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2. Printer mode

A. Basic specifications

Item

Contents

Print speed

16 PPM

Resolution

600 dpi, 300 dpi (1,200 dpi equivalent by
smoothing)

Toner save

Available

Duplex print

Available (Only in the model with duplex
function)

Paper feed tray

Multi bypass tray
Tray 1, Tray 2

Paper size

Multi bypass tray

A3, B4, A4R, B5R,
A5R, 11" 

×

 17", 8.5"

×

 14", 8.5" 

×

 11"R,

8.5" 

×

 5.5"R, 8.5" 

×

13", 8.3" 

×

 13", 7.25"

×

 10.5"R, DL, C5,

COM10

Paper size

Tray 1 

 2

11" 

×

 17", 8.5" 

×

 14",

8.5" 

×

 11", 8.5" 

×

11"R, 8.5" 

×

 5.5" 

2,

8.5" 

×

 13"

Paper exit

Face down system

Shifter

Available (only AL-1670)

Page description
language (standard)

PCL6 emulation
PCL5e emulation

Dot emulation

None

Page protection
function

Not Available

Interface

IEEE1284 port

Compatibility mode

Nibble mode

Interface cable

Use IEEE1284 conforming parallel cable.
(shielded and grounded)

Max. length

Within 3.0 m

Emulation select

Auto

Plug and play

Conforming (only with Windows 95/98)

Printer driver

Microsoft Windows 3.1 Available

Microsoft Windows 95 Available

Microsoft Windows 98 Available

Microsoft Windows
NT4.0

Available

Built-in fonts

Outline 45 fonts (PCL6 compatible)

Screen font

Outline 31 fonts (PCL6 compatible) for
Windows

Memory

Standard

Conforming PC

IBM PC-AT compatible

: Only AL-1650/1670

2: Tray 1 only 

B. Printer driver specifications

(1) System

OS

PCL

IBM PC/AT

Microsoft Windows 3.1

Available

Microsoft Windows 95

Available

Microsoft Windows 98

Available

Microsoft Windows NT4.0

Available

(2) Kinds of printer drivers

Printer driver name

Name on PC screen

PCL5e for Windows 3.1/95/98

SHARP AL-1600
Series PCL5e

PCL5e for Windows NT4.0

PCL6 for Windows 95/98

SHARP AL-1600
Series PCL6

PCL6 (PCL XL) for Windows NT4.0

(3) Set content

Item

PCL6

PCL5e

Copies

1 to 999

Orientation

Portrait, Landscape

Document Style

1-Sided

Paper Source

Auto, Tray 1, Tray 2, Bypass Tray

Paper Size

A3 (297 

×

 420 mm), B4 (257 

×

 364

mm), A4 (210 

×

 297 mm), A5 (148

×

 210 mm), B5 (182 

×

 257 mm),

Ledger (11" 

×

 17"), Letter (8.5" 

×

11"), Legal (8.5" 

×

 14"), Executive

(7.25" 

×

 10.5"), Folio (8.3" 

×

 13"),

Invoice (5.5" 

×

 8.5"), Foolscap

(8.5" 

×

 13"), DL, C5, COM10,

Custom Paper

N-Up Printing

1-Up, 2-Up, 4-Up

Border

On, Off

Fit to Page

On, Off

Toner Save Mode

On, Off

Smoothing

On, Off

Resolution Settings

600 dpi, 300 dpi

Graphics Mode

HP-GL/2 (Vector), Raster

Half Tone

Photo Images, Line Art, Scanned
Images

Font Source

Resident Fonts, Download Fonts

True Type Mode

Download as True Type,
Download as bitmap font, Print as
graphics

Input Tray

One Tray, Two Trays

Installed RAM

8MB

Set
content of
custom
paper

Unit

0.01", 0.1 mm

Width

1000 to 2969
(In the case of 0.1 mm)
394 to 1169 (In the case of 0.01")

Length

1480 to 4318
(In the case of 0.1 mm)
583 to 1700 (In the case of 0.01")

AL-1670

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Summary of Contents for AL-1640 - B/W Laser - Copier

Page 1: ...LLING THE PRINTER DRIVER 8 1 9 SETTING AND ADJUSTMENTS 9 1 10 CONFIGURATION REPORT AND TEST PAGE 9 2 11 DISASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY 11 1 12 FLASH ROM VERSION UP PROCEDURE 12 1 CONTENTS Parts marked with are important for maintaining the safety of the set Be sure to replace these parts with specified ones for maintaining the safety and performance of the set SHARP CORPORATION This document has been pu...

Page 2: ...NG SOM ÖVERSKRIDER GRÄNSEN FÖR LASERKLASS 1 CAUTION VORSICHT ADVARSEL ADVERSEL VARNING VARO INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN AND INTERLOCKS DEFEATED AVOID EXPOSURE TO BEAM UNSICHTBARE LASERSTRAHLUNG WENN ABDECKUNG GE FFNET UND SICHERHEITSVERRIEGELUNG BERER CKT NICHT DEM STRAHL AUSSETZEN USYNLIG LASERSTR LING VED BNING N R SIKKERHEDSAFBRYDERE ER UDE AF FUNKTION UNDGA UDSAETTELSE FOR STR LING USY...

