Sharp MX-M1100 Operating Guide

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CONTENTS

ABOUT THIS MANUAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

• MANUALS PROVIDED WITH THE MACHINE . . . 5

PRINTER FUNCTION OF THE MACHINE . . . . . . . . . . 6

PRINTING FROM WINDOWS

BASIC PRINTING PROCEDURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

• SELECTING THE PAPER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

PRINTING WHEN THE USER AUTHENTICATION
FUNCTION IS ENABLED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

VIEWING PRINTER DRIVER HELP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

SAVING FREQUENTLY USED PRINT SETTINGS . . 13

• SAVING SETTINGS AT THE TIME OF

PRINTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

• USING SAVED SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

CHANGING THE PRINTER DRIVER DEFAULT
SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

PRINTING FROM A MACINTOSH

BASIC PRINTING PROCEDURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

• SELECTING PAPER SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

• PRINTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

• SELECTING THE PAPER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

PRINTING WHEN THE USER AUTHENTICATION
FUNCTION IS ENABLED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

FREQUENTLY USED FUNCTIONS

TWO-SIDED PRINTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

FITTING THE PRINT IMAGE TO THE PAPER . . . . . 29

PRINTING MULTIPLE PAGES ON ONE PAGE . . . . 30

STAPLING OUTPUT/PUNCHING HOLES IN
OUTPUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

CONVENIENT PRINTING
FUNCTIONS

CONVENIENT FUNCTIONS FOR CREATING
PAMPHLETS AND POSTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

• CREATING A PAMPHLET

(Pamphlet/Pamphlet Staple). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

• INCREASING THE MARGIN (Margin Shift) . . . . . 36

• CREATING A LARGE POSTER (Poster Printing) . . 37

FUNCTIONS TO ADJUST THE SIZE AND
ORIENTATION OF THE IMAGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

• ROTATING THE PRINT IMAGE 180

DEGREES (Rotate 180 degrees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

• ENLARGING/REDUCING THE PRINT IMAGE

(Zoom/XY-Zoom) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

• REVERSING THE IMAGE (Mirror Image) . . . . . . 41

IMAGE ADJUSTMENT FUNCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

• ADJUSTING THE BRIGHTNESS AND

CONTRAST OF THE IMAGE (Image Adjustment). . 42

• PRINTING FAINT TEXT AND LINES IN

BLACK (Text To Black/Vector To Black) . . . . . . . 43

FUNCTIONS THAT COMBINE TEXT AND IMAGES. . . 44

• ADDING A WATERMARK TO PRINTED

PAGES (Watermark) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

• PRINTING AN IMAGE OVER THE PRINT

DATA (Image Stamp) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

• CREATING OVERLAYS FOR PRINT DATA

(Overlays) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

PRINT FUNCTIONS FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES . . . 47

• PRINTING SPECIFIED PAGES ON

DIFFERENT PAPER (Different Paper). . . . . . . . . 47

• ADDING INSERTS WHEN PRINTING ON

TRANSPARENCY FILM (Transparency Inserts) . . . 49

• PRINTING A CARBON COPY (Carbon Copy) . . . 50

• PRINTING TEXT ON TABS OF TAB PAPER

(Tab Printing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

• TWO-SIDED PRINTING WITH SPECIFIC

PAGES PRINTED ON THE FRONT SIDE
(Chapter Inserts Printing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

• FOLDING SPECIFIED PAPER IN HALF

BEFORE PRINTING (Paper Fold Print) . . . . . . . . 54

• PRINTING THE PAGES IN REVERSE

ORDER (Reverse Order Print) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

CONVENIENT PRINTER FUNCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . 57

• USING TWO MACHINES TO PRINT A LARGE

PRINT JOB (Tandem Print) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

• SAVING AND USING PRINT FILES

(Retention/Document Filing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58