INSTALLING THE
MAINTENANCE
TROUBLESHOOTING THE
CONTENTS
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS MANUAL
PART NAMES
SPF Peripheral device
Interface
Original cover
OPERATION PANEL
INDICATORS ON THE OPERATION PANEL
Start indicator
Power save indicator
SCAN indicator
POWER ON
About the scan head
Power off methods
Initial settings of operation panel
PAPER
Weight
LOADING PAPER
Type of paper
Adjust the paper guides on the paper tray to the copy paper
LOADING THE PAPER TRAY
width and length. Squeeze the lever of paper guide A and slide
4 Gently push the paper tray back into the unit
BYPASS FEED including special paper
The multi-bypass tray
1 Open the multi-bypass tray and extend the tray
3 Press the tray select key to select the multi-bypass tray
Note for loading envelopes
Note for loading thick paper
Print face
3 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE
SOFTWARE
MFP driver
Sharpdesk
HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE
4 Double-click the Setup icon
2 Insert the Software CD-ROM into your computers CD-ROM drive
Click the MFP Driver button
Select Connected to this
computer and click the Next button
Installing the Utility Software
When installing is finished, click the Close button
Click the Button Manager or the Sharpdesk button
13 Connect the machine to your computer with a USB cable
This completes the installation of the software
Using the machine as a shared printer
Perform steps 2 through 6 in INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE p.16
Click the Custom button
3 Click the MFP Driver button
5 Select the printer name configured as a shared printer
6 You will return to the window of step 3. Click the Close button
This completes the installation of the software
2 Click the Next button
CONFIGURING THE PRINTER DRIVER
Click the Configuration tab
Click the Start button, click Control Panel, and then click Printer
Open the printer properties window
SETTING UP BUTTON MANAGER
Windows XP/Vista/7
Click the SHARP MX-xxxx icon and select Properties
In the Properties screen, click the Events tab
Click the Start button, select Settings, and then click Control Panel
Windows
Double-click the Scanners and Cameras icon
Select SHARP MX-xxxx and click the Properties button
COPIER FUNCTIONS
COPY FLOW
3 Select the copy settings
2 Place the original
ORIGINAL PLACEMENT
Using the document glass
About interrupt copying
Open the original cover/SPF, and place the original
Setting a large original
Using the SPF Peripheral device
To reattach the original cover, reverse the above procedure
Adjust the original guides to the size of originals
EXPOSURE ADJUSTMENT/PHOTO COPYING
Exposure adjustment
Press the exposure mode selector key to
select the MANUAL mode or PHOTO mode
Automatic exposure adjustment
Press the exposure mode selector key to select the PHOTO mode
REDUCTION/ENLARGEMENT/ZOOM
SELECTING THE TRAY
Set the original and check the paper size
Press the tray select key
Using the document glass
Select the Sort key to select the sort mode
When all originals have been scanned, and then press the READ-END key
SORT COPY
Using the SPF Peripheral device 1 Place the originals. p.27
2 Press the Sort key to select the sort mode
If the memory becomes full
ID CARD COPY
Press the ID CARD key
Place the ID card on the document glass
align with the ID card mark, and press the
PRINTER FUNCTIONS
BASIC PRINTING
Start WordPad and open the document that you wish to print
Select Print from the applications File menu
Pausing a print job
3 Make sure that SHARP MX-xxxx is selected as the printer
4 Click the Print button
Opening the printer driver from the Start button
Click the SHARP MX-xxxx printer driver icon
Select Properties from the Organize menu
4 Click the Printing Preferences button in the General tab
PRINTER DRIVER SETTING SCREEN
SETTING ADVANCED PRINT FUNCTIONS
Printing multiple pages on one page N-Up Printing
Click the Main tab in the printer driver setup screen
Click the Paper tab in the printer driver setup screen
Fitting the printed image to the paper Fit To Paper Size
Select the number of pages per sheet
Rotating the print image 180 degrees Rotate 180 degrees
4 Select the actual size of paper to be used for printing B5
Check the Rotate 180 degrees box
Click the Main tab in the printer driver setup screen
Select Zoom and click the Settings button
Enlarging/reducing the print image Zoom
3 Select the zoom ratio
Click the Paper tab in the printer driver setup screen
Click the Advanced tab in the printer driver setup screen
Printing faint text and lines in black Text To Black/Vector To Black
ABCD
Check the Text To Black box and/or the Vector To Black
