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1.  Ensure that the printer cable is connected between your computer and the printer and then turn on

your computer.

2.  From the Program Manager, double click on ‘Control Panel’ located in the ‘Main’ menu.

3.  From the Control Panel, double click on ‘Printers.’

4.  Click on ‘Add’ and then ‘Install Unlisted or Updated Printer.’

5.  Click on ‘Install.’

6.  Insert the desired diskette into the drive, select the floppy disk drive and click the ‘OK’ button.  Then

select the desired printer driver.

7.  Follow the instructions on your screen to install the supplied printer driver.

In step 6 above, selecting ‘SHARP AR-PB2 PS’ (the PostScript® driver) will generally provide the highest-quality

output and support the widest range of printer features. Alternatively, select the SHARP AR-PB2 PCL5e driver. The
SHARP AR-PB2 PS PPD (SHARP-specific PostScript® PPD) cannot be installed on Windows 3.1x.

1.  Ensure that the printer cable is connected between your computer and the printer and then turn on

your computer.

2.  On the Start menu, highlight ‘Settings’, then highlight and click on ‘Printers’.

3.  From the Printers window, select ‘Add Printer’ to run the Add Printer Wizard.

4.  Select ‘My computer’ or ‘Network Printer Server’ and then click on ‘Next’.

5.  Follow the instructions on your screen to install the supplied printer driver.

In step 5 above, selecting ‘SHARP AR-PB2 PS’ (the PostScript® driver) will generally provide the highest-quality

output and support the widest range of printer features. Alternatively,  select either the SHARP AR-PB2 PS PPD
(Sharp-specific PostScript® PPD) or the SHARP AR-PB2 PCL5e driver.

If you have installed the PPD printer driver for Windows 95/Windows 98, install the resident font
information following the procedure below.

Before installing the resident font information, be sure to install the printer driver.

When installing the resident font information, be sure to close all other open applications.

If you have changed the port for the printer from Properties of the printer driver when the printer is used as a network
printer, reinstall the resident font information.

If printer resident fonts cannot be specified from application software, the resident font information has not been
installed or the information is not proper. In this case, reinstall the resident font information.

1.  Ensure that the printer cable is connected between your computer and the printer and then turn on

your computer.

2.  Insert the printer driver diskette for the PPD driver for Windows 95/Windows 98 into the floppy disk

drive.

3.  On the Windows 95/Windows 98 Start menu, select ‘Run’.

4. Type 

A:\PFMSETUP (if the floppy disk drive is designated as drive A) and click the ‘OK’ button.

5.  Follow the instructions on your screen to install the resident font information.

6.  When the installation is complete, restart Windows.

This section describes how to print a test page from your computer. Printing a test page verifies
that the printer and your computer are connected correctly.

Users of Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows NT 4.0 will be prompted to print a test page when installing their

selected printer driver(s). Otherwise, follow the procedures given below.

1.  If necessary, install the appropriate printer driver(s). Refer to ‘Installing Printer Drivers’ for specific

instructions.

2.  From the Windows desktop, click on ‘Start.’

3.  Highlight ‘Settings’ and then click on ‘Printers.’

4.  Right click on the Sharp printer icon and then click on ‘Properties.’

5.  Click on ‘Print Test Page.’

6.  Follow the instructions on the screen to finish printing the test page.

1.  If necessary, install the appropriate printer driver(s). Refer to ‘Installing Printer Drivers’ for specific

instructions.

2.  Print a test page or test document using one of your installed word processing programs such as

Notepad.

Refer to Chapter 4 on Operation Panel to make sure the printer is ready and on-line to print the document.

In most cases, it is not necessary to use the operation panel when printing documents from the
computer. When a document is sent to the printer from the computer, the printer will automatically
print the document. However, following the procedure specified below can help ensure that
documents are printed accurately. The procedure assumes that the printer has been properly
connected to a computer as described in Chapter 1, and that a printer driver has been installed as
described in this chapter. For more information regarding the printer operation panel, refer to
Chapter 4.

1.  Check the operation panel to confirm that the ON LINE indicator is lit. If the ON LINE indicator is

not lit, press the PRINT key to select the printer mode and then press the “ONLINE” key on the
touch panel to set the printer to the on-line condition.

2.  Check the paper tray(s) to ensure that the desired paper is loaded.

3.  Using the computer and any appropriate application software, load the document to be printed, set

any desired features using the installed printer driver, and give the command to print the document.
If necessary, refer to the documentation for the computer and/or the application software for help
on issuing the necessary commands.

4.  The printer will print the document.

Refer to Table 7-1 and Table 7-2 for a complete list of fonts resident in the printer for use by the
supplied printer drivers. Note that the fonts supplied for use by the supplied PostScript drivers differ
from those supplied for use with the PCL driver.

The resident fonts are always available to the printer and need not be downloaded with each print
job. Using the resident fonts enables the printer to operate at maximum performance, and reduces
the amount of data which must be transferred from the computer to the printer with each print job.

This chapter describes the full range of advanced printing features and capabilities available from
the printer.

The following sections describe the capabilities and limits of each feature or group of features.
Using these features requires making adjustments to printer driver settings. For information on
using printer features with a specific printer driver, consult the on-line help files supplied with the
printer drivers.

For information on what features are supported by a specific printer driver, consult Table 2-2 in the section 

Selecting

the Best Printer Driver.

The method to access the features of the printer driver is described below for each supported
operating system.

Before setting the printer driver, check the following items.

•

 

The SHARP AR-PB2 printer driver (SHARP AR-PB2 PS, SHARP AR-PB2 PS PPD or SHARP AR-
PB2 PCL5e) has been installed in the computer to be used. If not, see INSTALLING PRINTER
DRIVERS on page 8.

•

 

The above printer driver has been selected.

1.  Within the application, select File/Print.

2.  Click the ‘Properties’ button.

3.  The properties of the SHARP AR-PB2 printer driver will be displayed.

4.  Select desired settings on each tab.

5.  Press the ‘OK’ button to store the settings and terminate the properties.

In some applications, the method above cannot be used. In this case, 

➀

 click the ‘Start’ button of the computer and

then select ‘Printers’ from Settings. 

➁

 If you use Windows 95/Windows 98, right-click the installed printer driver icon in

the ‘Printers’ folder and select ‘Properties’ in the menu. If you use Windows NT 4.0, right-click the installed printer
driver icon in the ‘Printers’ folder and select “Document default values” in the menu. Then proceed to step 3 above.