Indicators and Display Messages

If one of the following indicators lights up or one of the following messages appears in the display, check the meaning of the indicator or message in the following table and take appropriate action.

Toner cartridge replacement required indicator

Maintenance indicator

Paper required indicator

Developer replacement required indicator

Display

Misfeed indicator

Indication

Cause and solution

Page

Maintenance

Steadily

Service by an authorized SHARP service technician is

–

indicator

lit

required.

Developer

Steadily

Developer is required. Contact your SHARP service center

replacement

–

lit

as soon as possible.

required indicator

Toner cartridge

Steadily

Replacement of toner cartridge will be needed soon.

–

replacement

lit

Prepare a new cartridge.

required indicator

Blinking

Toner cartridge must be replaced. Replace it with a new one.

Paper required

Steadily

The tray is out of paper. Load paper. It is also possible that

the tray is not inserted completely into the machine. Make

indicator

lit

sure it is inserted correctly.

Misfeed indicator

Blinking

A paper misfeed has occurred. Remove the misfeed as

explained in "MISFEED REMOVAL".

ORIGINAL SIZE indicator

If the ORIGINAL SIZE indicator blinks when margin shift is

Blinking

selected, rotate the original so that it is in the same

orientation as the blinking ORIGINAL SIZE indicator.

PAPER SIZE indicator

Blinking

There is no appropriate paper. Load appropriate paper in a

（Ｐ）

paper tray.

Steadily

The front cover or the side cover is open. Close the front

–

lit

cover or the side cover.

[CH] appears in display

The toner cartridge is not installed correctly. Reinstall the toner

Blinking

cartridge. If [CH] still blinks in the display after reinstalling the

toner cartridge, contact a SHARP service center.

Letters and numbers appear

Write down the code that appears and then unplug the

power cord and contact your dealer. Tell your dealer what

–

in the display

code appeared and the circumstances under which it

appeared.

"FUL" appears in the display

Data is being held in memory. Print the data or clear it from

33, 35

memory.

When "Use close paper size" is

disabled

The PAPER SIZE indicator on the operation panel will blink.

ORIGINAL

PAPER

You can press the [TRAY SELECT] key ( ) to select a tray

Online

SIZE

11X17

manually, or load paper in the bypass tray and press the

manual

8½X14

[ON LINE] key ( ) to begin printing.

8½X11

8½X5½

8½X11

EXTRA

Misfeed location indicator lights up at

the optional 2 x 250-sheet/250-sheet

paper feed unit

The lower side cover of the 2 x 250-sheet/250-sheet paper

–

feed unit is open. Close the lower side cover.

AR-M205, AR-M160 specifications

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