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AR-C172M  SPECIFICATIONS  3 - 5

Multi max. number

999 sheets 
(Adjustable with key operator pogram)

Scan resolution 

600 x 600 dpi
600 x 300dpi (B/W copy only, used RSPF 
and 100%copy ratio)

Writing resolution

600 x 600 dpi

Document size

Max. A3 (11” x 17”)

Document kind

Sheet/book document

Copy magnification 
ratio

AB series: 25%, 50%, 70%, 81%, 

86%, 100%, 115%, 122%, 141%, 
200%, 400%

Inch series: 25%, 50%, 64%, 77%, 

100%, 121%, 129%, 200%, 400%

 

(400% only in OC mode)

Custom magnification 
ratio registration

AB series/Inch series: 4 keys (2E/2R)

Zoom

50 to 200% (increment of 1% for 50 to 
200%)

Independent zoom

Yes (OC: 25, 400%, 50 to 200%, 
RSPF: 50 to 200%, increment of 1%)

Exposure 
mode

Display

Color 
(Hexadecimal)

B/W (binary)

Auto

Text/Printed Photo
Default ME3
Pre-scan: No

Text

auto:

 AE

Pre-scan: No

Text

Text

Text/Printed 
Photo

Text/Printed Photo

Text
/Photograph

Text/Photograph

Printed Photo

Printed Photo

Photograph

Photograph

Map

Map

Copy document Copy document (Effective for Text, Text/

Printed, Printed)

Color 
enhancement
(OC only)

Yes (Effective for Text, Text/Printed, Text/Photograph, 
Printed, Photograph, Map)

Manual steps

9 steps

Smoothing 
process

No

Toner save 
mode

Yes (for B/W)

Functions APS

Yes

AMS

Yes

ACS (Auto Color Selection) No

Paper type select

Yes

Free size input

Document: Yes
Paper: Yes 

Coy Protection Technology 
(CPT)

Yes

Auto tray switching

Yes

Rotation copy

Yes (A4/8.5 x 11/B5 
paper size only)

Rotation sort

No

Electronic sort (E-RDH)

Yes (Color / B/W)

Copy reservation

No

Program call/registration

Yes (Max. 10 items)

Proof copy

No

Pre-heat

Yes (Conditions are set 
by the key operation.)

Auto power shut off

Yes (Conditions are set 
by the key operation.)

Department management

Yes (200 departments)

Key operator program

Yes

Communication support 
(RIC)

Yes

Process control

Yes

Card counter support

No

Coin vendor support

Yes

Special 
functions

Binding margin

Yes

Edge erase/Center erase

Yes

1 set 2 copy

Yes (OC mode only)

Cover insertion

Yes

OHP insert paper

Yes (White paper 
insertion only)

Insert paper insertion 
(Index)

No

Centering

Yes

Multi shot (N in 1)

Yes (Ruled line ON/
OFF allowed)

Center binding

Yes (Option)

Duplex copy direction 
switch

Option

∗

Requires Duplex 
desk, Duplex pass/
Inverter.

Negative/Positive 
conversion

No

B/W inversion

Yes (B/W only)

Photo repeat

Yes (2/4/8/12/16/24)
10 is for visiting cards.

RGB adjustment

Yes

Color balance

Yes

Color Gamma adjustment

Yes (OC only)

Brightness adjustment 

Yes

Contrast adjustment

No

Sharpness adjustment

Yes

Mirror image

Yes

Single color

6 colors (R, G, B, C, M, 
Y)

Enlargement continuous 
copy

Yes (OC only)

Background erase

Yes

A3 wide copy

Yes (OC only)

Auto color calibration

Yes

Auto registration

Yes

AR-C172M  SPECIFICATIONS  3 - 6

B/W (Electronic sort): Equivalent to "TEST SHEET B."

SOPM: Scan Once Print (Copy) Many

Color (Electronic sort): [JBIG], [A3: 2 sheets], *1: Equal to “What’s color”, *2: Equal to “Fruits- Map”, *3: Equal to “Photo chart”

Note: 1) Interrupt copy is available in Electronic sort mode, only 1 set. 

(Duplex copy, staple, Multi shot (N in 1) and Multi-enlargement are not available.)

2) Color E-sort as Interrupt copy is not available.

The scanner function is enabled by canceling the product key.
This function requires installation of an expansion memory of
256MB and a scanner expansion board.

PUSH SCAN is used to send scan data to PC or a file server by
the operation on the machine operation panel.

PUSH SCAN has the following three modes:

• SCAN TO E-MAIL (SMTP)

Scan data area attached to an E-mail.

• SCAN TO FILE SERVER (FTP)

Scan data are sent to a file server by FTP.

