Sharp AR-P11 (serv.man3) Service Manual ▷ View online
SERVICE MANUAL
CODE: 00ZARP11//A1E
DIGITAL LASER COPIER/
PRINTER OPTION
PRINTER EXPANSION KIT
PRINTER OPTION
PRINTER EXPANSION KIT
AR-PK1
MODEL
AR-P11
CONTENTS
[1] SYSTEM CONFIGURATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
[2] SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
[3] INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
[4] SETTING AND ADJUSTMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
[5] SIMULATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
[6] CONFIGURATION REPORT AND TEST PAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
[7] FLASH ROM VERSION UP PROCEDURE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
[8] PRINTER STATUS MONITOR/PRINTER MANAGEMENT UTILITY. . . . . 8-1
[9] TROUBLE CODE LIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
[10] CIRCUIT DIAGRAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1
PARTS GUIDE
Parts marked with “
” are important for maintaining the safety of the set. Be sure to replace these parts with
specified ones for maintaining the safety and performance of the set.
SHARP CORPORATION
CONTENTS
[1] SYSTEM CONFIGURATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
[2] SPECIFICATIONS
1. Basic specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
2. Network specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
3. Printer driver specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
A. System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
B. Printing function specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
C. System requrement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
D. Paper handling specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
E. Print enable area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
F. Print reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
[3] INSTALLATION
(AR-P11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
1. Parts included . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
2. Installation procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
3. Mounting of additional memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
(AR-PK1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
1. Parts included . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
2. Installation procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
4. Software installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
A. Before installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
B. Driver installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
C. Installing the resident font information for PPD
(Windows 95/98/Me). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
D. Uninstalling unnecessary software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
[4] SETTING AND ADJUSTMENTS
1. Menus and key operation sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
A. Set the print method on the operation panel . . . . . . . . 4-1
B. Configuration menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
2. AR-PK1 (PS expansion kit) setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
A. Setup content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
B. Setup enable conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
C. Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
D. Function cancel menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
3. Email alert status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
A. Setup contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
B. Setup enable conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
C. Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
D. Function cancel display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
[5] SIMULATION
1. Simulation mode key operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
2. Simulation contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
[6] CONFIGURATION REPORT AND TEST PAGE
1. Kinds of test pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
2. Print method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
3. Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
[7] FLASH ROM VERSION UP PROCEDURE
1. Printer control board program download procedure . . . . . 7-1
[8] PRINTER STATUS MONITOR/PRINTER ADMINISTRATION
UTILITY
1. Printer status monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
A. Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
B. Operating environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
C. V3.0 limitations and notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
D. Outline of functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
2. Printer administration utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
A. Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
B. Operating environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
