Sharp MX-3100N All in One Printer User Manual


 
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This chapter provides detailed explanations of the procedures for using the printer function.
PRINTER FUNCTION OF THE MACHINE. . . . . . . . 3-3
PRINTING FROM WINDOWS
BASIC PRINTING PROCEDURE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
• SELECTING THE PAPER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
• PRINTING ON ENVELOPES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
PRINTING WHEN THE USER
AUTHENTICATION FUNCTION IS ENABLED . . . . 3-8
VIEWING PRINTER DRIVER HELP. . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
SAVING FREQUENTLY USED PRINT
SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
• SAVING SETTINGS AT THE TIME OF
PRINTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
• USING SAVED SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
CHANGING THE PRINTER DRIVER
DEFAULT SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
PRINTING FROM A MACINTOSH
BASIC PRINTING PROCEDURE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
• SELECTING PAPER SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
• PRINTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
• SELECTING THE PAPER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
• PRINTING ON ENVELOPES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
PRINTING WHEN THE USER
AUTHENTICATION FUNCTION IS ENABLED . . . 3-21
FREQUENTLY USED FUNCTIONS
SELECTING THE COLOUR MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23
SELECTING A PRINT MODE SETTING . . . . . . . . 3-25
TWO-SIDED PRINTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
FITTING THE PRINT IMAGE TO THE PAPER . . . 3-28
PRINTING MULTIPLE PAGES ON ONE
PAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29
STAPLING OUTPUT/PUNCHING HOLES IN
OUTPUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
CONVENIENT PRINTING FUNCTIONS
CONVENIENT FUNCTIONS FOR CREATING
PAMPHLETS AND POSTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33
• CREATING A PAMPHLET
(Pamphlet/Pamphlet Staple). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33
• INCREASING THE MARGIN (Margin Shift) . . . 3-35
• CREATING A LARGE POSTER (Poster
Printing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36
FUNCTIONS TO ADJUST THE SIZE AND
ORIENTATION OF THE IMAGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
• ROTATING THE PRINT IMAGE 180
DEGREES (Rotate 180 degrees) . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
• ENLARGING/REDUCING THE PRINT
IMAGE (Zoom/XY-Zoom) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38
• REVERSING THE IMAGE (Mirror Image) . . . . 3-39
COLOUR MODE ADJUSTMENT FUNCTION . . . . 3-40
• ADJUSTING THE BRIGHTNESS AND
CONTRAST OF THE IMAGE (Colour
Adjustment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-40
• PRINTING FAINT TEXT AND LINES IN
BLACK (Text To Black/Vector To Black) . . . . . 3-41
• SELECTING COLOUR SETTINGS TO
MATCH THE IMAGE TYPE (Advanced
Colour) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-42
FUNCTIONS THAT COMBINE TEXT AND
IMAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-44
• ADDING A WATERMARK TO PRINTED
PAGES (Watermark) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-44
• PRINTING AN IMAGE OVER THE PRINT
DATA (Image Stamp) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-45
• CREATING OVERLAYS FOR PRINT
DATA (Overlays) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-46
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