Sharp AR-M257 manual CONTENTS

CONTENTS
CAUTIONS.................................................................................................................................................	3
● CAUTIONS ON USING THE MACHINE ...........................................................................................................	3
● IMPORTANT POINTS WHEN SELECTING AN INSTALLATION SITE ...........................................................	3
● CAUTIONS ON HANDLING THE MACHINE....................................................................................................	4
● ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION.................................................................................................................	5
USING THE MANUAL ...............................................................................................................................	5
● ABOUT THE OPERATION MANUALS.............................................................................................................	5
● THE MEANING OF "R" IN ORIGINAL AND PAPER SIZE INDICATIONS .......................................................	6
● CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS MANUAL.......................................................................................................	6
MAIN FEATURES ......................................................................................................................................	7

1 BEFORE USING THE MACHINE

PART NAMES AND FUNCTIONS	..................... 8
● OPERATION PANEL ......................................	10
● TOUCH PANEL ..............................................	11
POWER ON AND OFF.....................................	13
● POWER ON ....................................................	13
● POWER OFF ..................................................	13
● INITIAL SETTINGS.........................................	14
● POWER SAVE MODES..................................	14
LOADING PAPER............................................	15
● PAPER............................................................	15
● LOADING PAPER...........................................	17

●CHANGING A TRAY’S PAPER TYPE AND

PAPER SIZE SETTINGS................................	19
2 COPY FUNCTIONS
MAIN SCREEN OF COPY MODE ...................	21
NORMAL COPYING ........................................	22
● COPYING FROM THE DOCUMENT GLASS ....	22
● COPYING FROM THE RSPF .........................	23
● POINTS TO NOTE WHEN MAKING COPIES ...	24
● BYPASS FEED (special paper) ......................	26
AUTOMATIC TWO-SIDED COPYING.............	27
● USING THE DOCUMENT GLASS..................	27
● USING THE RSPF..........................................	28
EXPOSURE ADJUSTMENT ............................	29

●SELECTING THE ORIGINAL IMAGE TYPE AND

MANUALLY ADJUSTING THE EXPOSURE	......29
REDUCTION/ENLARGEMENT/ZOOM............	30
● AUTOMATIC RATIO SELECTION .................	30
● MANUAL RATIO SELECTION........................	31

●SELECTING THE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL COPY RATIOS SEPARATELY

(XY ZOOM copying)........................................	32
INTERRUPTING A COPY RUN .......................	34

3 CONVENIENT COPY FUNCTIONS

COPY FINISHING FUNCTIONS ......................	35
● SORT COPY ..................................................	35
● GROUP COPY...............................................	35
● OFFSET FUNCTION .....................................	35

●STAPLE SORT (when the finisher

(AR-FN5A) is installed) .................................. 37

●ORIENTATION OF THE ORIGINAL AND

STAPLING POSITIONS.................................	37
SPECIAL MODES............................................	39

●GENERAL PROCEDURE FOR USING THE

SPECIAL FUNCTIONS ..................................	40
● MARGIN SHIFT COPY ..................................	41
● ERASE COPY................................................	42
● DUAL PAGE COPY .......................................	43
● PAMPHLET COPY ........................................	44
● JOB BUILD MODE.........................................	45
● MULTI SHOT COPY ......................................	46
● ORIGINAL SIZE .............................................	47
● COVER COPY ...............................................	48
● B/W REVERSE COPY ...................................	50
● CARD SHOT ..................................................	51

4 USER SETTINGS

CUSTOM SETTINGS....................................... 53

●GENERAL PROCEDURE FOR CUSTOM

SETTINGS .....................................................	54
● SETTINGS .....................................................	55
JOB PROGRAM MEMORY .............................	56
● STORING A JOB PROGRAM........................	56
● EXECUTING A JOB PROGRAM ...................	57
● DELETING A STORED JOB PROGRAM ......	57
AUDITING MODE ............................................	58

●COPYING WHEN AUDITING MODE IS

ENABLED ...................................................... 58

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