Installing The Software; Software - Sharp AL-2020 Operation Manual

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INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE

This chapter explains how to install and configure the software that is required for the
printer and scanner functions of the machine. The procedure for viewing the Online
Manual is also explained.
• The screen images in this manual are mainly for Windows XP. With
other versions of Windows, some screen images may be different from
those in this manual.
• This manual refers to the CD-ROM that accompanied the machine
simply as "CD-ROM".

SOFTWARE

The CD-ROM that accompanies the machine contains the following software:
MFP driver
Printer driver
The printer driver enables you to use the printer function of the machine.
The printer driver includes the Print Status Window. This is a utility that monitors
the machine and informs you of the printing status, the name of the document
currently being printed, and error messages.
Please note that the Print Status Window does not operate when the machine is
used as a network printer.
Scanner driver*
The scanner driver allows you to use the scanning function of the machine with
TWAIN-compliant and WIA-compliant applications.
Sharpdesk*
Sharpdesk is an integrated software environment that makes it easy to manage
documents and image files, and launch applications.
Button Manager*
Button Manager allows you to use the scanner menus on the machine to scan a
document.
*The scanning feature can only be used with computers that are connected to the
machine by a USB cable. If you are connected to the machine by a LAN
connection, only the printer function can be used.
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