Page 3: ...n 10MB Standard provision 10MB Standard provision E Sort PWB Scan one Print multi No Standard provision 1 Standard provision 1 Standard provision 1 Standard provision 1 Standard provision 1 Standard provision Original detection Platen No No No No No No No Electric Sort No No No No No No Standard provision SPF No No Standard provision Standard provision No Standard provision Standard provision APS ...

Page 4: ...ulti bypass tray AL 1650 1670 2 cassette Multi bypass tray Paper feed capacity 50 80 g m2 equivalent AL 1640 250 1 cassette 100 Multi bypass tray AL 1650 1670 250 2 cassette 100 Multi bypass tray Remaining quantity detection Cassette Empty detection available Manual tray Empty detection available 1 Paper tray section Paper feed size 11 17 8 5 14 8 5 11 8 5 11 R 8 5 5 5 Side front Front Paper feed ...

Page 5: ...Message display Printer condition only User program Total counter Available Not available N Machine composition 1 Supply parts Part name Toner developer cartridge AL 160 TD B Drum cartridge AL 160 DR O Other specifications Photoconductor type OPC Organic Photo Conductor Photoconductor drum dia 30 mm Copy lamp Xenon lamp Developing system Dry 2 component magnetic brush development Charging system S...

Page 6: ...0 2 Tray 1 only B Printer driver specifications 1 System OS PCL IBM PC AT Microsoft Windows 3 1 Available Microsoft Windows 95 Available Microsoft Windows 98 Available Microsoft Windows NT4 0 Available 2 Kinds of printer drivers Printer driver name Name on PC screen PCL5e for Windows 3 1 95 98 SHARP AL 1600 Series PCL5e PCL5e for Windows NT4 0 PCL6 for Windows 95 98 SHARP AL 1600 Series PCL6 PCL6 ...

Page 7: ...dicates that the printer is off line and data cannot be transferred or printed Make settings from the operation panel in this mode Note however that you cannot make settings if the Data Remaining message is displayed Lit Indicates that the printer is on line and data can be transferred and printed DATA light Extinguished Indicates that there is no data being received or processed Lit Indicates tha...

Page 8: ...COM 10 C5 DL Custom The number of trays supported depends on each model When printing with the multi bypass tray the printer board cannot recognize the set paper direction and therefore it regards that the short side of paper would be set vertical transport direction to make data C Tray selection Paper handling is controlled on the copier side The printer board sends the Video I F command to the d...

Page 9: ...100 300 8200 0 Legal 8400 5100 8160 120 100 300 8200 0 Letter 6600 5100 6360 120 100 300 6400 0 Invoice 5100 3300 2860 120 100 300 4900 0 Foolscap 7800 5100 7560 120 100 300 7600 0 Folio 7800 4980 7560 120 100 300 7600 0 Executive 6300 4350 6060 120 100 300 6100 0 COM 10 5700 2474 3460 120 100 300 5500 0 C5 5408 3826 5172 118 100 300 5208 0 DL 5196 2598 4960 118 100 300 4996 0 Unit Dots 600DPI Top...

Page 10: ...SWC 20 Incised 901 Bold SWC 21 Incised 901 Italic SWC 22 Aldine 430 Original Garamond SWC 23 Aldine 430 Original Garamond Bold SWC 24 Aldine 430 Original Garamond Italic SWC 25 Aldine 430 Original Garamond Bold Italic SWC 26 Audrey Two SWC 27 Flareserif 821 SWC 28 Flareserif 821 Extra Bold SWC 29 Swiss 721 SWM 30 Swiss 721 Bold SWM 31 Swiss 721 Oblique SWM 32 Swiss 721 Bold Oblique SWM 33 Dutch 80...

Page 11: ...1 With rotation 50 11 17 8 5 5 5 With rotation 50 11 17 8 5 5 5 Without rotation 50 11 17 8 5 5 5 With rotation 50 Blinking Without rotation 8 5 14 74 8 5 14 8 5 11 With rotation 58 8 5 14 8 5 5 5 With rotation 58 8 5 14 8 5 5 5 Without rotation 58 8 5 14 8 5 5 5 With rotation 50 Blinking Without rotation 8 5 11 97 8 5 11 8 5 11 Without rotation 61 8 5 11 8 5 5 5 Without rotation 61 8 5 11 8 5 5 5...

Page 12: ...lay 14 Copier ROM version display 15 Trouble memory display 16 Duplex print counter display A 17 Copy counter display Main code Sub code Contents 22 18 Printer counter display C 19 Electronic sort counter display D 20 FAX print counter display A 21 Scanner counter display 24 1 JAM memory JAM counter clear 2 Trouble memory clear 4 SPF counter clear B 5 Duplex counter clear A 6 Paper feed counter cl...