Adjusting the brightness and contrast of the image Image Adjustment
1 Click the Advanced tab in the printer driver setup screen
Click the Image Adjustment button Adjust the image settings
Click the Watermarks tab in the printer driver setup screen
Select the watermark settings
Adding a watermark to printed pages Watermark
SAVING FREQUENTLY USED PRINT SETTINGS
Saving settings at the time of printing User Settings
3 Click the OK button Using saved settings
Deleting saved settings
OUTLINE OF THE PRINT STATUS WINDOW
When printing begins, the Print Status Window automatically opens
PRINTER DRIVER FEATURES
SCANNER FUNCTIONS
SCANNING OVERVIEW
SCANNING USING THE KEYS ON THE MACHINE
Scanning from the operation panel of the machine
1 Press the SCAN key
2 Place the original you wish to scan on the document glass/SPF
4 Press the start
Button Manager settings
Click the tab of the scan menu that you want to set up
Select the start-up application in the Application Selection area
Click the OK button
Outline of Button Manager
Menu Name is not used on this machine
SCANNING FROM YOUR COMPUTER
Scanning from a TWAIN-compliant application
Place the originals that you wish to scan on the document
glass/SPF
In the Scanning Source menu, select the location where you
When you are ready to begin scanning, click the Scanning button
placed the original in Step
Click the Preview button
Scanner driver settings
If Preview is cancelled by
immediately pressing the Esc
key on your keyboard, or the
Preview screen
1 Preview screen
Rotate button
Image Size button
Scanning from a WIA-compliant application Windows XP/Vista/7
Place the original that you wish to scan on the document glass/ SPF
4 Click the Scan button
Scanning from the Scanner and Camera Wizard Windows XP
1 Place the original that you wish to scan on the document glass/ SPF
Click the start button, click Control Panel, click Printers and Other
Hardware, and then click Scanners and Cameras
When scanning ends, the following
screen will appear. Select the next task
that you wish to perform, and then click
the Next button
Toner save mode
Power save modes
Preheat mode
Auto power shut-off mode
TONER SAVE MODE
1 Press the exposure mode selector key to select the MANUAL mode
to blink. The light and dark indicator
standard toner mode is active
Setting the user programs
seconds until all the alarm indicators
USER PROGRAMS
Press and hold down the light key for more than
Press the light key to return to the normal copy mode
DISPLAYING TOTAL NUMBER OF COPIES
Example Total number of copies is 1,234
Program
CHECKING THE TONER LEVEL
2 Hold down the Copy ratio display % key for more than 5 seconds
Press the light
key to return to the normal display
MAINTENANCE
TONER CARTRIDGE REPLACEMENT
Push gently on both sides of the
front cover to open the cover
3 Gently pull the toner cartridge out
while pressing the lock release
button
5 Gently insert the toner cartridge
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CLEANING THE UNIT
Cabinet
Document glass and the rear side of the original cover/SPF
Turn the power switch off. p.8
Turn the power switch on. p.7
Transfer charger
9 TROUBLESHOOTING THE UNIT
MACHINE/COPYING PROBLEMS
Problem
Solution
Possible cause
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PRINTING AND SCANNING PROBLEMS
→ Start printing after quitting all unused application
→ Clean regularly
→ If your application is not TWAIN/WIA compliant
PROBLEMS DURING SETUP OF THE SOFTWARE
computer with a USB cable when the
in Universal Serial Bus controllers in
the manufacturer of your computer to
MFP driver cannot be installed Windows 2000/XP
Click Performance and Maintenance, and then click System
2 Click Uninstall a program
Removing the software
STATUS INDICATORS
The unit will not function. Turn the power switch
Toner cartridge must be replaced. Replace it with
The lower side cover may be open. If so, close it
MISFEED REMOVAL
1 Open the multi-bypass tray, and then open the side cover
2 Check the misfeed location
A Misfeed in the paper feed area
B Misfeed in the fusing area
1 Lower the fusing unit release
lever
1 Lower the fusing unit release lever
C Misfeed in the transport area
D Misfeed in the lower paper feed area Peripheral device
2 Open the front cover
E Misfeed in the SPF Peripheral device
Document feeder cover SPF jam release lever
Roller
Press the copy ratio display % key
MAINTENANCE REQUIRED
DEVELOPER REQUIRED
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT
SINGLE PASS FEEDER MX-SP10
250-SHEET PAPER FEED UNIT MX-CS10
Interface cable
USB interface cable
2. In other Countries outside the EU
2. In other Countries outside the EU
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