SHARP

PRINTER FUNCTION

The machine is equipped with a full color printing function as standard. 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.

WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT

Printer driver type

PCL6

The machine support the Hewlett-Packard PCL6 printer control languages.

PS (On the PS3 expansion kit is required.)

  • This machine can be used as a PostScript3 compatible printer with a printer driver that supports PCL, a page description language provided by Sharp.
  • If it is desired to use the Windows standard PS printer driver, the PPD driver must be used.
  • To install the printer driver and configure settings in a Windows environment, see the Software Setup Guide.
  • The User's Manual mainly uses PCL6 printer driver screens to explain how to print in a Windows environment. The printer driver screens may differ slightly depending on the printer driver you are using.

macOS ENVIRONMENT

Printer driver type

PS (On the PS3 expansion kit is required.)

This machine can be used as a PostScript3 compatible printer with a printer driver that supports PCL, a page description language provided by Sharp.

  • To install the printer driver and configure settings in a macOS environment, see the Software Setup Guide.
  • The explanations of screens and procedures for use in a macOS environment generally assume that macOS 14 is being used and a PPD driver is installed. The screens may be different depending on the version of the operating system or the software application.
If a notice page is printed
If a print job cannot be printed as specified and the reason is not shown on the operation panel, a notice page indicating the reason will print. Read the message and take appropriate action. For example, a notice page will print if the following occurs:
  • There is more print data than can be held in memory.
  • You selected a function that has been prohibited by the administrator.

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