Page 13: ...ge void adjustment Used only in the AL 1620 1621 and AL 1650 1670 After completion of warmup shading is performed and currently set value is displayed 50 1 99 Key operation Feed Exposure up key Return Exposure down key Moved to Home Position Magnification ratio display key Key operation Memory reverse position adjustment value Copy quantity keys Key operation Display Adjustment mode select Exposur...

Page 14: ...0 Printer PWB communication trouble Protocol C 81 Printer PWB communication trouble Parity C 82 Printer PWB communication trouble Overrun C 84 Printer PWB communication trouble Framing C 88 Printer PWB communication trouble Time out C H2 00 Thermistor open detection H3 00 Heat roller abnormally high temperature H4 00 Heat roller abnormally low temperature L1 00 Mirror base feed trouble L3 00 Mirro...

Page 15: ...to your environment 1 Installing onto Windows 95 This printer is compatible with plug play If your computer is incom patible with plug play refer to Installing onto Windows 95 98 without Using the Plug Play Function 1 Turn the computer on and start Windows 95 Note Depending on which version of Windows you are using the display examples in this step may differ from those on your system Either the U...

Page 16: ... the printer drivers by checking Display a list of all the drivers in a specific location and clicking the Next button 3 Click the Have Disk button 4 Insert the SHARP Software CD ROM into the CD ROM drive type R WinXX and click the OK button 5 Choose the appropriate printer driver from those listed below and click the Next button PCL6 Printer Driver SHARP AL 1600 Series PCL6 PCL5e Printer Driver S...

Page 17: ...or details The following steps use the example of a local printer 6 Click the Have Disk button 7 Insert the SHARP Software CD ROM into the CD ROM drive type R WinXX and click the OK button 8 Choose the appropriate printer driver from those listed below and click the Next button PCL6 Printer Driver SHARP AL 1600 Series PCL6 PCL5e Printer Driver SHARP AL 1600 Series PCL5e Note It is recommended that...

Page 18: ... change the printer name enter a new name in the space provided 2 If the program displays Do you want your Windows based programs to use this printer as the default printer check Yes 3 Click the Next button 10 Make the appropriate settings for your environment When using print sharing choose Shared and enter a share name If necessary for your environment select Windows 95 from the list of operatin...

Page 19: ...ppears 4 Press the Left or Right arrow key to change the setting The current value is marked with an asterisk 5 After choosing the required value press the ENTER key The new value is registered MENU MENU MENU Interface Menu I O Time Out 60 second ONLINE ITEM Resolution 600 Main Menu Smoothing On Paper Source Auto Paper Size Copies 1 Orientation A4 Portrait Emulation PCL Toner Save Off Test Printin...

Page 20: ...the paper where data will be printed If this size is different from the paper size present in the tray the size set on the operation panel takes precedence Depending on where the printer was purchased the default value is either A4 or Letter Orientation Portrait Landscape Sets the page orientation for printing Specify Portrait to print the paper with its long side longer edge vertical Specify Land...

Page 21: ...B4 B4 Short Edge Feed A3 A3 Short Edge Feed A5 A5 Long Edge Feed A6 A6 Short Edge Feed Unknown Other size EXTRA No Paper No paper available on this tray No Tray There is a problem with this tray Tray Open This tray is opened except Bypass Tray or Tray is lifting up a Manual paper feed tray Value Suitable paper size Example Letter 8 1 2 11 Default Depends on the size of paper set on the manual pape...

Page 22: ... 11 Disassembly and assembly A Printer Board B E sort PWB only AL 1670 A Printer board B E sort PWB Only AL 1670 M3x6 M3x6 M3x6 M3x6 M3x6 M3x6 M3x6 M3x6 M3x6 M3x6 M3x6 AL 1670 11 1 ...

Page 23: ...p at the rear of the machine 4 Connect the serial connector 5 Turn on the power of the machine The machine enters the download mode All LED lamps are turned off The machine accepts no key operations 6 Execute mainte Vxxx exe on the PC Use mainte_vxxx exe ver 1 04 or later 7 Communication port communication speed setting Select Comport in the option menu and select the most suitable item with consi...

Page 24: ...rints 2 Connect the PC and the copier with the parallel cable 3 Turn on the power 4 Execute SIM 67 14 Erase Flash Data is displayed on the LCD 5 Press the ENTER key on the copier s operation panel Now Erasing is displayed on the LCD 6 After deletion of data Please Send Data is displayed on the LCD and the machine enters the ready state for data input 7 Download the program file Note Never turn off...

Page 25: ...edgments Windows and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U S A and other countries IBM and PC AT are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation PCL is a trademark of Hewlett Packard Company Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation All other trademarks and copyrights are the property of their respective owners SHARP CORPORATION Digital Document Sys...

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