Printer Function Of The Machine - Sharp MX-2314N Operation Manual

PRINTER FUNCTION OF THE MACHINE

The machine is equipped standard with a full colour printing function. To enable printing from your computer, a printer
driver must be installed.
See the table below to determine which printer driver to use in your environment.
Environment
Sharp Advanced Printing Language-c
This is the SHARP proprietary printer driver. The printer driver
compresses the data in each print job before sending the job to the
machine, enabling smooth printing.
PCL6
Windows
The machine supports the Hewlett-Packard PCL6 printer control
languages.
PS
This printer driver supports the PostScript 3 page description language
developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated, and enables the machine to
be used as a PostScript 3 compatible printer.
(A PPD file is available if it is desired to use the Windows standard PS
Macintosh
printer driver.)
* Cannot be used when the productivity kit is installed.
Installing the printer driver in a Windows environment
To install the printer driver and configure settings in a Windows environment, see "2. SETUP IN A WINDOWS
ENVIRONMENT" in the Software Setup Guide.
The explanations in this manual of printing in a Windows environment generally use the screens of the PCL6 printer driver.
The printer driver screens may differ slightly depending on the printer driver that you are using.
Installing the printer driver in a Macintosh environment
In a Macintosh environment, the PS3 expansion kit must be installed to use the machine as a network printer.
To install the printer driver and configure settings in a Macintosh environment, see "3. SETUP IN A MACINTOSH
ENVIRONMENT" in the Software Setup Guide.
Printer driver type
3-3
PRINTER
Remarks
Can be used in the
standard machine
configuration.*
Can be used in the
standard configuration.
However, some functions
will not work unless the
Productivity Kit is installed.
The PS3 expansion kit is
required.
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