The URL can be e-mailed simultaneously.

• SCAN TO DESKTOP (FTP)

Scan data are sent to the desktop user. (Sharpdesk and the net-
work scanner tool are required.)

1.

Push [IMAGE SEND] button on the operation panel to switch
to the main menu of the image send mode.

2.

Press [ADDRESS DIRECTORY] or [E-MAIL ADDRESS] but-
ton to set a destination. (The local address book cannot be
retrieved.)

3.

According to the necessity, set the sender with [SENDER
LIST] button.

4.

According to necessity, select the scanning conditions with
[EXPOSURE], [RESOLUTION], [FILE FORMAT] and [ORIGI-
NAL] buttons.

5.

Press the color start key or the black-and-white start key to
start scanning. When the color start key is pressed, scanning
is made in color. When the black-and-white start key is
pressed, scanning is made in black and white.

Engine operates according to the setting made, such as: LED
of the color start key is turned on or LED of mono start key is
turned on.

Copier specifications

ICU PWB

Combination

Standard

Expansion 1

Expansion 2

Standard (Slot 1)

256MB

256MB

256MB

Expansion memory (Slot 2)

—

128MB

256MB

Total memory capacity

256MB

384MB

512MB

Mode

Electronic 

sort

Document size

Upper limit of document scan quantity

(number of surfaces)

Copy

Single

Color 

(4 bit)

No

to A4 (8.5" x 11")

SOPM

SOPM

SOPM

B4, A3 

(8.5" x 14", 11" x 17")

SOPM

SOPM

SOPM

A3W (12" x 18")

SOPM

SOPM

SOPM

Color 

(1 bit)

Yes

to A4 (8.5" x 11")

100 surfaces*

1

100 surfaces*

1

180 surfaces*

1

37 surfaces*

2

37 surfaces*

2

64 surfaces*

2

21 surfaces*

3

21 surfaces*

3

37 surfaces*

3

B4, A3 

(8.5" x 14", 11" x 17")

50 surfaces*

1

50 surfaces*

1

90 surfaces*

1

18 surfaces*

2

18 surfaces*

2

32 surfaces*

2

10 surfaces*

3

10 surfaces*

3

18 surfaces*

3

A3W (12" x 18")

41 surfaces*

1

41 surfaces*

1

74 surfaces*

1

15 surfaces*

2

15 surfaces*

2

26 surfaces*

2

8 surfaces*

3

8 surfaces*

3

15 surfaces*

3

B/W

Yes

to A4 (8.5" x 11")

400 surfaces

400 surfaces

680 surfaces

B4, A3 

(8.5" x 14", 11" x 17")

200 surfaces

200 surfaces

340 surfaces

A3W (12" x 18")

165 surfaces 

165 surfaces 

280 surfaces

Copy

Duplex

Color 

(4 bit)

No

to A4 (8.5" x 11")

SOPM

SOPM

SOPM

B4, A3 

(8.5" x 14", 11" x 17")

No

SOPM

SOPM

A3W (12" x 18")

No paper pass allowed

Color 

(1 bit)

Yes

to A4 (8.5" x 11")

100 surfaces*

1

100 surfaces*

1

180 surfaces*

1

37 surfaces*

2

37 surfaces*

2

64 surfaces*

2

21 surfaces*

3

21 surfaces*

3

37 surfaces*

3

B4, A3 

(8.5" x 14", 11" x 17")

50 surfaces*

1

50 surfaces*

1

90 surfaces*

1

18 surfaces*

2

18 surfaces*

2

32 surfaces*

2

10 surfaces*

3

10 surfaces*

3

18 surfaces*

3

A3W (12" x 18")

No paper pass allowed

B/W

Yes

to A4 (8.5" x 11")

400 surfaces

400 surfaces

680 surfaces

B4, A3 

(8.5" x 14", 11" x 17")

200 surfaces

200 surfaces

340 surfaces

A3W (12" x 18")

No paper pass allowed

AR-C172M  SPECIFICATIONS  3 - 7

Network protocol

TCP/IP, SMTP, FTP, (HTTP)

Trial mode required

Supported by the service diag.
The upper limit is 500 scans (surfaces). Without canceling the product key, scanning functions are enabled. 
500 counts in total of color and black-and-white scans.
There is no counter for trial. Resolution level: [lowest] or [lower] key only.

Destination registration

500 items of scan to E-mail from Embedded Web Server + group, and 100itmes of Scan to FTP + Desktop 
(Max. 600 items can be registered.)
Scan to E-mail and group can be registered from the operation panel.
A destination name can be set with max. 18 characters in two bytes (or 36 characters in one byte).
An E-mail address can beg set with max. 50 characters in one byte.

