AR-C170 (serv.man31). Printer controller section - Sharp Copying Equipment Service Manual (repair manual). Page 3

AR-C170M  PRINTER CONTROLLER SECTION  14 - 3

Item

Content

Platform

IBM PC/AT 
(Include compatible machine)

Support OS

PCL

Windows 95/98/Me
Windows NT4.0/Windows 2000/
Windows XP

WHQL

Printer driver certification

Support PDL

PCL5c (standard) and PS3 
emulation (Optional)

Resident font For PCL5c 80 fonts

For PS3

136 fonts

Screen font

N/A

Support channel

IEEE1284 parallel port (ECP 
compatible)
PSERVER/RPRINT NETWARE
LPR/LPD
FTP
Net BEUI
AppleTalk
IPP (Ver.1.0)
USB (1 port)

Protocol

TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, NetBEUI

Interface

IEEE1284 parallel port, USB1.1, 
10BASE-T/100BASE-TX

IEEE parallel port

Print data received through 
IEEE1284 parallel port
Nibble mode (PnP support), 
ECP support

PSERVER/RPRINT 
NETWARE

PSERVER/RPRINT mode can be 
used under the Net Ware 
environment.

LPR/LPD

UNIX LPR/LPD command 
compatible

IPP

IPP Ver.1.0 compatible

FTP

Provides the function to print the 
data received via the embedded FTP 
server 

Net BEUI

Microsoft NetBEUI compatible

USB

USB1.1 support
PnP support

IEEE1394

N/A

Blue Tooth

N/A

Function

PCL5-c

General

Copies

1 – 999

Collate

Collate/Uncollate

Orientation

Portrait/Landscape

Rotate 180 
degrees

On/Off

Document Style 
(Duplex)

1-Sided, 2-Sided (Book/Tablet), 
Pamphlet Style

Pamphlet Style 
(Booklet)

[Tiled Pamphlet]
Invoice on Letter
Letter on Ledger
A5 on A4, A4 on A3, B5 on B4, 
16K on 8K
[2-Up Pamphlet]
Letter on Letter
Ledger on Ledger
A4 on A4, A3 on A3, B4 on B4, 
16K on 16K, 8K on 8K

Face up/down

Yes (Automatic)

Binding Edge

Left, Right, Top

Margin Shift

10 mm (0.4 inch) *

1

, 

20 mm (0.8 inch)*

1

, 

30 mm (1.2 inch) *

1

N-Up Printing

1-Up, 2-Up, 4-Up, 6-Up, 8-Up

N-up Border

On/Off

Reverse Order

Yes (Automatic)

Paper Size

A3 Wide/12x18 *

1

, A3, A4, A5, 

A6, B4, B5, Ledger, Letter, Legal, 
Executive, Invoice, Foolscap, 8K, 
16K, DL, C5, COM10, Monarch, 
Japanese Post Card

Paper 
Input

Custom Paper

Yes

Paper Type

Auto Select, Plain, Letter Head, 
Pre-Printed, Pre-Punched, 
Recycled, Color, Heavy Paper-1, 
Heavy Paper-2, Transparency, 
Envelope, Japanese Post Card

Paper Source 
(Source 
Selection)

Automatic, Tray 1, Tray 2, Tray 3, 
Tray 4, LCT, Bypass Tray

Different Paper

On/Off
1-Sided/2-Sided

Transparency 
Inserts

No/Yes-Blank

Output

Standard / 20 Bin Sorter
• Center Tray
• Left Tray

Saddle Stitch Finisher
• Center Tray
• Offset Tray
• Saddle Stitch Tray

Paper 
Output

Staple

Saddle Stitch Finisher
• No Staple
• 1 position
• 2 positions
• Center 2 positions

Shifter (Offset)

On/Off

Punch

On/Off

Resolution 
Settings

300 dpi/600 dpi

Graphics

Graphics Mode

Raster/Vector

Font Source

Download Fonts, Resident Font

Font

Font Settings

Download as TrueType, 
Download as bitmap font, 
Print as graphics

Font Substitution N/A