Sharp AJ-1800, AJ-2000 manual Print Quality, Media Type

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"Advanced" Tab Settings (part 2)

Printer Properties

Quality

Set the printer output quality settings below.

Print Quality

This option sets printing speed and quality. You can trade off speed for quality. "Draft" is the fastest and lowest quality, "Best" is the slowest and best quality.

Draft

Select this option when you want to print text data

 

with high speed. If you print graphics, illustrations, or

 

lines with this option, the print quality is low.

Sharp Special

Select this option when you want to print a document

 

containing graphics or illustrations with high speed.

 

This option provides a little rougher print quality than

 

"Normal" or "Best".

Normal

This option offers you normal print quality with normal

 

print speed.

Best

Select this option when you want to get high print

 

quality for photographs or images.

 

 

* The print quality also depends on the specified (loaded) paper type.

Media Type

Description

Media Usage

 

 

 

Plain

Normal office paper

Corporate documents

 

(copier paper and high

 

 

quality paper)

 

 

 

 

Coated

The print side of coated

Graphics, Images

 

paper is whiter.

 

 

 

 

Photo

The print side of photo

Photographs

 

paper is glossy.

 

 

 

 

Transparency

Overhead presentation on

Overhead

 

clear film. The print side of

presentations

 

transparency film is

 

 

rougher.

 

 

 

 

T-shirt transfer

This media is to be

T-shirt, Place mat

 

transferred to cloth

 

 

materials by an iron.

 

 

 

 

Card Stock

Thick plain paper

Card printing

 

 

 

!If lines are broken when printing with "Draft", change the setting to any other option.

!Some of the settings may be disabled depending on the selected "Media Type".

Media Type

Select the type of paper to be used. Select from "Plain", "Coated", "Photo", "Transparency", "T-shirt transfer", and "Card Stock". Insert the paper that was selected into the tray.

For more information on various paper types, refer to the following table.

!Be sure to use only Sharp recommended OHP films when you select "Transparency".

!If you select "T-shirt transfer", the original image will be reversed on the printed media to make a proper image on the T-shirt.

!When "Card Stock" is selected, be sure to turn the

paper knob to () direction to feed the thicker card stock.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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How to Use the

 

Printer Properties

 

Print

 

Print Status

Sharing Printer

Maintenance

Troubleshooting

 

Online Manual

 

 

 

Window

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Contents Page Contents How to Use the Online Manual How to Control the Online ManualHow to Print Out the Online Manual How to Use the Online ManualWhat is the Printer Driver? Items shown below can be setup on each tabOutline of the Printer Driver Printer PropertiesStarting the Printer Driver using the Start Button Starting the Printer Driver partStarting the Printer Driver through an Application Printer Driver Functions Apply buttonMain Tab Settings part Orientation PortraitCollate Reverse OrderUp Printing Original SizePaper Tab Settings part Use this screen to select the paper size, tray and zoomTray Paper SizeBypass Custom Paper Zoom%Quality guaranteed area Guaranteed area and printable areaPrintable area Advanced Tab Settings part Print Quality QualityMedia Type Output Quality Settings ICMWatermark Tab Settings part Use this screen to set watermarksWatermark Version Tab Settings About buttonPrinting Overview PrintReference Paper Tab Settings Basic Printing partPrinting starts according to your preferences How to Print a Watermark Printing a WatermarkEnlarge/Reduce the Printed Image Automatic Zooming to the Loaded PaperPrinting Multiple Pages on One Printing a Photograph What is the Print Status Window? Outline of the Print Status WindowStarting the Print Status Window Print Status WindowPrint Status Window Functions Functions of the print status window are shown belowUnderstanding Error Messages Understanding the Status and Program IconMaintenance Tab Remaining ink indicator windowDisplay print status window when printing Options TabSharing the Printer using Windows Networking Sharing PrinterShared Printer Settings Input your options, and click the OK button Client SettingsButton Maintenance Time to Change the Ink TankChanging Ink Tank part Open the front cover Remove the old ink tankProperly align the tab when inserting Confirm the ink lamp is not blinking Click the OK button Test Print HeadChange the print head Cleaning the Print Head Changing the Print Head part Open the front cover Raise the print head latchRemovecase. the new print head from its protective Lift it straight up to removeLower the print head latch Close the front cover To maintain print quality after changing the printHead, always align the print head Make sure that the test page was printed clearlyAligning the Print Head part Select a pattern sample for Pattern aDialog box Click the OK button in the Align print headPrint head will align itself Keeping the Printer Clean Identifying Printer Problems TroubleshootingTroubleshooting Paper is not Fed into the Printer part CHECK1 Is there too much paper in the paper tray?Is the loaded paper too thick or too thin? Trouble feeding stiff envelope or heavyIs the paper curled or folded? Is the printer on a flat surface?Paper tray? Paper Jam Close the jam cover, insert the output trayPress the paper button Make sure the paper lamp is not blinkingPrinter Inoperative CHECK1 Is the power cord connected?If all the lamps keep blinking Nothing Prints part CHECK10 Has the printer driver been installed properly? ReferenceUninstalling the Printer DriverTroubleshooting Faint, Uneven or Smeared Print Output CHECK2 Is the orientation of document setting correct? CHECK4 Is the paper loaded correctly?Specify the print quality setting in the printer driver Align the print headUnit does not Print in Color CHECK1 Is the printer driver set to the color print option?Is your hard disk fragmented? Printing is too SlowIt is recommended to reduce the size of the file by Index ICM
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