Address book

The static address book stored in MFP is supported.

Destination select

Selected from the operation panel.
Selection of two or more destinations is allowed. (Only Scan to E-mail)
Sending to temporary users can be made.
CC: / BCC: Send enable

Sender select

Select from the list of senders (20) on the operation panel.
If it is not set, the default which is set by Web is used.
Setting can be made from the key operator program.

Image setup

Image quality setup

Color (RGB, each 8bit), Monochrome binary (1bit)

Binary system

Error diffusion 

Text/photo area separation

Automatic

Moire reduction mode

Yes

Color enhancement mode

N/A

Density

Automatic (Monochrome only. For color, same as density 3 manual.)
Manual (9 steps: 1 to 5, 0.5 increment)
Default: 3

Resolution

Color

Monochrome

Low 2

100 dpi x 100 dpi

150 dpi x 150 dpi

Low 1

150 dpi x 150 dpi

200 dpi x 200 dpi

 (Default)

Normal

200 dpi x 200 dpi

300 dpi x 300 dpi

High 1

300 dpi x 300 dpi

400 dpi x 400 dpi

High 2

600 dpi x 600 dpi

600 dpi x 600 dpi

The above resolutions are displayed on the panel. There is no optional setting of 
resolution. 

Document

Document arrangement

Single surface document
Duplex document (side bind)
Duplex document (top bind)

Image rotation 

0°
90° (A document is rotated 90 degrees to be set. Used mainly for portrait image 
scan of Legal, B4, A3. etc.)
Note: 600 x 600dpi A3 size full color scan: 90-degree image rotate every time.

Document detection size

Automatic detection (The automatic detection allowable size can be set by the 
key operation.)
Manual setup (Automatic detection cancel: Fixed sizes)
Manual setup (Automatic detection cancel: Other than fixed sizes)
AB series: mm setting,  inch series: inch setting

Document type/ Image 
quality type

Text
Text/Printed Photo
Text/Photograph
Printed Photo 

∗

Photograph 

∗

Map 

∗

(The default: Text mode / Automatic)

∗

: Only in manual density adjustment

AR-C172M  SPECIFICATIONS  3 - 8

∗

: Expansion memory must be installed to both of the Copier ICU and the Printer board.

File format

B/W (1bit)

TIFF-Non compression (Multi page allowed)
TIFF-G3-1dim (Multi page allowed)
TIFF-G4  (Multi page allowed)
PDF-Non compression (Multi page allowed)
PDF-G3-1dim (Multi page allowed)
PDF-G4  (Multi page allowed)

Color (RGB x 8bits)

PDF High compression (Multi page allowed)
PDF Medium compression (Multi page allowed)
PDF Low compression (Multi page allowed)
JPEG High compression (Multi page inhibited)
JPEG Medium compression (Multi page inhibited)
JPEG Low compression (Multi page inhibited)
Multi page inhibited: Means images on two or more pages cannot be sent as one 
file. They can sent or saved as two or more attached files.

Filed by each page

ON / OFF
(In JPEG, fixed to ON.)

Process when the specified value is exceeded

The specified size can be set with the key operator program. When the size 
exceeds the specified level, scan is cancelled.

OC multi scan 

Documents of two or more pages can be set as one file from the platen. (Except 
for JPEG)

Job history

The job history is not recorded.

Utility

Sharpdesk V3.0 or later

LDAP

Yes

JOB restriction

The scanner mode is disabled during printing. After completion of a print job, it is 
enabled. (Print controller restriction)

User Authentication

Yes

POP before SMTP

Yes

Address Book Non Anonymous for NST

Yes

Network scan 
specifications

ICU PWB

Combination

Standard

Expansion-1

Expansion-2

Standard (Slot 1)

256 MB

256 MB

256 MB

Expansion memory (Slot 2)

—

128 MB

256 MB

Total memory capacity

256 MB

384 MB

512 MB

Printer 

controller 

PWB

Combination

Standard

Expansion-1

Expansion-2

Expansion-3 Expansion-4

Standard (Onboard)

128 MB

128 MB

128 MB

128 MB

128 MB

Expansion memory (Slot 1)

—

128 MB

256 MB

256MB

256 MB

Expansion memory (Slot 2)

—

—

—

128MB

256 MB

Total memory capacity

128 MB

256 MB

384 MB

512 MB

640 MB

PUSH scan

Trial 

mode

Color

❍

150dpi or less

Monochrome

❍

200dpi or less

Normal 

mode 

(Option)

Color

✕

✕

❍

300dpi or less

❍

 (

∗

)

600dpi or less

Monochrome

✕

✕

❍

600dpi or less