REDUCTION/ENLARGEMENT/ZOOM

Three preset reduction ratios and two enlargement ratios can be selected. The zoom function enables copy ratio selection from 25% to 400% in 1% increments. (When the SPF is being used, the zoom copy ratio range is 50% to 200%.)

1

2

Set the original and check the paper size.

Use the copy ratio selector key and/or ZOOM ( , ) keys to select the desired copy ratio.

To verify a zoom setting without changing the zoom ratio,

press and hold down the copy ratio display (%) key. When the key is released, the display will return to the copy quantity display.

To reset the ratio to 100%, press the copy ratio selector key repeatedly until the 100% indicator lights up.

3 Set the reduction/enlargement ratio.

To decrease or increase the zoom ratio rapidly, press and hold down the ZOOM ( ) or ( ) key. However the value will stop at the preset reduction or enlargement ratios. To move beyond

these ratios, release the key and then press and hold it down 5 again.

To select a preset copy ratio:

 

 

 

 

 

Preset reduction and enlargement ratios

are:

141

A5

A4

50%, 70%, 86%, 129%, and 200%.

 

 

86

A4

B5

 

 

70

A4

A5

 

 

 

 

 

 

To select a zoom ratio:

 

 

When a ZOOM (

or

) key is pressed, the

A4

ZOOM indicator will light up and the zoom ratio will

B5

be displayed in the display.

 

A5

SELECTING THE PAPER TRAY

Press the tray select () key.

Each time you press the tray select () key, the location indicated by the paper feed location indicator changes in the following order: paper tray, multi-bypass tray.

141 A5 A4

86 A4 B5

70 A4 A5

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Sharp AL-2020, AL-2040 Reduction/Enlargement/Zoom, Selecting the Paper Tray, Set the reduction/enlargement ratio

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