Sharp AL-841 CONTENTS

CONTENTS

1GETTING STARTED

INTRODUCTION 2

– Making floppy disks from CD-ROM 3

MAIN FEATURES 3

CONNECTING THE INTERFACE CABLE 4

INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER SOFTWARE 5

– Description of the printer driver 5

– Checking the hardware and software requirements 5

– Installing the printer driver 5

– “SHARP AL-841” driver group 11

2PRINTING

PRINTING A PAGE 12

– Executing printing 12

– Indicators on the operation panel 13

SETTING PRINT CONDITIONS FROM PRINTER DRIVER 14

PRINTING FROM AN MS-DOS APPLICATION 16

– Print setting from the MS-DOS prompt 16

– Setting on the front panel 17

– Software printer setting 17

3SCANNING

SCANNING AN IMAGE 18

– Scanning from a TWAIN-compatible application 19

– Exiting from AL-841 TWAIN software 19

4TROUBLE?

TROUBLESHOOTING 20

USING OTHER INSTALLED DRIVERS 22

UNINSTALLING DRIVERS 23

APPENDIX

PRINTER SPECIFICATIONS 24

SCANNER SPECIFICATIONS 25

PARALLEL INTERFACE 26

PRINT AREA 27

Contents

Main AL-841 AL-841 SHARP CORPORATION WARNING: Shielded cables must be used with this equipment to maintain compliance with FCC regulations. CONTENTS 1GETTING STARTED 2PRINTING 3SCANNING 4TROUBLE? GETTING STARTED INTRODUCTION Making floppy disks from CD-ROM MAIN FEATURES Printing from Windows 3.1x, Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT 4.0 applications Scanning from Windows 3.1x, Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windo ws NT 4.0 applications CONNECTING THE INTERFACE CABLE INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER SOFTWARE Description of the printer driver Checking the hardware and software requirements Installing the printer driver Page Page Page Page Page SHARP AL-841 driver group PRINTING PRINTING A PAGE Executing printing Indicators on the operation panel SETTING PRINT CONDITIONS FROM PRINTER DRIVER Printing SETTING PRINT CONDITIONS FROM PRINTER DRIVER Windows 3.1x: Double-click the Print Manager icon in the Main window of Program Manager. The properties of the SHARP AL-841 will be displayed. Select Options in the Print Manager and then select Printer Setup. Select SHARP AL-841 in the Installed Printers: and click the Setup button. PRINTING FROM AN MS-DOS APPLICATION Settings on the front panel Software printer setting SCANNING SCANNING AN IMAGE Page TROUBLE? TROUBLESHOOTING Page USING OTHER INSTALLED DRIVERS UNINSTALLING DRIVERS APPENDIX PRINTER SPECIFICATIONS SCANNER SPECIFICATIONS PARALLEL INTERFACE PRINT AREA Landscape Paper size Print area Portrait SOFTWARE LICENSE Page AL-841 AL-841 SHARP CORPORATION