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              SHARP PC-FAX Driver Release Notes

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Thank you for purchasing a SHARP Digital Copier. These release 
notes contain important information that should be read 
before installing the PC-FAX driver. Please read these notes 
before proceeding with the installation of the driver.


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                        Supported Models

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This PC-FAX driver is designed for use with the SHARP digital 
copiers indicated below. The driver will not function correctly 
if any other printers are connected. In addition, this driver 
can only be used when the printer feature and fax feature have 
been installed.

- SHARP AR-230/270 FAX Series
    AR-M236 / AR-M237 / AR-M276 / AR-M277
- SHARP AR-280/300/350/450 FAX Series
    AR-M280U / AR-M280N / AR-M300U / AR-M300N / AR-M350
    AR-M350U / AR-M350N / AR-P350  / AR-M450  / AR-M450U
    AR-M450N / AR-P450
- SHARP AR-550/620/700 FAX Series
    AR-M550N / AR-M620N / AR-M700N
    AR-M550U / AR-M620U / AR-M700U
- SHARP DM-3500/4500 Series
    DM-3500  / DM-3501  / DM-3551  / DM-4500  / DM-4501
    DM-4551


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                       System Requirements 

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* Operating system

  Windows 95
    - Winsock 2.0 or later
  (This update is available at:
    http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/wuadmintools/s_wunetworkingtools/w95sockets2)

  Windows 98
  Windows Me
  Windows NT 4.0 Workstation (Service Pack 5 or later)
  Windows 2000 Professional
  Windows XP Home Edition
  Windows XP Professional

  Internet Explorer 4.0 or later.

* Computer

  PC/AT compatible computer supported by one of the above 
  Operating systems (including the NEC PC98-NX Series)

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          Important points when using the PC-FAX driver

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Please note the following important points related to sending 
faxes.

* This driver can only be used when the printer feature and fax 
  feature have been installed in your digital copier. In 
  particular, if the fax feature is not installed, you will be 
  able to send faxes from your computer to the digital copier, 
  however, the digital copier will not send the faxes to their 
  destinations. Be sure to verify that the digital copier is 
  equipped with the fax feature before attempting to send faxes.

* You must be logged in as a user with full Administrator
  privileges to successfully install this driver.  Windows XP
  provides a mechanism to allow non-administrator users to
  perform administrator tasks if they know the login to a
  full administrator, but it does not work for PC-FAX driver.
  If presented with a Windows "Run As" dialog, Cancel the
  dialog and log in as Administrator before starting or
  continuing the installation of PC-FAX driver.

* Long or irregularly shaped documents cannot be transmitted.
  Transmission may not be possible of a document that contains 
  pages of differing size.

* Your computer is not notified of the completion of a fax 
  transmission. To verify completion of a transmission, check 
  the error history that the unit prints.

* This driver doesn't support "Switch User" function in Windows XP
  Professional / Home Edition. If you send fax with user that you 
  don't login, log off from all user and use PC-FAX driver with user
  that you login.


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                              Hints

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* The first time you use the PC-FAX driver after installing it, 
  you may see the message "This printer is not supported by the 
  currently associated driver. The PC-FAX driver will be used 
  in its place." If this message appears, click "OK".

* When upgrading the PC-FAX driver, be sure to remove the old 
  version of the driver and restart your computer before 
  installing the new version.

* To remove the PC-FAX driver, select "SHARP PC-FAX 
  Driver" in "Control Panel" - "Add/Remove Application".
  The PC-FAX driver in the Printers folder will be 
  automatically removed.

  If multiple PC-FAX drivers are installed, the message 
  "Multiple PC-FAX drivers are installed. Remove all PC-FAX 
  drivers?" will appear. If you select "Yes", all PC-FAX 
  drivers in the Printers folder will be automatically 
  removed.

* In as far as is possible, please use the latest version of 
  software applications which support each of the operating 
  systems.

* Characters, lines, or photos in color may not appear 
  correctly in transmitted faxes. Be sure to check the fax in 
  the preview screen and adjust the density of the color if 
  needed before sending the fax, or send the fax in black and 
  white.

* Brightly-colored lines or fine lines may not appear in 
  transmitted faxes. In this event, use a darker color or a 
  thicker line.

* When sending a large amount of fax data, an LPT1 error may 
  occur. In this event, open "Settings" - "Printers" from the 
  Start menu, and change the timeout setting in the 
  "Advanced" tab to a longer setting.

* When sending a fax from Paint or WordPad in Windows NT 4.0, 
  the image may break apart. In this event, set the PC-FAX 
  driver as the default printer and then re-open the file and 
  fax it.

* If a "Collate copies" setting appears in the print dialog box 
  or the printing settings of an application, do not select 
  this setting. If this setting is selected, only the first set 
  of copies will be transmitted; further sets will not be 
  transmitted.

* If you fax a document that was created on a different 
  computer, it is possible that the documents uses fonts that 
  your computer does not have. In this event, the transmitted 
  fax may appear slightly different from how the 
  document would have appeared if faxed from the original 
  computer. To have the document appear the same, you must 
  install the fonts that the document uses on your computer.

