list. (b) Click [Delete]. Click [OK] to accept your changes and close the Custom Size window. Selecting a custom page size Once you have created a custom page size using the previous procedure: 1. On the driver’s [Setup] tab open the [Size] drop-down list. 2. Select your defined custom page. If this is the size of your document but you want to scale it to fit a standard size of paper: 1.
Duplex (double-sided) printing If your printer has a duplex unit installed you can print on both sides of the paper, to save paper, weight, bulk and cost. > Only paper can be used for duplex printing, not transparencies or other media. > Use paper stock of 20 - 32 lb. (75–120 g/m²). If you experience excessive curling with 20 - 24 lb. (75–90 g/m²) paper, use 28 lb (105 g/m²). > Use standard sized paper stock only, e.g. A4, A3, Letter, etc. > Load the paper print side up.
For portrait (tall) page layout the usual choice is [Long Edge]. For landscape (wide) page layout the usual choice is [Short Edge]. Choosing [None] turns off duplex printing and your document will be printed single-sided. If you have a duplex unit installed, but do not have the [2-sided printing] option on the [Setup] tab, check that the Duplex option is enabled in the driver. (See “Setting the driver device options” on page 9.
Printing multiple pages on one sheet (Nup) This feature scales the page size of your document for printing and reproduces several pages per sheet. This is useful when you simply want to proof your page layout, or distribute your document in a more compact format. It saves paper, bulk, weight and cost. 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 If you have a duplex unit installed, you can even combine this feature with duplex printing to save even more. How to Print Multiple Pages on One Sheet 1.
2. Click [Options...] to choose from the available options for this feature. From here you can choose the page printing order, the page layout, whether you want printed page borders, and a binding margin if you need it. 3. Click [OK].
Poster printing NOTE Poster printing is not available with the PCL 6 driver. This option allows you to print posters by dividing a single document page into multiple pieces (sometimes called “tiles”). Each piece prints, enlarged, on a separate sheet. Then, you combine the separate sheets to create a poster. Printing Posters 1. In the driver’s [Setup] tab, under [Finishing Mode] choose [Poster Print].
2. 3. Click [Options...] to open the Poster Print window. (a) Choose the [enlargement] required for your document to fill the poster. (b) [Registration marks] can be printed if required so that your printed pages (tiles) can be trimmed exactly to the edge of the image. (c) An [overlap] may help you to match adjacent tiles when making up your final poster. Click [OK] to close the Paper Feed Options window.
Fit to page Fit to Page allows you to print data formatted for one size page onto a different size page, without modifying the print data. How to use 1. On the [Setup] tab, click [Paper Feed Options...]. 2. Click [Resize document to fit printer page]. A checkmark appears in the box. 3. Choose the scaling factor you need from the [Conversion] drop-down list. 4. Click [OK] to close the Options window.
Watermarks NOTE This feature is not available with the PCL 6 driver. A watermark is typically faint text that is superimposed on a printed document. This can be used to indicate that the document is “Draft”, or perhaps “Confidential”. How to create a new watermark 1. On the [Job Options] tab click [Watermarks...]. 2. Click [New...] and enter the text for your watermark. 3. Adjust your watermark’s size, angle, font, color, position and border (trim) if required. 4. Click [OK] to accept your changes.
How to edit an existing watermark 1. On the [Job Options] tab click [Watermarks...]. 2. Select the watermark you want to edit, then click [Edit...]. 3. Modify the text for your watermark. 4. Modify the attributes (font, color, size, angle) for your watermark and click [OK] to accept your changes.
Chapter 6: Secure printing Secure printing allows you to print confidential documents on printers that are shared with other users in a network environment. The document does not print until a PIN (Personal Identification Number) is entered through the Printer Control Panel. You must go to the printer and enter the PIN. This feature requires the hard disk drive in your printer, this device must be enabled in the printer driver. (See “Setting the driver device options” on page 9.
Sending the document 1. In the driver’s [Job Options] tab, click [Secure Print]. The Job PIN (Personal Identification Number) window opens. If the PIN window does not open, click the [PIN] button. 2. In the Job PIN window, enter a [Job Name] for this print job. The name may be up to 16 alpha-numeric characters. If you have more than one print job stored on the printer when you come to print, you will need a distinctive name to distinguish between each of your print jobs.
The print job will be sent to the printer, but will not print at this time.
Printing the document Your secure print job is printed using the Printer Control Panel on the front of the printer. 1. When the printer is idle (Ready to Print indicated in the display), press [ENTER] to enter the menu mode. 2. Use the ▲▼ buttons to select the PRINT SECURE JOB menu, then press [ENTER]. 3. Use the ▲▼ buttons to enter the first digit of your PIN, then press [ENTER]. 4. Repeat step 3 to enter the remaining three digits. 5.
Deleting a secure print document If you change your mind about printing a secure document, you can delete it from the printer’s hard disk without printing it first. 1. Follow steps 1 to 6 in the previous procedure for printing the document. 2. Use the ▲ ▼ buttons to highlight the DELETE option and press [ENTER]. 3. If necessary, use the ▲ ▼ buttons to highlight the YES choice, and press [ENTER] to confirm the deletion.
Chapter 7: Font Substitution This advanced feature allows you to substitute printer fonts for TrueType fonts. This may be useful if you have a document formatted with a font that is not installed on your system, but the font is built in to the printer. When using Font Substitution, the general layout of a document does not change, but accurate font design is lost.
Index A Greyscale printing17 Application collate24 L B Labels exit path Black printing black10 Booklets printing22 face up (stacker)28 Lighting sunlight vs. fluorescent15 M C Charts colour matching18 CMYK vs. RGB14 Collating24 application collate24 printer collate24 Colour casts monitor white vs.
Perceptual18 Relative Colourimetric18 Saturation18 RGB vs. CMYK14 S Scale fit to page36 Secure documents printing42 sending40 Separator page26 Software applications colour settings15 how colour is displayed15 Stacker output capacity28 Straight through paper feed path28 T Toner black10 Transparencies exit path stacker (face up)28 V Viewing conditions fluorescent lighting vs.