C. Outline of functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
[9] TROUBLE CODE LIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
[10] CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
1. Block diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1
2. Circuit diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2
AR-P11 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION / SPECIFICATIONS - 1
[1] SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
[2] SPECIFICATIONS
1. Basic specification
2. Network specification
3. Printer driver specification
A. System
Printer expansion kit
(AR-P11)
Print server card
(AR-NC5J)
AR-235/275 series
Item
Detail
Print Speed
AR-275: 27ppm at 600dpi
13.5ppm at 1200dpi
AR-235: 23ppm at 600dpi
13.5ppm at 1200dpi
Resolution
300dpi, 600dpi, 1200dpi
Smoothing
AR-275: 27ppm at 1200dpi x
600dpi
AR-235: 23ppm at 1200dpi x
600dpi
600dpi
AR-235: 23ppm at 1200dpi x
600dpi
Toner Save Mode
Standard
Input tray
Multi Bypass tray
Tray 1, Tray 2, Tray 3, Tray 4
Tray 1, Tray 2, Tray 3, Tray 4
Duplex Print
Standard
Finisher
Option
NIC
10/100baseTX
Printer driver
Standard
PostScript Level3
Option/Standard
Barcode Font
Option
Manual (Online manual)
Standard
Platform
IBM PC/AT (Include compatible
machine)
Power Macintosh, iMac, iBook
machine)
Power Macintosh, iMac, iBook
Support OS
(Printer
Driver)
(Printer
Driver)
Custom PS
Windows 95/98/Me
Windows NT 4.0
Windows2000
Windows NT 4.0
Windows2000
Custom PCL6
(PCL5e, XL)
(PCL5e, XL)
Windows 95/98/Me
Windows NT 4.0
Windows2000
Windows NT 4.0
Windows2000
PPD only
Windows 95/98/Me
Windows NT 4.0
Windows2000
MacOS 8.51 or later
Windows NT 4.0
Windows2000
MacOS 8.51 or later
PDL Emulation
PCL5e emulation
PCL6 emulation
PostScript Level 3 emulation
PCL6 emulation
PostScript Level 3 emulation
Memory
Standard
SDRAM 32MB
Max
288MB
Expansion Slot for Memory
2 DIMM Slots
Expansion Memory
168pin 32 MB/64 MB/128 MB DIMM
Resident
Fonts
Fonts
For PS
136 Outline Fonts
For PCL5e, XL
45 Outline Fonts
Line Printer
Line Printer
For PCL
Barcode Fonts (Option)
Screen
Fonts
Fonts
For PS
136 Outline Fonts
For PCL 5e, XL
45 Outline Fonts
For PCL
Barcode Fonts (Option)
Interface
Support OS
Support Protocol
AR-NC5J
10Base-T
100Base-TX
100Base-TX
NetWare,
Windows NT,
Mac OS
Windows NT,
Mac OS
IPX/SPX, TCP/IP,
EtherTalk, Peer to Peer
(TCP/IP) NetBEUI
EtherTalk, Peer to Peer
(TCP/IP) NetBEUI
Machine
OS
PCL6
Custom
PCL5e
Custom
PostScript
Custom
PPD
File
IBM PC/AT
(Include
compatible
machine)
(Include
compatible
machine)
Windows 95
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows 98
Windows Me
Windows NT 4.0
Windows 2000
Mac, Power
Mac
Mac
MacOS8.51 to
9.x
9.x
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
Item
Detail
AR-P11 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION / SPECIFICATIONS - 2
B. Printing function specification
Function
PCL5e Custom
Driver
PS Custom Driver
Macintosh PPD file
PPD file
PCL6 (XL) Custom
Driver
General
Copies
1-999
←
←
←
←
Orientation
Portrait
Landscape
←
←
←
←
Duplex
1-Sided
2-Sided
2-Sided
←
←
←
←
Binding Edge
N/A
Long/Short
←
←
N/A
Pamphlet Style
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Pamphlet
Binding Edge
Binding Edge
Left / Right
N/A
Left / Right
N-up
2/4/6/8/16
2/4/6/8/16
2/4/6/9/16
2/4 *1
2/4/6/8/16
N-up Order
Z
←
←
←
←
N-up Border
Yes / No
←
None / Single
hairline / Single thin
line / Double hairline
/ Double thin line
Always Yes
Yes / No
Paper Input
Paper Size
A3 / B4 / A4 / B5 /
A5 / 11 x 17 / B6 / A6
8.5 x 14 / 8.5 x 13 /
8.5 x 11 / 5.5 x 8.5 /
Folio / Exective /
COM-10/ DL / C5/
8K / 16K
←
←
←
←
Custom Paper
Size
Size
1 size
←
N/A
3 sizes *2
1 size
Source
Selection
Selection
Auto
Bypass-Tray (Auto)
Bypass-Tray
(Manual)
Tray 1/2/3/4
Bypass-Tray (Auto)
Bypass-Tray
(Manual)
Tray 1/2/3/4
←
←
←
←
Different 1st
(Cover) Page
(Cover) Page
Yes / No
←
←
N/A
Yes / No
Transparency
Print
Yes / No
←
←
N/A
Yes / No
Transparency
Inserts
Inserts
No
Yes (Blank)
Yes (Printed)
←
←
N/A
No
Yes (Blank)
Yes (Printed)
Paper Output
Output Tray
Selection
Selection
Upper Tray
Center Tray
Offset Tray
Center Tray
Offset Tray
←
←
←
←
Staple
Finisher
Yes / No
←
←
←
←
Graphic
Resolution
Setting
Setting
600/300 dpi
1200/600 dpi
←
←
1200/600/300 dpi
Halftone
Setting
Setting
N/A
Screen Frequency
8 to 360.0
in 0.1 steps
Screen angle
0.0 to 360.0
in 0.1 steps
N/A
←
←
Graphics Mode
Raster
HP-GL2
N/A
←
←
Raster
Vector
Smoothing
Yes / No
←
←
←
←
Toner save
Yes / No
←
←
←
←
Photo
Enhancement
Enhancement
N/A
Yes / No
N/A
←
Yes / No
Negative Image
N/A
Yes / No
←
←
N/A
Mirror Image
N/A
Horizontal
Vertical
←
Yes / No
N/A
Zoom
N/A
←
25-400%
←
N/A
Fit to Page
Yes / No
←
N/A
←
Yes / No
Font
Resident Font
45 fonts + 1
136 fonts
35 fonts
136 fonts *4
45 fonts + 1
Download Font
Bitmap
TrueType
Graphics
Bitmap
Type1
TrueType
N/A
Bitmap
Type1
TrueType
Bitmap
TrueType
Graphics
Others
Configuration
Setting
Setting
Yes
(Automatic)
←
←
Yes
Yes
(Automatic)
ROPM
Yes / No
←
←
←
←
Print Auditor
Yes / No
←
←
N/A
Yes / No