Sharp Printer Administration utility (PAU) 3.2 Read Me 

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			CONTENTS
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- Introduction
- Minimum System Requirements
- Updated Manual Notes
- Known Application issues and workarounds
- Troubleshooting Guide

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			INTRODUCTION 
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Please read this document before using the Sharp Printer
Administration Utility (PAU). It contains late breaking
information which is not covered in the Online Help.

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		MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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- 8 MB of hard drive space
- 486 DX or better
- 16 MB RAM on Windows 95/98/Me and 32 MB RAM on Windows NT
  4.0 Workstation/2000 Professional/XP Home Edition/
  XP Professional
- Video 800 x 600 SVGA

OPERATING SYSTEMS:
- Windows XP Home Edition
- Windows XP Professional
- Windows 2000 Professional
- Windows NT 4.0 Workstation with service pack 3 or 
  greater
- Windows Me
- Windows 98
- Windows 95 with:
	- Winsock 2.0 or later
(This update is available at:
www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/
wuadmintools/s_wunetworkingtools/w95sockets2)

	- TCP/IP Protocol
(When you use the PAU, the TCP/IP protocol should be 
installed in your system.)

**Please note that the above files must be present 
before installing the Sharp Printer Administration 
Utility**


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	KNOWN APPLICATION ISSUES AND WORKAROUNDS
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NETWORK SLOW-DOWN:
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- Multiple users searching for the same Subnets can slow 
  down the network.
- Searching Subnets residing on a Network Firewall can 
  disable the Firewall

Some data fields on property pages may occasionally be 
left blank, because not all data fields are applicable 
to all printers.

If an event occurs during Printer Administration Utility 
startup, the application may display the printer's IP 
address in the name column.

If you see a difference in status information between 
the Printer Administration Utility and the Printer Status 
Monitor, check the printer's staple cartridge for proper 
installation.

Even if you uninstall the Printer Administration 
Utility, the log file that recorded the error 
information and so on will be left stored.
If deleting the log file, delete the following file. 

 - Log file on Windows 95/98/Me
   C:\Windows\Application Data\Sharp\
     Printer Administration Utility\3.0\adminlog.txt

 - Log file on Windows NT
   C:\WinNT\Profiles\username\Application Data\Sharp\
     Printer Administration Utility\3.0\adminlog.txt

 - Log file on Windows 2000/XP
   C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\
     Sharp\Printer Administration Utility\3.0\
     adminlog.txt

On the Printer Administration Utility, if using SHARP 
digital MFP series, AR-405/250/281/286/336/280/285/335, 
note that the "Printing Settings" tab and the 
"Resources" tab on properties are not displayed.

On Printer Administration Utility, if using SHARP 
digital MFP series, DM-2000/2005/2010/2015 or 
AR-160/161/200S/200/205/F200/162/163/164/201/206/207/
F201, the view method is partly different from other
models.

 - At "amount of paper" of the "Paper Input" tab, 
   the remaining amount of paper is shown with only 
   "Full" or "Empty" status.
 - At the "Paper Output" tab, you cannot change the 
   tray information about "Default Paper Destination."
 - At the "Paper Input" tab, you cannot change the 
   tray information about "Default Paper Source."
 - At the "Paper Input" and "Paper output" tabs, 
   "Tray Model" is not displayed.
 - At the "Resources" tab, the information about 
   "Disposal Toner Status" is not displayed.
 - At the "Printing Settings" tab, you cannot change 
   the setting values of "Default PDL", "Orientation", 
   and "Simplex/Duplex Printing."

On Printer Administration Utility, if using SHARP 
digital MFP series, AR-M208/235/275/N275,
the view method is partly different from other models.

 - At "amount of paper" of the "Paper Input" tab, 
   the remaining amount of paper is shown with only 
   "Full" or "Empty" status.
 - At the "Paper Output" tab, you cannot change the 
   tray information about "Default Paper Destination."
 - At the "Resources" tab, the information about 
   "Disposal Toner Status" is not displayed.
 - Some of the information of the printer under the 
   "Auto power shut-off" mode is remained as before 
   it enters the mode. 

On Printer Administration Utility, if using SHARP 
digital MFP series, DM-3500/3501/3551/4500/4501/4551 
or AR-M280/M280U/M350/M350U/P350/M450/M450U/P450,
the view method is partly different from other models.

 - At the "Resources" tab, the information about 
   "Disposal Toner Status" is not displayed.
 - Some of the information of the printer under the 
   "Auto power shut-off" mode is remained as before 
   it enters the mode. 
 
Depending on the combination of the printer board and 
types of printer, the following restrictions may occur 
on the Printer Administration Utility.
Note the restrictions beforehand.

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| AR-M208/235/275/N275,                                   |
| AR-M280/M280U/M350/M350U/P350/M450/M450U/P450,     |
| DM-3500/3501/3551/4500/4501/4551                   |
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|                        A                           |
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| AR-505/507/407 | AR-405/336/286/ |  AR-335/285/280 |
|     337/287    |     281/250     |                 |
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|        A       |        A        |       Z         |
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| Printer Firmware  | DM-2000/2010,    | DM-2005/2015,|
| Version           | AR-160/161/200S/ | AR-205/162/  |
|                   |    200/F200      |    163/164/  |
|                   |                  |    201/206/  |
|                   |                  |    207/F201  |
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| Ver 4.17 or upper |      B           |   A          |
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| Ver 3.06 or upper |      B, C,       |   C          |
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| Others            |      B, C, D     |   B, C, D    |
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A: - The functions are not limited. 
B: - At the "Resources" tab, the information about 
     "Total Impressions" may not be displayed.
C: - At the "Printing Settings" tab, the information 
     about "Default PDL" may not be displayed.
   - If the printer becomes offline, only the 
     "Toner Low" status is displayed, and the "Offline" 
     status is not displayed. 
D: - At the "Device" tab, the information about 
     "Max Paper Size", "Max Print Speed", and 
     "Media Path" are not displayed.
   - At the "Printing Settings" tab, the information 
     about "Channel List", "Orientation", and 
     "Simplex/Duplex Printing" are not be displayed.
   - At the "Resources" tab, the information about 
     "Toner Status" is not displayed.
   - If the information about devices model shows 
     "Sharp ProductID", some functions are not displayed. 
     In this case, turn off the power of the printer 
     once, and after a few minutes, turn it on again.
Z:  Some information is not displayed.

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		   Troubleshooting
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- PAU does not detect any devices:
  Make sure that the TCP/IP stack parameters are 
  configured properly.


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