Sharp MX-M314N 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. . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11

SAVING FREQUENTLY USED PRINT
SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12

• SAVING SETTINGS AT THE TIME OF

PRINTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12

• USING SAVED SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

CHANGING THE PRINTER DRIVER
DEFAULT SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15

PRINTING FROM A MACINTOSH

BASIC PRINTING PROCEDURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17

• SELECTING PAPER SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17

• PRINTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18

• SELECTING THE PAPER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19

• PRINTING ON ENVELOPES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20

PRINTING WHEN THE USER
AUTHENTICATION FUNCTION IS ENABLED . . . 3-21

FREQUENTLY USED FUNCTIONS

SELECTING A PRINT MODE SETTING . . . . . . . . 3-24

TWO-SIDED PRINTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25

FITTING THE PRINT IMAGE TO THE PAPER . . . 3-27

PRINTING MULTIPLE PAGES ON ONE
PAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28

STAPLING OUTPUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30

CONVENIENT PRINTING FUNCTIONS

CONVENIENT FUNCTIONS FOR CREATING
PAMPHLETS AND POSTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32

• CREATING A PAMPHLET (Pamphlet). . . . . . . 3-32

• INCREASING THE MARGIN (Margin Shift) . . . 3-34

• CREATING A LARGE POSTER (Poster

Printing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35

FUNCTIONS TO ADJUST THE SIZE AND
ORIENTATION OF THE IMAGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36

• ROTATING THE PRINT IMAGE 180

DEGREES (Rotate 180 degrees) . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36

• ENLARGING/REDUCING THE PRINT

IMAGE (Zoom/XY-Zoom) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37

• ADJUSTING LINE WIDTHS WHEN

PRINTING (Line Width Settings) . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38

• REVERSING THE IMAGE (Mirror Image) . . . . 3-39

FUNCTIONS THAT COMBINE TEXT AND
IMAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-42

• ADDING A WATERMARK TO PRINTED

PAGES (Watermark) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-42

• PRINTING AN IMAGE OVER THE PRINT

DATA (Image Stamp) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-43

• CREATING OVERLAYS FOR PRINT

DATA (Overlays) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-44

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PRINTER