Sharp MX-2600N Manuale Utente

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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 COLOR 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

• ADJUSTING LINE WIDTHS WHEN

PRINTING (Line Width Settings) . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39

• REVERSING THE IMAGE (Mirror Image) . . . . 3-40

COLOR MODE ADJUSTMENT FUNCTION . . . . . 3-41

• ADJUSTING THE BRIGHTNESS AND

CONTRAST OF THE IMAGE (Color
Adjustment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-41

• PRINTING FAINT TEXT AND LINES IN

BLACK (Text To Black/Vector To Black) . . . . . 3-42

• SELECTING COLOR SETTINGS TO

MATCH THE IMAGE TYPE (Advanced
Color) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-43

FUNCTIONS THAT COMBINE TEXT AND
IMAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-45

• ADDING A WATERMARK TO PRINTED

PAGES (Watermark) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-45

• PRINTING AN IMAGE OVER THE PRINT

DATA (Image Stamp) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-46

• CREATING OVERLAYS FOR PRINT

DATA (Overlays) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-47

CHAPTER 3
PRINTER