* When documents created in some applications are faxed with a 
  resolution setting of  200 x 100 dpi (Text) or 200 x 400 
  dpi (Fine), characters may appear double and the image 
  may break down.In this event, use a resolution setting of 
  200 x 200 dpi (Small Text) or 400 x 400 dpi (Super Fine).

* If you use a TIFF file in the cover sheet editor, select no 
  compression or "Pack bits". If you use a TIFF file with G4 or 
  G3 compression, the image will not display correctly.

* When editing a cover sheet in the Cover Sheet Editor, use the 
  "Save" command to save the cover sheet. If the "Save as" 
  command is used to change the location of the cover sheet, 
  the cover sheet may not display or transmit correctly. When 
  creating a new cover sheet, the "Save as" command can be used 
  without problem.

* The destination name, fax number, number of pages, and memo 
  will not appear in the preview screen of the Select Cover 
  Sheet screen. If you wish to check these items before faxing,
  use the preview window in the transmission screen or the 
  enlarged view (preview) screen.

* The preview image on cover sheet editor is sometimes larger
  than print area. This is because of the specification of 
  print area of printer driver that you selected and there is 
  no problem in FAX transmission. You can see the actual print
  preview in PC-FAX preview.

* The page zoom and rotate commands in the PC-FAX viewer are 
  only effective in the main screen; they are not effective in 
  the reduced view (thumbnail) screen.

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                 Software application limitations

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* When a fax is sent from the following applications with the 
  resolution set to 200 x 100 dpi (Text), the width of the 
  image may be reduced. If the resolution is set to 200 x 400 
  dpi (Fine), the width of the image may be enlarged.
  Microsoft VISIO 2000, Microsoft Word 97, Presto! PhotoDesigner
  Lotus SuperOffice

* When a fax is sent from the following applications with the 
  resolution set to 200 x 100 dpi (Text), English fonts may 
  appear larger in width and 
  characters may overlap or be blurred. If the resolution is 
  set to 200 x 400 dpi (Fine), the width of English fonts 
  may appear smalle. 
  Adobe Acrobat 4.0, Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0

* When a fax is sent from the following application with the 
  resolution set to 200 x 100 dpi (Text) or 200 x 400 dpi 
  (Fine), the spacing between characters may not be 
  maintained normally.
  Lotus Freelance 97

* When a document is created in Autocad2000 in A3 size and 
  output in A3 size, the output size may change to A4 and only 
  the part that fits in the first page will be transmitted.

* If you fax an entire Book created in MS Excel and the Book 
  contains sheets with different resolution settings, the image 
  may break apart.

* If you fax an entire Book created in MS Excel and the Book 
  contains sheets with different size settings, multiple 
  "Select Destination" screens may appear and the transmission 
  may fail. In this event, fax each sheet separately.

* When using MS Excel, if you change the resolution in the 
  PC-FAX driver, the output range of each page may change.

* If you fax an MS Word file with pages of differing sizes, an 
  error may occur.

* In MS Word, if you select the  "Allow A4/Letter paper 
  resizing" setting and set the paper size to letter with the 
  PC-FAX driver resolution set to 200 x 100 dpi (Text) or 
  200 x 400 dpi(Fine), the output range may change.

* If you create a document with no margins in an application 
  that allows the printing margins to be set, some parts of the 
  document may not print at the receiving machine.

* In you install Microsoft Office XP in Windows NT or Windows 
  98 after installing the PC-FAX driver, the following error 
  message may appear:

  Error 25506. Microsoft Office XP requires updated system 
  files not detected on your computer. You must install the 
  Microsoft Office XP System Files Update prior to installing 
  Office XP. C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ASYCFILT.DLL is version 
  2.40.4275.1 when we require version 2.40.4277.1.

  As of June, 2003, the following solution appears on 
  Microsoft Corporation's Web site:
  1. Insert your CD-ROM for your Microsoft Office XP program. 
     Hold down SHIFT to stop Setup from automatically starting, 
     or click Cancel when Setup runs.
  2. Click Start , point to Programs , and then click Windows 
     Explorer. In Microsoft Windows NT, point to Programs , 
     point to the Accessories folder, and then click Windows 
     Explorer.
  3. Open your CD-ROM drive, and then navigate to the following 
     folder:
     drive \Files\Osp\1033\IE5\En
  4. Double-click Oainst.exe to install the OLE automation 
     update. The following files will be installed:
        Advpack.dll 
        Oainst.inf 
        Asycfilt.dll 
        Oleaut32.dll 
        Olepro32.dll 
        Stdole2.tlb 
        Regtlib.exe 
        W95inf32.dll 
        W95inf16.dll 
  5. Run Setup again.

  Further information can be found at the following URL:
  http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;286398

* If you attempt to print an MS Word file by directly dragging 
  and dropping the file on the PC-FAX driver, an error message 
  may appear and the preview screen will not open. In this event, 
  do not use drag and drop; instead, open the file in MS Word 
  and print from MS Word.

  The above limitations are those which had been verified as of 
  the creation of this document.


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  SHARP extends no guarantee as to the suitability of the 
  information provided in this document or software (SHARP 
  PC-FAX Driver) for purposes other than the use of the driver.

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