Sharp AR-M257 - Manual (Page 245)

6 TROUBLESHOOTING
69 C O N T E N T S
Printing does not take place
(part 4)
Checking the printer driver
■ Is your machine selected correctly in the current
application for the print job?
Select the printer driver of the machine in the print settings
window of the application.
● If the printer drivers appear as icons, click the icon of the
machine.
● If the printer drivers are selected from a pull-down menu,
select the printer driver of the machine from the menu.
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Windows: Basic printing
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Macintosh: Basic printing
Points to check in Windows
■ Has the printer driver been installed properly?
Follow the steps below to make sure that the printer driver is
installed correctly.
1 Click the "start" button, click "Control Panel", click
"Printers and Other Hardware", and then click
"Printers and Faxes".
● On Windows 98/Me/NT 4.0/2000, click the "Start" button,
select "Settings" and then click "Printers".
● On Windows Server 2003, click the "Start" button and then
click "Printers and Faxes".
2 Check if the "SHARP AR-XXXX" printer driver icon
is shown.
If the printer icon of the machine does not appear, the printer
driver is not installed correctly. Follow the instructions in the
software setup guide for network printer to correctly install the
printer driver.
■ Is the port configured correctly?
It is possible that there is a problem with the port
configuration, for example another printer driver may be
using the port. Open the printer driver properties and
correctly configure the port that you are using.
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See the software setup guide for network printer.
If for some reason the printer driver does not operate
correctly, delete the printer driver and then reinstall it as
explained in the software setup guide for network printer.
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Removing the software